Quick answer: AV production for a Seattle business event usually bundles several different pieces: sound reinforcement, staging, lighting rigs, projection or LED screens, and on-site technical direction, delivered by a dedicated AV production company or a venue's in-house AV team. Vourly is not that vendor and does not supply any of it. We provide the video side only: multi-camera capture, presentation and screen recording, livestream capture, and post-event edits, working alongside whoever runs your AV. Video capture starts at $100 per hour for an iPhone-shot camera and $200 per hour for a professional 4K camera, both billed separately from your AV production cost.
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Anyone searching for the cost of AV production for a business event in Seattle is usually trying to budget the whole technical build: sound, staging, lighting, screens, and someone to run it live. Vourly is a video production company, and being straightforward about what that does and does not include matters more than winning the search term. This page breaks down what AV production actually covers, states plainly what Vourly does and does not provide, and prices the one piece we do sell: video capture.
What Counts as AV Production for a Business Event
AV production is the general term for the technical production of a live event, making sure people can hear the speakers, see the slides, and read the stage from anywhere in the room. For a typical Seattle conference, product launch, or company event, a full AV production build-out covers:
- Sound reinforcement. PA speakers, a mixing board, and wireless microphones for the room, so a keynote is audible in the back row
- Staging. The platform, backdrop, and podium the speakers actually stand on
- Lighting rigs. Stage lighting separate from the venue's ambient room lighting, built to key the speakers and the set
- Projection and screens. The slide decks, IMAG (image magnification) feeds, and any LED walls behind the stage
- On-site technical direction. A person or crew running the show live, cueing slides, switching camera feeds on the screens, and troubleshooting in real time
Most Seattle venues either keep an in-house AV team on staff or require you to bring in a dedicated AV production company for anything larger than a small meeting room. That vendor, not Vourly, is who prices and delivers everything on the list above.
What Vourly Provides on an AV-Produced Event
On an event that already has AV production in place, here is what Vourly adds, and nothing more:
- Multi-camera video capture. One or more videographers filming the stage, the room, and candid moments, independent of whatever camera feed the AV company is running to the screens
- Presentation and screen recording. A direct capture of the slide deck or demo, synced to the room footage in the edit
- Livestream capture. If your event is already being livestreamed, we record that output as a source file. We do not build, host, or run the stream itself
- Audio pulled from the house feed. With the AV vendor's permission, we patch a receiver into their soundboard output so the video has clean, mixed audio instead of a shotgun mic pointed at a stage from across the room
- Portable interview lighting. A $150 per shoot add-on for sit-down interviews or breakout-room segments, lighting the subject in front of our camera. Not stage lighting and not room lighting
- Post-event edits. A highlight reel or session cut, billed separately from filming at $75 per hour
We do not touch the PA, we do not rig or run the stage lighting, we do not build the stage or hang a screen, and we are not the technical director calling cues during the show. We do bring our own portable lighting when a booking includes a sit-down interview or a breakout-room segment, which is a $150 per shoot add-on that lights our camera's subject. It is not stage lighting and it does not light the room, the set, or your speakers. If your event needs those things, you will be booking a separate AV production vendor alongside Vourly, and coordinating between the two is a normal part of the day.
In plain terms: if your event needs sound reinforcement, staging, stage lighting rigs, projection, LED walls, or a technical director, that is an AV production vendor's job. Vourly's job is the camera, plus the portable interview lighting we bring for our own shots.
How Vourly's Video Capture Is Priced
Video capture is billed hourly, separately from any AV production cost. Here is the published rate card for the camera work Vourly actually sells.
| Item | Rate | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Videographer, iPhone/social capture | $100/hr | 1-hour minimum |
| Videographer, professional 4K camera | $200/hr | 2-hour minimum |
| Editing | $75/hr | Billed separately from filming |
| Portable interview lighting (add-on) | $150/shoot | Interview or breakout segments; not stage lighting |
| Travel beyond 30 minutes of Bellevue | $1/mile round trip | Free within 30 minutes |
Filming only, no editing: a 3-hour keynote segment on the professional 4K package, no edit attached, comes to 3 hours × $200/hr = $600. That figure is filming alone; nothing is cut or delivered as a recap.
Filming plus editing: the same 3-hour segment with a 2-hour edited recap afterward adds 2 hours × $75/hr = $150 in editing, for a combined total of $600 + $150 = $750, filming and editing together. The two totals above are not interchangeable numbers for the same thing; one includes an edit and one does not, and every total on this page states which.
Totals above are illustrative examples built on Vourly's published rates; every video capture booking is scoped to your event's actual hours and camera count. They do not include your AV production vendor's charges for sound, staging, lighting, or projection.
For how these hourly rates compare across Vourly's other project types, from real estate to corporate video, see our Seattle videographer pricing overview.
