About us

We're an ethnographic research and video agency.

We love to share stories. By spending time with people in their own environments, camera in hand, we reveal what people think, feel, and do, and explain their behaviours.

The resulting insights and films help our clients: evaluate, design, and communicate better strategies, products and services.

Our clients include: NHS, AEGON, OFGEM, DEFRA, Whirlpool, LG, Vodafone, Unilever, Anglian Water, Sciencewise, Google, the Young Foundation, Renaisi, Leonard Cheshire Disability, and the Children's Rights Alliance for England.

Our director Elliot Manches has been an ethnographer and filmmaker for over 15 years. His work has won the Market Research Society’s ‘Excellence & Effectiveness Award For Best New Thinking’, and his films have been shown on the BBC, Channel 4 and MTV.

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New things are happening!

Close-Up Research & Film has commented on Big Hair Films' project "The 6 Maddest Bars in Singapore (Annual 2018 People's Choice, Production)"

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