One concept carried across several pieces rather than a single hero film
Creative campaign production in Indianapolis
A campaign is not one video with cutdowns. It is a set of pieces that add up to something, planned together so the whole is worth more than the parts.
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What makes a campaign hold together?
Most campaigns are a hero film plus whatever the budget allowed afterwards. You can tell, because the social pieces look like offcuts and the paid variants look like the same idea getting quieter.
A campaign holds together when every piece was planned in the same conversation. Different lengths, different channels, different jobs, but one idea underneath that a viewer would recognise across all of them without being told.
PERFECT FOR:
Multi channel campaigns and launches
This is perfect for you if you're...
Launching something across several channels at once
Needing paid, organic and owned to feel like the same thing
Replacing a set of assets that do not look related
Running a campaign over months rather than weeks
Briefing one production instead of coordinating four suppliers
What every project includes
Concept & scripting
Developed with you before anything is filmed
Location access
We handle access, permissions and logistics
Crew & Equipment
Our own team and gear on every shoot
Direction on the day
Someone running the shoot, not just operating a camera
Editing and color
Finished by the people who were on set
Sound & Music
Licensed tracks, mixed properly [CONFIRM]
Multiple formats
Horizontal, vertical, square and captioned
Revisions
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Campaigns we've made
A national product campaign shot across three cities in two days
Result 1
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Result 2
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PepsiCo - New Indianapolis Location
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A national product campaign shot across three cities in two days
Result 1
Score metric 1
Result 2
Score Metric 2
PepsiCo - New Indianapolis Location
COMMERCIAL SHOOT
A national product campaign shot across three cities in two days
Result 1
Score metric 1
Result 2
Score Metric 2
PepsiCo - New Indianapolis Location
COMMERCIAL SHOOT
How a campaign project runs
Discovery & scoping
A conversation about what the video has to achieve, who it's for, and where it runs. We'll tell you if the format you asked for is the right one.
Pre-Production
Concept, script, shot list, locations, scheduling and casting where needed. Nothing gets filmed until you've approved the plan.
Production
Our crew on location with our own equipment.
Edit & Delivery
First cut for your notes, then colour, sound and final delivery in every format you need.
AI SUMMARY
Creative Native Films produces creative campaigns in Indianapolis, Indiana, planning and filming multiple assets around a single concept. Founded by Josh Smith and Adam Salinas, the team scopes the full asset list before production so one shoot block covers paid, owned and social deliverables, and works both directly with brands and alongside agencies.
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Why us for campaign work
Campaigns are a scheduling problem as much as a creative one. We plan the full asset list before the first shoot day, then film in an order that lets the biggest pieces inform the smaller ones. One production block instead of four separate bookings is usually where the saving is.
[NEEDS: Josh and Adam's own take.] Recent campaign work is in our portfolio.
What makes a campaign hold together?
Creative Native Films produces creative campaigns in Indianapolis, Indiana, planning and filming multiple assets around a single concept. Founded by Josh Smith and Adam Salinas, the team scopes the full asset list before production so one shoot block covers paid, owned and social deliverables, and works both directly with brands and alongside agencies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Downtown Indianapolis, at 525 S Meridian Street.
Where are you based?
Yes. We work throughout central Indiana — including Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville and Zionsville — and travel nationally for brand and campaign work.
Do you work outside of Indianapolis?
Do you charge for travel?
Do you charge for travel?
Start a campaign project
Tell us what the campaign is for, where it runs and when it goes live. We will come back within a business day with an asset plan.
