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yourspot · Wilmington, DE
yourspot jerk & oxtail saturday. doors at 12, gone by 6.
Restaurant video · Wilmington, DE
Wilmington’s best-kept secrets shouldn’t stay secret.
Short cinematic reels for independent restaurants, built around your real plates. You run the kitchen. I make your feed look as good as your food.
Taking my first 5 local spots at the founding rate.
SC 02The work · shot for Wilmington kitchens
Food that stops the scroll.
Shot warm, cut tight, made for the feed. Your content gets shot in your kitchen, with your plates. Never stock footage.
01 / 03 · The average feed
Everything scrolls by in a blur.
Same flat photo. Same kitchen light. Same “open today” post your regulars already skip.
02 / 03 · The thumb
Nobody waits for a post to get good.
A post gets one glance to earn a stop. Plain photos don’t make the cut.
03 / 03 · The stop
Then one plate stops the thumb.
Warm light, real steam, cut tight for 9:16. That’s the job.
A-rollStyle frames
The look, before I shoot your kitchen.
Tap a frame to flip it and see how I’d shoot that plate: lens, light, move, and the one beat that sells it.
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JamaicanOxtail, rice & peas
A001_C001 · Shot notes
Oxtail, rice & peas
- Lens
- 35mm, 40° off the table
- Light
- Dusk window, warm pendants behind
- Move
- Slow push toward the gravy, 4 seconds
- Hero beat
- Spoon pulls the oxtail off the bone
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CaribbeanEscovitch snapper
A001_C002 · Shot notes
Escovitch snapper
- Lens
- 50mm, 45° over the rim
- Light
- Warm heat lamp on the pass
- Move
- Push in on the pepper pickle, 3 seconds
- Hero beat
- Fork breaks the crisp skin
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CaribbeanCurry goat
A001_C003 · Shot notes
Curry goat
- Lens
- 85mm, tight on the sauce
- Light
- Backlight to catch the steam
- Move
- Locked off. The steam does the work
- Hero beat
- Spoon lifts a piece from the curry
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West AfricanJollof & grilled chicken
A001_C004 · Shot notes
Jollof & grilled chicken
- Lens
- 35mm, high at 70°
- Light
- Late window light from the left
- Move
- Tilt down from the steam to the plate
- Hero beat
- Fork lifts the smoky party rice
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SoulSoul plate
A001_C005 · Shot notes
Soul plate
- Lens
- 24mm, straight top-down
- Light
- Warm overhead, soft shadows
- Move
- Quarter turn of the plate, 5 seconds
- Hero beat
- The mac & cheese pull
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JamaicanJerk plate & rum punch
A001_C006 · Shot notes
Jerk plate & rum punch
- Lens
- 50mm, eye level with the glass
- Light
- Rim light through the punch
- Move
- Rack focus from glass to plate
- Hero beat
- The pour, the ice, the cherry
Style frames made with AI to show the look. Your spot’s content is shot fresh, in your kitchen, with your food.
SC 03Same plate, two feeds
Same plate. Two feeds.
Left is the quick phone snap most spots post between tickets. Right is the same plate, lit and framed the way I’d shoot it. Drag the line.
- LightFlat overhead fluorescent → warm side light that shows texture
- AngleStraight down → eye level, where a plate reads as a meal
- BackgroundCounter clutter → quiet, warm depth
- ColorGreen-gray cast → true, warm color
Illustration made with AI to show the difference. Your free sample uses your real plate, shot in your kitchen.
Phone snapCrown Drop look
SC 04The offer · one drop, no contract
The Crown Drop.
One paid reel built around your real plates. In your hands within 48 hours. One free revision. Files you own outright, the day they land.
One 20-second cinematic vertical reel
Your best dishes plus the room, shot on location in Wilmington. Cut tight for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Caption and hashtags written for you.
SC 05How it works
Three steps. The sample comes first.
01
Free
Free sample
I make one short piece built around your real plates, no charge, so you see the level before you decide anything.
