Los Angeles video production company
Click Play Films is a Los Angeles video production company producing commercial, corporate, and brand video to a broadcast standard. Local crews, an office on Hollywood Boulevard, and a producer on every project.
Production standards, not just production capacity
Broadcast craft. Direct accountability. One team.
Los Angeles has more video production capacity than anywhere on earth, which creates a specific problem for the buyer: almost everyone here can shoot, and it is genuinely hard to tell from a website who will take responsibility for whether the finished thing works. A great deal of what is sold as a production company is a crew for hire, assembled per job and dissolved afterwards.
We work differently, and it matters most to clients coming direct rather than through an agency. One producer owns your project from the first call to final delivery. Creative, casting, crew, and post all sit in-house. If something is wrong at the edit, there is a person whose job it is to fix it, rather than three vendors explaining that it was somebody else’s scope.
Work that has run, for brands you know
From national commercials to brand films and entertainment content, a sample of what our team produces.
Los Angeles video production services
What the city actually requires
LA is the easiest place in the country to find a crew and one of the easiest to lose a day to logistics. The things that go wrong here are specific and almost entirely predictable.
Permits Through FilmLA
Most public filming in the City and County of LA runs through FilmLA, with requirements varying by location, crew size, and whether you need parking or street control. We handle the application and build the lead time into the schedule.
Distance Is the Hidden Cost
Greater LA spans roughly eighty miles. A second location that looks fifteen minutes away on a map can be an hour at four in the afternoon. We schedule geographically rather than logically, which is often what saves a day.
Light Is a Schedule Decision
The reason productions came here in the first place. Predictable sun means you can plan a whole day around a golden hour that will actually happen, but it also means midday exteriors need real diffusion rather than optimism.
Local Crew, No Travel
LA crews booked out of our Hollywood office rather than flown in. Travel, per diem, and freight stay off your budget, which on a multi-day shoot is usually the largest single saving available.
Stages and Locations
Access to stage space, location libraries, and the specialist gear that exists here in more depth than anywhere else. Being local means booking it at the local rate rather than through a broker.
Multi-Market Campaigns
Offices in New York, Chicago, Boston, Fort Lauderdale, and Houston, with coverage in 48 markets. A campaign shooting in three cities is one team rather than three vendors.
What video production costs in Los Angeles
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. These are the ranges most LA projects fall into. Broadcast commercial production sits higher and is quoted separately.
$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, motion graphics, licensed music, and more involved post.
$10,000 and up
Campaign or series. Multiple deliverables produced together, which lowers cost per video substantially. Broadcast commercial work quoted separately.
A production partner, not just a camera crew
In a city full of crews for hire, the difference is accountability. One producer owns the outcome, creative through post sits in-house, and our team came up making national campaigns rather than assembling day rates. You get transparent budgets and one person answerable for whether the finished thing works.
Los Angeles video production questions
How much does video production cost in Los Angeles?
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 series start around $10,000 and drop in cost per video as volume rises. Because we crew locally, LA projects avoid the travel and per diem that out-of-town companies add.
Where in Los Angeles are you based?
Our LA office is at 7083 Hollywood Blvd, central to Hollywood, the studios, and most of the stage space in the city. You can reach the LA office directly on 310-684-3073.
Do we need a permit to film in LA?
For most public locations, yes. Filming in the City and County of Los Angeles runs through FilmLA, and requirements vary with the location, crew size, and whether you need parking or street control. We handle applications and build the lead time into the schedule. Private property and most interiors need the owner’s permission rather than a city permit.
How many locations can we shoot in a day?
Fewer than the map suggests. Greater LA spans about eighty miles, and a move that looks like fifteen minutes can take an hour in afternoon traffic. Two locations in a day is comfortable if they are close; three needs them clustered. We schedule geographically rather than by story order, which is usually what protects the day.
Do you use local LA crews?
Yes. Crews are booked here rather than flown in, which keeps travel, per diem, and freight off the budget, and means people who know the locations, the parking situations, and which permits take longer than expected.
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, series, and campaigns. Broadcast commercials run four to eight weeks. If you have a fixed date, we build the schedule backwards from it.
Can you handle multi-city campaigns?
Yes. With offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Fort Lauderdale, and Houston, a campaign shooting in several cities is one production team with consistent direction rather than several local vendors delivering films that do not match.
Do you work with agencies or direct clients?
Both, roughly evenly. Agencies bring us in as the production partner on work they have already sold. Brands without an agency use us from creative through delivery. We are comfortable executing someone else’s boards and equally comfortable developing the concept ourselves.
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, stage rental, and specialist equipment 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 reshooting it.
Ready to produce in Los Angeles?
Tell us about your project and we will come back with an approach and a quote, fast.