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Video production Edinburgh
We're an edinburgh based professional video production company.
We're passionate about producing high quality video content.
Based in Edinburgh, Black Castle Media are all about producing engaging, immersive, professional and memorable videos not only in Scotland but across the UK. We work with some fantastic brands and companies. From award winning local companies like Edinburgh Boiler Company to government organisations like Zero Waste Scotland and directly with the Scottish Government, with our work displayed on BBC/STV News.
We specialise in creating video productions that help companies connect directly with their audience. Whether your project is big or small, our team will work with you to translate your core service, product or message into an engaging and actionable video. And if this is the first time you have worked with a production company in Edinburgh, we’ll walk you through the steps to ensure you understand our process and are confident you’re getting the most out of your investment.
We make video productions designed to have a long lasting impact on your audience.
Our entire video process, from pre to post-production is designed to be an engaging and rewarding experience with the end goal of creating a video that has a long lasting impact on your audience. As an experienced video production company, we believe that understanding video production and the benefits are just as important as the finished product itself. Interested in learning more? Why not get in touch with us to begin creating a captivating video that lives long in the memories of your audience. We can also offer you a free quote using our form online.
Frequently asked questions
Our clients naturally have a lot of questions about having a video produced, here’s some of the most common ones.
We prepare bespoke budgets for each brief, tailored to your project so you’re only paying for what you need. We’re happy to discuss how we can work to your budget, and you’ll always receive an itemised cost breakdown from us. It’s very hard for us to give a flat cost for a service that varies quite a lot in client requirements. We can offer you a free quote however after a quick chat that will help you get a good indication of cost.
It is important to have an initial idea of the type of video required – whether it’s a talking head type video, an interview or vox pops. In the portfolio section, there is more information about some of the most popular choices as well as visual examples. Once a decision has been made on the type of video[s] needed, we will be able to accurately price our work. If you’re not sure where to begin, or would like a little help putting the idea together, we can do that, at no extra cost too. Why not request a quote to get started?
We’re based in Edinburgh however our video productions regularly take us across Scotland and the whole UK. We can even accommodate if your project is outside of the UK.
At a bare minimum, we like to ensure that we have a detailed initial brief at the beginning of the project. This could take the form of a written brief, a phone call or a face to face meeting. Essentially, you can be involved as much or as little as you like.
However, we are always delighted when clients want to be more involved in the full production process, from scriptwriting and production through to reviewing the edits. Our dedicated team will ensure that you are constantly kept abreast of the project’s progress, and have every chance to take a more hands-on involvement in the project, if you’d like to.
For most video productions we typically ask for 30% as a minimum up front, then 70% on project completion, before any files are transferred. We will of course be providing you with opportunities to review the footage and the final video before we request final payment, which we believe is essential for a great client-company relationship.
With video productions, we’re very firm on giving our clients unexpected costs. If anything crops up during the production process that we haven’t discussed with you that may be an additional cost, we’ll always discuss this with you before going ahead. All of our quotes are itemised too, so you know exactly what you’re paying for at each stage.
Yes, you absolutely can take still images from your video to use elsewhere. However, if you have specific still image needs, we recommend capturing dedicated photos on set for higher quality. We have dedicated photographers that we can provide for this service which will provide a much greater image quality than simply taking screenshots from the video. This also a fantastic way to get behind the scenes images from the set.
For conference and event films that require a speedy edit, we can turnaround the edit very quickly and even edit social media clips on-site if needed. Other projects like impressive promos with fancy effects or longer-form documentaries require a bit more time in post-production.
We’ll make sure to clearly understand at the start of the project what outputs you expect, so we can deliver what you need exactly when you need it.
Yes, we have camera operators available to capture footage for you to edit yourself. We typically provide you with hard copies of files in a flash drive as our files are very large and don’t lend themselves well to fast transfers.
If you edit the files, can you send us the footage and project files after?
We can do this. On video productions where we edit the footage, we can also provide a package that includes the project files and also any raw footage if required. We typically charge a small additional fee for this service though to cover the additional time/resources required.
This is typically an additional cost. The cost for subtitling (whether that’s overlaid captions or separate SRT files) will be specified in the budget. Please ensure to ask about subtitling when briefing us about your video project.