Sawback Builders framing crew working on a condo structure near Calgary
Case study

Sawback Builders

The introduction that wins new builders

Okotoks and Calgary · Construction · Founder-led brand film

Sawback Builders · brand film Sawback Builders owner speaking to camera on a framing site
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Client
Sawback Builders
Sector
Condo and home framing
Location
Okotoks and Calgary
Format
Founder-led brand film
On camera
Both owners and the site supervisor
Purpose
An introduction before the first bid
Director
Jared Ho
Producer & post
Storimatic Studio
About this project

Plenty of Crews to Choose From. No Easy Way to Know Who to Trust.

In condo and home framing, builders and developers have no shortage of crews. What they don't have is an easy way to know, before they hire, which crew they can actually trust on a tight schedule. Sawback Builders came to us to close that gap.

01 / The challengeThey had the track record. Nobody could see it.

Sawback needed to communicate their values and experience to stay competitive with every other condo and home framer in the area. On a framing job, builders are weighing crews they don't know yet, and the company that feels the most credible and the safest to hire wins the relationship.

Sawback had the history. They needed a way to show it to people who hadn't met them yet.

02 / What we didPut the people who built the company on camera

Three voices, each carrying something the other two could not.

OwnerMatt ArsenaultYears of hands-on condo framing experience, told in his own words rather than claimed on a website.
OwnerColten ArsenaultThe other half of the track record, first-hand. The kind of history that cannot be faked on camera.
Site supervisorJasonVouching for how the crew actually works on the ground, which carries differently coming from him than from the owners.

The result is an honest, founder-led film that does the job of a great first meeting, on demand, every time.

03 / The resultKnown and trusted before the first bid

Sawback now has an evergreen video they send to new builders coming into the city, so those builders get to know them and trust them before a single bid.

It is an asset that keeps working for years, long after the cameras were packed up.

Evergreen

One shoot, sent to every new builder arriving in the market from here on. The film keeps making the introduction whether or not anyone at Sawback is free to take the meeting.

From the shoot

Three Voices, One Introduction

Sawback Builders framing crew working on a condo structure
On site · condo framing
Owner Matt Arsenault speaking to camera on a job site
Interview · Matt
Owner Colten Arsenault speaking to camera
Interview · Colten
Site supervisor Jason talking about how the crew works
Interview · Jason
Detail of framing work in progress
Detail · the frame
Sawback crew at work on a residential build
The crew · on the job
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About This Project

01What did Storimatic Studio produce for Sawback Builders?

A founder-led brand film introducing Sawback Builders to developers and general contractors before the first conversation. Both owners, Matt and Colten Arsenault, and site supervisor Jason appear on camera to describe their condo framing experience and how the crew works.

02Why put the owners on camera instead of using a voiceover?

Because the track record is the product. A voiceover can claim twenty years of framing experience. An owner describing specific jobs in his own words demonstrates it, and a builder watching can tell the difference in about ten seconds.

03What is a founder-led brand film?

A film where the people who built the company speak for it directly. No actors, no narrator, no corporate script. For a trade business it does the job of a great first meeting, on demand, every time.

04How long does a brand film like this stay useful?

Years. Sawback sends theirs to new builders arriving in the market, so the film keeps introducing the company long after the shoot. That is what makes it an asset rather than a campaign.

05Do you film framing and construction companies outside Calgary?

Yes. Sawback works across Okotoks and Calgary, and Storimatic Studio shoots throughout Alberta. Travel outside Calgary is quoted up front before the project is booked.

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