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Video production cost in Morocco: what goes into the budget

The cost of a video production depends less on the final length than on what has to be organised to get the images and the level of finish required. A highly staged thirty-second clip can require more resources than an interview several minutes long.

The items that make up a budget

Pre-production

Concept, writing, scouting, scheduling, possible casting, location coordination and technical preparation. This stage avoids paying for shooting hours spent making decisions that should have been made before.

Shoot

Crew, cameras, lenses, lighting, sound, grip, sets, travel, how long locations are occupied, and any specific constraints.

Post-production

Logging, editing, music, sound design, mixing, colour grading, motion design, subtitles and approval rounds.

Versions and formats

A 16:9 master is not always enough. Short, vertical, square, multilingual or platform-specific versions must be included in the scope.

What order of magnitude in Morocco

From 15,000 to 300,000 dirhams

At EL 25 Studio Production, a film starts at around 15,000 Moroccan dirhams (MAD) and can reach 300,000 dirhams. The gap does not come from the film's length but from the setup: number of days and locations, crew size, staging, technical resources and the level of finish required.

What pushes a budget up

Several sites to cover, extras, built sets, special equipment, a shoot spread over time, several language versions or extensive graphics.

What keeps it down

Grouping sequences on the same trip, shooting several pieces of content on the same day, fixing the scope before the shoot and limiting approval rounds.

Why there is no price list

A price per type of film would assume that two projects with the same name require the same work. Pricing is based on the real scope: objective, locations, crew, shooting days, deliverables and rights.

How to compare two quotes

Compare scopes, not totals

Compare the exact deliverables, the number of days, the crew, the preparation assumptions, the level of post-production, the rights included and the number of revision rounds. A total price without a clear scope is hard to compare.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a corporate video cost in Morocco?

At EL 25 Studio Production, a production company based in Casablanca, a film ranges from about 15,000 to 300,000 Moroccan dirhams depending on the production and the level of quality required. A half-day interview and a campaign involving several crews on several sites share the same name but not the same setup — the scope sets the price, not the format.

Can a quote be given without a brief?

An order of magnitude, yes. A reliable quote, no: without a scope, the price corresponds to nothing verifiable. A few lines on the objective, the locations and the date are enough to start.

Does the film's length determine the price?

Much less than people think. What costs is the number of shooting days, the number of locations and the level of post-production — not the length of the final edit.

Why is there no published price list?

Because it would be wrong from the first project that falls outside it. Two films of the same type can take one day or ten. The order of magnitude is public; the price is built on the real scope.

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