East Sussex
Based in East Sussex, working across the county and beyond. No London day-rate surcharge for local productions.
Brighton · Lewes · Eastbourne · Hastings · Rural East Sussex
Most video production companies listed for East Sussex are London-based studios with a local landing page. I'm actually here. I've been based in East Sussex for over a decade, filming events in Brighton, corporate productions in Lewes, agricultural and rural work across the county, and charity films for organisations that would find a London crew impractical to work with.
Being based locally means faster response times for local briefs, no travel-day premium when the shoot is in the county, and a director who knows which venues, locations, and sites are worth knowing about. The full service range — event videography, training film, corporate communications, drone footage — is available locally at the same standard as any London production.
Conferences, charity fundraisers, AGMs, award ceremonies, outdoor events — filmed across East Sussex and the South East.
Learn more →Compliance, onboarding, health and safety, skills training — for NHS trusts, charities and businesses across the region.
Learn more →Impact films, fundraising appeals, donor engagement and campaign content for East Sussex charities and purpose-led organisations.
Learn more →Executive interviews, internal communications, leadership messaging — for businesses of all sizes across the county.
Learn more →CAA-authorised aerial filming for productions in East Sussex — landscapes, events, agricultural sites, and coastal locations.
Learn more →Client testimonial films for East Sussex businesses that need credible proof at the point a buyer is deciding.
Learn more →The economics of local production are simple: when the filming is in East Sussex, a local director's day rate is all you're paying. A London crew brings a day-rate that reflects London costs, plus travel time that often means an overnight stay for early starts — which means two days of costs for one day of filming. For organisations producing video regularly, that difference compounds quickly.
There's also a less quantifiable benefit. A director who is embedded locally understands the organisations and communities in the county differently than someone flying in for a shoot. That matters most in charity and community film — where the relationships between organisations, funders, and beneficiaries are part of the context a good film needs to reflect.
For filming that takes place locally — events in Brighton, location shoots in Lewes or Eastbourne, corporate interviews at a Sussex business — a local director is genuinely more useful. There's no travel day, no London day-rate surcharge, and the director knows the area. For productions that travel, London rates apply regardless of where the production company is based, so the calculus is different. But for East Sussex organisations producing video in East Sussex, hiring locally makes both economic and practical sense.
East Sussex has a wide range of organisations that commission video: charities and purpose-led businesses based in Brighton and Lewes; tourism, hospitality and events across the county; corporate and professional services in Eastbourne and along the coast; agricultural and rural businesses that benefit from aerial filming; and schools, colleges and training organisations producing educational video. The full service range — events, training, charity, corporate, drone — applies locally.
Video production rates in East Sussex are broadly consistent with London rates for experienced directors and DOPs, without the London travel and logistics premium. A corporate or charity filming day typically runs from £1,200 to £2,500 depending on crew size, equipment, and location. A finished film — including pre-production, filming, and post-production — starts from around £2,500 for a simple format and scales from there depending on complexity and deliverables.
Yes — the majority of Campaign Film's work is UK-wide, with regular productions in London, the South East, and further afield. International productions have included locations in Switzerland and Northern Europe. Being based in East Sussex is a practical advantage for local briefs, not a constraint on the overall service range.
Brighton and Hove, Lewes, Eastbourne, Hastings, Newhaven, Seaford, Uckfield, Heathfield, Battle, Rye, and rural locations across East Sussex. For productions across the county boundary into West Sussex — Crawley, Horsham, Chichester — there's no additional charge for locations within reasonable distance.
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