Corporate Video Production in New York City
Corporate films and client testimonials filmed in Manhattan and across the five boroughs by trusted local crews, then written, directed and edited by our team. One contract in US dollars, from the first call to the final file.
Filming across New York City
Local partner crews film at your location, with a member of our team on set.
Permits, insurance certificates and building rules sorted before the shoot day.
What we produce for teams in New York
In New York, two formats are filmed on location. Corporate films tell the story of a company, a leadership message, a launch or an anniversary, usually built on interviews and footage of the people and places behind the work. Client testimonials put your customers on camera to describe the problem they faced and what changed after working with you. A local partner crew films them in your offices, a rented studio or your customer’s site, and our team plans, directs and edits each one. See how we approach corporate film production and client testimonial videos.
Many New York projects need no camera in the city at all. Animated videos, videos built with AI-generated imagery, stock footage edits and new films cut from footage you already own are produced entirely by our team in São Paulo, reviewed and approved online, and delivered in the same formats and languages as a filmed project.
A simple test helps you choose. If the film depends on a real person, a real place or a real customer result, it needs a shoot in New York. If it explains a process, a product or a strategy, animation or AI-generated imagery can carry it without booking anyone’s calendar. A common mix for headquarters teams: one executive interview filmed in Manhattan, with animated sequences that explain the numbers.
Corporate films
Client testimonials
Leadership and interview films
Animated videos
AI-assisted videos
Videos from your existing footage
Corporate films
Client testimonials
Leadership and interview films
Animated videos
AI-assisted videos
Videos from your existing footage
How New York production works
Six roles, one accountable company. Here is who does what between your first call and the final file.
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Creative direction
Our creative team in São Paulo shapes the idea, writes the script or the interview questions and sets the visual style. You approve each step before anything is booked.
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Pre-production and permits
Production management, also in São Paulo, books the crew, confirms locations and building access, and plans the city film permit when the shoot needs one. You get a single point of contact.
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Filming in New York
A crew from our trusted New York production partners films at your location on your date. No crew flies in from Brazil, so the schedule follows your calendar, not international travel.
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Our team on set
A member of our team is on set for the whole shoot day, holding the approved plan, guiding the interviews and checking each take against the script.
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Editing and post-production
Our post-production team in São Paulo handles editing, color, sound, motion graphics, captions and versions. São Paulo is one hour ahead of New York in the northern summer and two hours ahead in winter, so most of the working day overlaps.
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Contract and billing
You sign with Olive Tree Films, LLC, our US company based in Miami, and we quote and invoice in US dollars. We hire and coordinate the New York crew, so your procurement team onboards one vendor.
What every New York project includes
English, Spanish and Portuguese on set and in every review, voice-over in more than 50 languages, two revision rounds in every package, and a team that has served more than 400 clients.
Permits, buildings and the city
Most corporate shoots in New York happen indoors: a conference room in Midtown, a trading floor, a lab, a showroom, a customer’s office in Brooklyn. Filming inside private property does not need a city film permit. What it needs is the building’s approval. Many Manhattan towers set rules for vendors: a certificate of insurance naming the building and its manager, a booked freight elevator, fixed hours for loading equipment and security sign-in for each crew member. Ask your facilities team for those rules early and share them with us, so they become part of the plan instead of a surprise at the loading dock. Olive Tree Films, LLC carries general liability insurance in the United States and provides the certificates of insurance that buildings and the city ask for.
Outdoor scenes work differently. According to the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, a handheld camera or a camera on a tripod on a public sidewalk does not need a permit, as long as the crew does not claim exclusive use of the space or request parking for production vehicles. Lighting and grip packages, production vehicles that need parking, or closing off part of a street do require a film permit. The fee is $500 for each 14-day period. The production must carry at least $1,000,000 in general liability insurance with the City of New York as additional insured, and the insurance broker sends the certificate to the Film Office at least 48 hours before the application (see the insurance requirements). The Film Office usually processes requests 48 to 72 business hours before the shoot, and Times Square needs 7 business days. Parks need approval from NYC Parks first, the subway is permitted by the MTA, and drones need an NYPD permit to take off and land. If you want a street, a park or a landmark in the film, mention it in the first call so the proposal includes the permit, the schedule and the cost.
