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Start a video project.

Share the brief. We'll scope a San Francisco video production plan that fits your in-house team's timeline, bandwidth, and budget — usually inside 48 hours.

Five phases from brief to final cut

  1. 01

    Discovery

    A 15-30 minute kickoff call. We map your goals, constraints, and success metrics so the rest of the process stays honest to the brief.

  2. 02

    Strategy

    Creative direction, format recommendations, budget shape, and a scoped production plan back to your team inside 48 hours.

  3. 03

    Pre-production

    Treatment, scripting, storyboards, casting, locations, and gear. Everything locked before we roll a single frame.

  4. 04

    Production

    Shoot days in our San Francisco studio or on location. Core STMNT team on set — no subcontracted crew you haven't met.

  5. 05

    Post-production & delivery

    Editing, motion graphics, color, audio post, and structured revision rounds. Final delivery in the formats your campaign needs.

Four things help us move faster.

None of these need to be polished. Ballpark answers beat blank fields every time.

  • A rough brief. One paragraph is fine. What's the goal, who is it for, and when does it need to be live?
  • Brand guidelines or past work. A brand deck, a prior video, or a link to your website — so we match the existing visual system instead of starting from scratch.
  • A budget range. Even a ballpark. It lets us recommend the right format, crew size, and scope instead of guessing.
  • Who's reviewing on your side. We plug into your in-house review workflow. Knowing the approver up-front avoids round-tripping through a messenger.

QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING

Scope and ambition drive the number. Interviews and talking-head content run $3K–$15K, brand films $15K–$50K+, commercial productions $25K–$150K+, and corporate or campaign content $8K–$30K. We scope after discovery and send a detailed estimate inside 48 hours.

Smaller interview pieces go from brief to final in a week or two. Larger productions run four to eight weeks end-to-end. When campaign deadlines demand it, we can compress timelines with more resource on the project.

Yes. Book the 15-minute intro below. No pitch deck, no commitment — a direct conversation about whether STMNT is the right production partner for what your team is building.

Yes. Most of our in-house-team clients review and approve remotely. We run kickoff and review calls on Zoom, share assets through your preferred stack, and travel for shoots as needed.

Yes. We'll deliver organized raw footage, camera reports, and on-set audio straight into your workflow. Plenty of in-house teams just need a production partner who can execute the shoot at a high level and hand off clean files.

We're built as the execution layer your in-house creative team actually needs. Full crew, dedicated studio, a consistent core team — and no account-management markup between you and the people doing the work.

Book a 30-minute intro call.

No pitch deck, no commitment. We'll talk through your goals, timeline, and budget, then send a scoped production plan within 48 hours.