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Case study · Osmo UK · Aylesbury Explained in the time it takes to apply.

Osmo UK distribute wood finishes to a national trade and retail audience from Aylesbury. They found us through a Google search, which is a nice thing for a marketing agency to be able to say. We planned a six pillar content strategy, made two product films for LED Smart Oil, and spent a full day filming at the painting and decorating show at the NEC for their advertising.

Filmed by AMW Media
LED Smart-Oil explained film still
2Product films you can watch below
NECA full show day filmed for their ads
Client
Osmo UK, wood finishes for trade and retail, Aylesbury
What we run
Content strategy, product films, show filming for ad content
Measured
The films and how widely they are used; view figures are Osmo's own and are not published
Working together
Project by project
01 · How they found us

A search, not a referral

The UK arm of a wood finish manufacturer whose oils and waxes are sold through merchants, retailers and trade suppliers across the country. The customers are joiners, flooring fitters, decorators and the merchants who advise them, and the question they all ask about a new product is the same: how do I use it, and what does it look like when it is done?

Osmo found us organically, through a search, and the brief was to answer that question on film for a technical product, LED Smart Oil, in under two minutes.

OrganicHow they found us
AylesburyWhere we filmed
NationalThe audience for the films
02 · The strategy

Six pillars, so the films are not one offs

Before filming, a content strategy across six pillars: educational, sustainability, colour, product, events and engagement. The films sit inside a plan rather than floating on their own, and the plan tells the brand what to make next.

6Pillars: educational, sustainability, colour, product, events, engagement
1Plan the films sit inside
TradeAnd retail, both covered
03 · The two films

Explained, then applied, by an expert

LED Smart Oil explained, which covers what the product is and why it exists. Then how to apply LED Smart Oil, filmed with the product being applied and cured in real time by someone who does it every day, so a fitter watching on a phone can follow along. Accurate first, polished second, because the films work on the company’s own channels, on trade partners’ websites and in merchant training. Both are below, on Osmo UK’s channel.

2Films: explained, then applied
Real timeThe application, at the real pace
3Places they work: own channels, partners, training
04 · The NEC

A full show day at the NEC, for the ads

We spent a full day at the painting and decorating show at the NEC filming for Osmo’s advertising: the stand, the demonstrations, the trade visitors, the product in hands that know how to use it. A show day produces months of ad creative if it is planned properly, and it was. The results of those ads are Osmo’s own and stay private, and they were happy, which is the line we are allowed to print.

1Full day of filming at the show
MonthsOf ad creative from one day
HappyThe client, in their words
05 · The result

Films a national brand actually uses

Product films a national brand uses across its own channels and with trade partners, and show footage that runs in its advertising. As a production project the measure is the films themselves and how widely they are used, not a lead count, and we do not dress it up as one. View figures are Osmo’s own and are not published here.

2Product films you can watch
1Show day for the ads
0View counts invented

How it unfolded

From a search result to a show floor.

  1. The searchThey found us on Google

    Osmo UK, thirty minutes away, looking for product films for a technical finish.

  2. The strategySix pillars

    Educational, sustainability, colour, product, events and engagement, in one plan.

  3. The filmsExplained, then applied

    Two films for LED Smart Oil, the second at the real pace of the job.

  4. The NECA full show day

    The painting and decorating show filmed for Osmo's advertising.

  5. NowProject by project

    Films in use across the brand's channels and its trade partners.

2Product films, both on this page.
6Content pillars the films sit inside.
1Full day at the NEC, for the ads.
What we run

The work, in the open

accurate first, polished second

Why the measure is the film

A trade audience does not want an advert. It wants to see the product used properly by someone who knows it, at the real pace, and then to find that film wherever it looks: the brand’s channel, a merchant’s website, a training session. That is what these films are for, and how widely they are used is the result. View figures are Osmo’s own.

On film

See the finish go on

LED Smart Oil explained, and then applied and cured at the real pace of the job, filmed for Osmo UK and hosted on their channel.

A production relationship, project by project.

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The film we made for them
Questions

Questions

What makes a good product demonstration video?
The product being used by someone who knows it, shot close enough to see what is happening, with the why explained before the how. Keep it under two minutes for a trade audience.
How long should a how to video be?
As long as the task takes and no longer. The Osmo application film runs to the time it takes to apply and cure the finish, because a fitter wants to see the real pace.
Is a trade show worth filming?
Yes, if it is planned as an ad shoot rather than a highlights reel. One full day at the NEC gave Osmo months of advertising creative with the product in expert hands.
How many product films do we need?
Fewer than you think, and each doing one job properly. One film that demonstrates the product in use answers most of the questions a buyer has; a short cut of it works on social and in ads; a longer version works at a trade counter or on a stand. Twelve mediocre films are worth less than three good ones.
Can you film products without a studio?
Yes, and on site is often better. A product being used where it is actually used is more convincing than the same thing on a white background, and it costs less. We bring the kit and work around your day.
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