Weather and daylight shape exterior scenes too. Winter days are short and cold, and summer brings heat and humidity, so an outdoor scene needs an indoor alternative and some buffer in the schedule. Interviews filmed indoors are not affected.
We film across the five boroughs and the surrounding region. If you have locations in more than one borough or outside the city, list them in your request: the travel time between sites decides how many locations fit in one shooting day.
The Brazilian chapter of KPMG’s global series Make the Difference, filmed for the London production company Beagle Media. Their creative director and producer followed the shoot from London by video call and KPMG’s global team watched the interview live, while our team ran the set: the interview, five scenes in the office, an exterior at Praça da Liberdade and a photo session, all in one day. Filmed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Stakeholders who cannot be in the room for a New York shoot can follow it the same way. Read the KPMG case.
The trailer is public. The full film is available on request.
Relevant work
Comparable projects, and where they were filmed
These projects were filmed in Brazil for global brands. They show the team that plans, directs and edits New York projects. Our clients also include companies headquartered in New York, such as IBM and IFF, for projects produced in Brazil.
Client testimonial
AkzoNobel
Two testimonial films for AkzoNobel’s international Colorvation campaign, each recorded where the customer works, in cities more than a thousand kilometers apart. Filmed in Rio de Janeiro and Pelotas, Brazil. Read the AkzoNobel case.
English on camera
Wizard by Pearson
Around 200 English-learning videos with native or advanced English speakers, filmed in studios and in real locations such as homes, hotels and restaurants. Filmed in Brazil. Read the Wizard case.
Three languages
UN Global Compact
Eight animated episodes for the UN Global Compact Network Brazil’s anti-corruption campaign, delivered in Portuguese, Spanish and English, with the English version presented in Paris at a side event of the OECD Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum. Produced in São Paulo, with no filming. Read the case.
Verified reviews
Results clients reported on Clutch.
300%
more visits from new users to the Tuvis website, reported by Tuvis in its Clutch review of our work.
6M
campaign impressions and 27,000 clicks, from the same review.
Source: our verified Clutch reviews. The figures cover the full Tuvis campaign, not the video on its own.
OpenText, an information management company based in Canada, hired us for corporate b-roll. Its videographer, Greg Johns, wrote: “Everyone I interact with is incredibly friendly.” At Tuvis, Product Marketing Coordinator Vittoria Tatavitto described a project that went from planning and casting to post-production: “The whole journey with them was exceptional.”
Languages
English, Spanish and Portuguese
New York works in many languages. The NYC Department of City Planning counts about 1.8 million residents with limited English proficiency, and Spanish is the most common of their languages in every borough except Staten Island. Our team runs projects in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Briefing and reviews
Approvals without translation
Scripts, interview questions and review notes can move in English, Spanish or Portuguese, so a regional stakeholder approves in the language they read best.
On set
Answers in the language people think in
An employee or a customer can answer in English, Spanish or Portuguese. The team on set follows and guides the conversation in all three, and English captions make the answer clear to everyone else.
Post-production
Captions and 50+ voices
Captions are part of every package, and voice-over is available in more than 50 languages, so one New York shoot can reach every region your headquarters serves.
One New York shoot, versions for every market
New York is where many global companies set their message, and where regional teams wait for it. When a film made at headquarters has to reach Latin America, Europe or Brazil, plan the versions before the shoot: which interviews need a Spanish or Portuguese version, which on-screen text changes by market, and how each scene is framed for horizontal and vertical cuts. Planned early, a version is an edit, not a reshoot.
Because our production base is in São Paulo, a Portuguese version for your team in Brazil is native work, not an outsourced translation. See how we approach multi-market video production.
What every package includes
The items below come with every corporate video package. Anything else is listed in your proposal before production starts.
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Long and short versions
Two long and two short cuts from the same material: one for the website or the town hall, one for social feeds and inboxes.
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Horizontal and vertical
Both aspect ratios are delivered, for screens in meeting rooms and lobbies as well as phones.
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Captions
Captions are included, for silent autoplay and for accessibility.
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Two revision rounds
Two rounds of changes after the first cut. One person on your side consolidating comments keeps both rounds fast.
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Usage rights
Lifetime usage for films without actors, and one year of usage when the film uses actors.
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Music
Licensed royalty-free music is included. Original compositions are quoted on request.
