INDUCTION VIDEO CASE STUDY
Towens Recycling site induction filmed around live operations.
Two main filming days plus a pickup day at Towens Recycling in Weston-super-Mare, producing site-specific films for operatives and visiting drivers.
The scripts were already approved. Our job was to turn them into useful visual guidance while keeping the site working normally.
PROJECT AT A GLANCE
Towens Recycling · Weston-super-Mare
Filming: Two main days + one pickup day
Deliverables: Induction films for site operatives and drivers
Brief: Work from supplied scripts
Continuity: Match the company's existing PowerPoint training
THE BRIEF
Turn existing training into films from the real site
Towens Recycling already had its induction information established. The manager supplied the scripts and wanted the films to remain consistent with the company's existing PowerPoint presentation while showing the actual Weston-super-Mare facility.
The production covered different people using the site, including operatives, pickers and visiting drivers. That gave the films a clear approved structure while allowing the procedures to be shown in the environment where they really happen.
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Two filming days + a pickup day
The site stayed operational throughout. Some scenes depended on the right operative being available or a particular vehicle movement happening at the right time, so a further pickup day completed the missing material.
THE WORKING-SITE CHALLENGE
Film around people, vehicles and normal operations
On a working recycling site, the shot list cannot dictate everything. Pickers and other operatives still had their own work to carry out, while some driver sequences depended on the right vehicle arriving or moving through the facility at the right time.
We filmed scenes when the people and movements became available, then returned for pickup shots where required. The site could continue operating normally while we gathered the material needed for both films.
FROM THE PROJECT
Two audiences, two finished films
The same site and core training information were shaped around the needs of people working on the facility and drivers arriving from outside.
Site operative induction
Produced for people working on the site, including pickers, using the real working environment to support the procedures in the supplied script.
Driver induction
Focused on drivers arriving at the facility, showing the real routes, vehicle movements, signs and operational areas they would encounter.
HOW WE APPROACHED IT
Keep the approved structure, make it visual
The project did not need a new safety policy or a rewritten training programme. It needed the existing material translated into clear footage from the real site.
Three production decisions
01 Follow the supplied scripts. The manager provided the approved wording, giving the shoot a clear structure from the outset.
02 Match the existing training. The finished films were designed to sit naturally alongside Towens' established PowerPoint material.
03 Work around operations. We timed filming around pickers, other operatives and vehicle movements rather than interrupting normal site procedures.
SIMILAR PROJECT?
Useful starting information
Site location
Audience groups
Existing scripts or training material
Access restrictions
Preferred filming dates
Who approves the content
PLANNING AN INDUCTION VIDEO?
Build the production around the real site
For planning, filming, typical content and UK coverage, see the main induction video production service. If the brief is already taking shape, send the site, audience groups and preferred dates for a quote.