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How we vet every listicle
Every agency featured on Web Tonic passes our 84-point editorial review before a single listicle goes live. This is how we vet each pick:
Verified client outcomes: We require real case studies with measurable KPIs — revenue, ROAS, CPA, retention — tied to the exact category being ranked. No cherry-picked wins, no unverifiable numbers.
Independent reputation: We cross-check Clutch, Google, G2, and Trustpilot ratings, and screen for review-bombing or suspicious patterns. Only operators with a consistent, verifiable track record make the cut.
Beyond that, every listing goes through a quarterly re-audit. We check 84 criteria across 6 pillars to make sure it still holds up — here are some of the checks we run:
A Cincinnati video production company develops, shoots and edits video for businesses, hospitals, universities and nonprofits rather than for weddings: brand films and commercials, explainer and animated video, corporate and training content, documentary and case-study films, event coverage, short vertical cuts for social feeds, and post-production from edit and color to sound and captions.
We judged firms on evidenced commercial work, publicly named clients, published rates and an address verified on their own site or in schema markup. Twenty-five external companies are compared here. Nineteen are headquartered in Cincinnati proper, four work from Northern Kentucky across the river, one from Liberty Township and one from Dayton. Twenty name a client publicly, and none publishes a starting rate.
Which Cincinnati video production company should a business shortlist?
Follow the named work. Epipheo and Barking Squirrel Media bring national brand and explainer credentials, Dispatch Video and Cinevita Films name hospitals and civic clients, Rebel Pilgrim handles narrative work, and Harris Creative Co covers healthcare from Northern Kentucky.
1. Web Tonic
About: Web Tonic scopes Cincinnati video against the media that will carry it, so the brand film, the cut-downs, the paid placements and the page behind the click answer to one team rather than three separate invoices. The same people own the performance creative, the paid social distributing it and the landing page the viewer arrives on. A business commissioning one documentary or one commercial should hire a studio from the list below.
Key Services: Growth Marketing, Paid Social, PPC, Meta Ads, SEO, Google Ads, Snapchat Ads, Amazon Ads, Reddit Ads, TikTok Ads, TikTok Shop, GEO-AEO, Webflow Design, Shopify Design, WordPress Design, UGC, Social Media Management, Pay Per Click Management, Marketing Analytics, Analytics Implementation & CDPs, Performance Branding, Performance 360° Audit, Programmatic Ads, OOH Ads, HR Marketing
Industries Served: eCommerce, SaaS, B2B, Construction Professionals, Home Services, SMEs, Health Spa & Wellness, Retail, Legal & Judicial Services, Food & Beverages, Pets, Fitness, Family & Children, Finance & Insurance, Travel, Non-Profits & Organizations, Furniture & Decoration
Notable Clients: WorldRemit, Jack & Jones, Ardene, L'Oréal, Sendwave, Nestlé, Airbnb. Serve Fortune 500 companies and smaller fast-paced startups.
Locations: HQ in San Francisco with notable offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and more. Offices on five continents.
Pricing: Starting at USD $3,000 per month. Flexible and scalable plans at any time according to your enterprise needs. Book a call to learn more.
Great For: Mid-market to enterprise-level businesses requiring ongoing, on-tap growth and performance marketing services.
Website: Web Tonic
2. Contrast Video Productions
About: Contrast Video Productions is a full-service Cincinnati studio built around an in-house production crew for commercial, brand and corporate video work. Its site displays a project portfolio spanning corporate and commercial video, and outside client feedback describes the team rebuilding a client's brand identity through video. The studio's Suite 23 office sits at 8005 Plainfield Road in Cincinnati, Ohio, confirming a real local presence.
Key Services: Commercial video production, Brand video production, Corporate video production, Drone and aerial video, Video editing and post-production, Video strategy and concepting
Industries Served: Real estate, Professional services, Retail, Healthcare, Local business and SMB
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: Cincinnati, USA, Northern Kentucky, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Local businesses needing brand video, Real estate and property marketing, Small business promotional video
Website: Contrast Video Productions
3. Black Tent
About: Black Tent is a Cincinnati video production company that describes itself as trusted by brands nationwide, with an official-film-crew positioning built around corporate video, aerial footage and virtual reality work. Its dedicated Cincinnati services page names deliverables spanning web videos, product videos, trade show videos, event videos and training videos for clients ranging from global brands down to nonprofits. The firm lists a real Cincinnati base for its production crew.
