An event happens once, and then it is over.
Everyone who was not in the room misses it, unless somebody records it. That makes an event video two things at the same time: a record for the people who were there, and an argument for the people who should come next time. Both jobs are done by the same file, and both depend on it existing while anyone still cares.
It works for concerts, company parties, trade fairs, sports events, openings and conferences. Anywhere a fixed number of people share a few hours and the rest of your audience only hears about it second hand, there is something worth filming.
As an event videographer in Vienna I film most of these events here in the city, but I also shoot across Austria and abroad. Travel is listed as its own line in the quote rather than folded into a package price.
And when it does not fit: if you need a film that explains who you are as a company, that is not an event video. A corporate video is the right tool for that. An event shows one evening, not an organisation, and stretching it to do both usually produces neither.
If you need material for your channels all year instead of once, ongoing content is the better route. The same money spread across months of posts will do more for you than one night filmed very well.
Still deciding which format you are actually looking for? The services overview lists what each one is for and what it costs.
Most aftermovies arrive too late and say nothing.
Three weeks after the event the same video shows the same evening, but nobody feels it any more. The conversations are finished, the photos were posted long ago, the attention has moved on. An aftermovie is a perishable product, and its shelf life is measured in days, not months. Delivered late it becomes an archive file: nice to have, impossible to post.
The second problem is the edit. A lot of event videos are inventories, where everything appears once so that nobody feels left out: every sponsor logo, every speaker, every corner of the room. The result is a list. A good aftermovie builds an arc instead, even when that means leaving things out. Both problems have the same fix, and it is a scheduling decision rather than a creative one: agree before the event what the video is for, and reserve the edit time before the doors open.
Mobile during the night, fast afterwards.
At most events I work on my own, and that is not a compromise, it is the advantage: no rig built in the middle of the room, no crew standing between you and your guests. I get to the places where a bigger team would be in the way, and the people in front of the camera stay themselves.
I shoot with camera and sound and stay for as long as the running order needs, not for a fixed block of hours. If an event is too big for one person, if several stages run in parallel or two rooms have to be covered at the same time, I bring in support. I tell you that before we agree anything, and it appears as its own line in the quote.
The edit starts immediately, not eventually.
At Bobby Vandamme’s tour stop at SiMM City in Vienna the video was online 48 hours after the show, still inside the week the tour was the topic. That is where the value of an event video sits.
Standard delivery is 7 to 14 working days after the last shooting day. If you need it faster than that, say so before we shoot: what makes 48 hours possible is edit time blocked out in advance and a clear decision about which moments carry the film, not a different camera.
How a project runs.
You send me the plan
A short message through the form: what kind of event, when, where, and what should happen with the video afterwards.
An answer within 24 hours
With first thoughts, an estimate on the budget and whether I am free on your date.
A short call
Ten to fifteen minutes about the running order, the moments that matter and the delivery date you need.
We shoot, then I edit
I am on site for as long as it takes. After that: edit, colour grading, sound design and delivery inside the agreed window.
What is left of the night.
On request there is more: photos from the same evening, a longer cut for your website, subtitles, or express delivery within 48 hours. Extras are agreed before the shoot, because they change what I film for on the night.
The whole project can run in English, from the briefing through the feedback round to the subtitles, and it makes no difference to the price.
- On-site shoot with camera and sound
- One aftermovie, usually around 60 seconds
- Several short vertical clips for Instagram and TikTok
- Edit, colour grading and sound design
- One revision round per video, always included
What an event video costs.
What moves the price:
- how long the event runs, and across how many days
- how many videos should come out of it
- how fast they have to be finished
- whether photos are needed as well
- whether a second person is needed for parallel stages
Write me two lines about what kind of event it is and what should happen with the video afterwards. You get a concrete estimate within 24 hours instead of a price range, and if the format does not fit the budget I will say that too.
One night, online 48 hours later.
event video.
Standard delivery is 7 to 14 working days after the last shooting day. If it has to be faster, say so before we shoot: at Bobby Vandamme’s tour stop at SiMM City in Vienna the video was online 48 hours after the show.
A typical package starts at around 1,400 euros net: one aftermovie of about 60 seconds plus three short social media clips, including the shoot, edit, colour grading and sound design. That is a guide price, not a fixed price. It moves with the length of the event, the number of videos and the delivery time.
The standard package contains one aftermovie and three short vertical clips. More is possible and we agree it beforehand, so that I film for those cuts specifically on the night instead of hoping the material fits afterwards.
At most events I work alone, with no rig built in the middle of the room. That is an advantage: I get to places where a bigger team would be in the way and your guests stay natural. At large events or with parallel stages I bring in support, and that is agreed in the quote before the date.
Yes, trade fairs and conferences across several days work. The price rises with the number of shooting days and I calculate that transparently before we start, so there is no open figure at the end.
One revision round per video is always included, for the aftermovie as well as for each short clip. Collect your feedback in one place and send it in one go.
Yes. I am based in Vienna, but I shoot across Austria and abroad. Travel costs are listed transparently in the quote and not hidden inside a flat rate.
Yes. Briefing, the call, feedback and subtitles all work in English, and so does the shoot itself. I work in English and German, which covers most international events in Vienna without a translator in the room.
Tell me about your event.
What kind of event it is, when, where, and what should happen with the video afterwards. You get an answer within 24 hours with a concrete estimate.