Content Proposal · August 2026

Build it once. Sell it for years.

Prepared for Scott and the Madison's Home Theater team. A phased content plan for the upcoming large-home build — designed to come out the other side with a library of proof, not a single highlight reel.

Prepared byAriel Porta · Porta Productions
CoverageRough-in → Mid-install → Reveal
MarketDallas–Fort Worth
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01 — The premise

You are not buying a video. You are buying the next five jobs.

A theater at this level takes months, then disappears behind a closed door. Nobody outside that house ever sees it — unless it's documented while it's being built.

01

Referral partners are the real prize

Custom builders and designers are the highest-value lead source in this trade — one relationship is worth several projects a year. A documented build is what gets you in that room.

02

You don't just install it — you build it

Madison's runs contracting under the same roof: framing, soffits, risers, acoustics. That's the hardest thing for a competitor to copy, and right now it's invisible in your marketing.

03

One build, a quarter of content

Three visits produce a flagship film, a case study, short-form cutdowns, stills and quote graphics — months of posting from the same hours on site.

02 — How the capture works

Four touchpoints. Almost no disruption.

Visits are scheduled around your construction calendar, not the other way around. Your crew keeps working. I stay out of the way.

Phase One

Rough-In

Short visit during prewire and rough construction. B-roll only — open walls, conduit runs, framing, the riser going in. No interview, no crew disruption, in and out.

Ongoing · Optional

Time-Lapse

A camera left on site between visits, capturing the room assembling itself. Costs you nothing in time and produces the single most-shared piece of the whole package. Included in Signature, or added to any tier.

Phase Two

Mid-Install

Second visit as equipment, acoustics and finishes go in. This is the moment that makes the reveal land — without it, the final film is just a nice room.

Phase Three

Reveal

The finished space, lit and shot properly. Full b-roll, stills, exterior aerials, and — where the homeowner is willing — an on-camera reaction and testimonial.

03 — What these actually look like

Not "content." Specific videos.

Real formats and real lengths, all cut from the three visits already in the plan.

Vertical · 15 secAll tiers

Same Wall, 90 Days

Locked-off shot of the open wall at rough-in — studs, conduit, bracing. Hard cut to the identical frame, finished. No music swell, no talking. The cut does the work.

On screen: "Same wall. 90 days apart."
Vertical · 15 secAll tiers

Lights Out

Room under working light. One beat. The scene fires, the projector wakes, the screen fills. Single cut, no edit tricks. The most re-watchable fifteen seconds of the whole build.

Film · 60–90 secAll tiers

The Recap

The whole build in order and scored — empty room, framing, install, reveal. The piece you pin to the top of the profile and send to a homeowner who asks what the process looks like.

Vertical · 20 secShowcase +

"Was It Worth It?"

One question, one answer, straight to camera from the homeowner. No setup, no b-roll intro. Their face in the first frame is the hook.

Opens on their answer, not the question.
Film · 2–3 minShowcase +

The Case Study

Opens on three seconds of the finished room, then drops back to the bare space and walks the build forward to the reveal, with the homeowner carrying it. Lives on the website and YouTube. This is what you send when someone says "show me your work."

Film · 3–5 minSignature

The Flagship

The documentary cut — scored, graded, built to be watched all the way through in a meeting rather than scrolled past. Includes Scott on camera on a decision made during framing that nobody will ever see. That's the argument for why the room and the system should come from one company.

Plus the time-lapse, the mid-build teaser, and the rest of the short-form set — full list on request.

Why this works in your category

I pulled the recent posts of seven well-known home theater and cinema-seating brands before writing this. Almost all of it is photo carousels of finished rooms, engagement sits around 1–2% of followers, and two of the accounts have gone quiet entirely.

Nobody is posting the build. The finished room is the most common thing on the feed and the least persuasive — every competitor has one. The open wall is the part only you can show, and the part that proves the price.

04 — Choose your package

Three levels. Each one buys a different outcome.

Not more footage — more reach. Pick based on what you want to be holding when the job is finished.

Tier One

Momentum

$2,400
Outcome: the job doesn't disappear silently. A clean record of the build and steady content to post while it's happening.
  • 3 site visits — rough-in, mid-install, reveal
  • 1 recap film, 60–90 sec, cut from all three phases
  • 4 vertical cutdowns, 15–30 sec, spread across the timeline
  • 15 photos from the finished reveal
  • No interview or testimonial
Most chosen
Tier Two

Showcase

$3,600
Outcome: the answer to "show me your work." A website-ready case study with a real homeowner on camera saying it was worth it.
  • Everything in Momentum, plus:
  • On-camera testimonial with the homeowner at reveal
  • 1 case-study film, 2–3 min — process, testimonial, reveal. Built for the site and YouTube
  • Exterior aerials at reveal, drone-captured
  • 8 short-form cutdowns across all phases
  • 25 photos, including detail and testimonial stills
  • 3 quote graphics pulled from the testimonial
Tier Three

Signature

$6,500
Outcome: a film you hand to a builder. Made to win partnerships in a meeting, not just likes on a feed.
  • Everything in Showcase, plus:
  • 1 documentary flagship film, 3–5 min, scored and colour-graded
  • Full-build time-lapse — camera left on site between visits
  • Second interview — Scott or an MHT lead, telling the company's side
  • Mid-build teaser released partway through, to build anticipation
  • 12+ repurposed pieces — a full content calendar across the build
  • Full commercial usage rights — cleared for sales meetings, partner pitches, paid ads and trade shows
  • 30 photos, finished and in-progress
  • 2 rounds of revisions on the flagship
Add to any tier
$600

Full-build time-lapse

A camera left on site between visits, capturing the room assembling itself. Included in Signature.

$350

Exterior aerials

Licensed drone coverage of the property. Included in Showcase and Signature.

$350

Additional site visit

Per visit, beyond what the tier includes. Useful if the schedule shifts.

After this build

One project makes one case study. A pipeline makes a brand. Once this is delivered, I can stay on across your active jobs — a monthly capture day, a rolling library, and content that keeps arriving without anyone at MHT having to think about it.

$1,200/mo
Ongoing, from
05 — The fine print, up front

No surprises later.

Booking
50% deposit locks the schedule. Balance due on final delivery.
Turnaround
Final film begins once the reveal is shot — 5–10 business days depending on tier. Cutdowns are delivered rolling, as the build progresses.
Revisions
One round on all deliverables. Two on the Signature flagship.
Homeowner release
I supply a plain-English release for the homeowner covering filming and usage. Handled before the first visit so nothing stalls at reveal.
Usage
All tiers cleared for MHT's own social and website. Signature adds full commercial rights for sales, partner pitches and paid media.
Scope
One property, one primary approver. Schedule changes are fine — additional visits billed at $350.
06 — Next steps

Four things, then I'm on site.

Pick a tier

Or tell me what to move. Nothing here is rigid — it's built to be adjusted.

Send the construction schedule

So the visits land on the right phases instead of near them.

Lock the reveal date

Everything else schedules backwards from it. This is the only date that really matters.

I show up, shoot, and start cutting

You get the first cutdowns while the build is still going, not months after it's done.

Let's make this build the one they ask you about.

Pick a tier
Ariel Porta Porta Productions — Cinematic Real Estate & Brand Media
ariel@portaproductions.com  ·  portaproductions.com
Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex