The story of our agency
Documentary-minded video for the companies building a new era of technology. Here's how we got here.
Our story started with our founders, 2 years ago
We started with a small team of passionate filmmakers
Catch 30 started with a camera and a simple frustration. So much branded video looked the same. Polished, professional, and forgettable. The films that actually stayed with you, the ones that made you feel something, were made for the screen and almost never for the companies doing interesting work in the world.
We come from documentary filmmaking, where the job is to pay attention. To sit with a person long enough to find what is true, and to shape it into something worth watching. We thought that same patience belonged in the work companies make about themselves.
So that is what we do. We are based in the Bay Area, among the people building a new era of technology, and we treat their stories with the care of a film rather than the gloss of an ad. We are less interested in selling than in understanding. The selling tends to take care of itself when the story is honest.
A camera can flatter. We would rather it tell the truth, and find the version of the truth worth remembering.
Our team
A small group with a single standard. No part of the process handed off to someone who doesn't care, no corner cut you'd notice in the final cut.
Our goals
The numbers behind the work. A small team with real time behind the camera. Here's what that adds up to.
Startups, tech companies, and corporate names across the Bay Area, each one walking away with something they're proud to put their name on.
Founder films, brand spots, executive interviews, and full event coverage, shipped on time and built to outlast the news cycle.
Our video team is Emmy-winning, with a decade shooting corporate documentary and commercial work. That standard runs through everything we make.
experience
The team adds up to more than two decades behind cameras and in edit bays. Documentary instincts, commercial polish, and short form built for the scroll.
The core values that drive everything we do
Quality
Every frame earns its place. We light it, shoot it, and cut it like it matters, because the difference between forgettable and unforgettable lives in the details.
Creativity
Anyone can point a camera. We find the angle, the moment, and the version of the truth other people walk right past.
Teamwork
The best work starts with listening. We treat your story like it's ours and your deadline like a promise.
Innovation
We work where technology moves fastest, so we keep up. The right tools and a documentary instinct, used to make better video without the bloat.
Our clients
We make video for the people building the Bay Area's next era. Startups finding their voice, established tech companies with a story to tell, and the larger medical and corporate names that want work with a pulse. Different stages, same standard.
