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Blue Ocean Belize

Client
Blue Ocean Belize
Sector
Brand film
Where
Belize

A long-form story film that introduces a Belize real estate business through the people and places behind it.

Story film / Interviews / Cinematography / Post-production

Marketing & GrowthBrand StrategyProductionWebsites & SEOImmersive

A development story is easy to tell with renderings and hard to tell with truth. The film needed to feel like Belize first and a brand second.

A boat on the water, from the Blue Ocean Belize film
From the film: people where they actually are.
An aerial frame from the Blue Ocean Belize film
From the film: the place carries the second half of the argument.
A narrow street lined with palms and small businesses
Monique, interviewed at home for the Blue Ocean Belize film, speaking about her community

Tide & Co.’s role

  • Brand film
  • Interviews
  • Cinematography, on the ground and from the air
  • Post-production: editing, sound design and colour grading

Credits

Production, direction, cinematography and post-production
Tide & Co.
Client
Blue Ocean Belize

Industry

Blue Ocean Belize: a place told through the people who live in it

The story of Blue Ocean Belize, told through the people and places behind it — a long-form film that moves between the water, the town and the homes of the people who live there.

The conversations come first. People explain a place better than a script does, so the interviews carry the argument and nothing needs to be oversold. They were filmed where people actually are — on a boat, in a living room, at home — so the setting shows the credibility before anyone says it.

Then the place carries the second half of the argument. Aerial cinematography, street-level observation and details of daily life were cut against the interviews, so the film reads as Belize first and a brand second.

Delivered: Long-form story film; On-location interviews; Cinematography on the ground and from the air; Post-production: editing, sound design and colour grading.