Madrid Video Production

I'm an award-winning cinematographer producing executive interviews, corporate films and conference coverage in Madrid for international communications teams, working in Spanish and English on set. Clients include The New York Times, Google, Pfizer, AWS, Huawei, Merck and Novo Nordisk.

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Video production services
in Madrid

I produce corporate, brand and documentary video in Madrid with a compact setup.

Typical engagements:

Executive interviews and leadership messages, single or two-camera
Documentary and branded content, on location
Corporate films and case studies for global teams
Conference and event coverage, multi-camera with stage audio feed
Testimonials filmed in offices, studios or at venues
Post-production: edit, grade, captions, deliverables for web and social

Six interview frames from a two-camera corporate interview series filmed by Theo Solnik

Who you're hiring in Madrid

I'm Theo Solnik, founder of Haikai Media and the cinematographer on every Madrid shoot I deliver. I trained at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin under Fred Kelemen, Béla Tarr's cinematographer on The Turin Horse, and have been shooting corporate, documentary and cinema work for 30 years.

My first feature, Anna Pavlova Lives in Berlin, won the inaugural Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Filmkunst (Prize of the National Gallery for Young Film Art), presented by Bruno Ganz and Iris Berben, and was exhibited daily over four months at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. My work has since screened at festivals and museums in more than 25 countries. On the corporate side I've worked for Google, Pfizer, AWS, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Huawei, Barclays, Boston Consulting Group and Brain Corp, among others.

I work in Spanish and English on set, along with Portuguese, Italian, French, German and Norwegian. For a Madrid shoot that means I brief participants and direct contributors in Spanish, and keep English as the working language for the international team commissioning the job.

I hold Italian and Brazilian nationality and was granted a U.S. O-1B visa as an Artist with Extraordinary Ability.

When you book a Madrid shoot, you're hiring the director of photography who personally lights, frames and delivers the work — not a booking agent passing the job on.

Full biography and credentials here.

Executive interviews in Madrid

Executive interviews are the most common corporate request I get, filmed in offices, boardrooms, hotels or rented spaces that hold clean sound and a consistent look across several speakers on the same day.

My standard setup is two cameras, a wider primary and a tighter secondary, on a RED Komodo 6K with Zeiss Standard Speed primes at 16, 24, 32, 50 and 85mm. Audio runs to a Sennheiser MKH-416 shotgun or a Sanken COS-11 lavalier, with an independent 32-bit float recorder as backup.

When a speaker is more at ease in Spanish, I run the interview in Spanish and deliver English-subtitled versions alongside the original. For a communications team coordinating from another country, I share a question framework beforehand and send review links after filming, so people in other time zones can sign off without waiting on a shipped drive.

Corporate, brand and conference video in Madrid

Corporate work in Madrid usually pairs interviews with contextual filming of the people, workplaces and processes behind an organisation, planned around real operating schedules so filming doesn't disrupt the working day. B-roll covers offices, meetings and exterior establishing shots around the city, giving the edit structure and continuity.

IFEMA is Madrid's trade-fair venue, and conferences also run in hotels and corporate venues across the city. For events I film multi-camera with a feed from the stage audio desk, and agree filming rules with the organiser and venue in advance.

Where a shoot needs more than one operator, I bring in vetted local crew and direct them myself, so the standard holds whether it's a single interview or a larger production.

Filming logistics and production workflow in Madrid

Permits: most corporate shoots, in offices, studios and private venues, need no municipal authorisation, since they take place on private property with the owner's permission.

Public space is handled by the City Council's filming authorisations office, and the Madrid Film Office, run by Madrid Destino, advises productions. At the time of writing, a crew of up to 15 people working with a tripod only and no impact on traffic files a free notification rather than a permit. Larger shoots need a public-space occupation permit, applied for at least 7 working days ahead, or 15 working days for parks and for the Salamanca and Centro districts. I handle that process when a public location is part of the plan.

Equipment is mine: RED Komodo 6K, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, Sigma fp, Zeiss Standard Speed PL primes, DJI RS 3 Pro with LiDAR and Focus Pro, Zoom 32-bit float recorders, Sennheiser and Sanken microphones and an owned lighting package. No rental surprises, no last-minute substitutions.

Deliverables and turnaround

Deliverables are prepared for the client's intended use: master files for internal distribution, compressed versions for web, shorter edits for social platforms, or documentary cutdowns where the project calls for it.

Interview-based productions deliver a first cut within 24 to 48 hours of wrap. Two revision rounds are included, and each revised cut arrives within 24 hours of your feedback. Documentary and multi-day productions follow a schedule agreed in the quote. Final exports include ProRes masters, H.264 web versions, 9:16 social cutdowns and burned-in or sidecar subtitles in Spanish and English on request.

Colour grading, sound mix and original music composition are handled in-house.

Pricing

Every Madrid project is quoted individually based on crew size, shoot days, deliverables and post-production scope. No hidden surcharges: insurance and contingency are itemised separately so you see what you're paying for. Payment terms are 50% on signing, 50% within five business days of final delivery.

FAQ

Do you speak Spanish and English on set?

Yes. I work in Spanish and English on set, and also in Portuguese, Italian, French, German and Norwegian. I can run interviews in Spanish and deliver English-subtitled versions.

Do you need a permit to film in Madrid?

Not for interiors on private premises. In public space, a small tripod-only crew with no traffic impact files a free notification; larger shoots need an occupation permit at least 7 working days ahead, or 15 for parks and the Salamanca and Centro districts. I handle the application.

Can you film conferences and trade fairs in Madrid?

Yes. I cover conferences and trade fairs with multi-camera setups and a stage audio feed, at IFEMA, hotels and corporate venues, and agree filming rules with the organiser in advance.

What's included in the day rate?

The day rate covers me as DP, the RED Komodo package, Zeiss primes, standard lighting and audio kit. Additional crew, specialised lighting and permits are quoted separately.

How fast can you deliver?

First cut within 24 to 48 hours of wrap for standard interview projects. Two revision rounds are included, each revised cut within 24 hours of your feedback. Documentary and multi-day work is delivered on an agreed schedule.