Film My Franchisees | Grand Opening Video Storytelling

Zero stock footage. Zero fake AI. Zero travel fees.

Real videos that humanize your franchisees and build trust the moment they open their doors.

We Help Franchisors Launch Franchisees with Storytelling Video

  • Trusted by 100+ franchise brands nationwide
  • Whether you’re opening 10 locations or 700, we scale seamlessly

We give your franchisees professional grand opening videos that tell their story, build credibility, and generate local leads — so they open trusted and visible instead of invisible and struggling. 

And because we integrate into your FDD or launch budget, every new franchisee has video approved from day one.

Do your franchisees open excited, but without a single video to share?

Are they frustrated, wondering why their marketing dollars don’t give them stories they can use?

How long does it take before local customers even know who they are?

What would change if every new franchisee launched with a story-driven video that created trust on day one?

Do These Story Problems Sound Familiar?

Why Franchisees Struggle Without Video

No videos at launch means no story to share with their community

Franchisees feel unsupported and invisible

DIY videos look unprofessional and hurt credibility

Without trust, leads don’t convert and ramp to revenue drags on

Franchisees deserve to open with videos that tell their story and make them visible from day one.

We Get It — Storytelling at Scale Is Hard

  • Freelancers ghost you or deliver low-quality footage​
  • Your CMO or PR team is stuck editing in Canva
  • Stock footage and AI avatars feel fake and generic
  • Coordinating filming, editing, and delivery across locations is overwhelming

It’s not your fault. Most franchisors are trying to do video with broken tools.

That’s why we built a done-for-you video system that captures real stories, fast — and scales nationally.

Whether you have 10 new openings or 700, we can deliver consistently, location after location.
And by plugging into your FDD or franchisee marketing budget, your owners never have to fight for approval — videos are built in from the start.

The Truth? Most Franchisors Are Telling the Wrong Story

Here’s how we stack up against the usual approach:

  • Freelancers / In-House

  • Our Story-Driven Video Program

  • Scheduling

  • You manage it all

  • We schedule & coordinate everything

  • Travel Fees

  • Extra or inconsistent

  • $0 — always included

  • Delivery Time

  • Weeks or months

  • First video in 10 days

  • Storytelling

  • Stock, scripts, stiff interviews

  • Real franchisee stories that build trust

  • Scale

  • Struggles with multiple openings

  • Proven for 10 to 700+ openings

  • Budgeting

  • Extra, unexpected expense

  • Built into FDD or launch budget

  • Impact

  • Generic content, no traction

  • Emotional videos that drive customers & sales

  • Missing This Story? Your Franchisees Pay the Price

    Download our quick guide: “The Grand Opening Video Checklist”

    • The 90-day plan to launch franchisees who are trusted and visible from day one
    • The exact videos and steps to build trust, make a splash, and become the go-to expert
    • Pro tips we’ve used to help 1,000+ franchise stories open faster and more profitably

    Instantly delivered. Created for franchisors.

    We’ve Helped Franchisors Like You Close More Deals Through Storytelling

    I’m Trevor Rappleye,
    CEO of FranchiseFilming.  

    Our team helps franchise brands tell the stories that matter—without stock footage, stiff scripts, or wasted time.
    Our team helps franchise brands capture real franchisee stories on video — stories that humanize, inspire trust, and drive revenue systemwide.

    Whether you’re opening 10 locations or scaling past 700, our system ensures every franchisee launches with the videos they need- their story. And because we can easily integrate into your FDD budget, marketing fund, every franchisee automatically gets video support without extra friction.

    Most Franchise Suppliers Have a Great Service—But No Story

    Book a Call

    Tell us which franchisees are opening soon.

    We Capture Their Story

     We handle scheduling, filming, and editing — with no travel fees.

    Videos Delivered in 10 Days

     Storytelling content ready to share, build trust, and drive leads and sales.

    And because we scale, this same 3-step plan works whether you’re opening 10 units or 700.

    Without Storytelling Video

    With Storytelling Video

    Before vs After

    What Franchise Leaders Say About Working with FranchiseFilming

    “The content that you produced for us consistently rates above anything else we put out there. The video content, the view-throughs— all of it performs very, very well for us. All the stories that we told… we get 99%++ view-through when we run that step on Meta. They literally say, wow. Everybody watches it.”

    Jennifer Chasteen

    Chief Marketing Officer, SYNERGY HomeCare Franchising

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    “The typical franchise sales cycle is around 120 days. By streamlining our process and integrating video messaging, we’ve shrunk that down to an average of 72 days. I can directly point to video having an immediate impact on that metric.”

    Joe Malmuth

    Chief Development Officer, Batteries Plus

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    “We’ve been so excited to work with Franchise Filming. We’ve been very pleased with the whole process—it went so well onsite, and we couldn’t have been more pleased. I would definitely recommend Franchise Filming to other franchisors. It’s been a seamless process.”

    Amanda Evans

    Senior Vice President of Marketing, Stellar Service Brands

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    Behind the Lens: Real Moments, Real People

    What Great Franchise Video Storytelling Looks Like​

    What Great Franchise Video Storytelling Looks Like

    The Story Your Franchisees Deserve

    For Franchisors:

    • Be the hero who gives your franchisees videos that actually drive leads.
    • Every grand opening becomes a story worth sharing, not a struggle for visibility.
    • Happier owners, faster ramp, stronger brand perception systemwide.
    • Scalable whether you’re opening 10 or 700+ locations.

    For Franchisees:

    • They open with a powerful story on video — humanized, trusted, and known in their community.
    • Local customers see and believe in them before the doors open.
    • Instead of scrambling for marketing, they start serving customers immediately.

     This isn’t just a video. It’s their story, told the right way — humanizing the owner, building trust, and driving customers from day one.

    All packages can be built into your FDD or launch budget so video is approved from day one.

    The Numbers Don’t Lie

    Storytelling drives 22x more sales

    4 out of 5 people don’t trust brands — but they trust stories from real people 

    Video increases brand awareness 140% faster than static content

    Don’t Let Another Franchisee Open Without a Story

    Every opening without video is a lost opportunity.
    Your franchisees deserve to open visible, trusted, and supported from day one — with their story told powerfully on video.

    And with our system, it doesn’t matter if you’re opening 10 units or 700 — we scale, we fit into your FDD or launch budget, and we deliver.