How much does video production cost in Dubai or Abu Dhabi?
There is no honest flat answer, and any company giving you one before reading your brief is quoting a template. Cost is driven by shoot days, crew size, talent buyout, locations, post complexity and how many versions you need. A single-day interview-led corporate film and a multi-location TVC with a cast differ by an order of magnitude. We line-itemise every quote so you can see exactly which of those levers you are paying for and adjust before we start.
How long does a corporate video take from brief to delivery?
Six to eight weeks is realistic for a well-run corporate video production in Dubai: about a week for treatment and script, one to three weeks of pre-production, the shoot itself, then two to four weeks of post depending on graphics and revisions. Event coverage is far faster — we regularly deliver same-day highlight cuts. Genuinely urgent work can be compressed, but the compression comes out of pre-production, which is where risk lives.
Do you handle filming permits in the UAE?
Yes. We arrange permits with the relevant authority for the emirate you are shooting in, plus any venue, free zone or mall approvals layered on top. We factor lead times into the schedule at the treatment stage. If your project involves drones, road closures or minors on camera, tell us early — those carry the longest approval windows.
Can you shoot in Arabic and English?
Yes, and we recommend planning bilingual delivery from the script rather than retrofitting it. Shooting a bilingual presenter, or designing the film to carry voiceover rather than pieces to camera, costs very little at the script stage and saves an entire re-shoot later. We also handle Arabic subtitling, captions and Gulf-versus-Levantine voiceover casting.
Do we own the footage and the final film?
You own the delivered film outright. Raw footage and project files are archived and available to you — we set out ownership and archive terms in the quotation so there is no ambiguity later. Talent and music licences are the exception: those carry their own territory and duration terms, which we state explicitly per project.
Can you work with our existing agency?
Often, yes — we are regularly brought in as the production partner on an agency-authored concept, and we are comfortable in that role. We are equally happy to take the idea from zero. What we will always do is push back on a concept we think will not perform, before the shoot rather than after it.
What is anamorphic 3D content and do we need it?
It is forced-perspective film designed for a specific curved LED screen so that objects appear to break out of the frame when viewed from one particular spot. It is spectacular in the right placement — a landmark screen with a defined viewing position and heavy footfall — and wasted on a flat screen or a scrolling feed. As an anamorphic content company in Dubai, we have produced it for LG and Mubadala Health Plus. The first question we will ask is for the venue’s screen geometry, because the format only works when it is built to that exact canvas.
Where are you based and do you travel?
Our studio is at Yas Creative Hub in Abu Dhabi. We work across Dubai and the wider UAE as standard, offering video production services in Dubai and Abu Dhabi alike. We shoot regularly in Saudi Arabia and travel for projects across the GCC and beyond — travel and per-diem are quoted transparently as separate line items.
