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The extra one, given before anyone had to ask.

An old baker's habit: bake thirteen instead of twelve, one extra given before the customer had to ask. That's how I work too.

Portrait of Ragesh

Who's behind it

Ragesh.

I learned to tell stories on film. A Master's in Film, Animation and Digital Arts in the UK, short films, festival work, 3D worlds built in Unreal. Now I make it for small businesses and independent brands: the reel, the edit and the website, from one person who cares about all three.

Off the clock I climb and hike. It teaches what design does: clarity, patience, and the joy of solving the problem in front of you.

How I work

How a project runs.

  1. 01

    Brief

    Send a brief and I reply within 24 hours with a scope and a timeline. Brief me once and I handle the strategy, the video and the website myself, with no handoffs.

  2. 02

    Call

    If you want an honest breakdown of what would help your business, book 15 minutes, or 45 for retainer onboarding.

  3. 03

    Make

    Reels arrive three a week with two review rounds. Websites are custom code, built from scratch over 2-3 weeks, and the clock starts once your copy and photos are in.

  4. 04

    Launch

    Tested on phones, tablets and desktop, then launched for you: hosting, domain setup and a walkthrough.

  5. 05

    After

    On a retainer, the website stays fresh, urgent changes are done within 2 working days, and there is a strategy check-in every two weeks. You talk to the person doing the work, on WhatsApp or Slack.

Across the work

On set, in the edit and in the build.

On set

  • Assistant camera, script and on-location coordination for Assembly Coffee
  • On set for Cezara Hertanu's photo and video shoots

In the edit

  • Launch and demo reels for BrandBox in Hong Kong and India, cut from original footage
  • AI-assisted product animation where only stills existed
  • Voiceover direction, music and sound design
  • Instagram reels for David Stokes, telling the stories behind his history

In the build

  • A rebuilt website for David Stokes, with SEO and upkeep
  • Packaging and a rebrand for Smart Roots
  • CoirIQ, an app for coir mills, built from scratch for English and eight Indian languages, heading into beta
  • A new website for Smart Roots

Behind the scenes

On set and on location.

  • The crew gathered on a hillside at sunset with a clapperboard and a boom microphone
  • Clear water washing over wet, glistening pebbles on a beach
  • A seagull flying over a wide dark-green sea under a pale sky
  • Crossing a stream on a misty path in the Brecon Beacons
  • Close-up of a pebble beach with a soft horizon behind
  • A seagull in flight above a turquoise sea and chalk shoreline
  • Filming on a hilltop above a town, with the camera, a reflector and three actors in conversation
  • A crow in silhouette against a blue-to-cream gradient sky above the sea
  • White and ochre sea cliffs curving around a teal bay, with blurred grasses in the foreground
  • The National Trust plaque at the top of the Brecon Beacons
  • Two people lying on a clifftop looking along white chalk cliffs and the sea
  • Yellow buttercups in sharp focus with a grazing animal blurred behind
  • Filming on a lawn beside an old stone tower, with the camera on a slider and a boom operator
  • A lone walker in silhouette on a hillside path against a grey sky
  • A white cottage with a yellow door at the foot of a steep green hillside, sheep grazing in front
  • Looking out over a bay from a clifftop
  • The same white cottage seen across long grass, with a hillside behind
  • A whitewashed cottage behind a white picket fence beside a road
  • Behind the camera on a cafe set, the monitor showing the clapperboard shot
  • Sandstone town buildings under an overcast sky, with a stone tower behind
  • A woman sitting by a cafe window in warm sunlight with her eyes closed
  • A circular stone tower with arched openings on a hill above a town
  • Three crew members looking down at their work under a tree, in front of a white house
  • Fishing boats moored in a calm grey harbour
  • Boots resting in the snow, looking across a snowy valley
  • A grassy lochside with a car passing and hills in the mist
  • The crew and cast together in a park under green trees
  • A hand in a glove holding a black flask cup, with snowy hills behind
  • Two crew members walking along a campus road carrying kit, under a glass bridge
  • A snowy field and low mountain under a deep blue sky with the moon
  • The team together at a screening with film posters at a theatre
  • A 3D-rendered blue planet in a field of stars

Who I work with

Small businesses, independent brands and founders.

Assembly Coffee, Cezara Hertanu and David Stokes were made with Spiro Creatives. What clients say →

Have a project in mind?

Let's build something that means business.

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I respond within 24 hours with a scope & timeline.