Key Services: Corporate video production, Aerial and drone video, Trade show video, Event video, Product video, Virtual reality production
Industries Served: Fortune 500 and enterprise, Nonprofits, Manufacturing, Events, Marketing agencies
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: National brands needing a local crew, Trade show video content, Nonprofits and associations
Website: Black Tent
4. I and Eye Productions
About: I and Eye Productions has produced commercial and corporate video and post-production work from Cincinnati since 1999, moving from Newport, Kentucky into its current Madisonville studio and edit-suite campus in 2004. A team member's public profile names creative-team work on campaigns for Watsons, Champion Window, HSB and Anthem Insurance. The firm's Madisonville address, 5545 Madison Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227, is published on its own contact page.
Key Services: Commercial video production, Corporate video production, Video post-production, Graphic design and motion graphics, Special effects, Field production
Industries Served: Retail, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Insurance, Education
Notable Clients: Watsons, Champion Window, HSB, Anthem Insurance
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Insurance and financial brands, Retail campaign video, Manufacturers needing in-house post
Website: I and Eye Productions
5. Epipheo
About: Epipheo is a Cincinnati explainer-video and visual-storytelling studio that has produced videos for more than 3,000 enterprise brands since 2009. Its published Fifth Third Bank case study names the client, the financial-services industry context and the explainer and visual-storytelling deliverables produced for the bank. The company's office sits at 2692 Madison Road, Suite N1 number 324, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208.
Key Services: Explainer video production, 3D explainer animation, Visual storytelling, Corporate video production, Motion graphics, Video strategy
Industries Served: Financial services, Enterprise and B2B, Technology, Healthcare, Education
Notable Clients: Fifth Third Bank
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Enterprise brands needing explainer video, Financial services communication, B2B product explainer content
Website: Epipheo
6. Faust Film
About: Faust Film produces on-demand commercial video from Cincinnati for marketing teams, agencies and growing brands on an ongoing content-calendar model rather than one-off shoots. Its published NaviStone case study names the Cincinnati-based martech client and describes ongoing social and culture content production as the deliverable, alongside a white-label production partnership for agency clients across manufacturing, real estate and events. The studio's schema data lists its address as Cincinnati, Ohio.
Key Services: Commercial video production, Ongoing and subscription video content, Social video production, White-label agency production, Video editing, Brand storytelling video
Industries Served: Martech and SaaS, Manufacturing, Real estate, Marketing agencies, Events
Notable Clients: NaviStone, Big Orange Marketing
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Brands needing ongoing content subscriptions, Agencies needing white-label production, Martech and SaaS companies
Website: Faust Film
7. Rebel Pilgrim
About: Rebel Pilgrim is a Cincinnati video production company focused on storytelling and filmmaking for commercial clients. Its published Cincinnati Bell case study names the client and describes work beginning with the company's 2017 Super Bowl commercial and continuing into broader video marketing support. The firm's own schema data confirms a Cincinnati, Ohio base.
Key Services: Commercial video production, Brand storytelling film, Broadcast and TV commercial production, Video marketing strategy, Video editing, Concept and scriptwriting
Industries Served: Telecommunications, Retail, Consumer brands, Local business, Broadcast media
Notable Clients: Cincinnati Bell
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Regional brands needing broadcast-grade spots, Telecom and utility marketing, Local businesses wanting national-level polish
Website: Rebel Pilgrim
8. Barking Squirrel Media
About: Barking Squirrel Media is a video production company with studios in Cincinnati and Chicago, specializing in cinematic brand films, mini-documentaries and manufacturing video. Its published Fives Group portfolio names the global engineering and industrial equipment client and describes a robotic manufacturing trade-show reel produced for the company's Hebron, Kentucky operations. The firm's Cincinnati office is registered at 2946 Burlington Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45225.
