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Howe Green House School is an independent preparatory school in Hertfordshire, known for its warm community atmosphere and a genuine commitment to three core values.

OVERVIEW

howe green house school didn’t need more words on a page, they needed people to feel it.

THE CHALLENGE

  • The homepage needed to make an immediate impression, capturing the warmth and energy of the school from the very first second
  • Four separate videos were required — a hero banner and three values-specific montages — each with its own identity but feeling part of a coherent whole
  • Each values video had to visually represent a specific theme: Self Discovery, Igniting Curiosity and Working Together
  • The brief called for something dynamic and montage-driven, autoplaying to draw visitors in without requiring any interaction
  • Nothing could feel generic — the footage had to feel genuinely true to who Howe Green House School are

OUR APPROACH

With four separate videos to deliver, we structured the shoot across two days, blocking the timetable into 30-minute slots and building in activities that would naturally align with the three core values we needed to capture visually.

Filming covered a wide variety of scenes, from the methane bubble experiment to a visiting karate club, with Willow the therapy dog featuring naturally throughout. Drone footage added scale and setting, while the main banner opened with children arriving during morning golden hour, giving the film a distinctive, inviting look. Slow motion was woven throughout to add texture alongside the more dynamic sequences.

In post-production, each of the three values montages was built from footage chosen specifically to reflect its theme rather than repurposing the same clips across all four videos. With no voiceover or music, the visuals carry the full weight of the storytelling, making the quality of the edit and shot selection all the more important.

WHAT WE DELIVERED

a homepage that moves, three values brought to life, all from two days on site.

  • 1 × Homepage Hero Banner (looping montage, autoplays on page load) — featuring the golden hour opening sequence and drone footage
  • 3 × Values Montage Videos (looping, autoplays on scroll), each tied to one of the school’s three core values:
  • Self Discovery: nursery pupils exploring with magnifying glasses, a young child painting, water play in beakers, a junior student playing the violin
  • Igniting Curiosity: pupils watching the science flame experiment, an adult reading to children in the nursery, children building towers with blocks
  • Working Together: pupils building a den together, junior students working in pairs, a drama performance on the school stage, pupils receiving awards in assembly
THE FILMS

four films, one school, values you can see.

Each of the four videos serves a distinct purpose, but together they form a cohesive impression of life at Howe Green House School. The hero banner draws visitors in with golden hour light, drone-captured grounds and the energy of a school day already underway. The three values montages give that first impression depth, with footage chosen to show what curiosity, community and self-discovery actually look like in this school. No voiceover. No music. Just the school speaking for itself.

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THE OUTCOME

curiosity, community and self-discovery, now impossible to miss.

Howe Green House School now has a homepage that immediately communicates who they are — not through words, but through the faces, moments and everyday life of the school itself. The autoplaying banner draws visitors in from the first second, whilst the three values videos give the school’s ethos a visual language that prospective families can connect with before they’ve read a single line of copy. The videos work together as a suite — each one purposeful and distinct, but all contributing to a single, coherent impression of a school where curiosity, community and personal growth are genuinely lived values.