Corporate Video Production in London
Corporate films and client testimonials filmed at your offices and sites in London by trusted partner crews, with our director running every shoot live from São Paulo. One contract and one team, from the first call to the final file.
Filming across London
A London partner crew films at your location. Our director runs the shoot live on video.
Borough permissions, insurance and building rules sorted before the shoot day.
What we produce for teams in London
Two formats are filmed on location in London. Corporate films present a company, a leadership message, a results announcement or a change initiative, built on interviews and on footage of the people and places behind the work. Client testimonials let your customers explain, on camera and in their own words, what they needed and what changed. A London partner crew films them in your office, a hired studio or your customer’s premises, while our director follows every take on a live feed and our team writes and edits the film. See how we approach corporate film production and client testimonial videos.
Plenty of London projects need no shoot at all. Animated videos, films built with AI-generated imagery, stock footage edits and new cuts of footage you already hold are produced entirely by our team in São Paulo, reviewed online and delivered in the same formats and languages as a filmed project.
The choice is usually clear. A real person, a real place or a real customer result needs a London shoot. A process, a product or a strategy can often be told with animation or AI-generated imagery, with nobody taken away from their desk. Many teams combine the two: one interview filmed in the City or Canary Wharf, with animated sequences that carry the detail.
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 London production works
One accountable company, two places working as one: a partner crew in London and our team in São Paulo. This is who does what.
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Creative direction
Our creative team in São Paulo develops the concept, writes the script or the interview questions and defines the look of the film, with your sign-off at every stage.
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Pre-production and permissions
Production management in São Paulo books the London crew, confirms the locations, contacts the borough film service when a location needs it and shares a shoot plan you approve in advance.
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Filming in London
A crew from our trusted London production partners films at your location, led on the ground by their producer. Nobody flies in from Brazil, so the date depends on your calendar, not on international travel.
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Directed live from São Paulo
Our director and producer watch the camera feed live and direct in real time, checking framing, sound and performance against the approved plan. Your stakeholders can join the same feed from anywhere.
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Editing and post-production
Editing, color, sound, motion graphics, captions and versions are done by our post-production team in São Paulo. London is three hours ahead of São Paulo in the UK winter and four in summer, so a 9 a.m. shoot in London means a 6 a.m. or 5 a.m. start for our director, who joins before the first setup.
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Contract and billing
Your contract is with Olive Tree Films, LLC, our US company in Miami, and proposals and invoices are in US dollars. We hire and coordinate the London crew, so your procurement team sets up one supplier.
What every London project includes
Interviews and reviews in English, Spanish or Portuguese, voice-over in more than 50 languages, two revision rounds in every package and the experience of a team that has served more than 400 clients.
Boroughs, buildings and the city
Most corporate filming in London happens indoors: a meeting room in the City, a trading floor in Canary Wharf, a lab, a showroom, a customer’s premises outside the centre. For private property, permission comes from the owner or the building’s management, not from the council. Many office buildings ask for a certificate of public liability insurance, a booked goods lift, set loading times and a security list for the crew. Ask your facilities team for those rules early and share them with us, so they shape the plan rather than delay the shoot.
Public space works borough by borough. Film London explains that the city is divided into 33 boroughs, each with its own Borough Film Service for streets, estates, commons, town halls, schools and other council-managed locations, and that all filming needs public liability insurance. Some places with public access always need permission, including the Royal Parks, Trafalgar Square, Parliament Square, the South Bank, canal and river paths, and train and Tube stations. A crew of five people or fewer with a handheld camera that causes no obstruction faces few restrictions on the public highway, but Film London’s advice for small crews still asks you to tell the Borough Film Officer and apply at least three days ahead, and in Westminster and the City of London any crew using a tripod needs a Notice of No Objection. Red-route roads are managed by Transport for London, not by the borough. Lead times vary from borough to borough, so if you want a street or a landmark in the film, mention it in the first call.
Drones need extra care: London’s airspace is tightly restricted, operators must be registered with the Civil Aviation Authority, and some flights need CAA approval before filming. Vehicles add their own costs in central London, where the Congestion Charge and the Ultra Low Emission Zone apply.
Weather is the other factor. Winter days are short and grey, and rain is never far away, so exterior scenes need an indoor alternative and some buffer in the schedule. Interviews filmed indoors are not affected. We film across Greater London; for locations elsewhere in the UK, list them in your request and we will tell you how the plan changes.
Our London model, seen from the other side. For the Brazilian chapter of KPMG’s global series Make the Difference, the London production company Beagle Media directed by video call from London while KPMG’s global team watched the interview live, and our crew ran the shoot on the ground: an interview, five office scenes, an exterior at Praça da Liberdade and a photo session in a single day, to the visual standard set in earlier seasons. Filmed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. For London shoots we reverse the roles: a local partner crew on set, our director on the live feed. 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 made in Brazil, one of them with an agency partner. Our clients include companies headquartered in the UK, such as Pearson, GSK and AstraZeneca, for projects produced in Brazil, and we have worked as the local production partner of the London production company Beagle Media.
English on camera
Tuvis
A 90-second brand film in English for Tuvis’s first advertising campaign, with a native English-speaking cast. It won Gold at the Prêmio ABC. Filmed in an office in São Paulo, Brazil. Read the Tuvis case.
AI-generated imagery
TOPMIND
A two-minute film for a technology company’s twentieth anniversary, combining real imagery with AI-generated images, our studio’s first production to use the technique. Produced by our team in São Paulo. Read the TOPMIND case.
With an agency
Way-262
Five short animated explainers that taught drivers how barrier-free tolling works and how to pay, written and produced with Gaudí Creative Thinking, the agency behind the wider campaign. Produced in São Paulo, with no filming. Read the Way-262 case.