Key Services: Manufacturing video production, Brand film production, Mini-documentary production, Trade show video, Video editing and post, Motion graphics
Industries Served: Manufacturing, Industrial and engineering, Healthcare, Nonprofits, Education
Notable Clients: Fives Group
Locations: Cincinnati, USA, Chicago, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Manufacturers needing trade show video, Industrial B2B brand film, Companies with multi-city production needs
Website: Barking Squirrel Media
9. SpotOn Productions
About: SpotOn Productions is a full-service production company offering creative concepting, video production, post-production, motion graphics and music scoring for organizations across the Cincinnati, Dayton and Northern Kentucky corridor. A published case study on CaseStudies.com names the Cincinnati Museum Center as a client and describes how SpotOn helped update its visitor experience, and the company's own testimonial page names Great Oaks, Metalworking Group and Lakota Family YMCA. Company data lists SpotOn's headquarters in Liberty Township, Ohio, a Cincinnati-metro suburb, rather than the city proper.
Key Services: Corporate video production, Motion graphics, Music scoring, Video post-production, Educational and institutional video, Testimonial video production
Industries Served: Museums and cultural institutions, Education, Manufacturing, Healthcare and nonprofits, Local government
Notable Clients: Cincinnati Museum Center, Great Oaks, Metalworking Group, Lakota Family YMCA
Locations: Liberty Township, USA, Cincinnati, USA, Dayton, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Museums and cultural institutions, Schools and workforce programs, Regional nonprofits
Website: SpotOn Productions
10. Wilbur
About: Wilbur is a small, Cincinnati-based, director-led video production and advertising agency built for home-services brands such as roofers and contractors. Its published New Heights Roofing case study names the client and a thirty-second broadcast spot produced for the campaign, and the firm displays additional client work for a company called Knock Knock. Wilbur's own schema data lists Cincinnati, Ohio as its address locality.
Key Services: Brand film production, Commercial and broadcast spot production, Social video content, Home-services video marketing, Video editing, Creative direction
Industries Served: Home services and roofing, Contractors and trades, Local business, Franchises, Consumer services
Notable Clients: New Heights Roofing, Knock Knock
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Home-services and roofing brands, Franchise marketing, Agencies needing a white-label crew
Website: Wilbur
11. Drive Media House
About: Drive Media House is an award-winning explainer and narrative video production company that describes itself as based in Cincinnati, Ohio, while its own site adds that it is technically located across the river in Newport, Kentucky. Its published portfolio names Walmart's grocery-delivery explainer, produced as a subcontractor for agency Epipheo, and a TriHealth case study titled Moments Of Truth. The firm publishes both projects with full production credits on its own site.
Key Services: Explainer video production, Narrative and brand video, Healthcare video production, TV commercial production, Recruiting video, Case study video
Industries Served: Retail and eCommerce, Healthcare, Enterprise and B2B, Finance, Technology
Notable Clients: Walmart, TriHealth
Locations: Newport, USA, Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Enterprise explainer video, Healthcare systems needing patient-story video, Agencies needing a production subcontractor
Website: Drive Media House
12. Pauly Vision
About: Pauly Vision is a creative marketing and video production company headquartered in Covington, Kentucky, directly across the river from Cincinnati, serving businesses across Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Its published case studies name Lighthouse Transportation, community-events client EmPath's Bingo B!Z!NGO event, and BiggBy Coffee, describing video and content production delivered for each. The firm's contact address is listed as 727 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011.
Key Services: Video production, Brand strategy and creative campaigns, Digital content production, Social video content, Event video coverage, Explainer and brand storytelling video
Industries Served: Logistics and transportation, Nonprofits and community events, Food and beverage, Franchises, Local business
Notable Clients: Lighthouse Transportation, EmPath, BiggBy Coffee
Locations: Covington, USA, Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Franchise and multi-location brands, Community events and nonprofits, Logistics and B2B companies
Website: Pauly Vision
13. Big Media Creative
About: Big Media Creative is a Cincinnati video production studio specializing in live-action, two-dimensional and three-dimensional motion design and AI-assisted content creation. Its published portfolio names FEG as the client behind a SmartDeFi LaunchPad video project, crediting a named director, producer and editor on the piece. The studio operates out of Cincinnati, per its own site copy and schema data.
