Video production company in Boca Raton, FLVideo Planned Before the Camera Rolls
Epic Wolf is a West Palm Beach agency that plans, directs and produces video for Boca Raton companies and organizations: brand films, recruiting and culture pieces, executive messages, testimonials, event coverage and social cuts. Crews come through vetted production partners, and a certified remote pilot flies any drone work. For public locations we handle the county film commission's permit application, the insurance certificates and the schedule.
Video Production in Boca Raton
A Boca company usually makes video for an audience that already knows the category: a board, a hiring pool, a buyer comparing three vendors. That calls for a clear script, a prepared speaker and a film short enough to be watched to the end. Most of it is shot on private property, in the office, the lab, the showroom or the clinic, where the permission needed is the owner's.
Public locations run through one office. The Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission issues permits for commercial productions on public property at no charge, asks for three full business days to process a standard request and requires a $1 million liability policy. It adds that a shoot on private property may need a permit when it affects adjacent roads or sidewalks. Downtown, the Mizner Park Amphitheater is owned and operated by the city and rented through its own application.
Aerials add federal and state rules. The film commission folds the FAA's Part 107 rule into its permit and asks for the pilot's certificate, the drone's registration and any airspace approval. A commercial drone flight legally requires an FAA-certified remote pilot, so the pilot is confirmed before an aerial shot is written into the script.
On the ground
What to know about video production in Boca Raton
- The county permit
The film commission asks for three business days to process a standard permit and says shoots with road closures, traffic control or closed public areas take longer. Securing a permit requires a $1 million comprehensive or commercial general liability policy, and the number of certificates depends on where the production films.
Source: Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission: One-Stop Permitting
- The amphitheater
The city says the Mizner Park Amphitheater is owned and operated by the City of Boca Raton and can be rented by private or nonprofit organizations for concerts, performances, fundraising events and festivals. An event video there starts with the rental application and the promoter's rules on cameras.
Source: City of Boca Raton: Mizner Park Amphitheater Rental Info
- Drone paperwork
For commercial drone filming, the film commission requires a registered aircraft under 55 pounds, a copy of the remote pilot certificate and a copy of any FAA airspace approval obtained in advance. It limits flights to daylight or twilight and to 400 feet above the ground unless the drone stays within 400 feet of a structure.
Source: Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission: Filming With a Drone
- Controlled airspace
The FAA requires a valid airspace authorization for drone operations in controlled airspace under 400 feet, issued through FAADroneZone or its LAANC system. LAANC requests may be submitted up to 90 days before the planned flight. The pilot checks each Boca location against the FAA's maps before a date is set.
- The neighbors
Under Florida's drone statute, a person is presumed to have a reasonable expectation of privacy on privately owned property if he or she cannot be observed by people at ground level in a place they have a legal right to be, even if visible from the air. A flight over an office park is planned so the camera stays on the client's site.
Source: Florida Statutes Sec. 934.50
How we run it in Boca Raton
Decide what the film is for
One audience, one thing they should believe afterward and one place the film will live. We write the script or the interview questions to that, prepare the people who will be on camera and agree on length before a crew is booked.
Permit and insure
We list every location, confirm with the film commission which municipality has jurisdiction over the public ones and file the application with the certificates it asks for. Aerial shots get a certified pilot, an airspace check and the property owner's written consent.
Shoot for the edit
Production partners capture the interviews, the workplace and the details in an order that respects the company's working day. The edit delivers the main film, shorter versions for social and recruiting, captions and the stills the footage can supply.
What it includes
Brand films
A short film that says who you are and why it matters, written to anchor the website and the pitch.
Commercials
Spots for broadcast, streaming and paid online placements, produced in the lengths each outlet requires.
Social video
Vertical and square cuts with captions, planned in the script so they are more than trimmed leftovers.
Testimonial and case study video
Client interviews filmed with signed releases and edited to honest claims a viewer can trust.
Event video
Coverage of openings, galas and conferences with a recap cut ready while the event is still news.
Real estate and property films
Walkthroughs and neighborhood films for residences, developments, hotels and commercial space.
Drone video
Aerial footage of sites, waterfronts and properties, flown by an FAA-certified remote pilot.
Editing and finishing
Edit, color, sound, music licensing, captions and exports sized for each platform.
Tell us who the film is for.
Share the audience, the locations you have in mind and the date it has to be ready, and a partner will reply with how we would produce it.
Questions
Video Production in Boca Raton questions answered
On public property, plan on one. The Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission issues free permits for commercial productions on public property such as streets, sidewalks, parks and beaches across more than 50 participating entities, and it identifies which municipality has jurisdiction over a location. Video filmed entirely inside a private office or store needs the owner's consent instead, unless the shoot affects the adjacent public areas.
Allow at least three full business days for a standard permit. The county's film commission says requests involving road closures, intermittent traffic control or closed public areas typically take longer, and it recommends a pre-production meeting for significant productions about three weeks before cameras roll. Extra services such as police or fire rescue are provided at government cost. We file as soon as the locations are settled.
Not as a guest. The city's amphitheater FAQ lists drones among the items not allowed inside for events and says ticketed events may restrict cameras and video recording devices. Aerial coverage of an event there would have to be arranged with the venue and the promoter in advance, flown by a certified remote pilot and cleared for the airspace. Often a high fixed camera does the job with less risk.
Passing views are hard to avoid, but recording neighbors is restricted. Florida's drone statute bars using a drone with an imaging device to record private property or the people on it with intent to conduct surveillance, in violation of a reasonable expectation of privacy, without written consent. We plan flight paths and framing around the client's own site and get consent where another property is featured. An attorney should review anything unusual.
Shoot days, locations and the number of finished versions drive most of it. A single interview filmed in one office is a small production. A brand film with several locations, a larger crew, on-camera talent, aerials, motion graphics and separate cuts for recruiting and social is a larger one. Permits and insurance certificates add time more than money. We scope the film before quoting so the estimate matches the plan.
Keep reading
More for Boca Raton businesses
- Filming and Photo Permits in Palm Beach CountyWhen a commercial photo or video shoot needs a permit in Palm Beach County, who issues it, how the Town of Palm Beach differs and how far ahead to apply.
- Drone Rules for Commercial Shoots in Palm Beach CountyThe rules for commercial drone photo and video in Palm Beach County: FAA Part 107, airspace authorization, Florida privacy law, parks and local permits.
- Planning a Brand Photo or Video Shoot in Palm Beach CountyHow to plan a brand photo or video shoot in Palm Beach County: the shot list, locations and permits, releases, image rights, weather and a checklist.
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