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About Refresh

Refresh Films is the result of over a decade of freelance work and collaborations with brands, small and large corporations, influencers, 
celebrities and individuals in the marketing, film, video and media production industry as a whole. 

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Where we began...

Before social media and the internet really ‘blew up’ creating professional video was expensive and out of reach for most small businesses. Phones were lucky to have 2 megapixels and you needed a team of people to press the record button.

In the early 2000s our creative director and video producer James was operating a lighting business creating custom LED fixtures, he found that people were asking the same questions in virtually every interaction so he decided to make videos to simply address the common questions and save call time, they were posted to YouTube and that changed everything… 

The results were instant, customers were calling with the knowledge they needed and simply to place their orders...

Freelancing

A few years later the lighting business was sold to a colleague and James continued the journey in the world of video creation.

As the old saying goes, ‘learn by doing’ and that’s exactly what happened. James worked endlessly hiring and testing equipment, trying new techniques and trends, understanding how to make an aesthetically pleasing image. With extensive knowledge of lighting in his back pocket, creating custom lighting equipment helped the journey.  

After becoming able he put himself out there in the world as a freelance videographer, being hired for individual roles on projects he began to make his mark, particular with aerial film work with drones and helicopters.

Staples Media

After freelancing for some years, it was time to niche down and ‘Staples Media’ was born. Incorporating more end to end work James realised that it took a team of people to deliver the demands of marketing and advertising agencies.

Working alongside creatives across Australia James grew the business and started to realise that it can’t be done alone, and that certain types of content like weddings, birthdays parties and night club videos weren’t really the preferred video content he wanted to make.

The attention and focus shifted to organisations that were making a real difference, telling impactful stories and delivering clear messages.

Refreshing

Refresh Films is the evolution of Staples Media. The same team behind the scenes with a real understanding of our purpose and goals – completely refreshed.

With over a decade of experience as a video producer and a solid cinematography and editing background Refresh Films is equipped to produce high quality video for film and television, corporate advertising, web and social media content, documentaries and everything in between.

Our crew network now covers the large majority of Australia from Cairns all the way to Tasmania with offices based in Brisbane and Melbourne.