Key Services: Live-action video production, 2D and 3D motion design, AI-assisted video content, Brand video production, Product video, Animation
Industries Served: Technology and fintech, Consumer brands, Startups, Marketing agencies, Entertainment
Notable Clients: FEG
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Fintech and startup product video, Motion-graphics-heavy brand content, AI-augmented content pipelines
Website: Big Media Creative
14. Motion Meld Studio
About: Motion Meld Studio is a Cincinnati motion-design, three-dimensional animation, experiential and visualization studio that partners with clients through concept, storytelling and full video production. Its published work list names Jergens' Natural Glow broadcast animation, an IBM Security client case study video and Old Spice's Summertime key visual as completed projects. The studio's contact page lists its location as Cincinnati, Ohio.
Key Services: 3D animation, Motion graphics and broadcast animation, Experiential and trade show video, Visualization and key art video, Explainer video production, Brand video production
Industries Served: Consumer packaged goods, Technology and enterprise IT, Retail, Trade show and experiential, Entertainment
Notable Clients: Jergens, IBM Security, Old Spice
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: CPG brands needing broadcast animation, Enterprise IT explainer video, Trade show experiential video
Website: Motion Meld Studio
15. Rhine Media
About: Rhine Media is a commercial video, documentary filmmaking and professional photography agency headquartered in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. Its video work names the Cincinnati Regional Chamber of Commerce and Cintrifuse as clients, and the studio was named a Best in Cincinnati 2025 Business Awardee by Cincy Magazine. The firm's own site confirms its Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati address.
Key Services: Commercial video production, Documentary filmmaking, Corporate video production, Photography and video hybrid packages, Event video, Brand storytelling video
Industries Served: Economic development and chambers of commerce, Startups and tech, Nonprofits, Local business, Government
Notable Clients: Cincinnati Regional Chamber of Commerce, Cintrifuse
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Chambers of commerce and economic-development groups, Startup and tech ecosystem video, Documentary-style brand storytelling
Website: Rhine Media
16. AmeriFilms
About: AmeriFilms produces documentary-style brand films, corporate videos and aerial cinematography, and its own site states plainly that the company is based in Dayton, Ohio, about forty-five minutes north of Cincinnati, while serving Cincinnati and the greater Southwest Ohio region. Its production credits list Bloomberg TV, NextUp Cincinnati and PCFO as named clients or platforms. The studio's founder is named as Souley Oumarou on its own about page.
Key Services: Documentary-style brand film, Corporate video production, Aerial and drone cinematography, Broadcast video production, Video editing, Nonprofit and community video
Industries Served: Broadcast and media, Nonprofits and economic development, Corporate and enterprise, Government, Community organizations
Notable Clients: Bloomberg TV, NextUp Cincinnati, PCFO
Locations: Dayton, USA, Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Nonprofits and economic-development groups, Broadcast-adjacent documentary video, Southwest Ohio regional brands
Website: AmeriFilms
17. Spotted Yeti Media
About: Spotted Yeti Media is a video marketing and production company serving Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, running a discovery-driven process it applies to Smart Video projects for clients. Its published People Working Cooperatively case study names the nonprofit client and describes video work supporting its home-repair services across southwestern Ohio, and a separate WeatherPod case study documents another named client engagement. The company posts a careers page directing Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky applicants to its own team.
Key Services: Explainer video production, Case study and testimonial video, Smart video strategy and production, Corporate video production, Video editing, Nonprofit video production
Industries Served: Nonprofits and social services, Technology and SaaS, Home services, Healthcare, Professional services
Notable Clients: People Working Cooperatively, WeatherPod, Cerkl
Locations: Cincinnati, USA, Northern Kentucky, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Nonprofits needing donor and impact video, SaaS companies needing explainer video, Home-services companies
Website: Spotted Yeti Media
18. Holler Creative
About: Holler Creative is a Cincinnati content marketing and video production agency that specializes in video, photography and visual storytelling for manufacturers, industrial companies and business-to-business organizations. The studio's own construction and drone photography page describes capturing craftsmanship for contractors, builders and architects, and client testimonials on its about page describe the team conceptualizing and executing social media creative campaigns. Holler Creative's registered address is 314 Northland Boulevard, Cincinnati, Ohio 45215.
