Austin video production company
7 Hills Productions makes video for technology, healthcare, manufacturing and corporate teams across Austin and Central Texas. Brand films, customer and patient stories, product explainers, recruitment, video podcasts and conference coverage, produced by one team that travels to you with a full production package.
Tell us the audience, the deliverable and the date. A producer comes back within one business day with a format, a shoot plan and a price, with travel itemised rather than buried.
Tech and healththe two sectors Austin actually buys video for
One teamwe fly the core crew and hire locally where it saves you money
4 weeksfrom filming to the final cut on most projects
Itemisedtravel and accommodation shown as a line, never hidden in the rate
Trusted by health systems, medical device companies and enterprise teams
Technology, healthcare and corporate work we have shipped
Enterprise software brand films, SaaS customer stories, product explainers and long-form technology content, alongside health system, patient and medical device work. The same team makes all of it.
UTrakk customer story
SaaS, customer testimonial
Anchor software explainer
Product explainer
Avalaunch video podcast
Technology, long form
Kaiser Permanente brand film
Health system, brand
Abbott patient story
Healthcare, patient testimonial
Surgtime MedTech brand film
Medical device
Intersolar conference film
Conference, highlight filmMore projects, with the brief and the outcome for each, are on the work page.
Why Austin companies hire an outside production company
Austin grew a technology economy faster than it grew the production infrastructure to serve it. There is plenty of talent in town, most of it built around music, film and events. What is thinner on the ground is a team that understands an enterprise software launch, a clinical consent process or a semiconductor floor, and can take the brief from scope through to delivery without handing you off halfway.
7 Hills Productions is a California video production company working nationally. We have made films for Google, Databricks, Porsche North America, Kaiser Permanente, Abbott, Surgtime and the California State University system, across technology and software, healthcare and biotech, manufacturing, finance, higher education and corporate. We travel with a core crew and hire locally where that saves you money, and travel is itemised in the estimate rather than folded into the rate.
- One team from the first call to final delivery
- Travel and accommodation itemised, never hidden in the day rate
- A core crew that travels, plus local hires where it saves money
- Raw footage delivered graded, at no extra cost
- One consolidated review round priced in
- Multiple formats from a single Austin trip
Most Austin clients book two or three formats into one trip, because the travel line is paid once either way. Ranges are on our pricing page.
- Company
- 7 Hills Productions, a video production company founded in 2018
- Headquarters
- Irvine, California, with an office in Los Angeles, working nationally
- Austin coverage
- Downtown and the Innovation District, The Domain and North Austin, East Austin, Southwest Austin, plus Round Rock, Georgetown and Taylor
- Sectors
- Technology and software, healthcare and biotech, manufacturing and semiconductor, finance and fintech, higher education, professional services, corporate and hospitality
- Formats
- Brand films, customer and patient stories, product explainers, recruitment, video podcasts, commercials and conference coverage
- Typical project
- $3,500 to $50,000, with most single projects between $9,000 and $35,000
- Austin travel
- Travel and accommodation itemised at cost in every estimate, never folded into the day rate
- Typical turnaround
- About four weeks from filming to the final cut
- Founder
- Merve Tekin, Founder and Executive Producer
End-to-end production capabilities
One partner for every business video, planned, produced and delivered in house. Each format has its own page with process, examples and pricing.
Brand videos
Say what the company stands for, for homepages, sales decks and investors.
Brand video production
Product videos
Launch films, demos and feature highlights built to convert on a product page.
Product video production
Explainer videos
Make a complex platform, protocol or architecture simple enough to decide on.
Explainer video production
Testimonial videos
Turn customer results into proof your sales team and paid campaigns can use.
Testimonial video production
Animated videos
Motion graphics and 2D or 3D animation for data, software and abstract ideas.
Animated video production
Event videos
Developer conferences, keynotes, summits and same-week recap edits.
Event video production
Video podcasts
A recurring executive show for LinkedIn, YouTube and your newsletter.
Video podcast production
Recruitment videos
Show the engineering culture so the right candidates self-select before applying.
Recruitment video production
Training and education
Onboarding, enablement and customer education that scales past one workshop.
Training video production
Video ads
High-impact advertising for connected TV, YouTube and paid social.
Commercial video production
YouTube production
Build a search-driven developer and buyer audience with a consistent channel.
YouTube video production
Corporate videos
Company updates, internal communications, leadership messages and all-hands films.
Corporate video productionSectors we work in across Central Texas
A software launch, a clinic corridor and a fab floor are not the same job. Each has its own access rules, its own approval chain and its own crew plan, and we scope them separately rather than quoting a generic day.
Technology and software
Customer stories, product explainers and company films for enterprise software and SaaS.
Technology video production
Healthcare and biotech
Patient stories, physician film and device work, filmed under your consent process.
Healthcare video production
Manufacturing and semiconductor
Plant, process and capability films for industrial and hardware manufacturers.
