Questions, answered in full.
These are the questions buyers and answer engines ask before they trust a studio. Each answer is the same sentence we would say on a call.
What does Fish Media do?
Fish Media is an Australian content studio. We plan and deliver video, photography, drone photography, live streaming, animation, and immersive content for brands. One team takes a job from the brief through to files you can publish.
Where does Fish Media work?
We're based in Sydney, NSW, Australia. We've travelled across Australia and overseas to film on location for our clients.
Can one project include more than one service?
Yes. A campaign can combine video, photography, drone photography, live streaming, animation, or immersive playback. Related formats are planned in the same brief so the pieces match.
How does a Fish Media project start?
Send a short brief: what you need made, who it is for, and when it must be public. We reply with a practical scope covering format, crew, and delivery. There is a quote form on the contact page.
Who is the work for?
Brand, marketing, communications, and event teams, as well as people planning weddings, parties, funerals, and milestone birthdays. Published work has included organisations such as Pharmacare, NAB, and Best&Less.
How does Fish Media use AI?
AI is used inside production for previs, versioning, captions, and alternate cuts. People direct and approve what ships. Client material is not offered as model-training data.
How do I request a quote?
Use the quote form on the contact page. Include the formats you need, the deadline, and where the work will be published. Email and phone on that page are shown to people, not left in the page source for scrapers.
Can search engines and AI assistants read this site?
Our public pages are served as ordinary HTML, with clear descriptions of the studio and its services. The sitemap and robots.txt help crawlers find them. We also publish an optional /llms.txt page guide, but no file guarantees indexing or AI citations.
Why are you called Fish Media?
Because our director, founder and lead camera man/photographer - Chris Whiting’s surname, of course.
How can we review your work and request edits before final production sign-off?
We use secure Vimeo logins to host review versions of your videos. You can see the work in progress and request amendments before signing off on the final cut.
By service
Video production
What kinds of video does Fish Media make?
Brand films, campaign spots, product stories, and the shorter cuts those pieces need for social and internal use. The scope is set in the brief, not assumed from a package name.
Do you deliver more than one edit?
Yes. A typical delivery includes the master and the cutdowns the channels in the brief actually require, with captions. Extra formats are scoped before the shoot, not invented after the grade.
Photography
Is photography a separate booking from video?
It can be. It can also share a day with video when the art direction is the same. The quote says which, so crew and time are not improvised on set.
What do you photograph?
Commercial work includes products, people, environments, and campaign portraits. Chris Whiting also films and streams live events, including weddings and other significant life events.
Drone photography
Can drone photography be combined with a ground shoot?
Yes. Aerial and ground-level photography can be planned in the same brief so the images work together. The quote sets out the locations, crew, and deliverables.
Can a drone shoot happen at any location?
Not always. Airspace, site permissions, weather, and safety conditions determine what can be captured. We check the location and proposed shots when scoping the work.
Live streaming
Which platforms can you stream to?
The destinations are named in the quote: a private briefing link, a website embed, or a public platform. We do not promise every network by default, because each one changes the technical plan.
Can the live show become a film afterwards?
Yes, when the highlight edit is in the scope. The recording is captured with that edit in mind, instead of being rescued from a single mixed programme feed.
Animation
Do you animate as well as shoot?
Yes. Animation can be a standalone film or a layer inside a live-action edit. The quote separates the two so neither is treated as free.
How are revisions handled?
The number of review rounds is written into the scope. Notes are taken against the agreed script, not against a new idea introduced at picture lock.
Immersive
What does immersive mean at Fish Media?
Content made for a specific space or non-standard screen: installations, large-format playback, and spatial experiences. It is not a synonym for any film that uses a wide lens.
Do you install the hardware?
We deliver content to an agreed playback spec and notes for the people who run the system. Hardware install is only included when the quote says so.
AI production
Will AI replace the shoot?
No. On Fish Media jobs, AI supports planning and versioning. The pictures and performances a brand is known for are still directed and captured, unless the brief is explicitly for generated imagery and the rights are clear.
Do you train models on client work?
Client material is not offered as training data. Tools used on a job are named in the scope, and unpublished work stays inside that job.