An event happens once. The film of it works for twelve months: on your homepage, in next year’s sponsor deck, in the donor email, in the recruitment ad, in the recap that makes the people who missed it buy a ticket next time.
Kota Video Productions films events across San Diego County, Riverside and Orange County from a base in Carlsbad. Ten years of live coverage, and a habit of asking what the footage is for before deciding where to stand.
Kota Video films highlights of key parts of your event, interviews, and more.
Kota Video works with businesses and individuals to bring awareness their cause or promote their events.
Do you have a quinceañera? A wedding? Birthday? Music video? We've got you covered
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Corporate conferences, summits and keynotes
Nonprofit galas, fundraisers and donor evenings
Product launches and grand openings
Bar and bat mitzvahs
Award nights, holiday parties and company celebrations
Festivals, seasonal attractions and holiday activations
City, municipal and civic projects
Trade shows and industry expos
A highlight film. The version people actually watch. Energy, key moments, room reaction, cut to licensed music.
Guest and attendee interviews. Short on-the-day conversations that do the work testimonials do, captured while people are still excited. The most persuasive footage at almost any event, and the most commonly skipped.
Speaker and keynote coverage. Full-length recordings with clean audio, so a forty-minute talk becomes a gated asset instead of a memory.
Social cuts. Vertical 9:16 edits for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, sized so your team can post without recropping.
Aerial footage. Drone coverage where airspace and venue permissions allow, which matters for outdoor activations, festivals and grand openings.
Event coverage runs at approximately $100 per hour, booked on a half-day or full-day basis. Crew size, additional cameras, lighting, live audio feeds, drone and post-production complexity move that number, and you’ll see all of it in a written scope before the date is held.
Two things worth knowing. A second operator beats a second edit round at any event with simultaneous action, because you cannot re-shoot a ribbon cutting. And the cheapest way to make an event film expensive is to decide what you want from it afterwards.
Wyzowl’s 2026 survey found that 85% of video marketers say video generated leads for them and 83% say it directly increased sales. Recap films alone rarely do that. What converts is a real person saying, on camera, why the event was worth their afternoon.
Getting that requires someone comfortable walking up to strangers mid-canapé and getting a usable answer in ninety seconds. That skill is separate from camera work, and it’s the reason guest interviews are a standing part of Kota’s event coverage rather than an add-on.
Filming on public property in the City of San Diego needs advance authorisation, with requests submitted at least three full business days ahead. In Carlsbad, filming requires a city business license, and most of the coastline is California State Parks land with its own four-business-day permit process.
Kota flies under FAA Part 107 and secures LAANC authorisation where controlled airspace requires it, including around McClellan-Palomar Airport. None of that is your problem. It is listed here so you know it has been handled.
Downtown San Diego and the Gaslamp Quarter, the Convention Center corridor, Liberty Station, Balboa Park, La Jolla, Coronado. North County across Carlsbad, Encinitas, Oceanside, Vista and San Marcos. Inland to Escondido and Temecula, and out through Riverside and Orange County.
A run of show with times. A list of the five moments you cannot miss, ranked. Names and titles for anyone speaking, spelled the way they want them on screen. Any sponsors whose logos need to appear. Whoever holds the venue relationship, in case a door needs opening.
That list takes ten minutes to write and changes what the footage is worth. Most event films come back generic because the crew was told to “capture the vibe” and left to guess which of four hundred people mattered.
How early do you need to know the run of show? A week is comfortable. A day is workable. The morning of costs you shots.
Can you livestream? Live streaming and multi-camera setups are quoted per project based on venue internet and audio access.
Do you need a feed from the AV team? Yes, wherever one exists. A board feed from the venue’s sound desk is the difference between a watchable keynote and one that sounds like row twelve.
What if the schedule slips? It always does. Coverage is booked by the block rather than by the agenda, so a keynote running late doesn’t cost you the closing remarks.
Do you supply photography too? Yes. Headshots, candids and venue photography can run alongside video on the same booking.
How quickly can we post something? Social cuts can be prioritised ahead of the main highlight film so your team has assets while the event is still current.
Kota Video and Photo will capture raw, unedited photos and videos and deliver them for a flat day rate.
Full-Day Photo + Video: $2000
Half-Day Photo + Video: $1300
Full-Day Photo or Video: $1000
Half-Day Photo or Video: $650
· 1 Full-Day Photo + Video
· 100-200 Edited Photos
· 1 30-60 Second Ad/Reel
· 1 2-3 Minute Extended Ad/Reel
· Interviews
· Full Recording
· Optional Additional Shooters and Days
Starting Rate: $3500
· Full Day Videography
· 1 30-60 Second Ad/Reel
· 1 2-3 Minute Extended Ad/Reel
· Interviews
· Full Recording
· Optional additional shooters and days
Starting Rate: $2200
Kota Video has Captured dozens of events. See a few samples below.
