Video Production Partner Needed - Exciting Toys & Games Products Launch Promo

We're a small, lean US toys & games company with some genuinely exciting new products on the way, and we're looking for a production partner (freelance producer/production team or studio) who knows how to put on a proper product shoot and deliver a launch campaign end to end. We're not a big corporation and this isn't a big-agency budget. We're a small team that punches above its weight and wants a partner who works the same way. What the products are and how they work stays under NDA until you're shortlisted. This is a product-focused campaign: the film's job is to make people see these products and convey the chaotic, hilarious and devilishly addictive element that we have engineered into them. The deliverables: One hero product launch film (60–90 seconds) — premium, cinematic, unforgettable A bank of social cutdowns and ad variations (15s/30s, vertical and horizontal) derived from the same production Full production ownership: concept, pre-production, shoot, post, delivery On creative: We are deliberately not telling you what the film should look like or how the shoot should be run. You're the experts — we want your concept, your production approach, your ideas. The more creative and unique your proposal, the better your chances. Surprise us. Who we're looking for: A portfolio of genuinely high-end product shoots and launch films — links required, this is 90% of the decision Proven ability to run a product shoot properly: pre-pro, set/art direction, lighting, crew, post pipeline Proof you can originate concepts, not just execute briefs A clear account of who does what: whether you're a producer who assembles the team or an agency with in-house crew, tell us how your production actually runs Fast, decisive, and great to work with — we move quickly and hate bureaucracy Comfortable signing an NDA before product details are shared How this will work: Apply with your 2–3 best links and answers to the screening questions Shortlisted candidates sign an NDA, get the full product reveal, and pitch us their concept and production plan via a paid micro-brief (we pay for your thinking — no free spec work) The best pitch wins the campaign and we build it together Do this well and there's an ongoing relationship: we launch new products constantly and want a go-to production partner Budget: Modest but real. Fixed price for the hero film plus a separately scoped package for the cutdown/ad bank. Tell us your realistic all-in number for the scope above — we'd rather you propose something clever within a small-company budget than assume we spend like a national brand. Timeline: Concepting begins immediately on shortlist; production within 4–6 weeks. Screening questions Link the single best product shoot/launch film you've delivered. One sentence on your role: did you produce it, and who handled concept, shoot, and post? Tell us about a concept you originated that the client never would have thought of themselves. What was the idea, and what happened? What's your realistic all-in price range for the scope described, and what does that include (crew, studio, gear, post, revisions)?