Video Production Services in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Stories, Professionally Told
Brave Dog has produced more than 400 videos over 10 years in business. From our Cincinnati studio at 4240 Airport Road, we handle strategy, scripting, filming, and editing for marketing teams that need a dependable production partner — not another vendor to manage.
Cincinnati isn’t simply another city where we work. It’s our home. We’ve told stories here for FC Cincinnati, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Americraft Manufacturing, the Anthony Muñoz Foundation, St. Ursula Academy, and dozens of businesses, nonprofits, and schools across the Tri-State.
You don’t need to arrive with a finished script or a fully formed concept. Bring us your goal, your audience, and your challenge. We’ll help decide what to create and how to make it work.
At a glance:
Studio: 4240 Airport Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45226 (studio space available)
Turnaround: 2–4 weeks for typical projects
Pricing: Most single projects fall between $2,000 and $8,000
Coverage: All of Greater Cincinnati with no travel premium, plus Northern Kentucky and the Eastern US on location
Phone: (513) 601-8634
Featured Cincinnati Work
We’re proud of the range of Cincinnati organizations we’ve worked with. A few that show the breadth:
Americraft Manufacturing
Industrial storytelling that makes a manufacturing operation clear and compelling to the people who buy from it.
FC Cincinnati
Fan-facing content for one of the city’s most visible brands.
United Way — Project Lift
Community-impact documentary work that puts real people at the center of the story.
St. Ursula Academy
Admissions and culture video that helps a school compete for families and talent.
See more of our Cincinnati work →
Video Services for Cincinnati Businesses and Organizations
A successful video needs more than filming and editing. It needs a clear message, careful planning, and an understanding of where the finished content will live. Whatever your project calls for, one team coordinates every moving part.
Corporate and Brand Videos — Introduce your company, communicate what sets it apart, or show the people behind your brand. Useful for your website, sales presentations, recruiting, trade shows, and events.
Product Demonstrations and Explainers — Show how a product works or make a complex process easy to follow, combining on-location filming, close-up product footage, graphics, and voice-over.
Customer Testimonials and Case Studies — Let customers explain your value in their own words. We plan the interview, put people at ease, and shape the footage into a focused story that builds credibility.
Training and Educational Videos — Deliver consistent training for employees, distributors, customers, or students. Document processes, explain safety procedures, or turn in-house expertise into content people can revisit.
Recruiting and Culture Videos — Give prospective employees an honest look at your workplace and people, and compete for talent by showing the culture a job description can’t.
Promotional and Social Media Videos — Turn one production day into a set of campaign assets: a primary video plus shorter edits, vertical clips, and teasers suited to each platform.
FAA-Certified Aerial Videography — Establish location, communicate scale, and add a perspective ground-level filming can’t, captured by an FAA-certified commercial drone pilot.
Live Streaming and Event Production — Reach remote attendees with multi-camera coverage, managed audio, and live broadcast support — then repurpose the recording into recap videos and speaker clips.
Interactive Virtual Tours — Let prospects, recruits, students, or donors explore a facility without traveling to it.
Corporate Photography — Coordinate headshots, environmental portraits, and facility images alongside your video, often on the same shoot day.
Every project can also include closed captions, licensed music, and multiple delivery formats (16:9 for web, 1:1 and 9:16 for social) so the finished content is ready wherever it needs to go.
Video Production Built Around Your Marketing Goals
Some production companies expect you to supply the concept, script, and creative direction. We take a more collaborative role — strategy, not just cameras.
Before we recommend an approach, we ask:
- Who needs to see this video?
- What should viewers understand, feel, or do afterward?
- Where will the video appear?
- What questions or objections should it address?
- How does it support the larger campaign?
- What other content could we capture on the same production day?
Those answers guide the concept, message, format, and plan. The result isn’t just a good-looking video — it’s a communication asset built around a real business objective.
Our Process, and How Involved You’ll Be
1. Discovery and strategy. We learn your audience, goals, brand, timeline, and distribution plans. If you’re still deciding what kind of video you need, we help you work through the options.
2. Pre-production. We develop the concept and handle the planning a productive shoot requires — scripting, storyboarding, interview questions, scheduling, locations, and talent. You review the direction before filming, which heads off expensive surprises later.
