What the film has to do

A guest comparing five hotels sees five versions of the same page: rooms, spa, breakfast, a view. All of it is true at every house, so none of it decides anything. What decides is a feeling about the week ahead, and the film is the one element on your website that can carry it: with the sound off, in the first seconds.

The place it works hardest is your start page. A guest who lands there sees the house move before reading a line: the light in the morning, the walk from the room to the terrace, what an evening looks like. So they stay on your page instead of clicking back to the other four. After that the same film keeps working: on the booking page, in the newsletter, in ads, on the screen at reception and on your channels.

The packages

Each package includes the one before it. How many shoot days it takes depends on the house. We tell you once we have seen it.

Compact

For smaller hotels, inns and restaurants.

  • A short film that introduces your house
  • 3 reels for Instagram and TikTok
  • 10 edited photos
Our recommendation

Hotel film

For hotels that need a strong film for their start page.

  • An image film about the whole house: rooms, food, spa, surroundings
  • A header video that runs at the top of your start page
  • 4 reels for Instagram and TikTok
  • 20 edited photos, taken while we film

Two seasons

For houses that sell summer and winter.

  • Two shoots: one in summer, one in winter
  • Image film and header video for each season
  • Reels and photos from both shoots

How a shoot runs

  1. Before the dayMost of the time we walk through the house with you first. We agree the idea, the rooms, the times and who is in the picture. You get a plan for the day and the written quote.
  2. The shoot dayWhat the day looks like depends on the house. One lives off the early light over the valley, another off the spa or the evening service. We work around your guests and film what the house does anyway. If the weather turns, we move the outdoor shots. Drone and underwater are ours.
  3. After the dayEdit, colour grading and sound in our own edit suite. You see a first cut, give one round of feedback and receive the finished films in every format you named. Four to eight weeks from the first call; faster if your season starts sooner.

What decides the price

Package

Which package you choose: compact, hotel film or two seasons.

Shoot days

How many days the house needs. That depends on its size, the location and what the film should show.

Team

Whether one of us is enough or several people from the team come, for example for photo and film at the same time.

Extras

Models, voice-over and subtitles in a second language are booked on top.

Always the same
  • A fixed written quote before anything is booked
  • Payment in three parts: on signing, on the shoot day, on delivery
  • One feedback round is included
  • Travel within South Tyrol included
  • Drone and underwater are ours, no outside supplier
  • Bad weather: the outdoor shoot moves once at no cost

What needs to be prepared

  • One or two rooms, made up as if a guest were about to arrive.
  • A short note to the staff who will be in the film.
  • A word to reception, so they know what is going on when guests ask.
  • The scenes set up: laid tables, a clean pool, the small things the camera sees first.
  • One contact on site who opens doors and answers questions.

Hotels we have filmed

We have filmed for Hotel Schwarzenstein, Alpenpalace, Hotel Majestic and Alpin Royal, among others, and for restaurants and bars such as Thara Sea Lounge and Stochas.

If you need a film about the people behind your house more than about the rooms, read about our brand films. If weddings, concerts or conferences happen in your house, there are event films for that.

How much does a hotel film cost?

It depends on the package, on how many shoot days your house needs and on extras such as models or voice-over. Once we have seen the house, you get a fixed written quote before anything is booked, with no hourly billing. Travel within South Tyrol is included.

How long are you in the house, and will guests notice?

That depends on the house. A small hotel with one strong idea can be done in a day; a house with spa, restaurant, two room categories and a second season needs more. On the day we work around your service, and guests see one or two people with a camera, not a film crew.

Which season should we film in?

The one you sell hardest. If you sell summer and winter, the two-seasons package fits: someone booking in January wants to see the house in snow.

Do we need models?

That depends on the concept. The family, the staff and guests who agree to be filmed show your house as it is. Some ideas need models: then we choose them with you, and their fee runs directly between you and them.

What happens if the weather is bad?

If it is really bad, the outdoor shoot moves once at no cost. That is written into every quote.

In which formats do we get everything?

In the formats your channels need: landscape for the website and YouTube, vertical for Instagram and TikTok, ready to publish on the day of delivery.

Can you come back later?

Yes. A house can film summer first and winter later, or add new footage after a renovation. The material stays in our archive, so there is something to build on.

Who owns the film and where may we use it?

The usage rights are set out in the written quote, matched to where the film will run: website, portals, social media, ads, trade fairs. Raw footage stays with us; a later cut from it is a small job, not a new shoot.

Thinking about a film for your house?

Tell us the house, the season you sell and when you need the film. We reply within 48 hours with a first answer on format and scope.