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Strategic Video Frameworks | Sapling Pictures

Frameworks that grow it.

Video that builds your audience.

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We Don’t Just Produce Video.
We Design How Your Organization Uses It.

Organizations know they need video. It’s the fastest way to make an impression, grow audiences, and scale. Video is the language audiences understand.

But most organizations produce video reactively — one project at a time, without a coherent framework connecting them. The result is content that looks good in isolation but doesn’t compound.

Sapling builds the framework that changes that. We design the content strategy, the formats, the production systems, and the messaging architecture – then we execute within it.

Television Connects

Theater Trailer - Internet and Television Association

Online Ads

Online Video (OLV) - Five Guys

Educator Masterclass

Social-Emotional Learning - Discovery Education

Testing Content

Language Assessment - ACTFL

Animated Mission Video

Animated Brand Video - Language Connects Foundation

Virtual Field Trip

Mini Documentary - Discovery Education / Reagan Presidential Library

Lobby Brand Video

HQ Lobby Video - Sierra Nevada Corporation

What a Video Content Framework Actually Looks Like

A video content framework isn’t a tool or a template. It’s the strategic structure your organization produces within — the roadmap for how your team produces video: the decisions made upfront about formats, cadence, messaging hierarchy, and production approach that make every subsequent video faster, more coherent, and more effective than the last.

Sapling has built these frameworks for organizations like TransUnion, Marriott, and the National Education Association. We bring 28 years of Emmy Award-winning production craft and international festival recognition to every engagement — and a strategic discipline that most production companies simply don’t offer. We help clients clarify their message, define success, and build video frameworks that scale.

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"I have worked with Keith for many years. He is always creative, focused on details and great to work with. He is a pro and really knows how to maximize a budget."
Mary Clare Baquet / VP Creative and Production, Discovery Communications

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"Keith knows every aspect of the production process inside-out. I'm always confident that when I give Keith a project that it will be done efficiently, on-time and it will tell a compelling story."
Christine Cossu / Advertising Producer, Tether, Inc.

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"We are extraordinarily pleased with the creativity and commitment of the Sapling team who helped us bring our vision to life."
David French / Interim President and CEO, National Park Foundation

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"Keith is a great visual storyteller; his videos are vibrant and compelling. He’s an expert at connecting with people, so his videos are natural and unscripted. The emotions are real, and that’s what resonates with the audience."
Diem Sepp / Brand and Digital Strategy, NEA Member Benefits

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"Having worked with Keith while I was at Discovery Communications, I knew he was someone I wanted to consider for a fairly large production project. Ultimately, he delivered a video that looks like it cost 10 times as much as his fee. I honestly could not be more pleased."
Mark Wilkin / Managing Director, Global Innovation Marketing, The American Institute of Architects

Emmy-winning video production service