Event videographer in Auckland
Conferences, awards nights, launches, AGMs and live performances. Filming and editing both handled by me, quoted in writing before booking.
Examples
Two event jobs, so you can see what comes back.
Events I take on
What you get
Two to three minutes, 16:9, graded and delivered as MP4, ready to upload. This is what the starting price covers.
Vertical cuts (thirty to sixty seconds, 9:16, cut from the same footage), speaker pull-quotes, burned-in or SRT captions and a selection of stills. All cheapest asked for at the quote stage.
A recap is a selected edit of the day. If specific people or moments have to appear in it, list them before the shoot.
What event coverage costs in Auckland
From $1,800. Covers a day on site and one recap edit, graded and delivered. Vertical cuts and any other deliverables are quoted as their own lines, so you can see what each one costs.
Four things change the price: hours on site, whether a second camera is used, how many deliverables come off the shoot and turnaround. Travel beyond 50 km from central Auckland is quoted as a separate line. Every quote is in writing.
A recap is a selection, not a record.
It is built to give someone who was not there a feel for the day, so it will not contain every speaker, session or award.
On the night
How sound gets covered is decided per job, off the room and the running order: wireless lavalier mics on speakers where that is the right call, a shotgun mic for room sound and a feed from the AV desk where one is available. Lectern mics feed the venue PA and are not a usable source for the camera.
One operator as standard. A second camera is quoted separately and used where a moment happens once, such as an award handover or a ribbon cut. It is matched to the main camera so both angles cut together.
A run sheet with times against anything that has to be filmed, access to the spaces being filmed and one named contact on the night.
Kit and cover
Sony FX3 as the main camera. Full frame, 4K up to 120fps and usable at high ISO, so a dark venue does not need additional lighting rigged.
Public liability insurance to $2,000,000, and separate equipment cover. Certificate supplied on request, same day. Most Auckland venues and corporate sites require one before granting floor access.
Delivery
Social cuts: about a week. Full edit: one to two weeks. Same-night and next-morning edits are quoted separately and arranged before the shoot, as they change how the day is covered.
The delivery date is confirmed in writing before the shoot. Files come by private Smash link.
Where I film
Across Auckland, including the CBD, Britomart, Wynyard Quarter, the North Shore, West Auckland and Manukau. Travel around the rest of New Zealand, and Australia where a job requires it.
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Questions
From $1,800, covering a day on site and a recap edit. Longer days, a second camera, extra deliverables and rush turnarounds are quoted separately before booking.
Yes, where it is arranged at the quote stage. It changes how the day is covered, so it cannot be added on the night.
I hold the copyright. You have a licence to use the delivered videos from delivery, which becomes permanent once the invoice is paid, and unless the quote says otherwise it covers your website, social, internal use and paid promotion of your own business. Full detail here.
Two to three weeks is comfortable. Short notice is often fine if the date is free, so if it is this week, call.
The venue, the date and what you want out of it is enough to quote from. Written quote back to you the same day wherever I can, and you'll hear from me either way.
Also available for corporate video, social content and video editing. More specific briefs have their own pages: conferences, parties and private events, hospitality and music.