Key Services: B2B video production, Manufacturing video content, Drone and aerial video and photography, Social video content, Video strategy, Construction and industrial video
Industries Served: Manufacturing, Construction, Industrial B2B, Professional services, Marketing agencies
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Manufacturers explaining complex processes, Construction and industrial companies, B2B companies building trust content
Website: Holler Creative
19. SteadiReadi
About: SteadiReadi is a Cincinnati-based video production company founded in 2016 by Chris Carson, offering agency-ready, storytelling-focused content from concept through final delivery, including testimonials, podcasts, masterclasses and live streaming. Its own pricing page describes an end-to-end approach covering concept, copywriting, production, animation and editing for corporate video and music video work. The company's address is published as Cincinnati, Ohio 45039.
Key Services: Corporate video production, Testimonial video, Live streaming production, Podcast video production, Video editing and animation, Music video production
Industries Served: B2B and agencies, Corporate and enterprise, Entertainment and music, Education, Professional services
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Agencies needing a reliable video partner, B2B testimonial and case-study video, Live streaming for events
Website: SteadiReadi
20. Cider Mill Productions
About: Cider Mill Productions is a full-service film and video production agency based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with twenty years of experience producing nationwide work. Its published portfolio names Epsilon's retail-media project and a narrative short film called Justice, alongside corporate work for a client identified as EXL and the Cincinnati Cyclones hockey team. The studio lists a Cincinnati phone number and contact email on its own site.
Key Services: Film and video production, Corporate video production, Narrative short film production, Retail media video, Sports and team video content, Post-production
Industries Served: Retail media, Corporate and enterprise, Sports and entertainment, Financial and professional services, Media
Notable Clients: Epsilon, EXL, Cincinnati Cyclones
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Retail media and agency partners, Sports and entertainment brands, Companies needing narrative-style branded film
Website: Cider Mill Productions
21. Seven/Seventy-Nine
About: Seven/Seventy-Nine, also known as 779 Video, is a Cincinnati video production company operating since 2010 out of an office at 132 West Elder Street. Its published portfolio names Cincinnati's Holocaust and Humanity Center at historic Union Terminal, the Strive Partnership education initiative, and consumer brand Evenflo-USA as completed client projects. The studio's own site lists its full street address in the city's Findlay Market area.
Key Services: Documentary-style video production, Nonprofit and museum video, Corporate video production, Brand video production, Video editing, Explainer and mission video
Industries Served: Museums and cultural institutions, Nonprofits and education, Consumer products, Local government, Community organizations
Notable Clients: Cincinnati's Holocaust and Humanity Center, Strive Partnership, Evenflo-USA
Locations: Cincinnati, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Museums and cultural institutions, Nonprofits and education initiatives, Consumer brands needing mission-driven video
Website: Seven/Seventy-Nine
22. Dispatch Video
About: Dispatch Video is a video production company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, describing itself on its own site as Cincinnati Video Production. Its published work page names Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Northern Kentucky University as clients. The studio has partnered with institutions and businesses on brand and campaign video for over a decade per its homepage.
Key Services: Brand video, Corporate video, Commercial video production, Video campaigns, Post-production
Industries Served: Healthcare, Higher education, Economic development, Consumer brands
Notable Clients: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Northern Kentucky University, REDI Cincinnati
Locations: Cincinnati, Ohio
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Healthcare institutions, Universities, Economic development organizations
Website: Dispatch Video
23. Brave Dog
About: Brave Dog is a full-service video production company headquartered at 4240 Airport Road in Cincinnati, Ohio, as stated on its own contact page. The company describes itself as an award-winning studio serving businesses and organizations across the greater Cincinnati area with corporate, aerial, and digital marketing video. Brave Dog also positions itself publicly as a white-label video production partner for other marketing agencies.
