Miami video production company
Click Play Films produces corporate, commercial, and bilingual video across Miami-Dade to a broadcast standard. Crewed from our South Florida office, with a producer on every project.
Miami video production for a bilingual market
Broadcast craft. Two languages. One accountable team.
Miami is not South Florida’s second city, it is a distinct production market with its own economics. It is the commercial gateway between the United States and Latin America, the headquarters city for cruise and logistics, and a hospitality and real estate market where the visual standard is set by luxury developers rather than by corporate communications departments.
The thing that separates work here from work anywhere else is language. Miami-Dade is majority Spanish-speaking, and a film that treats Spanish as a subtitle track added at the end reaches a fraction of the audience it should. We plan bilingual production from the script, which changes casting, direction, on-screen text, and delivery, and costs far less than producing an English film and then trying to make a Spanish one out of it.
110 East Broward Blvd., Suite 1700
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-446-7666
Crews working Miami-Dade daily
Work that has run, for brands you know
From national commercials to hospitality and brand film, a sample of what our team produces.
Miami video production services
Corporate Video
Brand films, executive messages, and culture pieces to a broadcast standard, in English, Spanish, or both.
Hospitality and Brand
Hotels, restaurants, and property brands shot to sell the experience rather than catalogue the amenities.
What the market actually requires
Miami is straightforward to shoot in for most of the year and genuinely difficult for the rest. The constraints here are jurisdictional, seasonal, and linguistic.
Three Permit Authorities, Not One
The City of Miami, the City of Miami Beach, and Miami-Dade County each run their own process, and Miami Beach is materially stricter than either of the others. Which one applies can change from one side of a causeway to the other. We confirm jurisdiction before scouting, not after.
Bilingual From the Script
Miami-Dade is majority Spanish-speaking. Deciding on a second language at the script stage costs a fraction of retrofitting one at the edit, because it changes casting, direction, and on-screen text rather than just the subtitle file.
Afternoon Storms Are a Schedule, Not a Risk
Through the summer a daily afternoon storm is close to a certainty. We front-load exteriors into the morning and hold interiors for the afternoon, which usually protects the whole day rather than half of it.
Hurricane Season
June through November carries real schedule risk. For anything with a fixed delivery date in that window we build contingency days in from the start, because a named storm removes a week rather than an afternoon.
December Is Booked
Art Week fills the city, and crew, gear, and hotels all price accordingly. If your shoot can move off that fortnight it should; if it cannot, it needs booking months rather than weeks ahead.
Local Crew, No Travel
Miami-Dade crews booked from our South Florida office, thirty miles up the road. Travel, per diem, and freight stay off the budget, which on a multi-day shoot is the largest saving available.
What video production costs in Miami
Most production companies will not put numbers on a page. Here are ours.
Cost is driven by crew size, shoot days, locations, and how much post the project needs. A genuine second-language version is quoted separately rather than folded into a day rate, because it is real production work rather than a subtitle pass.
$3,000 to $10,000
Single video. One location, one shoot day, a compact local crew. Executive messages, customer stories, single explainers. Includes production, edit, color, sound, captions, and versioning.
$5,000 to $20,000
Brand film or multi-location project. Several locations or shoot days, larger crew, aerial or marine work, motion graphics, and more involved post.
$10,000 and up
Campaign or bilingual series. Multiple deliverables produced together, which lowers cost per video substantially. Full English and Spanish campaigns sit here.
A production partner, not just a camera crew
Miami has no shortage of camera operators and a real shortage of production companies that will own the outcome. We produce to a broadcast standard, work in two languages where the audience needs it, and put one producer on your project who is accountable from the first call to final delivery.
Miami video production questions
How much does video production cost in Miami?
A single video typically runs $3,000 to $10,000. A brand film or multi-location project runs $5,000 to $20,000. Campaigns and bilingual series start around $10,000 and drop in cost per video as volume rises. Because we crew from South Florida rather than flying a team in, Miami projects avoid the travel and per diem an out-of-town company adds.
Do you have an office in Miami?
Our South Florida office is in Fort Lauderdale at 110 East Broward Boulevard, thirty miles from downtown Miami, and our crews work Miami-Dade daily. We would rather tell you that plainly than claim an address we do not staff. In practice it makes no difference to the shoot: the crew is local, the gear is local, and nothing about your budget changes.
Do you produce video in Spanish?
Yes, and we plan it from the script rather than adding subtitles at the end. Bilingual production changes casting, direction, on-screen text, and delivery. For much of the Miami-Dade and Latin American market this is the difference between reaching your audience and reaching half of it, and deciding at the start costs far less than retrofitting.
Do we need a permit to film in Miami?
For most public locations yes, and which authority applies depends on exactly where you are standing. The City of Miami, the City of Miami Beach, and Miami-Dade County each run their own process, and Miami Beach is considerably stricter. We confirm jurisdiction before scouting and handle the applications. Private property and interiors need the owner’s permission rather than a city permit.
How do you handle summer rain?
By scheduling around it rather than treating it as bad luck. From roughly June onward an afternoon storm is close to a daily certainty, so we front-load exteriors into the morning and hold interior work for the afternoon. Crews who plan that way rarely lose a day; crews who do not, regularly do.
What about hurricane season and Art Week?
June through November carries genuine schedule risk, and we build contingency into any project with a fixed delivery date in that window. December brings a different problem: Art Week fills the city, and crew, gear, and hotels all price accordingly. If your shoot can move off that fortnight it should.
Can you film on boats and on the water?
Yes. It needs stabilised gear, a plan for glare and reflection off water, a crew comfortable working from a support vessel, and a schedule built around tide and light. South Florida is the centre of the marine industry and it is work we are set up for locally.
How long does a project take?
Two to four weeks from kickoff to final delivery for a standard project. Two to eight weeks for larger films and campaigns. Bilingual work adds time in post rather than on the shoot. If you have a fixed date, we build the schedule backwards from it.
Can you handle multi-city campaigns?
Yes. With offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Fort Lauderdale, and Houston, and coverage in 48 markets, a campaign shooting in several cities is one production team with consistent direction rather than several local vendors delivering films that do not match.
What is included in the price?
Pre-production planning, scripting support, crew and equipment, direction, all quoted shoot days, editing, color grading, sound mix, licensed music, captions, and delivery in every format you need. Permits, paid talent, vessel charter, aerial work, and second-language versions are quoted separately and itemized up front.
Who owns the footage?
You do. You receive the finished deliverables and, on request, the camera originals. We archive projects so future work can reuse existing material rather than arranging locations and permits all over again.
Ready to produce in Miami?
Tell us about your project, and whether it needs to work in two languages, and we will come back with an approach and a quote, fast.