Zuka films
Sports Filmmaker · Greater Boston, MA
- Programs Filmed
- 99+Hockey programs, NCAA teams, and brand clients
- Games Filmed
- 850+Five-plus years behind the lens
- Travel
- WorldwidePrograms and athletes across the country and abroad
The Problem
850+ games filmed — and no place to actually hire him.
Kai Ishizuka has spent five years behind the lens — pro hockey, NCAA, AAA, youth — building a body of work that travels with him. But it lived scattered across three platforms: hundreds of games filmed and dozens of programs trusted, all sitting in disconnected Instagram reels, YouTube uploads, and TikTok clips. Coaches scoping a recruitment tape, parents shopping for a season recap, and brands looking for sports content had no central home — no place to see the quality, the scale, or the partner programs already trusting him. He needed a site that did what his films do: pull people in and hold them there.
Our Approach
The build had to match the production value of the work itself. The hero is full-bleed and cinematic, the founder section is structured like a film treatment, the partner-program "Trusted By" wall is positioned to land before any pricing question, and the Recent Work grid embeds Kai's actual YouTube films and Instagram reels — so the portfolio refreshes the moment he posts new work. The Get-a-Quote path is the only CTA on the page, deliberately, because the buyer for a recruitment tape lands with intent. The whole experience is designed to do what Kai's films do: pull a coach in and convert them by the time the music drops.
What We Built
- Full custom Next.js website built around Kai's filmmaker brand
- Cinematic full-bleed hero with a film-grade aesthetic
- Founder section telling Kai's story — pro hockey down to AAA, behind the lens
- "Recent Work" grid embedding native YouTube videos and Instagram reels
- "Trusted By" wall featuring 16 partner program logos
- Dedicated portfolio page deep-linking the full body of work
- Get-a-quote CTA path optimized for high-intent recruitment tape requests
- Mobile-first design for parents and coaches landing from social
- Client
- Zuka Films
- Location
- Greater Boston, MA
- Services
- Website Design & Development, Brand & Portfolio Design, SEO, Copywriting
- Stack
- Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Resend, Vercel
The Result
A film-grade home for film-grade work.
ZukaFilms now lives at a single cinematic address. A full-bleed hero with a film-grade aesthetic, a founder section that tells Kai's story behind the lens, a "Trusted By" wall stacked with partner program logos, and a Recent Work grid that embeds his actual YouTube films and Instagram reels — so the portfolio refreshes automatically as new work drops. A dedicated portfolio page deep-links the full archive, and the Get-a-Quote path turns high-intent recruitment-tape buyers into bookings — without ever making them hop between three social apps.
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