Work / Case study
Directing a celebrity interview, from set to final cut
A celebrity interview for an Avignon Clinic campaign: planning the shoot, directing talent across more than one set-up, shooting, and editing the final film.
- Client
- Avignon Clinic
- Industry
- Medical aesthetics · Celebrity content
- Project type
- Celebrity interview — direction, shoot and edit
- Period
- 2024
- My role
- Director and editor — shoot planning, talent direction, shooting and editing
- Category
- Creative & Multimedia, Marketing Strategy & Campaigns
Business context
Celebrity time on set is short and expensive. Everything — set, light, camera positions, questions — has to be ready before talent arrives, so the interview can run without stopping.
Objective
Capture a natural, on-brand interview with celebrity talent, and come away with footage strong enough for a finished film and social cut-downs.
Strategy
Plan the day around the talent. The shoot was split into set-ups — a seated two-person interview set and a styled portrait set — so lighting and camera could be prepared in parallel while talent moved between them.
Creative direction
Warm, soft key light and a clean, premium set so the people stay the focus, with a sculptural backdrop for the portrait set-up.
Execution
- Planned the shoot and set-ups.
- Directed the talent on set — posing, delivery and pacing.
- Shot photo and video across the interview and portrait set-ups.
- Edited the final film.
Deliverables & tools
- Final interview film
- Behind-the-scenes photography
Gallery
Final film
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On set
Contribution
What this project delivered
- A finished celebrity interview film, produced from shoot planning through to the final output.