Corporate video packages from $5,000
New York projects are quoted in US dollars, starting at $5,000 for a corporate video. You see the scope, the schedule and the price in your proposal before any date is booked.
What shapes the price and the timeline
In New York, a proposal usually turns on a short list of variables: shooting days, how many locations there are and how far apart, crew size, whether a city film permit is needed ($500 for each 14-day period, plus the insurance paperwork), actors, the number of interviews, languages and versions, animation or motion graphics, and music. Building rules count too: a tower that only lets equipment in early in the morning or after business hours can change the crew call and the cost.
For timing, plan on 20 to 30 calendar days from briefing to first cut when the project includes a New York shoot or actors, and 15 to 20 calendar days when it is built from existing footage, stock or animation. A shoot needs at least 15 calendar days of notice, and more when it involves a permit, a park or Times Square. The two revision rounds then move at the speed of your review.
Three things move New York schedules most often: the calendars of the executives on camera, building access windows and the number of people who approve the film. If the film has to be ready for a launch, an earnings week or an all-hands meeting, give us that date first and we plan backward from it.
A productive first call starts with the goal and the audience, the people who could appear on camera, the locations and any building rules you know, the names of the approvers and your brand guidelines. None of them is required to send a request.
Global brands that have trusted our team
After you inquire
From request to shoot day
Five steps from your first message to the shoot, with the same team throughout.
One team.
One contract.
Filmed in New York.
Edited in São Paulo.
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Reply
We review your request and usually reply within 24 hours on business days.
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20-minute call
A Google Meet call to answer your questions and understand the goal, the audience and the locations.
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Proposal
Scope, schedule, deliverables and price in US dollars, based on what we learned in the call.
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Pre-production
Script or interview guide, shoot plan and the local crew confirmed for your date, with at least 15 calendar days of notice.
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Shoot and edit
Filming at your location, then editing in São Paulo, first cut, two revision rounds and delivery.
Related pages and cases
The formats we film in New York and the cases behind this page.
Practical questions about filming in New York
What buyers usually ask us before booking a New York shoot.
Do you have an office in New York?
We have a New York address and phone line: 5 Pennsylvania Plaza, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10001, and +1 (561) 859-3974. We do not have staff based in New York today. You contract Olive Tree Films, LLC, our US company in Miami; creative direction, production management and post-production run from São Paulo; and filming in New York is done by trusted local partner crews, with a member of our team on set.
Do we need a film permit to shoot inside our office?
Usually not. Filming inside private property does not require a city film permit, although your building may ask for a certificate of insurance, a freight elevator booking and set loading hours. A city permit becomes necessary when the production uses public space beyond a handheld camera or a tripod, for example by parking production vehicles, placing equipment on the sidewalk or closing off an area.
What does a New York City film permit involve?
The NYC Film Office charges $500 for each 14-day period and requires at least $1,000,000 in general liability insurance, with the City of New York named as additional insured. The insurance broker sends the certificate at least 48 hours before the application, and the Film Office usually processes requests 48 to 72 business hours before the shoot. When your project needs a permit, it is part of the proposal and of the production plan.
Can we film in a park, on the subway or with a drone?
Yes, with permission from each authority. NYC Parks approves park locations before the Film Office permit, the MTA issues its own permits for subways, buses and trains, and drone take-offs and landings need an NYPD permit. Federal and state parks, Port Authority sites and city buildings have separate processes, so mention these locations in the first call.
Can people speak Spanish or Portuguese on camera?
Yes. Interviews can be in English, Spanish or Portuguese, captions are included in every package, and voice-over is available in more than 50 languages for other markets.
How far ahead should we book a shoot in New York?
At least 15 calendar days before the shoot. Allow more time if the film needs a city permit, a park, a landmark or Times Square, where the Film Office asks for 7 business days, or if several executives have to appear on camera.
Request a proposal
Filmed in New York. Directed and edited by one team.
Request a proposal
Tell us about your New York project.
Six fields are enough to start: who you are, what you need, where and when. The budget range and project details are optional.
What happens next. We usually reply within 24 hours on business days and set up a 20-minute Google Meet call. After the call, you receive a proposal in US dollars with the scope, the schedule and the deliverables.
Prefer to talk first? Call or message us on WhatsApp at +1 (561) 859-3974, or write to hello@olivetreefilms.com.
New York address
Olive Tree Films
5 Pennsylvania Plaza, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10001