Video production in Fairfax, VA

Corporate and brand video for the City of Fairfax, from the George Mason campus to the independent businesses of Old Town.

The independent city, not the county

8 Media Group provides video production in Fairfax, VA for the independent City of Fairfax, a roughly six-square-mile jurisdiction that sits inside Fairfax County but governs itself. That distinction matters more than it sounds. The city has its own council, its own courts, and its own downtown, and it runs at a different pace than the corporate corridors out at Tysons or Reston. Here you are shooting the George Mason University campus, the county courthouse complex, and the independent restaurants and shops along Main Street, sometimes in the same week.

The organizations we serve here

Fairfax City’s anchor is George Mason University, Virginia’s largest public research university, and around it sits a working mix of professional-services firms, healthcare practices, county and court operations, and the small businesses of the Old Town Fairfax Business Association. That range means anything from an executive corporate video for a professional firm to social content and commercial spots for a local brand competing for foot traffic on Main Street.

Video crew for hire in Washington, DC on a production set

Where we shoot in Fairfax

We film across the city: Old Town Fairfax along Main and North Streets, the George Mason University campus, Fairfax Circle, and the Northfax corridor where Route 50 meets Chain Bridge Road. Campus shoots and courthouse-adjacent work each carry their own access and permitting rules, and we sort those out before the camera comes out.

Why choose 8 Media Group for video production in Fairfax, VA

Fairfax City is a straight run out Route 50 from our base in DC, so you are not paying for a crew to travel. We staff to what the job actually needs, a single shooter for a campus interview or a full crew for a brand film, without the overhead of a large shop. One point of contact from the first call through final delivery.

Who this is for

Higher education, professional-services firms, healthcare practices, and independent businesses across the City of Fairfax. Most projects fall into corporate video production, brand and commercial video, and event coverage.

Video production across the DC metro area

We also serve Falls Church, VA, Arlington, VA, Tysons Corner, VA, McLean, VA, Reston, VA, and Alexandria, VA. See all of our service areas or browse our portfolio.

Our Process

How a project comes together when we shoot in Fairfax.

01

The goal comes before the concept.

A George Mason recruitment piece and an Old Town restaurant spot are not the same brief. We lock who the video is for before we talk concepts, because the audience decides the format, the length, and the tone.

The audience decides the video.

Planning a video production strategy in Washington, DC
Reviewing the script during pre-production for a corporate video shoot
02

Pre-production is where we take the risk out.

University campuses run their own filming approvals, and the courthouse area has its own restrictions. We handle permissions, parking, and building access up front, so shoot day is not spent negotiating at a front desk.

Campus or Main Street, we clear access first.

03

One shoot day should feed you for months.

One Fairfax shoot becomes the hero piece, the vertical cutdowns, and the social content that keeps a business visible between campaigns. We build the day to produce a library, not a single file.

One day, months of content.

8 Media Group crew adjusting camera and lighting on a DC video shoot
Video editors working through revisions in post-production
04

We work with you until it is right.

The first cut opens the conversation. We expect feedback, three rounds are built in, and we refine until it is something you would put your name on.

Tell us what is not landing. We keep working.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. The Mason campus is part of our regular Fairfax territory. Campus filming runs on its own approval process, and we handle those permissions before shoot day rather than on it.
No. The City of Fairfax is inside our core service area, so there are no travel or mileage fees.
Yes. Old Town is a walkable retail and dining district, and we scope smaller brand and social shoots to fit an independent business budget, not just enterprise projects.
A single shooter day runs $800 to $1,400. Corporate video runs $2,500 to $15,000 depending on the type of video and scope. No budget fishing, you get a fixed number up front.
Corporate and brand video, event coverage, recruiting video, and social content, scaled to whether you are a university department, a professional firm, or a Main Street business.
Two to four weeks for most projects, faster for social and event recaps. Tell us your deadline on the first call and we will say straight away whether it is doable.

Based in Fairfax?

Tell us what you are trying to make and we will map out what video production in Fairfax, VA actually takes, from the first call to the final cut.