Services / Video Production
Video that does a job.
A brand film nobody watches is an expensive screensaver. Every piece we shoot has a place it lives and something it's supposed to make somebody do.
Selected Film
Visit Comfort, TX
A Hill Country brand film for a whole town. Concept, shoot, and edit in house. This is what a place looks like when you stop filming the buildings and start filming the people in them.
Visit Comfort, TX / Brand film / Gabe Rene LLC
In House
One crew. One studio. One invoice.
Plenty of shops broker this out. They book the shoot, sub the shooter, sub the editor, mark it all up, and hope the three of them agree on what the thing was supposed to be.
We shoot it, we direct it, we cut it. Same studio, same people, same standards, on gear we own instead of gear we rent onto your invoice.
That matters most when something changes on the day, which it always does. There’s nobody to call. We just adjust and keep rolling.
Not just photos. Campaigns.
Formats
What we make.
01
Brand Film
The 60 to 180 second piece that lives on your homepage and opens your sales deck. Who you are, why you exist, why anybody should care. 3 to 5 week turnaround.
02
Product & Commercial Spots
Short, tight, built for paid media. Multiple cutdowns from one shoot so you're not paying twice for a 30 and a 15.
03
Testimonial & Case Study
Your customers saying the thing you can't say about yourself without sounding like a jackass. The highest converting video most businesses never bother to make.
04
Social & Short Form
Vertical, fast, native to the platform it's landing on. Batch produced so you're not scrambling for content every week. 2 to 3 week turnaround.
05
Recruiting & Culture
For companies competing on hiring. Show the room, the crew, and the work instead of posting another job board listing into the void.
06
Event & Conference
Recap films, sizzle reels, and speaker capture. Fast turnaround when you need it live while the event still matters.
How Video Runs
The production, step by step.
Video has more moving parts than stills, so the process is tighter on purpose.
- 01
Creative and scripting
We define the message, the structure, and the runtime before a camera comes out. Scripted or interview led, both work, they just plan differently.
- 02
Pre-production
Shot list, locations, talent, wardrobe, releases, and a schedule. Approved at least 7 days out.
- 03
Production day
Cinema camera, proper lighting, and real audio. Lav and boom, recorded separately, because shitty audio kills a good video faster than shitty picture ever will.
- 04
Edit and first cut
You see a full cut, not a rough assembly with placeholder music. Licensed music from $15 per track, or $50 to $500 for outside selections.
- 05
Two rounds of revisions
Included. Consolidated notes, please. Additional rounds run $75 per hour.
- 06
Delivery and cutdowns
Master file plus whatever aspect ratios and lengths the scope calls for. Delivered by gallery or cloud link.
Rates
Same day rates as photo.
$900 for a half day up to 5 hours, $1,700 for a full day up to 10, covering one shooter plus an assistant. Video usually wants a bigger crew than stills, so most video projects get custom scoped. Post-production is billed separately at $75 per hour, $300 per half day, or $600 per full day.
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