Video costs
The honest answer is that it depends. Three minutes of finished video can mean very different amounts of work. Nobody can name a fair price until they know what the video is for. This page explains why, and what to settle before you ask anyone for a quote.
Services
There is no single price for a 3 minute video. At Clean Capture we do not give a number until we know what the video is for.
Length is the least useful thing to price on. Purpose is the most useful. A video built to win new customers, a video built to grow a following and a video built to explain a product are three different jobs, even when each runs for three minutes.
High end branded content to explain products, build trust, and strengthen positioning.
Results
Price only means something next to what the video does. These are results from work we have published on this site. They come from specific projects, so they show what is possible, not what any new project will deliver.
Look at the work pages to see the films behind these figures and judge the quality for yourself.
In just one year, we helped grow the combined audience from 2.9M to 5.2M followers across all platforms through consistent, personality driven content.
Built from zero to 4 million followers across platforms, a from scratch content system that turned short form video into the brand's growth engine.
Cross platform content strategy grew this drone and robotics brand from 15K to over 900K followers, with Instagram alone reaching 146K.
| What | Result |
|---|---|
| Airbus via UST, social views | 1.7M views, went viral multiple times |
| Apex, followers over two and a half years | Over 60K followers, with one video reaching 16 million views |
| Donato De Santis, audience growth in one year | 2.9M to 5.2M combined followers |
| Unmanned Systems Technology, total views | Over 600 million views |
When you search for this question, you will find ranges and averages. Be careful with them. An average hides the spread between a simple, single location shoot and a fully planned production with a crew, a script and several edits.
A figure quoted without a brief is a guess. It might be too low, and you find out later what was left out. It might be too high, and you pay for work the video never needed.
So the better question is not what a 3 minute video costs. It is what you need the video to do, and what it takes to do that well.
These are the questions that shape a quote. Each one changes the amount of time, people and equipment involved.
Where will the video be seen? A film made for social platforms is planned differently from one made for a website or an event screen.
What goes into it? A script, locations, people on camera, voiceover, music and graphics all add work. A video that reuses material you already have asks for less.
How much planning is needed? A clear idea on day one saves time. An unclear one needs more thought before anyone picks up a camera.
How many versions do you need? One master film is one job. Cut downs and different formats for different platforms are more.
How soon do you need it? Tight timelines change how a project is staffed.
We are a social media growth and video production agency. Our services are organic social media growth, premium video production and AI assisted production. Each suits a different kind of project, which is another reason one price cannot cover them all.
We start with the purpose. We ask what the video is for, who it should reach and where it will live. We make video Social First, which means we think about how it will perform on the platforms where people watch before we think about anything else.
Then we say what it will take. You get an answer that fits your project, not a number pulled from a rate card.
If you are not sure what you need yet, that is fine. Working it out is part of the conversation.
You do not need a finished brief. A few plain answers are enough.
Tell us what the video is for. Tell us who should watch it. Tell us where it will be published. Tell us any dates that matter. If you have examples of video you like, bring them too.
With those four or five answers, we can talk about what the project involves and what a sensible budget looks like for it.
Our booking page offers a free 15 minute Project Discovery Call. It is the quickest way to get a real answer for your own video.
More on how we work.
Selected work
Clients
We've worked with Clean Capture for over two years and the results speak for themselves: 900K followers across platforms, over 600 million views, and real traffic that converts. Their work has given our clients the visibility they need.
I wanted to expand my reach beyond Argentina and connect with audiences worldwide. Clean Capture delivered exactly that, viral content that travels, reaching new fans in every corner of the globe.
We've worked with Clean Capture for over two and a half years. They turned what most would call boring content, concrete spray for swimming pools, into videos that reach millions. One hit 16 million views. We grew to over 60K followers, and the visibility keeps bringing in new clients while reminding existing ones we're still here.
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