Strategy first
Direction is set before a shot is planned.
▸ Strategy, storytelling & video for the people building hard things
Storytelling for the next generation of decision makers
Your audience grew up in an always-on, video-first world. Speak to them in the language they understand.
Sectors
01 Defence
02 Aerospace
03 Advanced manufacturing
04 Deep tech
EST. 2026
UK · deploys anywhere
Show, don't tell
Content, not ads
/01 - Hello
Britain builds extraordinary things. It tells the world like it's 1995.
In the US, the best engineering, defence and frontier-tech companies have made their stories impossible to ignore. They've adopted a publisher mindset, with comms fit for fandoms and the always-on generation.
Most British and European firms haven't caught up. Until now.
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of Gen Z & Millennials now see defence and engineering as exciting career paths. Serco · Business of Defence
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of UK manufacturers expect reshoring to accelerate - production is coming back onshore. Make UK / RSM UK
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projected global space economy by 2035 - nearly triple its 2023 size. World Economic Forum / McKinsey
/02 - What we believe
Four principles we build on
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Your marketing should match your product.
Infographics, sit-down interviews and the odd press release signal a legacy mindset. The companies cutting through don't look or sound like their competitors - the best marketing doesn't feel like marketing at all.
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Make content. Not ads.
Engineers, operators and analysts are trained to filter out noise. Substance is the style: content that respects a technical audience earns the one thing no ad can buy - authority.
III
Always on. Always top of mind.
Decks stay at work; content travels with your audience and spreads among the peers who shape decisions. A steady drumbeat beats a big bang - it signals momentum.
IV
People trust other people.
Your founder is the brand; your team are your biggest advocates. Nothing makes a company feel more alive than hearing from the people with their hands on the tools. Authenticity reduces procurement anxiety.
▸ How we apply these to your company is the part we don't publish. Book a call.
/03 - What do we do
More than production - communication for 2026
Most production companies wait for a brief; most strategy consultancies can't pick up a camera. Recce closes the gap - strategy, storytelling and video under one roof, every piece moving towards the same goal.
INPUT
OUTPUT
Craft that earns attention
A decade of broadcast storytelling, made for a social-first world.
FEEDBACK
Analysis that compounds
Performance feeds the next piece. It only gets sharper.
Doug Brown - founder & director
/04 - Who
Founded by producer & director Doug Brown
Recce is led by Doug Brown, a producer and director with a decade behind the camera for the likes of the BBC, Netflix and Channel 4. Most recently he was Projects Director at Uncovered, Campaign's Social Agency of the Year.
He's worked with the British Army Reserve, US Air National Guard, Sussex Police, the UN Humanitarian Air Service, Wise, the Labour Party and Ed Sheeran. He runs every Recce project end to end, building the right team for each brief.
"Superb, long-serving member of staff. Strong technical, design, and logistics skills. Good strategic thinker, executes reliably." US Senator Jon Ossoff, formerly MD of Insight FilmsFind Doug on LinkedIn ↗
▸ In motion
▸ A micro studio for the modern day
AI keeps us lean. People make it land.
AI streamlines how we work - a small team making big-budget-quality content on smaller budgets.
But what you're paying for is well over a decade on the ground. Great content comes from great access - and from a sense of fun and excitement while making it. We know how to build rapport, direct your team into their best take, and pick the right talent for the job. We make shoots that feel right. And fun.
Because AI can't stand in a muddy field all day, put a nervous interviewee at ease, or catch the perfect soundbite from across the room. Maybe one day. Not yet.
/05 - End to end
How we work together
One point of contact across strategy, storytelling and video - small, agile teams that make almost any budget work, anywhere.
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Strategy
Clear direction, within budget.
02
Creative direction
Ideas that cut through and hit your objectives.
03
Talent partnerships
Creators, journalists, podcasters - when they're the right call.
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Production
Small, agile, multi-skilled teams, anywhere.
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Post
As many edit rounds as you need, with VFX, motion and sound talent behind us.
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Analysis
Performance analysis that feeds future work.
/06 - FAQ's
The questions clients ask first
+ We work in a sensitive industry. How do you handle that?
It's where we come from - a decade of sensitive journalism for the BBC and Netflix, and filming with the British Army Reserve and US Air National Guard. Nothing is published without your sign-off.
+ Does this land with technical audiences?
That's exactly who it's built for. We make content, not ads - so your team becomes the most credible voice in your category. It's already how technical buyers consume: on LinkedIn, video is shared 20x more than any other format, and it's the platform's fastest-growing way to reach decision-makers. LinkedIn for Business
+ What does it actually cost?
Less than you'd expect - no agency overheads. We make almost any budget work, from a single pilot to a retainer. The recce stage scopes it before you commit.
+ How do we know it's working?
Every piece ships with a job - awareness, inbound, candidate quality, investor visibility - and we report against it.
+ We don't have time to be "always on".
You don't need to be - we are. One shoot day generates weeks of content. We handle it end to end.