If you’re looking for a video production company in the Chicago area how do you decide which company would be best? One suggestion is to make sure you look past a video production highlight reel and actually view a video production samples. This is important no matter if your looking in Chicago or any other city because a highlight reel doesn’t tell a story, it only shows small doses of greatness. So be sure to view samples on the video production company’s website, see if they offer the type of look and feel in their video samples that you would like delivered in your project. Another way to select a video production company is to see if they have a video that showcases themselves; who they are and what they do and why they think they would be a good partner for you. You are not just choosing a company, you’re choosing the team, experience and creativity and they become a partner during the process. Prices for video production in Chicago for a typical company showcase video can range from a $1,000 for a freelance videographer to $8,000 from a full service video production company. However, be sure that you are fairly comparing apples to apples. A freelance videographer may be the one man band that shows up with a single low end video camera and it’s not fair to compare his price to a video production company that is going to send out a 4 person crew with all sorts of video gear including dollies, sliders, rigs, lights, and separate audio capturing devices. The old saying “you get what you pay for” holds true in the Chicago video production industry. Below you will find a directory of many, but not all of the video production companies in Chicago and we hope it assists you in making your decision. We would like to leave you with one last thought: a video can last you upwards of 5 years before it becomes outdated, with that in mind, if the high quality video costs you $5,000 from a professional Chicago video production company that cost is a mere $1,000 per year for one of the most powerful and influential marketing tools you could ever use.