Most production companies make you book a call before they will give you a number. We know your time valuable so we wont make you waste 30 mins on the phone to give your a price. It’s all here. Build an estimate in about a minute. No email, no phone call, nothing to unlock.
Pick the closest fit.
Not sure? Pick what sounds closest. We will help you narrow it down.
Pick as many as you like. One event day can produce all of these.
Multi-day conferences need a bigger crew presence, which is reflected here.
Both include the full production. This is about who develops the concept.
Each additional location adds setup, lighting, and move time.
Speaking roles or featured talent. We handle casting.
Non-speaking people to make a space feel full and alive.
Every edit includes three revision rounds.
Every package is one shoot day producing a batch of vertical reels.
Every edit includes captions, since most people watch on mute.
Rates are all-in per person per day, including their kit. Add as many of each role as your production needs.
Based on a standard 10 hour day. Overtime past hour 10 is billed separately.
Each person becomes their own short video, plus we pull clips for social.
Measured from the shoot day to final delivery.
No travel or mileage fees anywhere in the DC region.
Optional. Pick as many as you like.
Most video production in the Washington, DC area falls between $2,500 and $15,000, depending on how many shoot days it takes, how large a crew the setup needs, and how much editing is involved. A single testimonial sits at the low end. A full brand story film with multiple locations sits at the top. Everything below is the same rate card the calculator above uses, published in full so you can see the numbers without building an estimate first.
| Service | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Client or member testimonialsOne subject, filmed and edited as a short standalone video | $2,500 to $4,000 |
| Internal communications videoTown halls, announcements, all-hands messages | $3,500 to $6,500 |
| Training and onboarding videoBringing new hires or members up to speed | $3,500 to $6,500 |
| Brand story filmThe flagship piece about who you are and why it matters | $12,000 to $15,000 |
| Event sizzle reelShort, high energy cut built to promote next year | $2,500 to $4,000 |
| Event highlight recapThe full story of the day in one polished video | $4,500 to $6,000 |
| Event photographyA full edited gallery from the day | $2,000 |
| Panel or keynote recordingA clean, usable recording of one session | $1,500 to $3,000 |
| Social media content packagesFrom a two hour shoot with 5 reels up to a full day with 30 | $2,500 to $5,000 |
| Commercial ad productionSpots built to run as paid media | $11,000 to $15,000 |
| Crew for hireLocal DC crew on your production, kit fees included | From $175 per person, per day |
| Add-on or adjustment | Cost |
|---|---|
| Social cutdownsVertical clips built from footage we already captured | $1,500 |
| Drone footageLicensed operator, airspace permitting | $1,800 |
| Hair and makeupOn camera, everyone looks better for it | $1,500 |
| Enhanced editEverything in a standard edit, plus motion graphics | Add $3,000 |
| Premium editEnhanced, plus visual effects and sound design | Add $5,000 |
| Raw files onlyWe shoot, your team edits | Subtract $2,500 |
| Standard timelineTwo to four weeks from shoot day to final delivery | Included |
| Expedited timelineDelivered inside one week | Add 25 percent |
| Rush timelineDelivered in less than a week | Add 50 percent |
| Filming in the DC metro areaDC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland | No travel fee |
| Filming elsewhere in the USCovers flights, lodging, and crew travel time | $2,000 to $4,000 |
| International filmingDepends on the logistics involved | $4,000 to $7,000 |
These are all-in day rates per person, with kit fees already included, based on a standard 10 hour day. Overtime past hour 10 is billed separately. Useful if you are an agency or out-of-town production company pricing a DC based crew.
| Role | Day rate |
|---|---|
| Director of Photography | $800 to $3,200 |
| Camera Operator | $400 to $950 |
| 1st AC | $500 to $1,000 |
| 2nd AC | $400 to $750 |
| DIT | $700 to $1,650 |
| BTS Shooter | $400 to $900 |
| Role | Day rate |
|---|---|
| Gaffer | $575 to $1,400 |
| Best Boy Electric | $500 to $1,000 |
| Key Grip | $575 to $1,350 |
| Grip | $400 to $900 |
| Role | Day rate |
|---|---|
| Sound Mixer | $825 to $1,850 |
| Boom Operator | $400 to $850 |
| Role | Day rate |
|---|---|
| Director | $800 to $2,000 |
| Producer | $800 to $2,000 |
| 1st AD | $625 to $1,350 |
| Script Supervisor | $460 to $875 |
| Production Coordinator | $350 to $650 |
| Production Assistant | $175 to $425 |
| Location Scout | $350 to $750 |
| Role | Day rate |
|---|---|
| Teleprompter Operator | $500 to $800 |
| Live Stream Engineer | $700 to $1,500 |
| Drone Operator | $600 to $1,200 |
| Photographer | $800 to $2,000 |
| Hair and Makeup Artist | $425 to $1,050 |
| HMU Department Head | $600 to $1,300 |
| Wardrobe Stylist | $400 to $800 |
Every project is quoted with a fixed price and an itemized breakdown before anything starts. If your budget is below these ranges, tell us the number anyway, there is usually a version of the project that fits.
Because you should not have to sit through a discovery call just to learn whether we are in your range. Most shops treat the number as leverage. We would rather you find out in a minute, decide for yourself, and only reach out if it makes sense. If we are too expensive for this project, it’s better that you know now than after two meetings.
It is an honest range, not a bait number. It is built from the same rates we quote every day, so most projects land inside it. Once we talk through the details, you get a written scope with a fixed price and an itemized breakdown. That fixed number is what you pay. If something changes the scope later, we tell you what it costs before we do it.
Four things, mostly. How many shoot days it takes, how big a crew the setup needs, how much editing is involved, and how many final cuts you need out of it. A single testimonial with one subject runs $2,500 to $4,000. A full brand story film with multiple locations and a larger crew runs $12,000 to $15,000. Everything else lands between those two poles.
Planning, crew, gear, and editing are all in the number you see. That means pre-production and scripting, the shoot day with our team and equipment, color grading, titles and lower thirds, licensed music, and final delivery in the formats you need. There are no surprise kit fees or equipment line items bolted on afterward.
Three rounds are included on every edit, which is almost always enough when the scope is clear up front. We build in a review point after the first cut so feedback from your team arrives together rather than in a dozen separate emails over three weeks.
Standard delivery is two to four weeks from the shoot day to the final file, and that is included in the base price. If you need it inside a week, expedited adds 25 percent. If you need it in less than a week, rush adds 50 percent. Those surcharges cover the reality of pushing other work aside and putting an editor on it full time.
No. DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland are our home region, and there are no travel or mileage fees anywhere in the metro area. Shooting elsewhere in the country typically adds $2,000 to $4,000 to cover flights, lodging, and crew travel time. International work runs $4,000 to $7,000 depending on the logistics.
Tell us the number anyway. There is usually a version of the project that fits, whether that means one shoot day instead of two, a smaller crew, or capturing everything at an event you are already running and cutting several pieces from that footage. We would rather build something that works inside your budget than talk you into something you regret.
Yes, and it is usually the best value on the whole list. Social cutdowns run $1,500 and use footage we have already captured, so you are paying for editing rather than another shoot day. Most clients who skip this end up wishing they had not, because the main video gets posted once and then sits there.