Verified reviews
Verified on Clutch.
300%
growth in visits from new users to the Tuvis website, as stated in Tuvis’s verified Clutch review.
6M
impressions and 27,000 clicks for the Tuvis campaign, according to the same review.
Source: verified client reviews on Clutch. Both numbers describe the whole campaign, of which the video was one part.
“The whole journey with them was exceptional,” Vittoria Tatavitto, Product Marketing Coordinator at Tuvis, wrote about a project that covered planning, casting, production and post-production. From OpenText, the Canadian information management company, videographer Greg Johns reviewed our corporate b-roll work: “Everyone I interact with is incredibly friendly.”
Languages
English, Spanish and Portuguese
London speaks many languages. In the 2021 Census, 78.4% of London residents had English as their main language, the lowest share of any English region, according to the Office for National Statistics. Our team works in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Briefing and reviews
British or American English
Captions and on-screen text follow the spelling your brand uses, British or American, and scripts can be approved in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
On set
Interviews in three languages
A colleague from Madrid, Lisbon or São Paulo can answer in the language they think in. Our director can follow and guide the interview in English, Spanish or Portuguese over the live link, and captions carry the answer to everyone else.
Post-production
Captions and 50+ voices
Captions are included in every package and voice-over is available in more than 50 languages, so a film shot in London can serve every market your team covers.
One London shoot, versions for EMEA and beyond
Many companies run Europe, the Middle East and Africa from London, and a film made there is rarely for one market. Decide the versions before the shoot: which interviews need Spanish or Portuguese, which on-screen text changes by country, which scenes must work vertically as well as horizontally, and which claims need local legal review. Planned early, each version is an edit. Planned late, it can mean a reshoot.
Our base in São Paulo makes Brazil and Latin America natural extensions of a London project, with Portuguese versions handled by native speakers. See how we approach multi-market video production.
Included in every package
Each corporate video package comes with the six items below. Extras are listed in the proposal before production begins.
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Long and short versions
Two long and two short edits from one shoot, so the same material serves an intranet launch and a LinkedIn feed.
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Horizontal and vertical
Horizontal and vertical versions, ready for presentation screens, websites and phones.
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Captions
Captions in every version, for viewers watching with the sound off.
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Two revision rounds
Two rounds of revisions after the first cut, ideally with one person collecting your team’s comments.
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Usage rights
Unlimited usage over time for films without actors, and one year for films with actors.
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Music
Royalty-free licensed music is included, with original scores available as a quoted extra.
Corporate video packages from $5,000
London projects are quoted in US dollars, from $5,000 for a corporate video. The proposal sets out scope, schedule and price before any shoot date is held.
What shapes the price and the timeline
The price of a London project depends on a few variables: shooting days, the number of locations and the travel time between them, crew size, borough permissions and any fees, vehicles inside the Congestion Charge or ULEZ zones, actors, the number of interviews, languages and versions, animation and music. Building rules matter as well: a goods lift that is only available before 8 a.m. moves the crew call and the cost.
Timing is the same as for any of our projects: 20 to 30 calendar days from briefing to first cut when the project includes a London shoot or actors, and 15 to 20 when it is built from existing footage, stock or animation. A shoot needs at least 15 calendar days of notice, and more when a borough permission or a landmark is involved. The two revision rounds move at the pace of your feedback.
London schedules usually slip for three reasons: executive diaries, building access and the number of approvers. If the film is tied to results day, a conference or an internal launch, start with that date and we will plan back from it.
For the first call, have the goal and audience, the people who could appear on camera, the locations and any building rules, the approvers’ names and your brand guidelines to hand. None of it is required to send a request.
Brands that have worked with 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 London.
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 London and the cases behind this page.
Practical questions about filming in London
Questions London teams usually ask before booking a shoot.
Do you have an office in London?
We have a London address and phone line: 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0AU, and +44 20 4524 9900. We do not have staff based in London today. Shoots are filmed by trusted London partner crews and directed live by our team in São Paulo, and you contract Olive Tree Films, LLC, our US company in Miami.
How does live remote direction work?
The partner crew sends a live feed from the camera monitor. Our director and producer watch it from São Paulo, talk to the crew’s producer in real time and approve each setup and take against the plan you signed off. Your own stakeholders can join the same feed, which is how KPMG’s global team followed the interview we filmed in Belo Horizonte.
Do we need a filming permit in London?
Not for filming inside private property, where permission comes from the owner or the building’s management. On streets and other council-managed locations, each of London’s 33 boroughs handles filming through its Borough Film Service. A crew of five or fewer with a handheld camera that causes no obstruction faces few restrictions, but Film London still asks small crews to inform the Borough Film Officer and apply at least three days ahead.
Can we film in a Royal Park, on the Underground or with a drone?
Yes, with permission from the right authority. The Royal Parks, Trafalgar Square, Parliament Square, the South Bank and train and Tube stations always need permission, red-route roads are managed by Transport for London, and drones must follow Civil Aviation Authority rules, which are strict over London. Mention these locations in the first call so the plan includes them.
Can captions follow British English?
Yes. Captions and on-screen text follow the spelling your brand uses, interviews can be in English, Spanish or Portuguese, and voice-over is available in more than 50 languages.
How far ahead should we book a shoot in London?
At least 15 calendar days before the shoot. Allow more time if the film needs a street, a landmark or a borough permission, since lead times vary by borough, or if several executives have to appear on camera.
Request a proposal
Tell us about your London 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 us at +44 20 4524 9900 or write to london@olivetreefilms.com.
London address
Olive Tree Films
52 Grosvenor Gardens
London SW1W 0AU
United Kingdom