Portfolio / MMXXVI UGC / Cinematic Film

@brocktherock52 / UGC + Travel Creator / NYC

Content
that sells.

Hook-first UGC for AI, tech, and consumer brands. Cinematic travel films for villas and boutique hotels. Real footage, shot and edited, built to convert on paid social.

See brand work Travel content Videos from $250 · Retainers from $1,500/mo

20+Brand partnerships

4Live Meta ad campaigns

300K+Monthly views on Instagram

24-48hDraft turnaround

Lane 01Brand UGC

Ads that do not feel like ads

Hook-first, native content for AI tools, apps, and consumer products, cut for Meta and TikTok. Every brief ships with 3 to 5 hook variants so there is always a new angle to test. Tap any video for sound.

AI + SaaS tools Consumer apps Supplements + functional Fintech DTC products Villas + boutique hotels

BookWatch

"I read 12 books last month without opening one."Approved · ran as a Meta ad

Magic Mind

"I thought focus shots were a scam."Approved · skeptic to believer

Dot

"I stopped handing out paper business cards."Smart card · demo

Ambrosia Collective

"My work sessions were trash until this."Nectar · functional pre-workout

Ambrosia Collective

"The one thing that fixed my gym energy."Planta · problem-solution

Dot

Networking, without the paper cardLifestyle skit

Ambrosia Collective

The everyday-routine angleLifestyle cut

Dot

Tap, do not printProduct demo

BookWatch

The app that made me finish a bookAlt hook · approved

Case studiesWork that moved

Brands do not just approve it. They run it.

Three examples of what happens after the brief comes back approved, from paid ad spend to a monthly retainer to an inbound invite.

Live paid ad BookWatch UGC video

BookWatch

Running as a Meta ad

A skeptic-to-believer hook on a read-along book app. Approved, then picked up as paid creative in BookWatch's Meta campaign. An alt-hook cut was approved right after it.

Monthly retainer Ambrosia Collective UGC video

Ambrosia Collective

Converted to ongoing work

Functional pre-workout content for Nectar and Planta in a lifestyle-first style. The relationship moved from one-off submissions to a monthly retainer for a set number of fresh videos.

Inbound invite Magic Mind UGC video

Cluely

The brand reached out

No cold pitch. Cluely's marketing team brought me into their paid creator program directly. When the work is good enough, the outreach comes to you.

Lane 02Travel UGC

Content that makes a property impossible to scroll past

Cinematic short-form video and stills for villas, boutique hotels, and resorts. DJI drone plus cinematic phone. Your property owns the content, the rights, and the bookings. No follower minimums, no posting requirements on my end.

Property showreel 🔇

Oceanfront villa garden, Turks and Caicos

Villa grounds to the turquoise ocean, Turks and Caicos

4K drone + phone

Cinematic aerials where local rules allow, native vertical for Reels and TikTok.

You own everything

Usage rights to your socials, site, and ads. Run it wherever it books.

2-week delivery

Edited verticals, stills, and raw clips your team can recut forever.

Collaboration

Stay + content

3 edited vertical videos, Reels and TikTok ready
10 to 20 edited photos
15 to 30 raw clips your team can cut any way
Cinematic aerial footage where rules allow
90-day organic usage rights, socials + site

For properties running ads

Paid content package

Everything in the collaboration tier, scaled
Ad-ready hooks + variations for paid social
Extended usage and whitelisting options
Priority scheduling + fast turnaround
All-inclusive packages from $400 to $1,750, travel included

Look + gradeCreative direction

The mood your property books guests with

Before a shoot I build the look in previs, frame by frame: the grade, the light, the pacing. Golden-hour service, dusk at the pool, the reef under glass. Your property gets this exact treatment in real footage.

Golden hour servicePrevis frame 01

Dusk at the poolPrevis frame 02

Under the reefPrevis frame 03

Previs mood frames, AI-built to lock look and grade before a shoot day. Every brand and travel piece elsewhere on this page is real footage I shot and edited.

On setThe work, up close

Real hands, real products, real footage

No stock, no filler. Every frame is content I shot and edited for a brand brief.

Filming a Magic Mind UGC video — Magic Mind · focus shot

Dot smart card demo — Dot · smart card demo

Ambrosia Collective pre-workout content — Ambrosia Collective · Nectar

BookWatch app content — BookWatch · read-along app

Planta fitness content — Ambrosia Collective · Planta

Dot networking skit — Dot · networking skit

Ambrosia Collective lifestyle cut — Ambrosia Collective · lifestyle

BookWatch alt hook — BookWatch · alt hook

Dot card product demo — Dot · product demo

Travel property still — Travel · establishing shot

Travel golden hour — Travel · golden hour

CapabilitiesFull production, not just talent

I concept, shoot, edit, and deliver

Most creators only appear on camera. I run the whole pipeline, from a 15-second hook to a feature-length edit, so a brand gets one person who can hold a camera and hold an audience.

