Seceda Studios

Services

What we make.

We're Seceda Studios, a cinematic video production company based in Berlin. We make YouTube videos, branded mini-documentaries, commercials, episodic series, and films for brands and filmmakers who need more than a thirty-second ad can carry. We stay small on purpose. Our crews came out of engineering and film schools in equal measure, which is why we usually come in under what a traditional production house quotes for the same scope.

Formats

Three ways to work, one crew.

YouTube Longform

Build a library that brings you leads for years.

Build your lead system Optimised for the algorithm now, SEO views later You show up for the camera, we do the rest From €1,800 Start your content library

Commercials

Agency-grade craft at a small studio's speed and price.

Short production cycles, because the crew is small Directors from our own network Built for high-end branding ambitions Budgets up to €50k Get your quote

Branded Docs

The story you already have, told so people finish it.

Real people on camera People get to know you while you sleep Your most valuable trust asset From €8–12k Start building trust

· Also in the mix

Two more things we make.

04 · Series

Branded Dramatic or Sketch Comedy Series

episodic stories with your brand inside, not plastered on top.

Product placement died the day audiences learned to skip ads. What replaced it is genre-aware episodic storytelling, where a brand is a character, a setting, or a stakeholder rather than a sponsor bug. We develop and produce short dramatic series and sketch comedy seasons that compound over time, live natively on YouTube and social, and build the kind of audience that eventually buys.

  • Scripted dramatic series (3–10 episodes)
  • Sketch comedy seasons
  • Vertical-native serial formats
  • Episodic arc planning and writers' room
  • Social cut-down strategy for each episode
  • External writer talent welcome

Develop a series

Film Production by Seceda Studios.

05 · Film

Film Production

shorts, features, and spec work that land festival-ready.

We make narrative film for people who care about the craft. That covers short films, feature development, and commissioned-director work. We handle the shoot, edit, sound, colour, and festival strategy. You arrive with a script or an idea. We come back with a film that travels.

  • Narrative shorts (3–20 min)
  • Feature development and co-production
  • Commissioned-director features
  • Festival submission strategy
  • Full post pipeline: picture, sound, colour, VFX

Talk about a film

· Process

How a project moves.

Four stages. One timeline. No mystery weeks.

  1. 01

    Brief

    You send a one-paragraph note. We send back questions, then either a realistic scope and price inside 48 hours, or an honest answer that we are not the right fit, plus a recommendation for who is.

  2. 02

    Concept

    Once we are moving forward, you get a creative treatment, a shot list, and a working budget. One round of revisions is included. We do not bill for rejected concepts.

  3. 03

    Production

    We shoot. You get daily rushes, same-day from a Berlin set and within 24 hours from anywhere else in Europe. No black-box weeks where the client has to wait and hope.

  4. 04

    Delivery

    Picture lock, colour, sound, final master, social cut-downs, whatever the contract covers. Your files live in your drive, not ours. We never gate the assets we made for you.

· Operators

Production, built like software.

Most production houses are creative shops that happen to run a business. We're a creative shop that runs like an engineering team, because we came from both worlds. We write and direct the work ourselves, and we also build open-source tools that the film, TV, and creator industries use to plan, staff, and ship their own projects.

What that buys you as a client: clear pipelines, no-surprise budgeting, and a turnaround that beats what traditional production companies quote for the same scope. Nothing here is artisanal in the vague sense. We ship.

· Q&A

What people usually ask.

Do you work outside Germany?

Yes. The core crew is in Berlin, but we've shot in Spain, the UK, the US, and on location across the EU. Travel is billed at cost. We never mark up flights or hotels.

What's a typical budget?

Mini-docs start around €8–12k. Commercials are €15–50k. Short films are €30k and up. Branded series run €80k and up per season. We quote exactly once we see the brief, so the ranges above are only for checking whether we're in the same ballpark.

Can we use the footage for paid ads?

Yes. Our standard contract transfers full rights for paid and organic use on all channels, in perpetuity. No per-platform royalties. No five-year clocks.

Do we need to bring a script?

No. We can write it for you, co-write it with you, or work from a script you already have. Writing is included in the quote either way.

How long does a project take from brief to delivery?

Mini-documentary: 4–6 weeks. Commercial: 3–5 weeks. Short film: 8–16 weeks depending on post complexity. Series timelines vary with episode count, but we lock the full delivery schedule before the first day of shooting.

Why does a production company run open-source software projects?

Because the tools we needed didn't exist, and building them turned out to be cheaper than buying bad ones. The tools make our own work faster. They also make the broader creator industry a little less painful for everyone else. Our public repos live at github.com/secedastudios.

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