Video production company in Birmingham, AL

Commercials, brand films, testimonials, and corporate video, produced on location in Birmingham to a broadcast standard.

Filming in Birmingham

A major medical and research center with striking industrial architecture. Healthcare brand and patient-story films are the core of the work here.

Sloss Furnaces is the reason to bring a camera to Birmingham. A blast-furnace complex that ran from 1882 to 1971 and now a National Historic Landmark, it offers enormous rusted industrial volume of a kind almost nowhere else can. Vulcan Park puts the largest cast-iron statue in the world on Red Mountain above the city — iron built this place and the statue says so — and Railroad Park adds modern linear space beside the rail corridor and the restored theatre district.

More on filming in Birmingham

UAB's medical campus anchors the healthcare and research work as the largest employer in the state. Spring and autumn run long enough here to give a wider shooting window than most markets on this map, and humidity and heavy tree canopy keep the light soft, with mornings visibly clearer than hazier afternoons. Every production in Jefferson County registers first with Film Birmingham, which then routes the work to the correct municipal desk — worth establishing early, since published notice varies sharply between the Greater Birmingham municipalities, from seventy-two hours to thirty days.

Contemporary institutional work connects to the city’s industrial history. Sloss Furnaces provides enormous industrial volume inside a preserved blast-furnace complex, while Vulcan Park places the world’s largest cast-iron statue above the city on Red Mountain. Railroad Park adds a modern linear space beside the rail corridor and restored theater district.

March through May and October through November provide the strongest exterior conditions. Summers are hot and heavily humid, with frequent afternoon thunderstorms, while winters remain mild and green. Spring and autumn are long enough to create a wider shooting window than most cities in the group. Humidity and tree cover soften the light; summer haze builds through the afternoon, making mornings visibly clearer.

All productions in Jefferson County first register with Film Birmingham, which then routes the work to the relevant municipal permitting desk. Published notice varies sharply across Greater Birmingham. The hilly city is divided by ridges and interstates, so travel can run longer than a flat map suggests. Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International is about ten minutes northeast of downtown. Cheaha State Park is about 90 minutes east. Little River Canyon is roughly two hours northeast. Montgomery lies around 90 minutes south. The Birmingham Civil Rights District is a place of memory and includes an active congregation; access belongs with the institutions themselves.

As a video production company, we work across Alabama, including Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile. If your shoot spans more than one city, we plan it as a single production rather than separate trips.

Birmingham production notes

Field production data

BIRMINGHAM / AL

33.52° N / 86.80° W 11 OCT 2026

Solar

Time zone
CDT
Sunrise
06:48
Sunset
18:19
Daylight
11H 31M
Golden AM
06:48–07:21
Golden PM
17:46–18:19

Field

Shoot season
MAR–MAY
Primary office
FILM BIRMINGHAM

Recent production

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How a Birmingham production runs

  1. 01

    Scope & quote

    A line-itemed quote and a producer on the phone.

    1 business day
  2. 02

    Pre-production

    Script, locations, casting, schedule and shot list.

    2–5 weeks
  3. 03

    Production

    Principal photography.

    1 or more shoot days
  4. 04

    Post & delivery

    Edit, color, mix, and graphics.

    3–5 weeks

Start a project in Birmingham

Tell us what you're making and a producer replies with a line-itemed quote and a plan.

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