Working with Harwyn
Dream Engine has produced videos for Harwyn since 2023, including customer stories filmed with its school clients.
The work includes customer stories, social clips, website videos, behind-the-scenes content and promotional films.
Harwyn brings us into these client relationships because we understand the business, know how to find the story and can run the production from start to finish.
We lead the filming day onsite, make the production decisions and deliver videos that match the standard Harwyn sets in its own work.
About Harwyn
Background
Harwyn creates permanent, architect-designed modular buildings with a strong focus on schools.
Quality and attention to detail are central to its buildings and the way it works with clients.
After working together since 2023, we know Harwyn’s business, its products and the questions school leaders care about. We start each new project with that knowledge already in place.
We learn the specifics of each school and project before deciding how to tell the story.
The production brief
Challenge
Harwyn sends us directly to schools it has worked hard to look after. We take responsibility for the production and represent the business in every interaction.
Schools are busy workplaces. We may be filming school leaders, teachers and students while classes and other work continue around us. We plan the day, communicate clearly and run the shoot professionally.
Our role is to understand what the project meant for that school, identify the strongest story and lead an interview that brings out the useful detail.
- A clear story before filming begins
- Questions built around the school and its project
- A well-run filming day led by an experienced producer
- Professional communication with everyone involved
Before filming
Preparing the School Interviews
The questions we ask determine the story we get. Generic questions lead to generic answers. Before filming, we find out what the school needed, why it chose Harwyn and what changed after the building arrived.
The school sees us as part of the Harwyn team for the day. We communicate clearly, keep the schedule moving and make decisions onsite. Harwyn can leave the production with us.
We lead a conversational interview, listen closely and follow up when an important point needs more detail. People speak in their own words, without being handed a script.
At Alphington Grammar School, growing enrolments created a clear need: four new classrooms ready for Term 3, suited to the leafy Darebin Creek setting and delivered with minimal disruption. We built the interview and shot list around those facts.
We also plan the different edits before filming. The interview and shot list cover the main case study, shorter versions, social clips and website content from the same shoot.
What we do
Actions
We learn why the school needed the building, confirm the audience and purpose, and decide what the film needs to cover. Our experience in construction video production helps us identify the design and building details that will support the story.
We guide the interview, direct the visual coverage and adapt the schedule when the school day changes around us.
We plan the main film and shorter versions from the outset, so we capture the footage needed for every intended use.
- Full customer case study
- Short customer-story edits
- 30-second social clips
- Website and promotional videos
- Capability and behind-the-scenes videos
Actions: Music Pods
How we made the Music Pods film
The Music Pods film required a different kind of direction. With no dialogue, the story had to come through the students’ experience of playing together. We filmed from their perspective and built the piece around the energy, eye contact and connection between the musicians. Because we already understood Harwyn and the product, we could make clear creative choices from the start. Read the full Music Pods case study.
Client feedback
Harwyn’s feedback on the Music Pods film
The Dream Engine team perfectly captured the essence of our music pods. The production quality is incredible, and the whole crew was extremely professional. They listened to our ideas, incorporated them into the video, and delivered outstanding results. We couldn’t be happier with the final product.
What Harwyn gets
Result
Harwyn now has a growing library of customer stories and promotional videos for its website, proposals, project bids and social media.
Harwyn can bring Dream Engine directly into a client project knowing we will lead the production. We understand the business, take responsibility for the filming day and deliver a story Harwyn can use.
For Harwyn’s clients, that means clear communication, a well-run shoot and a film that reflects what their project meant to them.
Story, interviews, filming and content planning
A team that knows the business and works directly with clients
Specific questions, clear direction and useful follow-up
Need a production team that can work directly with your clients?
We can lead the project, run the filming day and represent your business professionally. Tell us about the client and what the video needs to achieve.
Ryan Spanger is the founder and managing director of Dream Engine, a Melbourne video production company established in 2002. Over the past two decades, he’s produced hundreds of videos for businesses, government departments, universities and healthcare organisations across Australia. Ryan specialises in helping organisations explain complex ideas through clear, engaging video content, with particular experience in corporate communications, training and education.