Key Services: Corporate video, Digital marketing video, Aerial video and photography, White-label production for agencies
Industries Served: General business, Marketing agencies, Corporate
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: Cincinnati, Ohio
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Businesses needing aerial video, Marketing agencies outsourcing production
Website: Brave Dog
24. Harris Creative Co
About: Harris Creative Co is a media production company headquartered in Covington, Kentucky, in the Cincinnati metro area, per its own company listing and homepage. Its own site publishes named case studies for St Elizabeth Healthcare and for Kroger Health, both organizations tied to the Cincinnati region. The studio states it has produced video and photo content for clients since 2011.
Key Services: Brand video, Healthcare video content, Photography, Social content production
Industries Served: Healthcare, Consumer retail, Nonprofit
Notable Clients: St Elizabeth Healthcare, Kroger Health
Locations: Covington, Kentucky (Cincinnati metro)
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Healthcare systems, Consumer retail brands
Website: Harris Creative Co
25. isight media
About: isight media is a creative marketing agency it describes on its own site as Cincinnati-based, with a listed office in Covington, Kentucky within the Cincinnati metro area. Its published portfolio names Triversity Construction as a client and states that Triversity itself serves brands such as Procter and Gamble, Fifth Third Bank, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital. The agency's own work page presents this as a full case study of its marketing and video production for the Cincinnati-based construction company.
Key Services: Brand video, Marketing video, Case study video, Content strategy
Industries Served: Construction, B2B services
Notable Clients: Triversity Construction
Locations: Covington, Kentucky (Cincinnati metro)
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Construction companies, B2B service brands
Website: isight media
26. Cinevita Films
About: Cinevita Films is a video production company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, as stated across its own about and services pages. The studio publishes a portfolio of corporate and brand video work, including a healthcare video project for The Ridge Ohio and a commercial for REDI Cincinnati. Cinevita Films describes itself as handling concept, on-set production, post-production, and motion graphics in-house for the companies it serves.
Key Services: Corporate video, Commercial production, Motion graphics, Color grading, Post-production
Industries Served: Healthcare, Economic development, General business
Notable Clients: The Ridge Ohio, REDI Cincinnati
Locations: Cincinnati, Ohio
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Healthcare marketers, Economic development groups
Website: Cinevita Films
Quick Comparison Table
| Agency | Key Specialty | Starting Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Web Tonic | Full-Service Performance Marketing | USD $3,000/mo | Mid-market to Enterprise |
| 2. Contrast Video Productions | Full-service commercial video crew | Quote-based | Local commercial and brand video |
| 3. Black Tent | Nationwide brand video crew | Quote-based | National brand and trade show video |
| 4. I and Eye Productions | Full-service production and post since 1999 | Quote-based | Corporate and retail campaign video |
| 5. Epipheo | Enterprise explainer video | Quote-based | Enterprise explainer and B2B video |
| 6. Faust Film | Ongoing content-calendar video production | Quote-based | Recurring and subscription video content |
| 7. Rebel Pilgrim | Broadcast-grade commercial film | Quote-based | Broadcast commercial and brand film |
| 8. Barking Squirrel Media | Manufacturing and industrial video | Quote-based | Manufacturing and industrial brand film |
| 9. SpotOn Productions | Institutional and education video | Quote-based | Institutional and nonprofit video |
| 10. Wilbur | Home-services brand film | Quote-based | Home-services and contractor video |
| 11. Drive Media House | Narrative explainer video | Quote-based | Enterprise and healthcare explainer video |
| 12. Pauly Vision | Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati brand video | Quote-based | Franchise and community-event video |
| 13. Big Media Creative | Motion design and AI-assisted video | Quote-based | Motion graphics and animated brand video |
| 14. Motion Meld Studio | 3D animation and broadcast motion graphics | Quote-based | 3D animation and broadcast video |
| 15. Rhine Media | Documentary and civic brand video | Quote-based | Documentary-style civic and brand video |
| 16. AmeriFilms | Documentary aerial cinematography | Quote-based | Documentary and aerial brand film |
| 17. Spotted Yeti Media | Smart Video strategy and production | Quote-based | Nonprofit and SaaS explainer video |
