How much does a music video cost?

A professionally filmed and edited music video with AHP starts at $1,000. Here’s what that buys, what changes the price, and what a shoot in New York City costs, from a team that has made over 1,300 music videos.

The short answer

Our packages are priced by film time, the hours we spend shooting once we arrive:

• 2 Hour$1,000Perfect for a one-location performance video.
• Half Day$1,800Ideal for a multi-location video.
• Full Day$3,000Best for concepts with a story or multiple locations.
• Virtual / XRfrom $5,000Extended-reality music videos unlock a whole new level of creativity.

There’s no limit to how many videos you shoot in that time, so filming a few songs in one session brings the cost of each video down.

What’s included

Every package comes with:

• Filming on 6K cinema cameras
• Lighting
• Editing
• Color grading in DaVinci Resolve
• 1-hour revision session
• Full 4K export
• 25–⁠100 edited photos

Editing takes two to three days on average, and always under a week.

What changes the price

• Film time. It starts when we arrive, and travel between locations counts toward it. Need more on the day? Extra time is $500 an hour.
• Studios and locations. Some locations charge for productions, and some need insurance or permits. Studios bill their own time: Sound on Sound in Montclair, for example, is $150 an hour.
• Travel. $1 per mile from our base in Stanhope, NJ.
• Crew. A simple performance video needs 1 or 2 people. Bigger shoots can need 3 or more.
• Extras. A behind-the-scenes edit with photos starts at $600, the raw footage is $500, and VFX are priced by the hours they take. Talent, hair and makeup, props and specialty gear depend on the idea.

What a music video costs in NYC

A shoot in New York City is priced the same way: the package, plus travel and any studio or location fees. Our packages at NYC studios start at:

• Power Station at BerkleeNYCfrom $1,300Hell’s Kitchen
• FD Studiosfrom $1,240Brooklyn
• Lume Studiosfrom $3,000SoHo
• The Relic Roomfrom $1,500Midtown

Prefer a rooftop, a bridge or a street corner? See music video production in NYC for the music videos we’ve filmed around the city.

Ways to get more for your budget

• Film several songs at once. Our singer-songwriter sessions fit 3 videos into 2 hours for $1,000, and up to 7 videos into 4 hours for $1,800. See the sessions.
• Keep it to one location. No travel time between spots means more of your film time goes into the video.
• Plan the shots. A shot list and storyboard make the day faster, and we can help with both.
• Already filmed it? We edit and color grade footage you shot yourself, from $350. Editing services.

Build your own estimate

The estimator on our packages & pricing page adds it all up: pick a package and a studio or your own location, and it works out travel too. Or tell us about the song and we’ll put together a quote.