Preserving Heritage, Capturing History
 with Video Production

Inspired Film and Video produces heritage video content for museums, archives, historic sites, heritage trusts and National Lottery Heritage Fund-funded projects across the UK. Based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, we produce documentaries, oral history interviews, virtual tours and restoration films for organisations including Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Wedgwood Museum and the Staffordshire Regiment Museum. We understand the sensitivities of working with historic sites, archive material and community memory, and the reporting requirements that come with lottery and public funding.

Why Heritage Organisations Choose Inspired  

  • We understand the sensitivities of heritage work. Filming at historic sites, with archive material or vulnerable oral history contributors requires care that generic corporate video production doesn't demand, we bring that experience to every heritage project.
  • We have a genuine track record in the sector. From Stoke-on-Trent City Council to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Wedgwood Museum and beyond, our heritage client list reflects real, repeated experience - not a one-off project.
  • We work collaboratively, not prescriptively. Heritage projects are personal to the organisations and communities behind them. We take your vision and objectives as the starting point, not a house style we impose on every project.
  • Midlands-based, nationally delivered - with international experience where it matters. Our base in Stoke-on-Trent gives efficient access to heritage sites and organisations across the Midlands and the UK, and we have taken that same care and experience abroad, including oral history filming with Holocaust survivors in the Czech Republic and WWI documentary work in France.

FAQs

What types of heritage organisations do you work with?

Museums, archives, heritage trusts, local authorities and organisations delivering National Lottery Heritage Fund or other funded heritage projects. We've worked with Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Wedgwood Museum, the Staffordshire Regiment Museum and Leicester Museums, among others.

Do you have experience working on National Lottery Heritage Fund projects?

Yes. We've produced content for National Lottery Heritage Fund-funded projects and understand the public engagement and reporting requirements that come with lottery funding, alongside the creative brief itself.


What is involved in oral history video production?

We plan and conduct filmed interviews that capture personal memories and community narratives, handling contributors, often older or vulnerable participants, with care and working sensitively around what they're comfortable sharing on camera.


Can you produce heritage films suitable for museum exhibition?

Yes. We produce content designed for in-gallery display and museum interpretation, as well as films built for public and online audiences.


Do you produce accessible heritage content, such as subtitles or audio description?

Yes. Subtitling, captioning and accessible formats can be built into any heritage production as standard, supporting museums' and heritage sites' accessibility obligations.


How do you handle sensitive historical content or restricted-access sites? 

We work closely with site owners and heritage organisations to understand access restrictions, conservation considerations and any sensitivities around historical content before filming begins.


What does a heritage documentary project typically cost? 

Heritage projects typically range from around £2,000 for a short oral history film to £20,000+ for a full documentary or multi-output museum interpretation project. We provide clear, fixed-fee proposals scoped to your brief and funding structure.


Do you work outside Staffordshire and the Midlands? 

Yes. While based in Stoke-on-Trent, we deliver heritage video production for organisations across the UK, including our work with Leicester Museums.


Do you film heritage projects outside the UK?

Yes. We have conducted oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors in the Czech Republic and filmed on location in France for several World War One documentary productions. International heritage filming brings additional planning and cost considerations, which we set out transparently at the proposal stage.

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