ABOUT US

WHO ARE UNICORN PRODUCTIONS LA?

We're a boutique photography & videography company based in LA since 2014 and we love to shoot a plethora of varied work. We STRIVE to create naturalistic cinematic magic in any genre that we are commissioned to shoot and have over 150 5 Star reviews from around the world which can be seen on the menu above.

The passion and work that Unicorn Productions brought to the country of Montserrat and my political party, the PDM, over the course of 6 weeks, contributed immensely to our historic victory and my election to Premier of Montserrat. Many, many thanks."
Premier Donaldson Romeo, President of the country of Monterrat


We provide extremely experienced creatives and offer photographers whom are Government Standard, trained & deployed photojournalists and film teams. Our company's first professional photojournalism assignment was for the the country of Montserrat - which is a British Overseas Country. We spent 2 months shooting every single day in multiple locations; we simultaneously covered a political campaign and shot people both lifestyle and candid - whilst shooting events for the British Embassy, the PDM political party and government departments such as the Montserrat Volcanic Observatory.
In the evenings, we spent several hours editing and and color grading thousands of photos (using film making color grading techniques).

We apply similar tecniques now on many of our images and videos - which is partly why many of our clients find our work 3 dimensional and movie-like.

Many of our first images were taken on location and with natural light and we are often asked to shoot natural light - but we have a studio, lights and flashes.

Since 2018, We have been filming and photographing Medical & Surgical operations, charities and assignments. One recent projects as with a charity similar to Doctors Without Borders in Honduras. Our task was to document the American Surgeons lead by award winning Professor Gazi Zibari as they set up infrastructure to teach local surgeons the latest first-world surgical techniques whilst performing pro-bono operations themselves. We are now documenting the amazing work doctors and surgeons for Verity Healthcare and various Los Angeles hospitals - shooting stills and videos of medical infrastructure and producing patient anxiety relief videos with different types of Cancer. Some Samples/Genres:

Honduras Medical Assignment 2017 Documentary from our Honduras Medical Photojournalism Assignment LA Hospital Oncology Department:Pancreatic Cancer Patient Anxiety Relief Video LA Low Resolution Surgical Technique Demo reel Documentary and photojournalism for oncology Surgeons (for overseas charity similar to the MSF called The AHPBA) Political & Portrait work for the Montserrat Government British Embassy and Consulate events & portrait work around the world Qatar Embassy and Consulate events & portrait work in LA Medical & Surgical Photojournalism in LA for leading hospital St Vincent ( Verity Health ) Videos for Professor Gazi Zibari Surgeon and Ellis Island Award Recipient St Vincent Medical Center Surgical Operation Videos and stills Fundraising photojournalism for the UNHCR at charity galas ( United Nations High Commission for Refugees Events for institutions around the world such as Investment Banks in Toronto Charity Work & Non Profits such as Leukemia LLS Lifestyle/commercial work for various brands Actors portraits and on set stills for TV talent in USA and LA: shows such as Downton Abbey, The Haves and the Have Nots over 150 Food and Chef Editorials including for Her Majesty the Queen's Private Chef and Michellin Star Chef Cristina Bowerman Over 20 Weddings around the world Kids,Babies,Families in LA and Europe Our Photography Reel

CLIENT SAMPLES

We shoot many genres and have had many happy and prestigious clients. We have photographed hundreds of events around the world, galas, charities, corporate functions and additionally are hugely experienced in PORTRAITURE - shooting everything from the Qatar elite, presidents of countries, politicans, artists and actors and families and fun parties.

Some of our clients include:St Vincent Hospital LA /Verity Health *American Society of Medical Surgeons USA *Society of Surgeons Honduras*UNHCR ( United Nations High Commission of Refugees) Fund Raising Gala *ZIM2CARES Schools Charity Promo Video *Leukemia LLS (USA) *British Government / Embassies *Government of Montserrat *President of Montserrat & various Politicians*Qatar Embassy & Consulate LA *Hoshino / Ibanez Music *Oxylent Nutrition *Leading Talent Agents LA / London such as UTA, Gersh, CESD, LA Models Agency *Valentine PR *Julien McDonald OBE *LA Models Agency *Primary Wave *GERSH *Over 300 events photographed since 2017 *COBELLA international Hair Chain of the Year (London)

WHAT GENRES DO WE SHOOT?

We shoot many genres - everything from portraits of actors and artists to medical missionary work a la Doctors Without Borders.

We strive to create naturalistic cinematic magic in any genre that we are commissioned to shoot.

Some of what we shoot:

Actors Portraits & Publicity Shots Artists Portraits and Publicity Political Campaign Work Medical & Surgical Photojournalism Charity Work & Non Profits Lifestyle/commercial work Weddings Kids,Babies,Families Food and Chef Editorials Our Photography Reel

WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS FOR CLIENT WORKFLOW?

No matter what type of genre we shoot - the process is very similar; it's vital to find out what shots are needed and why and where. .

We will often ask the client to provide samples / reference shots that they love for inspiration.

We then fuse our ideas with the client's ideas and put together a storyboard. Storyboards are used by us for STILL PHOTOGRAPHY and VIDEO WORK to help excite both parties and to make sure that the final result is on point with THE BRAND or the subject's brand.

To give you an example: ACTORS often have agents and managers who need SPECIFIC photos ("headshots") that can portray a SPECIFIC CHARACTER/ROLE TYPE to casting directors and producers. We will:

1. Ask them WHAT role/character type that they want these photos to portray them as AND/OR what their Agent/Manager wants the photos to resemble

2.We ask to see previous work:videos/headshots

3.We then start researching ourselves with and without the actor/agent/manager's input to create a STORYBOARD that helps define WHERE, WHAT AND WHEN we shoot and of course wardrobe.

THIS VIDEO shows our background and THIS PROCESS FOR ACTORS - which as we have said, is similar in process for all genres that we shoot. Due to the amount of work involved, a deposit of 50% is always required before the start of a commissioned job and this is non-refundable.

WHAT IS YOUR SHOOTING STYLE?

Naturalistic and documentary style. We are constantly becoming inspired by other fantastic photographers and film makers. Some of our earliest "heros" of photography were Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, Annie Liebowitz and so on. Whilst it is true that we can tailor the look that a client wants, we prefer to keep our artistic eye and flair.

DO YOU DO YOUR OWN POST PROCESSING, COLOR GRADING AND EDITING?

Yes, we almost always are asked to shoot natural, no artificial lights or set ups and on location. That does not mean however, that we never shoot with our lights, flash or in our studio -- but we certainly prefer our own natural cinematic on location style!

To see some of our work in PDF form, you can see the individual pages above OR click here for the PDFs: http://www.unicorn-productions.us/uk&usaclients