The Process

From the stage to your screen.

A four-stage editorial process, refined over years of producing commencement films at the world's most prestigious institutions.

A graduate smiling with a 'Thanks Mom & Dad' cap.
Thanks, Mom & Dad.
01

Reserve

Place your order by May 29. Provide the graduate's full name so our editorial team can identify their moments on stage.

02

Capture

Across two filming days — the Graduation Walk on 22 May and the Commencement Ceremony on 29 May — our cinema-grade camera team covers each reserved graduate from seven dedicated angles, distinct from the school's three-angle livestream. Discreet, low-profile, never intrusive: we follow your graduate from the walk through to the recession.

03

Curate

Each film is edited around the graduate. Editors identify their specific frames in every sequence, color-grade for a timeless, filmic look, and compose a bespoke title card.

04

Deliver

Within 10 working days of the ceremony, your bespoke film lands in a private folder named after the graduate. The video file inside carries the same name — yours to download and share with family across the world. The download link remains active until September 1st, after which the file is archived. Any retrieval from archive and new download link creation will incur a cost of HKD$200. Please Note: The archived film is deleted from our servers after one year.

The Deliverables

What you receive, precisely.

Every reservation produces one bespoke film, edited from original footage captured on the day, and delivered to a private archive folder shared only with the graduate and their family.

The Film

6–8 minutes

A bespoke short film, edited around the graduate alone — not the wider ceremony. Includes their procession, the stage moment, the handshake, the tassel turn, and the recession.

Length
6–8 min
Format
4K UHD · MP4
Audio
Stereo · scored
Aspect
16:9 cinematic
The Capture

Seven angles, on the graduate

Seven cinema-grade angles cover the ceremony — separate from the school's three-angle livestream. Wide stage, long-lens portrait, on-screen text of the student graduating, handshake, tassel, and recession are framed on your graduate; a roaming b-roll camera captures the wider energy of the event — arrivals, reactions, and atmosphere — and may or may not include your graduate.

Cameras
7 angles
Focus
Your graduate only
Crew
Discreet · uniformed
Audio
Direct from podium
The Personalisation

Edited around the graduate

From the graduate's name and the headshot you share, our editors locate them in every sequence — procession, stage walk, name announcement, tassel, recession — and build the film around those frames.

Title card
Bespoke · named
Stage moment
Full, uncut
Name read
Synced audio
Closing card
Family dedication
Delivery Timeline

Ten working days, to the day.

Editing begins the morning after the ceremony. Every film is colour-graded, scored, and quality-checked before upload to your private folder — no later than ten working days from the 29 May ceremony.

  1. 22 May 2026
    Graduation Walk · Multi-camera capture
  2. 29 May 2026
    Ceremony · Multi-camera capture
  3. 30–31 May
    Footage backed up · Sequences logged
  4. 1 – 11 Jun
    Bespoke editing · Colour · Score
  5. By 12 Jun 2026
    Delivered to your private folder
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