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Story Engine™

Visual continuity for modern brands.

Most brands don't have a

content  problem.
They have a 

continuity 

problem.

ABOUT

It’s not that your content is bad.

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Nothing was built to last.

 

Most brands are still creating one-off videos for one-off moments — then starting from zero again a few weeks later.

 

I help founder-led lifestyle brands think in reusable visual layers instead: through modular shoots that turn one day into a library of brand assets across social, email, product pages, campaigns and ads.

Seb Marshall profile headshot

Seb Marshall

Creative Director

THE PATTERN

Same shape every time

You make something good.

It works… for a moment.

Then it disappears.

You’re back where you started.

And your team's asking it again:

What do we post  next week?

...

Every shoot starts
from  zero 

Most content is built to be used once.
It’s an event. Not a system.
So it lives… and dies… once.


Nothing is ever built to outlive the last post.

Linear Content

Content only moves in one direction.

Beginning Middle End 

01​

lightbulb

NEW IDEA

circle

05

BACK TO ZERO

04

DROP

downward graph
play logo

SMALL SPIKE

graph

03

This doesn't compound

POST

02​

Exclaimation

This is the loop.
 Same effort. Same reset.

Nothing connects.

THE DIFFERENCE

SO I REBUILT THE SHOOT.

I don't think in one-off videos. Or folders of RAW files no one opens twice.

I build the shoot around what each asset needs to do:

 

Build story,

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Show product,

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Prove quality,

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Create reuse.

Seb Marshall Founder of  Story Engine on a shoot
ON LOCATION

Not repurposed after the edit. Pre-purposed before production.

WHERE IT ACTUALLY GOES

BUILT TO FEED
MORE THAN
THE  FEED.

Most brands think in posts.

Videographers? One-off masterpieces...
StoryEngine builds reusable visual systems.
Assets designed to outlive the reel and support the wider brand.

One shoot

→

Becomes assets for your entire ecosystem.

01

SOCIAL POSTS

Reels, stories, carousels — ready to rotate, not repeat.

02

PAID ADs

Multiple angles to test against each other. No reshoot needed.

03

PRODUCT PAGES

Show the product clearly — so people can actually decide.

04

UGC + FOUNDER 

SUPPORT LAYER

UGC drives engagement.
Brand world drives recognition.
That’s what stops brands blending in.

05

EMAIL & FLOWS

Brand moments that keep working inside your email and retention journeys.

06

WEBSITE & LANDING PAGES

Reusable visuals that strengthen your website beyond a single campaign.

07

FUTURE CONTENT

Evergreen clips that keep working long after the shoot.

WHAT COMES OUT OF IT

THE SHOOT DOESN'T PRODUCE CONTENT.​

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iT PRODUCES OPTIONS.

Every piece has a job...

story

​Connection

Build emotional alignment around the brand.

Action

Understanding

Show the product in motion and in real use.

Proof

Trust

Ground the product in detail, texture, and credibility.

Foundation

Continuity

A reusable visual world your brand keeps growing into. 

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HOW IT HOLDS TOGETHER

Captured once.
Built to be rebuilt.

Every shot is captured by function, not sequence.​​

They came for a video.

They left with a library that keeps rebuilding itself...

Woman leans on bridge

STORY

ECU of Bahé logo on shoe with stitching

PROOF

Foundation wide shot hand on tree

FOUNDATION

Back of woman walking in woods LS

ACTION

ECU of Bahé shoe lacing up

PROOF

Woods Establishing wide shot

FOUNDATION

What changed for Bahé

Alex Ward Founder of Bahé

"It’s really useful to have that content as a library we can keep using."

 

Alex, Founder of Bahé

Ready to stop starting from zero?

sTART WITH A PILOT

SHOOT

One day on location. Built around your brand, not a brief template.

No long-term commitment. 

SOMETHING MORE

LOOKING FOR

SOMETHING MORE BESPOKE? 

Not every brand fits the pilot format.
Some projects need more room — a bigger shoot, or a broader scope.

 

The thinking stays the same. The scale changes.

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