Manufacturing video production
Corporate and brand
Company films, executive messages and brand storytelling for enterprise teams.
Corporate video production
Finance and fintech
Client stories and trust-building film, produced to your compliance process.
Finance video production
Higher education
Enrollment, research and campus storytelling for universities and schools.
Education video production
Professional services
Client stories and expertise-led film for advisory and consulting firms.
Professional services video
Restaurants and hospitality
Venue, guest experience and brand film for hospitality operators.
Hospitality video productionWhere we film across Austin and Central Texas
Austin is spread out and getting more so. A downtown office, a campus at The Domain and a plant up in Taylor are an hour apart in good traffic and a lot more in bad. We build the route into the schedule rather than discovering it, and we film in the order that keeps the crew moving.
- Health and innovation
Downtown and the Innovation District
Medical campuses, research buildings and the startup offices around them, filmed around clinic hours and teaching schedules.
- Technology campuses
The Domain and North Austin
Enterprise software and SaaS offices, where most of the work is customer stories, product explainers and company film.
- Studios and creative space
East Austin
Stage space, daylight studios and character locations. When a controlled space beats a client office, this is usually where we book it.
- Offices and exteriors
Southwest Austin and the Hill Country
Corporate offices with genuinely good exteriors, which is rarer than it sounds and worth an hour of driving.
- Manufacturing corridor
Round Rock, Georgetown and Taylor
Semiconductor and hardware manufacturing, filmed to your own safety, gowning and no-go rules.
- The I-35 corridor
San Marcos and toward San Antonio
Distribution, campus and satellite sites south of the city, usually added to an existing Austin shoot day.
Convention and event venues in Austin
Large venues come with load-in windows, house power, in-house AV and their own rules about where a camera can stand. Tell us the venue and the run of show and we handle the logistics, the multi-camera coverage and the recap edit.
- Austin Convention CenterConference floors, booth interviews, keynote capture and same-week highlight reels.
- Moody Center and Palmer Events CenterLarger sessions, launches and company gatherings.
- Downtown hotel ballroomsPartner summits, award nights, all-hands meetings and breakout capture.
- Corporate headquarters auditoriumsInvestor days, town halls and internal broadcasts filmed on site.
Filming elsewhere in California? We also work in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Jose and San Francisco, and travel nationwide. For a controlled shoot, see our studios and locations.
How we handle an Austin production
An Austin shoot is usually a travel and access problem rather than a creative one. The crew flies in, the sites are spread across the metro, and half the interesting locations have their own safety or privacy rules. All of that is settled before the shoot day rather than on it.
- We travel, and we say what it costsA core crew flies in and we hire locally where that saves you money. Travel and accommodation appear as their own line in the estimate rather than being folded into the day rate, so you can see exactly what the trip costs.
- More than one format per tripBecause the travel line is paid once, most Austin clients book two or three formats into the same visit: a company film, customer stories and a set of social cutdowns from the same days.
- Plant, lab and clinical accessWe follow your gowning, safety and no-go rules, walk the space with your team in advance, and sign the NDA before we see a prototype. For clinical work we sign your BAA where one is required and film under your own consent forms.
- Routed around the trafficDowntown, The Domain and the manufacturing corridor are not close together. We build the drive into the call sheet and film in the order that keeps the crew moving rather than sitting on I-35.
What video production costs in Austin
Most 7 Hills projects run between $3,500 and $50,000. A customer or client testimonial in Austin starts at $5,000, a corporate or interview video at $6,000, a brand story film at $9,000 and a produced commercial at $9,000 and up. The building blocks are the same everywhere: pre-production $1,000 to $1,500, a shoot day $6,000 to $8,000, editing $2,000 to $4,000 per finished film, and additional cutdowns $750 each. For Austin, travel and accommodation are added as their own itemised line.
| Video type | Typical range | What it usually covers |
|---|---|---|
| Customer or client testimonial | $5,000 to $15,000 | One location, one filming day, one main edit |
| Corporate or interview video | $6,000 to $15,000 | Interview, B-roll, case study edit and cutdowns |
| Product video or explainer | $6,000 to $25,000 | Studio or on location, demo edit, feature cutdowns |
| Training or internal video | $6,000 to $25,000 | Script, storyboard, motion graphics or 3D, voiceover |
| Video podcast series | $9,000 to $25,000 | One to two interviews, cinematic B-roll, one main video |
| Recruitment or culture video | $9,000 to $35,000 | Multi-camera coverage, keynote capture, recap film |
| Event and conference coverage | $9,000 to $35,000+ | Multi-camera set, recurring episodes, clip packages |
| Brand story film | $9,000 to $35,000 | Employee stories, leadership interviews, workplace B-roll |
- DaysHow many filming days the schedule really needs, and how far the crew travels to them.
- Crew and kitA two-person interview team or a full unit with a director, second camera and grip package.
- FinishCustom graphics, 3D animation, licensed music, subtitles and colour all sit in the edit.
