Videographer — Johannesburg
Our films have to hold a viewer for sixty to ninety seconds without a voiceover carrying them. That comes from motivated movement, a considered order of shots, and restraint — a slow push through a doorway beats four gimbal orbits. We shoot property walkthroughs, development launches, hospitality films, brand pieces and interview sets.
You will typically work solo or with one assistant, on location, from a treatment we agree before the day. We shoot log, we care about exposure discipline and matched white balance across a build, and we hand over organised rushes with a sound report and a shot log.
Bookings are per production. Some are a half-day walkthrough, others are a two-day development launch with drone, interviews and a stills set running alongside.
Working in Johannesburg
Johannesburg is our commercial and corporate engine: head-office portrait sessions, development launches, commercial property media and interview production across the northern suburbs. Crew here spend real time in access control — estate gate registers, building management, loading-bay slots — so someone who handles that calmly is worth more than someone who is only fast on a camera. Drone work sits inside the Lanseria and OR Tambo corridors, so pre-flight discipline is non-negotiable.
Where the work happens: Sandton, Hyde Park, Bryanston, Rosebank, Melrose, Illovo, Parkhurst, Fourways, Dainfern, Bedfordview, Midrand, Alberton, Eye of Africa and Edenvale.
What you'll do
- Shoot to an agreed treatment and shot list, on location, to schedule
- Operate gimbal, slider and tripod work with motivated, purposeful movement
- Record clean dialogue with lav and boom on interview and testimonial set-ups
- Maintain exposure and white-balance continuity across a full build
- Back up to two drives on the day and hand over logged, organised rushes
What you need
- Own camera capable of 10-bit log recording plus fast primes or a quality zoom
- Gimbal, sturdy tripod, and a working audio kit (lav plus shotgun and recorder)
- Three or more years of commercial, property or narrative camera work, with a reel
- Own transport, valid driver's licence, and the discipline to arrive early
- Comfortable directing non-actors — agents, chefs, executives, homeowners
Nice to have
- Editing and grading in DaVinci Resolve or Premiere
- Remote Pilot Licence for drone units on the same production
- Experience on estate, hotel or wine-farm locations
What we offer
- Production rate agreed per booking, with kit and travel handled up front
- Treatments and call sheets before the day — you are never improvising a brief
- Director credit on portfolio and case-study usage
- Repeat work across property, hospitality and corporate clients
How to apply
Send a link to your reel or portfolio, your city, your kit list, and one line on why this role. No cover letter needed. Coleman Gellatly reads every application and replies inside two working days.