3. Production. We manage the shoot and guide everyone involved, capturing what we need efficiently while minimizing disruption to your staff, customers, or event.
4. Editing and review. We shape the footage into a clear story, then add music, graphics, titles, color correction, and professional audio.
5. Final delivery. Files are prepared for where they’ll be used — website videos, presentation files, vertical social clips, captioned versions, and high-resolution masters.
What that means for your time: A single point of contact manages the whole project. You review at three milestones — concept, rough cut, and final. Two revision rounds are included, with any additional changes estimated up front. You get weekly updates, so you never chase us for status. You stay involved in the decisions that matter without directing every shot.
Most projects move from strategy through delivery in about two to four weeks, depending on scope and approval timing.
What Video Production Costs in Cincinnati
Cost depends on shoot days, locations, scripting, talent, animation, and editing. Most single projects fall between $2,000 and $8,000.
Included: Strategy consultation, scriptwriting, filming, editing, two revision rounds, and multiple format deliverables.
Not included: Travel outside our service areas, complex animation, licensed stock content, rush fees, and revisions beyond the two included rounds.
Ongoing content: Many Cincinnati clients start with one project, then move to a retainer. Coordinating several videos together adds consistency, saves roughly 20–30% through shared production days, and comes with priority scheduling. We provide a defined scope, deliverables, timeline, and price after a 30-minute consultation, so you can evaluate the project before committing.
Why Work With a Cincinnati-Based Video Team?
Plenty of companies will travel to Cincinnati. There’s a practical difference when your video team actually lives here.
No travel premiums. Our crew, gear, and studio are already in the city, so a shoot across Greater Cincinnati is a normal day — not a line item on your quote.
We know the settings. From corporate offices and manufacturing plants to schools, restaurants, event venues, and historic neighborhoods, we understand the range of locations available across the area and what each takes to film well.
Faster scheduling. Being local means we can scout, shoot, and sit down for the rough-cut review within the same couple of weeks. Pickup shots don’t require a second trip.
We’re invested in the stories told here. Our Cincinnati portfolio spans manufacturers, schools, nonprofits, restaurants, professional-service firms, and community institutions — the organizations that make this city run.
Areas We Serve
We work throughout Greater Cincinnati, including Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties, and across the river in Northern Kentucky. For organizations with operations outside the region, we coordinate multi-location projects and travel throughout the Eastern US — including Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Lexington, Pittsburgh, and Fort Wayne.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does video production cost in Cincinnati?
Most single projects with Brave Dog fall between $2,000 and $8,000, depending on shoot days, locations, scripting, talent, and editing. That includes strategy, scriptwriting, filming, editing, two revision rounds, and multiple format exports. We provide a detailed scope and price after a 30-minute consultation.
Do we need to provide a finished script?
No. Come to us with an objective, an audience, and a rough idea. We help develop the concept, messaging, script, interview questions, and visual plan.
Can you film at our Cincinnati facility?
Yes. We regularly work on location at offices, manufacturing plants, schools, event venues, and retail spaces. We can also assess the location ahead of time for lighting, sound, access, and scheduling.
Do you offer studio space?
Yes. Our studio at 4240 Airport Road is available when a controlled filming environment is the better option for interviews, product shots, or voice-over.
Can you create social media clips from a larger video?
Yes. Projects can include shorter cuts, vertical and square formats, and teasers. Planning these before filming lets us capture footage that works across every intended format.
Can you work with our marketing agency?
Yes. We work directly with internal marketing teams or alongside an outside agency as the production partner, while the agency keeps campaign strategy, media, or account management.
Do you handle aerial filming and permits?
Yes. We provide commercial aerial filming through an FAA-certified drone pilot and coordinate the applicable flight planning and authorization. [VERIFY airspace-authorization wording with the team.]
How far ahead should we schedule?
For most projects, reaching out four to six weeks before your target completion date leaves room for strategy, scheduling, production, editing, and approvals. Simpler or time-sensitive projects can sometimes move faster.
Ready to Tell Your Cincinnati Story?
Whether you have a detailed brief or an idea that still needs direction, we’ll help you find the right next step. Tell us what you’re trying to communicate, who you need to reach, and where the content will live — and we’ll recommend an approach, timeline, and set of deliverables built around your goals.
Let’s create something worth watching.