Pistor AG Une première pierre en 90 secondes
A one-hour ceremony, with no retakes. The photos for the press release are sent out the same day; the film two days later.
Pistor is expanding its Western distribution centre in Chavornay. The foundation-laying ceremony takes place in the space of an hour, on a live construction site, with officials leaving straight afterwards. No one takes a second shot.
We scouted the site before the ceremony and mapped out a route: where to position ourselves for the speeches, where to capture the official gesture, and when to step away to film the building site whilst the guests were toasting. The set-up remained minimal, with no equipment to interfere with the formal proceedings.
The edit runs for one minute and thirty seconds. It opens with a six-second slow pan to establish the location, then maintains a steady rhythm of two seconds per shot – fast-paced enough to hold the viewer’s attention yet deliberate enough to allow each image to be taken in. The cuts are timed to the music. The film ends with a long take, allowed to breathe.
We opted against voice-over and interviews. The film remains accessible in both French and German, with no need for a separate version, and the communications team reuses it as it is on their social media channels.
The photos for the press release were sent out the very same day, whilst the news was still relevant. The film followed two days later, ready for publication. The client had a single point of contact from location scouting right through to delivery.
The photo feature
The ceremony, the officials, the teams and the construction site. The first pictures were sent off the very same day for the press release.
What the client received
| Client | Pistor AG |
| The challenge | A one-hour ceremony, on a working building site, with no second take |
| Our role | Location scouting, filming, photo reportage, editing |
| The film | 1 minute 30 seconds in 4K, without commentary, suitable for use in both French and German |
| The photos | Ceremony, officials and the building site, edited selection |
| Responsiveness | Photos from the press release on the same day; footage delivered two days later |
| Contact person | Just one, from sourcing to delivery |
A ground-breaking ceremony, an opening ceremony, an official visit?
You can’t re-enact this sort of ceremony. We arrive to scout the location, film without disrupting the proceedings, and you leave with footage you can use straight away: a short film for your social media, and photos ready for the press.
Video and photography production studio in Chavornay, in the northern part of the canton of Vaud. Email us at info@invprod.ch.