Coordinating With Your AV Vendor
Video capture and AV production run side by side on the same event, so a short conversation between the two vendors ahead of time avoids surprises on the day.
- Confirm the audio patch. Ask the AV company whether Vourly can tap a receiver into their soundboard output. Most say yes, and a passive split from their board gives cleaner audio than a camera-mounted mic ever will
- Check camera position against the projection setup. Ask where the IMAG or projection camera sits so Vourly's cameras do not end up inside that shot
- Flag strobing or flicker. Some stage lighting and LED walls flicker under a camera's frame rate even though the room looks fine to the eye. Worth mentioning to the lighting operator before the event, not discovering it in the footage afterward
- Share one run of show with both vendors. Camera repositioning and AV cues land at the same transitions, so a single schedule keeps everyone moving together
What This Means for Your Event Budget
Most Seattle businesses booking a produced event end up with two separate quotes: one from the AV production company for sound, staging, lighting, and projection, and one from Vourly for video capture. Vourly cannot price the AV portion since we do not sell it; that number comes directly from your AV vendor. The video capture line above is the only part of an AV-produced event that Vourly prices, and it is billed and invoiced independently of whatever the AV vendor charges.
How Fast You Get Your Footage
Raw camera footage uploads to the client portal within 24 hours of the shoot. On a filming-only booking, that upload is the finished deliverable and it downloads immediately. On a project that also includes editing, the footage is already sitting in the portal, and the download unlocks once the invoice is paid at project completion. Editing itself is billed at $75 per hour on top of the filming rate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions we get about video capture on an AV-produced event. Browse more on our full FAQ page.
What is AV production for a business event?
AV production covers the audio and visual technical build for an event: sound reinforcement, staging, lighting rigs, projection or LED screens, and on-site technical direction to run the show live.
It is typically delivered by a dedicated AV production company or a venue's in-house AV team, not by a video production company.
Does Vourly provide AV production for events in Seattle?
No. Vourly is a video production company, not an AV production company.
- We do not supply sound reinforcement, staging, stage lighting rigs, projection, screens, LED walls, or microphones for the room, and we do not run technical direction.
- We do carry portable interview lighting for our own camera setups, offered as a $150 per shoot add-on, which is separate from any stage lighting your AV vendor provides.
- We provide multi-camera video capture, presentation and screen recording, livestream capture, and post-event edits, working alongside whoever your AV vendor is.
How much does AV production cost for a business event in Seattle?
Vourly does not sell AV production, so we cannot quote sound reinforcement, staging, stage lighting, or projection for your event. That number comes from your AV vendor.
What we can quote is the video capture: $100 per hour for an iPhone-shot camera, $200 per hour for a professional 4K camera, and $75 per hour for editing, all billed separately from any AV production cost.
What does Vourly's video capture cost on an AV-produced event?
Video capture starts at $100 per hour with a 1-hour minimum for an iPhone-shot camera, or $200 per hour with a 2-hour minimum for a professional 4K camera.
A 3-hour keynote segment on the professional camera, filming only with no editing, runs 3 hours × $200/hr = $600. Adding a 2-hour edited recap afterward brings the total to $600 filming + $150 editing (2 hours × $75/hr) = $750, filming and editing combined. Travel is free within 30 minutes of our Bellevue base, then $1 per mile round trip.
See the full rate cardCan Vourly work alongside our AV vendor?
Yes, this is the normal setup. Vourly's cameras capture the stage and room independent of whatever camera feed the AV company runs to the screens, and with the AV vendor's permission we patch into their soundboard output for clean audio instead of relying on a shotgun mic across the room.
Coordinating camera position with the AV company's projection or IMAG setup is a normal part of planning the day.
Does Vourly capture the livestream?
We record the livestream output as a source file if your event is already being streamed by your AV vendor. We do not build, host, encode, or run the stream itself; that stays with whoever your AV or livestream provider is.
How fast do we get our event footage?
Raw footage uploads to the client portal within 24 hours of the shoot. On a filming-only booking that is the finished deliverable and it downloads immediately.
On a project that also includes editing, the footage is already sitting in the portal, and the download unlocks once the invoice is paid at project completion.
See full answerDo you travel to venues outside Seattle?
Travel is free within 30 minutes of Vourly's Bellevue base. Beyond that we add $1 per mile round trip, and overnight or multi-day shoots that require lodging are quoted with the hotel included. Out-of-state events receive a custom quote.
See full answerBook the Video Side of Your Next AV-Produced Event
If you already have sound, staging, lighting, and projection covered by an AV production company or your venue's in-house team, Vourly fills in the video: multi-camera capture, presentation recording, livestream capture, and edits, priced separately and coordinated directly with your AV vendor. No long-term contract is required for a standard event.
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