Video production · Berlin · 50+ countries
We make videos.The kind people love.
Mensch Creative is a Berlin video production company. We make brand films, mini-documentaries, explainers and motion design for companies, international organisations, UN agencies and development finance institutions. Since 2014 we have produced in more than 50 countries, with local crews on the ground and post-production in-house.
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Brand films, mini-documentaries, explainers and motion design for companies and impact organisations.
Your work is complex. Your audience gives you thirty seconds.
Comms teams, programme leads and marketers are asked for more video, for more channels, in more languages, often with the same budget. The story usually lives somewhere hard to reach: a farm outside Lusaka, a water project in Nepal, a warehouse in Berlin. We find the part of it people will remember, and we get a crew there.
One shoot. Every version you need.
A Mensch production gives you more than one film. From the same shoot we cut the full film, short highlights, vertical reels and feed formats for social, and versions for each audience you report to, with subtitles and a transcript. Every file is sized and captioned for where it will play.
Tell us about your projectThe full film
The complete story, graded and mixed, for your website, events, pitches and reports.
- 16:9
- 4K master
- web version
Highlights and cutdowns
Short edits that carry the key message when attention is limited, for ads, emails and presentations.
- 60s
- 30s
- 15s
Vertical reels
Reframed for phones with captions built in, ready for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and LinkedIn.
- 9:16
- captions on
Feed formats
Square and portrait cuts that fill the feed on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
- 1:1
- 4:5
Versions for each audience
The same material shaped for donors, investors, boards, partners or customers, each with its own emphasis.
- donors
- investors
- customers
Subtitles and transcripts
Captions and translated subtitles, burned in or as files, plus a full transcript that search engines and AI assistants can read.
- SRT
- burned-in
- transcript
Stills and behind the scenes
Photos and frame grabs from the shoot for reports, press releases and social posts.
- high resolution
- JPG
Thumbnails and teasers
Cover frames, short teasers and silent loops that get people to press play.
- thumbnail
- teaser
- loop
We shoot aaanywhere!
Mensch Creative is a Berlin video production company with partner crews in more than 50 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. From Nairobi and Lagos to Mumbai, Jakarta and São Paulo, we film brand stories, impact documentaries and events on location, then edit, grade and finish every film in Berlin. Point at a country to see where a crew is ready.
It doesn’t matter how remote, complex or difficult your video project is, Mensch can and will deliver.
Productions delivered for and in partnership with
What do you need your video to do?
Start with the job the film has to do. We shape the format around it.
Tell your brand story
Brand films that show who you are and why it matters, with real people and a clear arc.
Read moreShow your impact in the field
Mini-documentaries filmed where your programme or investment actually changes lives.
Read moreExplain something complex
Explainers and motion design that turn a technical idea into two clear minutes.
Read moreLaunch a product
Product films and demos that show what it does and why someone should care.
Read moreCapture your event
Conference and launch films that keep the energy of the room, delivered fast.
Read moreWin attention on social
Short-form cuts built for each platform, from one shoot or from your archive.
Read moreLet your people speak
Testimonials from clients, partners and beneficiaries, filmed so they sound like themselves.
Read moreReport to donors, boards and investors
Impact and annual-report films that make results visible and credible.
Read moreWho we work with
Organisations that have something real to show and not much time to show it.
Companies and brands
You need video that sells without sounding like an ad. We produce brand films, product videos, explainers and social content, from a single shoot in Berlin to a campaign filmed across several markets.
Wayfair, Babbel, Braun, Siemens Energy
Read moreInternational organisations
Your programmes run in places most crews can’t reach, and your funders and partners want to see them. We film there with local partners who know the language, the customs and the permits, and we treat the people on camera with care.
Read moreUN and multilateral agencies
Your procurement is thorough and your approvals have many rounds. We are used to both, and we plan them into the schedule from day one so the film still lands on time.
Read moreDevelopment finance and impact investors
Your investments create jobs and change markets, but reports don’t make people feel that. We film the businesses you back and the people they serve, so your impact is something stakeholders can watch.
