We were like high-fiving like oh my god it's a dream collab, we love you Dominos
hey you guys it's Phoebe here from Little Grey Box with Matt behind the camera and on this channel we
usually share with you all our experiences and tips to help you travel
well but as you saw in our video last week what's going on in the world at the
moment is impacting the travel industry and it's had a really big impact on our
business too so last week I asked you in our video what you want to see and more
importantly than just what you want to see what do you need right now and I was
a little bit shocked because it's an overwhelming number of people said they
want to see how our business works you guys want to see behind the scenes and
how it all happens well no sooner do you guys say that then we get an email from
a brand saying do you guys want to make a video for us and we were like yes
absolutely please put this to work that's what we'd love to do it let's go
for it and I then had the idea that we should
film the whole thing and show you guys how a brand collaboration works from
start to finish so the brand we're gonna be collaborating with today is well I
mean how do I put it they are a really important part of my life they're a
brand I I mean I have looked up to them for a long time I have been a genuine
devoted loyal patron for 10 to 15 years pretty much Mac Nuys entire lives
revolve around this brand it is of course Domino's yes the pizza company
Domino's they are my one true love I live for
Domino's if you know me personally you know I love pizza I just love it and I
have to kind of control myself and not eat too much pizza cuz I just want to
eat it every single day it's so delicious so Domino's now here's how it
all came about you guys need to know how do these jobs actually come to us this
was a very unique one so the day that Matt and I go back from our Thailand
trip was the day we started our 14-day self-isolation of course and that day we
had not food in the house so we got home and we were like what are we going to
eat I'm don't feel like eating bread I need some comfort food I'm really tired
and we had the idea I think said uh domino is doing a zero contact
delivery where you don't have to worry about touching and whatnot and I was
like yeah I think you're right so we jumped on the website we ordered
this pizza they did the zero contact delivery it was amazing and I made an
insta story about it off isolation day one neighbor has dropped off some
supplies for us beer and sweet potatoes and I think there's a block of chocolate
in there YUM we're letting the neighborhood know that if they come to
our door we're in self-isolation and offering
some free pumps of hanson keep it clean and of course most importantly we're
taking advantage of Domino's contactless silly oh yeah
so I tagged them in the Instagram story and lo and behold they saw it and they
just said acute emoticon back and I thought you know that's that's it that's
the end of it I've just realized I've said the emoticon emoji it's 2025 e
anyway I thought that was the end of it but lo and behold BAM
they sent us an email a couple of days later and they were like hey no contact
delivery or zero contact delivery is a really big thing for us right now
because so many people are at home and that doesn't mean that we still don't
want pizza and we still don't want those comfort foods and things like that so
they were like we really want to show people that we do this no contact kind
of delivery service and we know you guys used it we know you guys loved it we
know you guys love Domino's so what we would like is for you to use your
amazing video skills to make us a 30-second video about the whole process
you know ordering what do we order everything about the no-contact delivery
and then of course eating the pizza because that's what we do and they're
gonna put that 30-second video on YouTube and on Instagram TV I believe
and probably on Facebook too so it's gonna be like a marketing tool for them
um so a couple of things I want to say you know what can come too many
different ways and that is a really great way to get brands to notice you if
you're trying to get into this industry into this whole creative space that's a
really great way to get brands to notice you find brands you genuinely love we
love Domino's I was so happy to tag them in the store
right and look what's come out of it um it is a bit of a unique way though I
mean you can always pitch to brands you know don't be afraid to write down a
list of 10 15 20 brands you love you genuinely love and use and try to
connect with them in some kind of genuine way because you never know what
will come out of it so how does the job actually work what do they ask for how
do we come up with that all that kind of stuff well they sent they were pretty
you know overarching email they gave us like a bit of an idea of what they were
hoping to see you know things that they wanted included which makes sense
mentioned that it's you know zero contact delivery of course you know show
the ordering process how do you you know go about requesting the zero contact how
does actually work when they drop the pizza off all that kind of stuff but all
the other in-between bits that's kind of up to us and what was great about
Domino's was their email specifically said you know we love your personality
and the playfulness of it we don't need it to be some you know big professional
production let's make it real so that was really really good that's something
we look for in brands and I also want to say I really do think it's important to
work with brands that you genuinely like that you genuinely love and when I say
we've been loyal customers for 10 to 15 years we have pumped thousands of
dollars into Domino's so I am more than happy to work with them I really like
dough so from there Matt and I just started talking and laughing like we was
so passionate when this came through we were like high-fiving like oh my god