- DeliverablesEach finished video is priced on its own, so four edits cost more than one, and far less than four shoots.
See the full video production rate card, or read the detail in the corporate video cost guide, product video cost, testimonial video cost and event video cost guides.
What the process looks like
Three stages, one team, and a schedule built backwards from your launch date. Most projects run three to four weeks from kickoff to delivery; brand films and multi-location campaigns run six to eight.
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PlanNDA signed, then we agree the goal, the audience and the list of finished videos. We write the interview questions, build the shot list, clear campus access and lock a schedule around engineering and executive calendars. -
FilmOur own cinema cameras, lighting and sound travel with the crew. A single well-planned day captures the interviews, the product, the B-roll and the vertical framing for social, so one shoot feeds several videos.
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Edit and deliverStory edit, colour, motion graphics, music and mix, with revision rounds built in. You get the master, the cutdowns, the vertical versions and the raw footage, already graded, at no extra cost.
What clients say about working with us
Technical and corporate work is judged on more than the final cut. It is judged on whether the crew handled a busy executive, a working floor or a restricted site without creating a problem.
They impressed us with prompt responses, ensuring we met all filming objectives without missing a beat. The quality fully met my expectations.
7 Hills Productions went above and beyond in terms of quality, professionalism, responsiveness, and timeliness. They captured our vision perfectly.
They did an amazing job providing a great product. Very easy to work with, we decided to keep working with them for a year-long campaign.
More about the team, the equipment and how the company is run is on the about page.
Questions about filming in Austin
Clear answers for the marketing leads, communications teams and founders who usually run this decision.
Are you based in Austin?
No. We are a California company, based in Irvine with an office in Los Angeles, and we travel to Austin with a core crew. We hire locally where that saves you money. Travel and accommodation appear as their own line in the estimate rather than being folded into the day rate, so you can see exactly what the trip costs.
What sectors do you cover in Austin?
Technology and software, healthcare and biotech, manufacturing and semiconductor, finance and fintech, higher education, professional services, corporate and hospitality. We have made company film for Databricks, customer stories for UTrakk, product explainers for Anchor, and health system, patient and medical device work for Kaiser Permanente, Abbott and Surgtime.
How much does video production cost in Austin?
Between $3,500 and $50,000 for most projects, plus an itemised travel and accommodation line. A customer testimonial in Austin starts at $5,000, a corporate or interview video at $6,000, a brand story film at $9,000 and a produced commercial at $9,000 and up. Our pricing page and budget estimator have the full breakdown.
Can you film more than one project on the same trip?
Yes, and you should. The travel line is paid once whether we film for one day or three, so most Austin clients book two or three formats into the same visit. A company film, a set of customer stories and social cutdowns from the same days is the usual shape.
Do you work with Austin healthcare organisations?
Yes. We sign your Business Associate Agreement where one is required, film under your own patient consent and authorization forms, clear protected health information from frame before a take, and limit raw footage access to the people you name. We have made 200+ videos for Kaiser Permanente and patient work for Abbott.
Can you film in a plant, lab or cleanroom?
Yes. We follow your gowning, safety and no-go rules, walk the space with your team before the shoot day, and complete any site agreement or credentialing in advance. For unreleased hardware we sign your NDA before we see a prototype.
Do we need a permit to film in Austin?
Not on private property, including your own office, plant or campus. Filming on city streets, parks and city-owned property generally requires a permit from the City of Austin, which we arrange and itemise. Most corporate projects never need one because the filming happens indoors on your own site.
Can you fly a drone in Austin?
Yes, with a licensed remote pilot and where airspace allows. Austin-Bergstrom controls a lot of the airspace on the east side and downtown has its own restrictions, so we check authorisation before promising an aerial rather than after.
Do you cover conferences and events in Austin?
Yes, including at the Austin Convention Center, the Moody Center and downtown hotel venues. For anything larger than a single room we recommend more than one crew: one on the floor, one running an interview room, and same-day edits so social posts land while the event is still running.
How fast can you turn a project around?
About four weeks from filming to the final cut. The variable is your review round rather than our edit, which is why we agree who signs off at scope. Same-day social cuts are available on event work.
Do you write the script, or only film and edit?
We do both. Pre-production and scripting is $1,000 to $1,500 and includes the interview question list. For customer and patient stories we interview rather than script, because a person reading marketing copy reads as an advertisement within a few seconds.
Who owns the footage and the finished videos?
You own the finished films and the licensed footage. We archive the raw material and project files, access is limited to the people you name, and we return or delete them on request.
Filming on Austin streets, parks and city-owned property generally needs a permit from the City of Austin film permit office. We arrange it and itemise it. Most corporate projects never need one, because the filming happens indoors on your own site.
Ready to film in Austin?
Tell us the audience, the deliverable and the date. A producer comes back within one business day with a recommended format, a shoot plan and a price, with travel itemised in the estimate.
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