British International Investment in Zambia, Indonesia and the Philippines. BFA Global’s Catalyst Fund in Kenya.
Read moreFoundations
Grantees tell your story best, but they’re spread across the world. We film them where they are and bring it together into one consistent body of work.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Read moreGovernment and development agencies
Programmes funded by public money need to explain themselves to the public, to ministries and to partners. We turn technical programmes into films and animations people actually finish watching.
GIZ: Tech Detector, Data Lab, TUMI, FATA
Read moreIndustry associations
You represent many members and many markets. We make series that show your members’ innovation country by country.
GSMA: AgriTech, Orenda, Financial Literacy, Freetown waste management, Diyalo in Nepal
Read moreWhy clients choose Mensch
I have worked with Mensch for over five years, across two companies, and they have always exceeded my expectations. The team is efficient, professional, polite, creative and intelligent! I mostly love them because they always make me look good!
Anywhere, at short notice.
Partner crews in more than 50 countries mean we can have a team on location quickly, including in places with difficult logistics. We solve permits, travel and field conditions before the cameras roll.
Complex, made simple.
Your story is complicated. The film shouldn’t be. We find the one thing your audience needs to understand and build everything around it.
One team, start to finish.
Script, shoot, edit, colour, sound and motion design all happen with one team, so nothing gets lost between suppliers.
Films that did their job
Zambeef
A two-day shoot at Zambia’s largest agribusiness, locked with one day’s notice, showing how BII’s investment supports food security and small-scale farmers.
Catalyst Fund
A series of mini-documentaries on Kenyan entrepreneurs backed by the Catalyst Fund, filmed across the country.
Diyalo
How an IoT water-management system works with local authorities in Nepal, filmed on location.
How we work
Most production problems start before the shoot. So we spend our effort there.
- 01
Brief
A short call to pin down who the film is for, what they should do after watching, and where it will be seen.
- 02
Treatment
A written plan: the story, the look, the people, the locations, the schedule. Nothing is shot until you have signed it off.
- 03
Production, anywhere
Our own crew or trusted local partners, depending on where and what. Logistics, permits and safety are planned in advance.
- 04
Post-production
Editing, colour grading, sound design and motion design in-house, with feedback rounds at fixed points.
- 05
Delivery
The master film plus the cut-downs, formats and subtitles you need for every channel.
Mensch not only helped us professionally in setting up the perfect storyline for our video, they also inspired us through their advice and personalities to think far beyond what we had initially planned for.
Questions
How much does video production cost?
A full-service video with Mensch Creative, including strategy, shooting and post-production, usually starts at around €4,000. International shoots, cinematic commercials and heavy visual effects cost more. After a short discovery call we send a detailed quote.
Where is Mensch Creative based?
Mensch Creative is a video production company registered in Berlin, Germany. From Berlin we work with independent partner crews worldwide, and we have produced in more than 50 countries.
Can you film in remote or difficult locations?
Yes. Most of our impact work happens in places with difficult logistics: farms, factories, rural clinics and field programmes. We plan permits, travel, safety and local crews before the shoot, and keep a producer on the ground to handle changes.
Can you handle urgent, short-notice projects?
Yes. Our partner network lets us put a full production team on location at short notice. For British International Investment in Zambia, the location was confirmed one day before filming.
Do you only do full productions?
No. Besides full production, you can hire us for post-production only, for 2D and 3D motion design and VFX, for a crew on location, or for creative development such as scripts and storyboards.
Who do you work with?
Companies and brands, international organisations, UN and multilateral agencies, development finance institutions, foundations, government development agencies and industry associations. Clients include GSMA, GIZ, British International Investment, BFA Global, Vodafone and Siemens Energy.
Tell us what your video needs to do.
Send a short brief or call us. A producer will reply with ideas and a quote.
From the field
Notes from our shoots: what went wrong, what we changed, and what we’d do again.
Volatile weather and three provinces: filming Skye Renewables’ solar projects for BII.
How we filmed a full rice season in Indonesia in two days, in the rainy season.
One day before filming there was still no confirmed location. How we filmed BII’s Zambeef investment anyway.