it's a dream collab Domino's you love you so the ideas just sounded flowing
right away we just started riding down some things
that we thought it would be really funny to do um and we started spitballing ways
that we could make it work the next thing we did was go back to Domino's
with any follow-up questions that we had and we did have a few and one of the
questions I wanted to ask them was was they were they okay if we filmed this we
made like a behind-the-scenes kind of vlog episode where we shared this whole
process and disclosed how much they're gonna pay us know that kind of stuff and
they were like yes of course go for it do whatever you want but I
will say that if you are trying to get into this space you guys you have to be
professional and Matt Knight always try to be professional so we try to be
really thorough in thinking about what kind of content they want to see you
know what is like what is our brain like how can we
bring those two things together if we have questions we're not afraid to ask
them we want to make sure we have a really clear idea of what the client
wants that's so important and of course when we're talking to the team of
dominoes we're very professional but still personable you know we're not
entitled like yeah it's me send the money send the pizza whatever you know
we're very approachable and we want to develop a relationship that can last a
long time with them hopefully I mean pizzas not going anywhere so let's build
a relationship that's great for them and great for us and let's be professional
because that is your reputation that you're building as well so you want
Domino's you know if that person that contacted us if they move jobs you know
we want to stick in their minds so that wherever they go if they meet other
people in this space they say hey um yeah I can recommend somebody who's
great at that I'm somebody who's really professional and reliable it's maybe a
map from little green box pay then they're great they love pizza
so it's all about being professional is such a core part of what we do and on
that note when we are coming up with these video ideas we have template
documents we don't just do this stuff off the cuff hours and hours and hours
go into planning every single video that you say probably lists for this one
because it seems a bit more relaxed but still with that dominos project we got
out I call it a vlog episode plan it's a document I do up where I kind of distill
all the information from the client I want to know you know what's the key
objectives to them what's the key objectives for us and
then we go in and we um list out all the shots that we want to get we planned
this whole shoot out you know it's kind of like storyboarding in a way there
could be a little bit of light scripting where we do some research make sure that
things flow naturally I'm pretty good at putting phrases together in my mind as I
goes you can see I'll just start talking and not stop talking but for the most
part we do try to get a little bit of light scripting down so we have a format
and we make sure that we're gonna cover everything that the client needs and
everything we need to cover as well and once we've done all that we get to the
fun part which is filming it I absolutely love filming it Matt will
tell you I love always in front of the camera stuff is so much fun I love the
creative process it just makes me so happy as you can
see it's really really rewarding and gets so excited to see the finished
project project product product so when you guys are sitting around waiting for
our next episode are the same thing I'm walking around the house hustling Matt
like is it done yet when can I see it is it ready can I see it is it done can I
see it now now lastly before we actually go and shoot this thing I want to talk
about money this is a funny one like part of me I don't know what it is maybe
it's just culturally and the way we're all raised I feel a bit funny talking
about money see I'm fidgeting it just feels like
something you shouldn't ever talk about right we never talk about our salaries
but it's so interesting with what Matt and I do because a lot of people don't
talk about how much money they make or what they're paid for different things
so I thought that this would be a really great way to start that and have really
open conversation about it and I have found in the past when I've told people
without rights offer things or how much have been paid for things they've loved
it they've been really open about it and really interested and it's helped them
in some way or another especially people trying to get into this space so this
project was a bit of a unique one I would say most times when clients come
to us we would quote them for a job and we quote based on a few things so we
have a day rate for filming so that's every day that we're on location filming
for you we charge a whole day rate because we work all day non-stop then we
also have a rate for creating the YouTube video and we have rates for
creating any videos that the client might like for their own use you know so
if we made like a 30-second ad vitur eel that a Tourism Board uses on their
Facebook page for example we would charge much time for editing
we also charge for photography written blog posts all that kind of stuff so
that all comes together in the quote with Domino's they came to me with a set
budget in mind and they said to us we've got a thousand dollars Australian and we
would like a 30-second video in exchange for that no that's below what we would
normally charge for our rates but if you saw my video last week at the moment we
have had all about paying jobs cancel we have no income lined up for the receiver
whatsoever it's a wild time so we were so grateful when that offer came through
from Domino's we were like thank you so much for recognizing that people like us
creators work really hard and we just paid and I truly believe we do and thank
