Dún Laoghaire as a living lab, for Smart Dún Laoghaire
Smart Dún Laoghaire is Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s programme for testing new technology in the town, from sensors that track coastal erosion to air and bathing-water monitoring. We made its launch film in 2022, and in 2025 it came back for a film that would explain the programme for years to come. We filmed over two days in February and March 2025.
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What Smart Dún Laoghaire needed, and what we made
- When
- January to August 2025
- Where
- Dún Laoghaire, Trinity College and Sandyford
- Films
- A 3:32 film and two social cuts
What they needed
A film to raise awareness of the programme and show what it does, for council management and the public, with nothing in it that would date quickly.
What we filmed
Two days: the project’s general assembly at County Hall, then interviews and projects at Trinity College, in Sandyford and at council offices. The council, its research partners and local business speak about the work, with drone shots of Dún Laoghaire and Sandyford and on-screen graphics in the style of the 2022 film.
What we delivered
- Two shoot days
- A refined script
- A 3:32 programme film
- Motion graphics
- A horizontal social cut
- A vertical social cut
Two shoot days, a refined script, a 3:32 programme film, motion graphics, a horizontal social cut, a vertical social cut.
“The video made our launch event work very well, and it’s gotten a lot of positive feedback on social media.”
From brief to sign-off
Two shoot days, then a long edit built for a long life.
Step 01
January 2025: kick-off
The council approved our treatment and wrote the script, which our producer refined.
Step 02
27 February: County Hall
The first shoot day, at the programme’s general assembly.
Step 03
24 March: around the county
Interviews and projects at Trinity, in Sandyford and at council offices.
Step 04
April to August: the edit
The first cut in April, the main film approved by June, and two social cuts signed off in August.
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