DOT Video Agency

Yes. We're based in Amsterdam, but our production work regularly takes us across Europe and beyond. We handle international logistics, such as local permits, regulatory compliance, on-the-ground coordination, directly, without subcontracting it out. The quality and approach stay the same whether we're filming on home turf or in another market.

We plan for localisation in pre-production, not after the edit is locked. Our DFDS Seaways campaign, which ran natively across UK, Dutch, and German markets, is a good example: language variants, regional audio layers, and subtitle formatting were built into the production from the brief stage. The cultural adaptation is the harder part. Direct translation rarely lands. We work with native speakers to make sure the voice carries properly in each market, not just the words.

It depends on the scope. A single-day shoot with straightforward post-production can be delivered within roughly a week of wrap. Multi-day productions, complex post-production, or campaigns with multiple deliverables sit on extended timelines. We confirm the timeline at the briefing stage and hold to it.

Less than you'd think. Strategy and visual direction get worked out in the early creative sessions, with your team in the room. Once that's locked, we run the production (scripting, scheduling, casting, shoot logistics, edit, post) and bring you back in for review at clear milestones. The boutique structure means you're working directly with the people making decisions, not relayed through account managers. The day-to-day administrative burden on your team stays low.

Yes, but only if it's planned that way from the start. Cropping a horizontal film into vertical doesn't produce vertical content; it produces compromised horizontal content that happens to fit a vertical frame. We plan camera blocking and frame orientation for both formats at the storyboard stage, which lets a single production day yield 100+ platform-ready deliverables across the full media stack, without sacrificing visual integrity on any of them.

Short-form video lives or dies in the first two seconds. We build vertical content with the opening hook designed at storyboard stage, not added in the edit. Pacing, on-screen text, and visual rhythm are calibrated to the specific platform; what works on TikTok loses LinkedIn audiences and vice versa. The retention numbers follow the craft decisions, not the other way around.

LinkedIn isn't TikTok, and treating them the same is the single most common mistake in B2B social content. LinkedIn's audience rewards POV-led content with longer dwell time. TikTok rewards rapid sensory momentum and immediate cultural context. Instagram Reels sit somewhere in between. We build length, pacing, opening, and visual register specifically for each platform; same campaign, different productions.

Most corporate video uses the same playbook: scripted talking heads, glass-fronted offices, dynamic team B-roll, generic copy. It triggers audiences' sales defences within seconds. Our work takes a directed documentary approach instead: real people, real workplaces, real conversations, with the brand as the implicit context rather than the explicit message. The difference shows up in completion rates, not just aesthetics.

Yes. Our podcast studio in Amsterdam is set up specifically for thought leadership, founder-led content, and B2B interview series. A single multi-cam session produces the hero episode plus a full asset system that results in clip-ready cuts for LinkedIn and social, audiograms, transcripts, quote graphics. Treated this way, a podcast becomes one of the highest-ROI content investments a B2B brand can make. Treated as one-off recordings, it becomes one of the most expensive ways to produce a single asset.

Full lifecycle. We lead creative strategy, scripting, location scouting, direction, shoot, edit, sound, and post-production, all in-house. We're not an execution vendor that takes a finished script and shoots it. Music, narrative structure, and visual treatment are connected from the first creative meeting, which is the only way to make work that holds together at the end.

The way we're structured is the answer. No account executives, no junior intermediaries, no approval bureaucracy between you and the people executing the work. When scope or timing shifts, the founders make the call directly. That's why brands like Feadship and DFDS work with us on time-sensitive productions; the flat structure is what makes us fast.

We don't use AI for creative work. No AI-generated scripts. No AI-generated concepts. No AI-generated brand copy. We believe audience trust requires actual human authorship, and the AI alternatives are getting more obviously synthetic, not less. We do use AI for specific infrastructural tasks where it makes sense, such as computational tools for environmental cleanup, anything where the output is technical rather than creative. The line is clear: machines for plumbing, humans for the work.

Rarely. Our agency was founded by two filmmakers who started as DJs and producers. Music isn't an afterthought added in the edit, it's part of the creative conversation from the first meeting. We've produced 150+ custom tracks for clients since 2018. We'll use premium licensed music if a brief genuinely calls for it and the track fits, but the default for our brand and commercial work is custom because the music carries the brand's emotional identity, and brands shouldn't be sharing that with whoever else licensed the same library track.

By default, the IP and master source files stay with DOT Video Agency. This is standard practice and lets us safeguard the technical integrity of the work. If your business needs full asset ownership, for ongoing campaign use, internal libraries, or specific licensing arrangements, we offer full buyouts with transparent upfront fees. We're flexible on this; it's a commercial conversation, not a creative one.

Yes. Rolling project contracts and always-on retainers are both available. Always-on partnerships are how brands build durable audiences on social; consistent cadence, consistent visual identity, content that compounds across the year rather than spending itself in launch weeks. We tailor the structure to the actual volume requirements rather than selling fixed packages.

Our founders. Tijmen van Grieken leads strategy, operations, and client relationships. Jesper de Rek leads creative direction and post-production. You work with both directly, depending on what the project needs at each stage. There's no account manager layer between you and the people doing the work.

Music, story, and visual treatment are treated as one creative conversation, not three separate stages. That's the core difference. You work with Tijmen on strategy and operations, with Jesper on creative direction and post-production. The review process runs through direct communication loops, no relay, no translation layer. The custom-scored, directed work that results carries your brand's specific emotional identity rather than feeling assembled from interchangeable parts.

Our work generally falls in the €3,000 to €10,000+ range per project, depending on scope. A focused customer story film for a B2B brand sits at one end. A full multi-market campaign across CTV, DOOH, and social sits at the other. The variation comes from production days, talent, locations, post-production complexity, and the size of the asset library being produced. We work in transparent line-item budgets; you see where every euro goes, from director treatments to colour grading, rather than vague flat fees. If you'd like to know what your specific brief would cost, the fastest path is a 20-minute scoping conversation.

We're built for ambitious mid-market brands and selective enterprise clients. Most of our clients are companies with strong brand standards, dedicated marketing teams, and the willingness to invest in production work that meaningfully extends their brand, not companies looking for the lowest-cost video supplier or the largest-volume churn agency. If you're running marketing for a brand that takes craft seriously and you have a budget that reflects that, we're likely a fit. If you need the cheapest possible turnaround on commodity video, we're probably not.