you for coming with a realistic budget you know that was really really just
really well appreciated I just really felt grateful that here we are in the
midst of everything that's happening people are losing their jobs we've lost
all of our income for the rest of the year we are in this really uncertain
period and you show up with a budget and with that we're gonna go and film this
thing we're gonna take you behind the scenes and show you how we do it and the
really fun part about this is that we're ordering pizza oh my gosh this is like
my dream day I get to order pizza and make a video about it it's just the best
all right so this is Matt's office I don't know if you guys have ever seen
this before my office is upstairs over there we have separate offices for a
while there when we first started the business we were both working on one
desk brizl but this is Matt's office so every time you see here make a youtube
video this is where it happens is the default delivery options now we place
our own up we're just gonna sit back szybist over the driver I'm wait for
them to arrive so now that I will just be placed we're just gonna sit back
relax and wait for a delivery to come to us good to have two options because
sometimes you're gonna edit stop and then you have wait a minute would the
client like it if I use the word szybist oh we don't know but if they don't like
the website or we could have a cup tank so we felt would it be over to the pizza
and then part of that video or part of that environment is that you take the
pizza you come inside you've got this really cute romantic dinner set up but
you're having pizza it's kind of how Matt and I celebrate our wedding
anniversary each year isn't it hey we own the betta
and we have peers and it's just perfect all right Matt it's going out to get the
bug spray that's really because we have a lot of mosquitoes
around us I'm sorry let me show you what we're thinking
welcome to a house by the way so we have this like coffee area outside we sit out
there and have coffee - days and what you're thinking is to be a really cool
shot so if we like set that up maybe some candles maybe a couple of like
fairy lights I think it would be really funny - if we got some riding classes
and we drink out 50 Mike's out of wine glasses I think I'll be really cute and
there's met okay let's do that should I go and check the B Strep in
silver there and then maybe we can film environment where yeah when you see the
Beast record you get really excited for it no I told my guys carefully insurance
time to me love is like maybe we could film that yeah just to give us options
so that when you editing if you feel like it needs something we can put it in
there and if you don't like it you can take it out all right yeah there's still
cooking it this is not even ready in this for you okay should I shove you
outside excited for it like turn the camera like should I just be outside
challenge no yeah okay okay so obviously I have to be in what we're about to film
I'm gonna sit you guys order up on this little stump behind me here and I'm
gonna angle you towards where all the action is happening and hopefully you
can see how we do this
all right so I messed up I did something bad to Matt I stood right in front of a
tree and totally blocked his shot so we've had to just redo exactly what I
said just said to shoot it again not something we typically like to do but a
necessity because I made a mistake all right so we filmed all our bits and
pieces you guys I think we put everything we always feel really nervous
when we're doing a shoot like maybe we don't have all the shots that we need
and we're constantly kind of like talking back and forth like okay does
that make sense and then what happens and then what happens next just to make
sure we've got everything so we're pretty sure we've got it
so the next steps will be that Matt is gonna take all of the video files we
shot today he's gonna drop them into Premiere Pro which is where he edits he
will lay those out chop them down and craft a 30-second story now Matt loves
to create a real story I think that what he does with editing is just amazing and
I know you guys comment sometimes and say you love it too so I'm really
excited to see what he comes up with now to ensure that our client can use the
videos across the different platforms without any copyright infringement
Matt's gonna probably use music from our list and that's just ensures that they
can use those videos and this you know nothing untoward going on with music now
you guys are you ready to see the finished product for me I'm gonna have
to wait a while but for you you're about to see it right now in three two one
hey you guys I'm Phoebe a travel youtuber and like most people I'm at
harm at the moment but just because I can't take a trip away does not mean I
can't take a trip to flavortown I'm getting a spicy bench trial with
barbecue sauce and vegan cheese Matt is getting the supreme zero contact is the
default delivery options and how we placed our rolled up we're just gonna
sit back and wait for them to arrive thank you so much
cuz we're fancy to Mum if you love spicy food add some chili oil at the ends so
what did you think did you like it did you find this whole process interesting
what's like singing things from like kind of the initial phase to filming to
now like I know I kind of talked you through it all but I would love to hear
your thoughts so please share them in the comments below with us if you guys
like this video and you want to see more of this kind of stuff again please come
in and let us know like I said we are always looking for ideas on what content
you want to see from us especially now when we can't travel so please let us
know or at you guys and with that that brings this video to a close I hope you
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the comments below have a great weekend and I will see you with a brand new
episode next week love ya