| 18. Holler Creative | B2B and industrial storytelling video | Quote-based | Manufacturing and industrial B2B video |
| 19. SteadiReadi | Agency-ready storytelling video | Quote-based | Agency-partner and testimonial video |
| 20. Cider Mill Productions | Narrative-style corporate and retail film | Quote-based | Narrative branded film and retail media video |
| 21. Seven/Seventy-Nine | Documentary and mission-driven video | Quote-based | Nonprofit and museum documentary video |
| 22. Dispatch Video | Institutional and brand video production for Cincinnati organizations | Quote-based | Cincinnati institutions and businesses seeking brand-aligned video content |
| 23. Brave Dog | Full-service corporate and aerial video production | Quote-based | Cincinnati businesses and agencies needing outsourced video production |
| 24. Harris Creative Co | Long-term healthcare and retail brand video partnerships | Quote-based | Healthcare and retail organizations in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region |
| 25. isight media | Marketing video and case study production for B2B brands | Quote-based | Cincinnati-area B2B and construction companies needing case study video |
| 26. Cinevita Films | Turn-key corporate video from concept through post-production | Quote-based | Cincinnati organizations needing full in-house production and motion graphics |
Frequently Asked Questions
What does video production cost in Cincinnati?
None of the 25 external companies publishes a starting figure, so every number here comes from a quote. National benchmarks put an average professionally produced corporate video near twelve thousand dollars, mid-range work at roughly one thousand to three thousand dollars per finished minute, and a non-union director of photography from about nine hundred dollars a day. Use those as sanity checks, then ask each studio to itemise pre-production, shoot days, crew, edit days and delivery formats.
Which Cincinnati studios name their clients publicly?
Twenty of the 25 do. Dispatch Video names Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Northern Kentucky University and REDI Cincinnati, Harris Creative Co names St Elizabeth Healthcare and Kroger Health, Cinevita Films names The Ridge Ohio, and Epipheo built a national reputation on named explainer work. The five that anonymise their case studies by category may still be excellent, but you are buying on a reel rather than on evidence, so ask for two reference calls.
Does Northern Kentucky count as Cincinnati?
For production purposes, yes. Drive Media House in Newport, Pauly Vision and Harris Creative Co in Covington and isight media all work inside the same metro and are minutes from downtown Cincinnati. This page states each firm's real base rather than presenting the river as a border. The one genuine outlier is AmeriFilms, which is headquartered in Dayton and discloses on its own site that it serves Cincinnati clients.
Is Ohio a good place to shoot right now?
The incentives are real. Ohio awarded forty-six million dollars for new film, television and Broadway production projects in August 2025, which has kept crew, gear houses and studio space busy across the state. For a corporate buyer that mostly matters indirectly: a busy market means experienced freelance crew are available locally, but it also means the strongest studios book out, so approach a shortlist earlier than you think you need to.
Explainer video or brand film for a Cincinnati company?
Explainer and animated work suits a product or process that is hard to see, and Cincinnati has unusual depth in it through Epipheo, Motion Meld Studio and Barking Squirrel Media. A brand film or documentary suits people, culture and recruitment, which is where Rebel Pilgrim, Black Tent, Wilbur and Cider Mill Productions sit. Average viewer retention on short-form video sits near half the runtime, so plan cut-downs at the script stage rather than afterwards.
Choosing a Video Production Company in Cincinnati
Nobody publishes a rate. None of the 25 external companies posts a starting figure, so demand a written scope split into pre-production, shoot days, crew, edit days, revision rounds and delivery formats before you try to compare two proposals on price alone.
Named clients are widely available. Twenty of the 25 name at least one client publicly, including children's hospitals, universities and regional health systems, so there is no need to settle for an anonymised montage or a portfolio with the logos stripped out.
The metro crosses a state line. Four of these companies work from Northern Kentucky and one from Dayton, all disclosed on their entries, so judge on evidenced work and travel time rather than on which side of the river the office sits.
Plan the distribution with the film. For performance creative, the paid social that carries it and the landing page behind it from one team, see our Cincinnati office or book a call.
