VFX studios · Lead generation
Find the productions with shots to award before the bid sheet goes out.
Lead generation for a VFX studio means learning which films, series and advertisements are about to place shots, then reaching the supervisor or producer who decides. GullySales works on the project list, the introduction note and the log that links each approach to a bid request.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

What lead generation means
Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.
Last updated 18 Oct 2026.
For VFX studios
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“The bid sheet goes only to studios already in the room”
By the time a shot list is written, the supervisor has chosen the houses to send it to. A studio that first appears at that stage is asking for a seat on a closed list. The approach has to land while the production is still being crewed and the effects team is being formed.
“Announcements are a buyer list in plain sight”
Film and series announcements, trade press and festival lineups name productions at the stage when the effects team is put together. A studio that reads them for buyers rather than for news ends up with titles, producers and supervisors to write to, in place of a vague hope of being remembered.
“Supervisors carry their shortlists to the next project”
A supervisor who liked your cleanup work on one series takes that memory to the next feature. If nobody tracks where that person went, the one warm contact goes cold. Following people as well as productions keeps an earlier win working for the studio.
“A lead for compositing is not a lead for creature work”
A producer who needs crowd extension and a producer who needs a creature have different studios in mind. The same note sent to both wastes the reel. Every lead is tagged by shot type before anything goes out, so the right sample travels with the right message.
What we do
What we deliver for VFX studios.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
Project tracker
A running sheet of announced and in-production titles, the producers, the effects supervisor where named, and the shot types the project is likely to need.
Result: Each row is a production with a named person to write to.
Introduction notes by shot type
Short notes for supervisors and producers, each pointing to the one reel that matches the project in hand.
Result: No note leaves the studio without a reel that fits its shots.
Enquiry source log
Every bid request is recorded with where it came from: a supervisor, a post house, an overseas firm, the website or a referral.
Result: You can name the source behind each bid request.
Warm contact list
Supervisors and producers who have worked with the studio, set beside their current project and the person who last spoke to them.
Result: Past contacts appear with their latest known project.
Overseas services-firm list
Foreign production services companies and effects houses that subcontract overflow, each with the security and pipeline details they ask for first.
Result: A named list exists, with a ready pack for each name.
How the result is measured
- Enquiries generated
- Cost per enquiry
- Enquiries by source
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Who it is for
This is written for these VFX studios.
- Compositing and cleanup studios for features and series
- Studios specialising in environments and set extension
- Creature, character and simulation studios
- Studios doing advertising VFX and product CGI
- Roto, paint and prep outsourcing studios
- Virtual production and LED-stage service providers
- Studios offering stereo conversion and finishing
- Boutique studios that supervise on set and deliver in post
How it works
How the lead generation work runs
The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.
- 1
Understand your capacity
We agree how many enquiries your sales team can actually handle well, so the system is not built to overwhelm it.
- 2
Audit current sources
We check what already brings in enquiries today, even informally, before adding anything new.
- 3
Strategise the channel mix
Content, search and paid channels are chosen based on where your buyers already look.
- 4
Implement capture and follow-up
Pages, forms and a follow-up process are built and connected end to end.
- 5
Measure and optimise
We track enquiry volume and quality and adjust the channel mix to match.
Where this fits
Three pieces of sales work, in this order.
This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.
Step 1
Sales audit
Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.
Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.
Step 2 · you are here
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
Step 3
Sales management
A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.
Start here if the team has targets and no routine.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
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Can we buy a list of VFX supervisors?
Does lead generation mean chasing every production?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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Everything else we would do for you.
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