Work
01 From first dig to finished room
02 Interior framing — light meets the build
03 Hillside foundation — structural form
04 First dig — excavator and ground
05 Custom build — trades on site
06 Framing nails — light through the structure
07 Ground-protection mats — laid, driven, lifted
Most construction video is documentation.
We make it story.
Silent Story is a construction cinematography studio on Vancouver Island. We light, frame and cut a job site the way a film crew treats a location — because a build that takes two years and millions of dollars deserves better than a phone clip shot from the cab of a truck.
About usResearch films
Market research for BC builders and developers, as film.
Rates
Fixed before we set foot on siteBrand Film
Two to four minutes, shot as a short film. The asset that sells your next project before it breaks ground.
Site Story Day
One day on site, one film. An owner interview, a safety brief people actually watch, or a trades film for your crew.
Website
A site built for builders and developers — your films, your projects and your numbers on pages that load fast and sell the next job. Designed and built by the same people who shot the footage, so nothing gets lost between the two.
Social Media Marketing
Monthly verticals for LinkedIn and Instagram, cut from your site footage and posted on a schedule, with captions written for builders and developers. Every post is a film, not a flyer.
Aerial Progress Retainer
One flight a month, one 60–90 second cut, plus four vertical versions for LinkedIn and Instagram.
$2,950 bi-weekly
Long-Term Time-Lapse
A 4K camera lives on your site from first dig to final inspection. Monthly edits while you build, then one film that compresses two years into ninety seconds.
+ $850 / month
We light a job site like a film set.
Silent Story is a construction media studio in Victoria, BC. Our founder trained in cinematography at film school and has spent the ten years since behind a camera — more than 150 projects on two continents. That is where the eye comes from. A framing crew at seven in the morning gets the same light, the same lens and the same patience a film set would.
The film is where it starts, not where it ends. We build the website it lives on, and we cut the social that keeps it in front of the people who hire you. Construction only, across BC. We know a pour from a strip, and we don’t learn it on your site.
“The aerial cut landed the day before our investor meeting. It made the entire pitch. We’d been describing the site for months — Silent Story made them feel it in ninety seconds.”
We don’t publish a client’s name without written permission. Until we have it, the words stand on their own.
Questions builders ask
Straight answers. No call required.What does Silent Story actually do for a construction company?
Three things, usually together. We film the build — brand films, site story days, aerial progress and long-term time-lapse. We build the website the films live on. And we cut and schedule the social media that keeps your work in front of developers, owners and the trades you want to hire. Construction only, based in Victoria, BC, working across Vancouver Island and the province.
What does a construction brand film cost in BC?
A Silent Story brand film starts at $7,500 and runs two to four minutes. A Site Story Day — one day on site, one film — starts at $4,500. Aerial progress retainers start at $1,750 a month, and long-term time-lapse is $3,500 to install plus $850 a month with edits included. Every quote is fixed within 48 hours; no hourly billing.
Do you build websites for builders and developers?
Yes. We design and build the site around your films and projects — fast pages, your real work, your numbers — so the footage sells the next job instead of sitting in a folder. Scope and price are set in one short conversation, because every builder's site is different.
What does social media marketing for a construction company include?
Monthly vertical cuts for LinkedIn and Instagram made from your own site footage, posted on a schedule, with captions written for builders and developers rather than for the general public. Every post is a film, not a flyer. Quoted after a brief discussion.
Are you certified to fly drones on active construction sites?
Yes. Transport Canada RPAS Advanced Operations certified. We attend your site orientation, coordinate flight windows with the superintendent, and work around active trades, never through them. Most aerial visits are complete inside 90 minutes.
How fast do you deliver, and what do we get?
Ten business days from the shoot, with two revision rounds and a final polish. Every film ships in three ratios — 16:9 for web and boardroom, 1:1 for LinkedIn, 9:16 for Reels — and the footage is yours under a perpetual commercial licence on final payment.
Where do you work?
Based in Victoria, BC. Regular work across Saanich, Langford, Colwood, Oak Bay, Sidney and Nanaimo, anywhere on Vancouver Island, and the Lower Mainland by arrangement.
Start a project
Send the address and where the build is at. You get a fixed number back, not a call to “discuss options.”