A School Life Film for Archbishop Sumner Primary School

Film AND PHOTOGRAPHY for Archbishop Sumner Primary School

A school tour film for Archbishop Sumner Primary School in London, giving prospective parents a genuine insight into school life, combining ground filming with drone footage.

A School Life Film for Archbishop Sumner Primary School

CLIENT

Archbishop Sumner Primary School

SECTOR

Education · Primary school · Admissions

SERVICES

Filming · Drone footage · Voiceover · Editing · Photography · Final delivery

The brief

Following a recommendation, the senior leadership team of Archbishop Sumner School in London got in touch to request a video giving prospective parents a genuine insight into school life. This one had a difference, for the first time, drone filming was brought into the mix, working alongside pilot George from Clipaview.

The brief was helping prospective parents genuinely picture their child at the school, warm and welcoming rather than a standard promotional tour.

The finished film needed to work for the school’s admissions process, alongside fresh photography for its planned website relaunch.

  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School
  • Archbishop Sumner Primary School

The approach

Working with drone pilot George from Clipaview, the shoot was carefully planned shot by shot in advance, mapping exactly how the aerial footage would transition into ground filming.

Rather than a standard walk-through, the aim was a film and a series of photographs that helped prospective parents understand:

  • What daily life at the school genuinely feels like
  • The character and setting of the school from a fresh, aerial perspective
  • The warmth of the teaching staff and pupils on camera
  • Why the school stood out among other options in the area

Shooting ran across two full days, including two school lunches along the way, before moving into the edit, with some back and forth on the final cut and voiceover.

Production

The project involved coordinating ground and aerial filming for the first time on a project like this. This included:

  • Filming and photography across the school, capturing genuine classroom and playground moments
  • Drone filming, carefully planned to transition smoothly into ground footage
  • Providing the voiceover personally, guiding prospective parents through the school
  • Several rounds of edit revisions, refining the final cut with the school’s feedback
  • Additional photography for the school’s planned website relaunch

Throughout, close collaboration with George and the school ensured the finished film felt genuinely different from a typical school video.

The result

The finished film and photos gave the school a genuinely distinctive piece of admissions content, something that felt noticeably different from a standard school tour video.

Headteacher Taw Stagg said simply: “This is fantastic! I am so happy with this!”, and the school also gained fresh photography ready for its website relaunch.

By combining ground filming with genuine aerial cinematography, the project became something a small primary school could use to stand out to prospective parents in a genuinely competitive London admissions landscape.

Why this project worked

This project shows what happens when ground and aerial filming come together properly, planned shot by shot rather than bolted on as an afterthought, the drone footage genuinely elevated a familiar brief into something with real cinematic scale.

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