Hiring a Freelance Videographer in Manchester: Day Rates, Kit and Deliverables

Not every job needs a full production. Sometimes one experienced person with proper kit is the right answer. This guide covers when to hire a videographer in Manchester, what you get for the day, and how pricing works.

Videographer or video production

In practice, videography usually means one person filming on a day rate, while video production means a crew, a producer and a fuller process around the shoot. UNDERFOUND Studio does both. If you only need a videographer for a day, that is a smaller and cheaper conversation than a full production.

When one videographer is enough

A single videographer with cinema kit and proper sound covers:

• Interviews and talking head pieces
• Site visits and case studies
• Social content
• Conferences, launches and events, with highlight edits that can be turned around on the day when the schedule needs it

When the brief grows, it scales up to a small crew from the same team, so the creative direction stays in one place.

Video and stills on the same day

On lighter jobs, a single hybrid shooter can capture video and stills at once. Combined video and photography days are usually cheaper than booking two separate crews.

What the day rate includes

Single videographer days start from £350 and include the shoot and the edit, quoted against your brief. The edit is handled by the same person who filmed it, in our own edit suite, rather than passed on to someone you have never met.

For agencies

We provide white label videography and production for agencies who need someone they can hand a brief to. NDAs and rate cards are available on request.

Where we work

Across Manchester and the wider region from the studio in Altrincham, on the tram line into town. The city centre, Salford, Trafford and Stockport are all short journeys, and we travel nationwide for larger projects.

Next step

See our videographer Manchester page, or book an intro call and tell us what the day needs to deliver.