Industry: Student Accommodation Events & Media
Duration: Ongoing
The Challenge
GSL runs some of the biggest dates in the student accommodation calendar: the GSL Awards, plus Investor Summits in Europe and London. Each one needs a lot of video, and most of it has to be ready before anyone walks into the room: finalist and winner films, sponsor spotlights, kick-off videos for the big screen and loops for the corridor screens.
For 2026 the list was long. There were four regions of finalists and six headline sponsors, and copy and logos kept changing right up to the final week.
On the night itself, GSL also wanted content they could share while the event was still going.
How We've Helped
Investor Summit Europe
- Produced a finalists showreel and a Partners & Sponsors Spotlight video to open the Summit.
- Created an awards video intro and the "Project Buzz" animation, shown during the event to promote a new tool.
Investor Summit London – Fifth Anniversary
- Built the opening video from GSL's script, with a professional voiceover and the line "Five Summits. And Counting."
- Produced sponsor videos to run alongside the kick-off.
GSL Awards 2026 – Pre-Event Package
- Produced category and finalist videos for UK & Ireland, Europe, APAC and the Americas.
- Created winner videos with sponsor logo bars, an Accommodation Hero video and the Awards kick-off video, plus loops for the corridor screens.
- Delivered sponsor spotlight videos with voiceover for each headline sponsor, plus extra sponsor videos and a last-minute voiceover added in October.
- Handled every round of copy and logo changes, with the full package signed off the day before the event.
These are some of the films we made to play on the big screen throughout the night, as each category, winner and sponsor came on stage.
Awards Night – 14 October 2026, London
- Covered a 16-hour shoot day at No.11 Cavendish Square with two crew during the day, increasing to four in the evening.
- Brought in an extra videographer and an extra photographer to capture specific awards, giving the team enough flexibility to get live edits out on time.
- Cut short edits on site during the evening so GSL had content to share on the night.
- Delivered the event folder (same-night edits, photos and a first-draft highlight film) two days later.
A few of the live edits we cut and handed over during the event:
We photographed the night too, from the venue set-up to the winners on stage.
The Results
- Every pre-event film was signed off before the awards, so GSL went into the night with the full package ready to play.
- Same-night edits gave GSL content to share while the event was still running.
- A single, trusted video partner across the Awards and both Investor Summits.
Building a Lasting Partnership
GSL keep coming back because we know the format, the brand and the people, so each year starts from a stronger place.
The 2026 awards package carried forward what worked in 2025, and the work grew from there to cover the Investor Summits as well.