Direct

Production & direction

Concept, shot lists, and on-set direction across two lanes: fast hook-first UGC and cinematic hospitality and travel films.

Edit

Short and long form

From ad-ready verticals to a feature-length travel film I shot and edited for a client. Pacing, color, sound, captions, the full cut.

Shoot

Photography

DSLR photography for events, lifestyle, and travel. High-res stills your team can run across web, print, and paid.

Fly

Aerial / drone

DJI drone cinematography for establishing shots and property showreels, where local rules allow.

Film workShot and edited, start to finish

Cinematic travel, the full production

A cinematic travel production I shot and edited on location in Turks and Caicos for a client. Concept, camera, drone, and the final cut, published on their channel. The full film and the published cut below.

Day in the Life · Turks and CaicosShot, drone & edited on location · the published travel cut

The Full Film · Turks and CaicosShot & edited on location · feature-length cut

Client work, published on the client's channel. More long and short-form on my YouTube.

DocumentaryPhotography beyond the brief

A photographer first

Before the brand work, the camera was for telling real stories. Documentary photojournalism from the 2020 protests, Baltimore area. The same eye that frames a moment frames a product.

Aerial view of a 2020 protest, demonstrators kneeling in the street

Young demonstrators holding hand-made signs

Documentary photograph from a 2020 protest

Shot on location, 2020. Real moments, real people, no direction.

ReceiptsProof it performs

Numbers a brand can build a decision on

Meta ads live right now

My content is running as paid creative today, including BookWatch's Meta campaign and Magic Mind's approved spots.

80%

Approval rate across brand programs

Briefs come back approved, not bounced. Near-zero rejected submissions across every performance-UGC program I create in.

Inbound

Brand teams reach out to me

Cluely's marketing team brought me into their paid creator program directly. The work is the outreach.

About

Hi, I'm Brock

I'm a UGC creator based in New York, working across two lanes: hook-first brand content for AI tools, apps, and consumer products, and cinematic travel content for villas and boutique hotels.

I shoot real, film fast, and ship 3 to 5 hook variants per brief so you always have new angles to test. Brands already know I can hold a camera. What matters is whether I can hold an audience, and that is the whole job.

Everything is built for paid social from the first frame: a hook that stops the scroll, a real demo, and one clear CTA. You get content your team owns and can run wherever it converts.

ProcessHow every brief gets built

Hook first. Always.

Hook

Stop the scroll in 3s

Problem

Name the pain state

Solution

Position the product

Demo

Real use, real footage

Benefits

One clear result

CTA

One easy next step

RatesWork with me

One-offs to test, retainers to scale

Paid social burns 5 to 15 fresh creatives a month to beat ad fatigue. A retainer keeps winners landing every week at a better per-video rate, without re-briefing a new creator each time.

Starter

$1,500 /mo

4 hook-first videos / month
3 to 5 hook variants each
Paid-social usage included
Captioned, native 9:16

Most brands pick this

Growth

$3,000 /mo

8 videos / month
Usage + raw footage included
Priority 24h turnaround
Fresh angles every week

Scale

$5,000 /mo

12 to 20 videos / month
Usage + raw + extra variants
Whitelisting / Spark Ads rights
Monthly strategy call

Single video from $250 Raw footage +50% Usage rights by ad-run length Rush under 48h +25% Travel shoots custom quote

Rates are starting reference ranges and vary by scope, usage, and volume. Retainers billed monthly, cancel anytime with 14 days notice.

FAQQuick answers

Before you send the brief

How fast do you deliver?

First drafts in 24 to 48 hours for brand UGC. Travel shoots deliver the full asset pack within 2 weeks. Rush delivery under 48 hours is available as an add-on.

Do you provide usage rights for paid ads?

Yes. Paid-social usage is included in every retainer tier. For one-off videos, usage is priced by ad-run length so you only pay for what you run. Whitelisting and Spark Ads rights are available on the Scale tier or as an add-on.

What do you need from us to start?

The product (or app access), your brand guidelines if you have them, and one line on the audience and goal. I write the hooks and concepts, you approve, I film. You get 3 to 5 hook variants per brief so your team can test angles.

Do you post on your own channels too?

By default I deliver content for your channels and ad accounts. Organic posting on my accounts, plus whitelisting from my handle, is available as an add-on if you want the native distribution.

How do travel collaborations work?

Two ways: a stay-plus-content collaboration (you host, you keep a full asset pack with 90-day organic usage) or a paid content package for properties running ads. Either way your property owns the content. No follower minimums and no posting requirements on my end.

What makes your content perform?

Every video is built hook-first: stop the scroll in the first 3 seconds, name a real pain point, show the product actually working, one clear CTA. The goal is content that earns its spot in a paid ad account, not just a pretty post.

Content
that sells.

Ads that do not feel like ads