We prioritise fresh, compelling, and meaningful communication, placing the art of storytelling at the forefront of every project through carefully curated words, unique images, and captivating video content.
Long Story Short's team includes experts in copywriting, photo and video production, social media management, graphic design, and beyond, opening endless avenues to bring your brand’s narrative to life.
Our agency’s experience spans a variety of sectors including fashion, lifestyle, beauty, retail, education and events.
Long Story Short is a Melbourne production agency that specialises in creative campaigns, spanning across video, photography and social media content.
We’ll support your content projects from the ideation stage all the way through to post-production, stepping in to handle all the details, logistics and leg work involved in creating amazing content.
With our flexible production packages, it’s your choice whether we handle production based on our own creative direction or come on board to execute a specific vision you’ve developed yourselves.
Our production services include all those tedious and time consuming (but completely invaluable) behind-the-scenes processes that keep creative projects running smoothly, including:
• Finding the right crew
• Casting talent
• Creating call sheets
• Sourcing props
• Scouting locations & hiring studios
• Applying for permits
• Organising catering
• Creating shot lists
• File selects and retouching
We can work our magic on projects both big and small, across a huge range of industries including beauty, fashion, hospitality, lifestyle, retail, government, events and more.
Next time you’re looking to create engaging commercial photography or beautifully branded campaign videography, get in touch and let us handle the details for you.
FAQ
What does a production agency do?
We run through all the intricacies of our production service and why it’s worth hiring a production agency here. But to keep a long story short, a production agency is a team of content and marketing experts that help brands create content like photoshoots, video, event photography, social media and more.
Producers handle both the creative and logistical aspects of these projects, taking on tasks like casting, hiring crew, location scouting, catering, and creating shot lists and call sheets. Working with us also means that we’ll join you on set to keep everything running smoothly (and on time), and handling post-production tasks like file selects and retouching.
Do you handle permits and production logistics?
Yes! One of the great things about working with a production agency is outsourcing all the time consuming paperwork that’s necessary to keep shoots efficient and above board. We’ll take care of details like location permits, negotiating talent and crew rates, booking travel and accommodation, and working with children documentation.
Do you work with existing creative concepts?
We sure do. While we can handle creative direction and concept development, we’re also here to jump on board afterwards and bring your existing ideas to life. We’ll take your creative concept and do the legwork to turn it into reality.
Can you produce campaigns outside Melbourne?
Of course! We work with brands, creatives, location companies, talent agencies and more across Australia, and are ready to jump on a plane to oversee and manage shoots wherever they’re happening.
Why choose Long Story Short instead of working directly with freelancers?
The difference between our team and a team made up of individual freelancers is that we’re armed with a combination of creative and logistical skills that intertwine in everything we do. We can act as a single point of contact, forming a bridge between your team and our network of Australia's leading photographers, videographers, stylists, designers and creatives.
By choosing us, you get one experienced team overseeing your project from concept through to delivery, keeping every single part of the campaign working together seamlessly.