Notlith · Leicester
Corporate Film in Leicester: making hidden and technical work legible
A good share of Leicester's technical work happens where a camera rarely goes: clean rooms at Space Park Leicester, control systems in distribution sheds along the M1, laboratories shared with the city's universities. Notlith builds corporate films remotely from the material you are allowed to share, such as approved photographs, diagrams and renders, then adds a script, AI-assisted motion, editing and sound.
Remote production · From your photos
Satellites, sensors and other things you cannot film
Space Park Leicester sits beside the National Space Centre on the north side of the city, and the organisations there often work under export rules or client confidentiality. A corporate film for that kind of business cannot simply wander through the lab. We start from what has already been cleared: published renders, schematics, approved hardware photographs and wording your compliance team has signed off.
From those sources we build sequences that explain a process step by step, for example how data travels from an instrument to a customer's screen. Generated imagery stays limited to abstract backgrounds, light and transitions. The instrument appears only as it appears in your references, so an engineer watching recognises the real object rather than a generic spacecraft.
Distribution sites along the M1 and M69
Leicestershire's motorway links have drawn large warehousing operations, from the edge of the city out to Magna Park near Lutterworth. Firms there often need a film for prospective clients or new starters that explains how goods move through a building. Useful material is usually a site plan, yard photographs, racking layouts and the steps of a typical order.
We turn that into a clear route through the operation: arrival, storage, picking, dispatch. Fleet size, floor area and service levels appear only as confirmed figures, and we never multiply lorries or staff to make a site look busier. Where a safety induction needs real colleagues explaining procedures, we recommend recording them properly.
Films for university and industry partnerships
The University of Leicester and De Montfort University both work with companies on research, placements and knowledge exchange. A partnership film therefore has an extra reader: the institution's communications team, which will want to approve logos, names and how the collaboration is described. We build that review into the schedule from the first draft.
The script separates what the partnership has delivered from what it hopes to deliver. Quotations from academics or managers come only from approved text or interviews you supply, and we never generate a likeness of a researcher. One master can then serve a funding report, a conference stand and the company website.
An annual update for staff, board or investors
Not every corporate film faces outward. A Leicester manufacturer may want a short internal piece that sums up the year: the new line, the move to larger premises, the contract that changed the order book. Here the discipline is editorial. We agree one storyline and three or four proof points, then leave out everything else, however attractive.
Figures on screen are copied word for word from your finance or communications team and checked again at final review. Internal films are often watched once, in a meeting room or on a laptop, so titles must read at a glance and audio must work through small speakers. Distribution and usage are set out in the quote.
Catalog demonstration
See the production approach
English, adaptable to your language
Plan the details
Can you work under a non-disclosure agreement?
Yes. Send only what you are permitted to share and tell us which elements must stay off screen. Restricted items are noted in the brief and checked at each review.
Do you film at our site in Leicester?
No. We work remotely from photographs, drawings and existing footage. If interviews or a site walk-through are needed, a local crew can record them and we can edit their material if scoped.
Can the film include our partner university's logo?
Only with the institution's approval. We prepare a review version for their communications team and adjust names, logos and descriptions to the wording they confirm.
Which versions does a corporate film usually need?
Typically a widescreen master for presentations and the website, plus shorter cuts for LinkedIn or careers pages. The list is agreed in the quote before work begins.
Start with your images
Send the audience, the one thing they should understand, and the photographs and diagrams you are cleared to share, and we will outline a script.