02
$450 · 48 hours
The Crown Drop
Love the sample? The $450 Crown Drop gets you one cinematic reel of your real plates, shot on location, delivered in 48 hours, caption and hashtags written, one revision round. You own all of it.
03
Optional · $500/mo
Keep it rolling, only if you loved it
After the Drop lands, the optional Monthly Plate keeps fresh content coming every month at a set price that never creeps. Cancel anytime, no contract.
SC 06The guarantee
If you don’t love the reel, I rework it once free. Still not right, you pay nothing and keep nothing. I eat it.
That’s the whole guarantee, and it’s on the quality of the work. I won’t promise numbers I can’t control, and I won’t make one up for you. You only pay once the work is in your hands and you like it. The risk is on me.
SC 07After your drop lands · optional
The Monthly Plate.
$500/mo
Offered only after a Crown Drop you loved. Every month: 4 short reels of your plates, 2 branded flyers, and a one-page content calendar with captions. Same scope every month, so it never balloons and never surprises you.
- Cancel anytime. No contract, no notice period.
- You keep every file already delivered, even if you walk.
- $500/mo founding, $750/mo standard after the first 5 spots. The rate you start at is the rate you keep.
One month, on the calendarReelFlyerCalendar
SC 08About me
Hey. I’m Samuel. I live in Wilmington and I eat all over this county.
One thing I’ve noticed: the best local spots are often the ones nobody is talking about online. Real food. Real stories. Zero presence.
I started CrownedWorks to give the good ones the visual firepower the big chains pay agencies for, built around the plates you already make every day.
SC 09Get a free sample
See your plates the way I’d shoot them.
One short sample built around your real food, no charge, no pressure. You see the level first, then you decide. First 5 founding spots.
(302) 779-9248Answered day or night by Crown, my AI assistant
@crownedworks.coDM “SAMPLE” and tell me your spot
Book a free 15-minute callPrefer to talk it through?
That’s a wrap.
It went straight to me. I reply personally.
SC 10FAQ
Questions you’re probably asking.
Straight answers. No sales pressure. If yours isn’t here, call or DM.
Because you should hold real work in your hands before you commit to anything ongoing. The Crown Drop is $450, one time: one 20-second cinematic reel of your real plates, shot on location in Wilmington, delivered in 48 hours, caption and hashtags written, one revision round. If you love it, the Monthly Plate keeps it rolling at $500 a month, cancel anytime. If you don’t, we shook hands and you’re out nothing.
That’s on me, not you. If you don’t love the reel, I rework it once free. Still not right, you pay nothing and you keep nothing, I eat it. You only pay once the work is in your hands and you like it. The only way I lose is if I make something weak.
No. The Drop is its own thing, paid once. The Monthly Plate is a separate decision you make after you’ve seen the work. I keep them clean so you’re never confused about what you’re paying for.
No. Your plates and your room are the stars. On camera is optional if you want it.
The free sample is the look. I make one short piece around your actual plates before you spend a dollar, so everything you judge me on was made for you. Honest part: this is a founding rate. I’m taking my first 5 local spots, and you could be the one I point to.
Sharper niche, sharper work. I stay in Wilmington. I eat at the places and I shoot in the places, and I’d rather do one thing well in one city than spread across three and serve everyone averagely.
No honest person can promise foot traffic, too much of it is out of my hands, and I won’t make up a number for you. What I guarantee is the work: real video of your actual food, so you look as good as you cook. Don’t love it, I rework it once free, and if it’s still not right, you don’t pay.
SC 11What I won’t do
The limits.
Run paid ads on your account
Different specialty. I’ll point you to someone good.
Reply to your angry customers
Your voice, not mine. I’ll draft templates.
Take a percentage of revenue
Flat fee. Always.
Hide the playbook
You keep everything if you ever leave.
SC 12Final cut
Your plates deserve a better feed.
First 5 founding spots. See a free sample built around your real food, no charge, no pressure, then decide.