Quick answer

A simple corporate video or photography shoot typically takes 1–2 weeks from shoot day to final delivery. Larger campaign productions — involving multiple locations, talent casting, or complex post-production — usually take 3–6 weeks from brief to delivery.

The typical production timeline

1. Brief and pre-production (3–10 days)

This covers scriptwriting or shot list development, location scouting, talent casting if required, scheduling, and any permits or approvals. Simple projects can move through pre-production in a few days; campaigns with multiple stakeholders and locations take longer.

2. Shoot day(s)

Most corporate videos are filmed in a single day. Brand campaigns or projects spanning multiple locations can run across several days, sometimes with different crews working in parallel.

3. Post-production (1–4 weeks)

Editing, colour grading, sound design and any motion graphics happen after the shoot. A single video with one round of revisions can be turned around in about a week; multi-deliverable projects or projects requiring several review rounds take longer.

What extends a timeline

Multiple stakeholders providing feedback at different times
Talent, venue or drone approvals that need lead time
Additional deliverables added after the brief is locked
Reshoots due to weather or availability

Keeping your project on schedule

The biggest lever for a fast turnaround is a locked brief before the shoot — clear objectives, a single point of feedback, and agreed deliverables up front. Projects that change scope mid-way through post-production are the ones that blow out timelines.