Film crew hire/Oxford/Producer
Hire a producer in Oxford. A producer plans your shoot and runs the day, so you have one person to call.
People book a producer in Oxford for college halls, labs at the Science Park and Harwell, and shoots on the street. The producer builds the schedule, books the crew, kit and location, sorts the permissions and runs the day. Our producer day rate starts at £450, and the producer gets all of it.
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The role
What a producer does on your shoot
A producer turns a plan into a day that runs. Before the shoot they build the schedule, book the crew, the kit and the location, sort the permissions, releases and building passes, and send the call sheet. On the day they run the clock, look after your client and your contributors, and make the calls nobody behind the camera has time for.
After wrap, they check the rushes are safe and on their way to you or your edit. In Oxford a good part of the job is knowing who has to say yes, and in what order. The building comes first. Oxfordshire County Council handles filming on streets and pavements, and the city council handles its own parks and open spaces. Each college decides on its own buildings, and the University’s filming coordinator handles University buildings. Brasenose College handles Radcliffe Square, and the county council handles the road. We book a producer who lives in or near Oxford first. If nobody local is free, or the shoot needs more people, we bring crew from London. We add the travel to the quote before anything is booked.
- You have one person to call. Your client, your contributors and the crew all go through the producer.
- The producer keeps to the schedule. They build it and run it, and tell you early when a set-up is running long.
- The producer gets every yes in writing. The building passes, the county council’s permission, each college’s or owner’s permission and the releases are all sorted before the day.
- The producer agrees the extra costs with you first. Overtime, parking and permit fees are agreed before they happen, so the invoice has no surprises.
We checked this in November 2026. Fees and rules change, and this page isn’t the official source. For the latest, check with Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council.
What’s included
What the day rate covers
In the day rate
- An 11-hour day, including an hour for lunch
- The schedule and call sheet for the day
- Running the set, including the timings, the crew, the contributors and your client
- Contributor release forms, signed and filed
- A risk assessment for the location
- A rushes check at wrap, and the handover
On top, each on its own line
- Our 10% booking fee and 2% insurance, on the whole quote
- Prep days before the shoot, if it needs them
- Permit and location fees, including the county council’s and any college’s or private owner’s, at cost
- Travel from London or outside Oxford, and mileage, parking and the Zero Emission Zone charge where the day needs them, at cost
Read how our rates work and the two ways to book in crew rates in Oxford.
Two ways to book
Crew hire or full production
The price depends on who is the producer of record. That’s the company responsible for the shoot. You can book a producer to run your shoot days as part of your production, or ask us to run the whole production.
Crew hire
You run the shoot.
10% + 2% booking fee and insurance on everything we book for you, including crew, kit and travel.
We do
- Find, book and brief the crew, and pay them
- Book kit, travel and hotels too, if you want them
- Send the full price before anything is booked
- One person to call all day
- Employers’ liability for the crew we book, and insurance on kit we hire in
You do
- Run the shoot, or your producer does
- The plan, the schedule and the call sheet
- The location, its permission and its public liability
- You’re the producer of record, so the production is your responsibility
The 2% covers employers’ liability for every crew member we book and the kit we hire in for you. It doesn’t cover anything else on the shoot. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, which goes on the quote as its own line.
Full production
We’re the producer of record.
15% + 5% production fee, plus insurance and contingency, on the whole production budget. We quote it as a production.
We do
- Our producer plans it with you and runs the day
- Locations, permits, kit, studio, travel and hotels, booked and paid in our name
- Insurance for the whole shoot, public liability included, plus the risk assessment and the call sheet
- One contract and one invoice, so overseas teams need no UK company
You do
- The creative calls
- Signing off the plan and the budget
The 5% pays for our production insurance across the whole shoot, including £10m public liability, and the contingency.
If your own producer or director will run the day, book crew hire. If you want us to run the production, ask for a full production quote.
On the day
An example day with a producer
An interview day for a founder film in an office at the Oxford Science Park, with B-roll on Broad Street in the afternoon. The times are an example. Your producer’s call sheet sets the real ones.
- 07:00 Before call The producer is on site first. The van parks in the space the building has kept for it. The kit goes into the lift, and the producer checks the room, the power and where contributors will wait.
- 08:00 Crew call The crew collect their passes from security. The producer gives a safety briefing and goes through the order of the day and who’s who on the client side. The sound recordist is off an early train from London.
- 08:30 Set-up Camera, lights and sound go in. The producer walks your client through the plan and checks the questions.
- 10:00 First contributor The producer meets the first contributor at reception, settles them and gets the release signed while they’re mic’d up. Then the producer watches the time and listens to the answers.
- 13:00 Lunch Lunch is an hour, as the card sets it. The producer ordered it the day before, and it’s delivered to the floor.
- 14:00 Street B-roll Five of the crew film on Broad Street. It’s one of the listed streets in the centre, so Oxfordshire County Council had 30 working days’ notice, and the fee for five to ten crew there is £400 a day plus VAT. The van parks outside the Zero Emission Zone, so there’s no daily charge. The crew keep the pavements clear.
- 18:30 Wrap The kit goes down the goods lift and the room is put back. The producer hands in the passes and checks the rushes before they’re sent. The crew are out by 19:00.
We checked this in November 2026. Fees and rules change, and this page isn’t the official source. For the latest, check with Oxfordshire County Council.
Types
Types of producer we book
The word producer covers a few different jobs. Each type below says what the job is and which briefs it suits.
Shoot producer Runs your shoot days From £450 a day
A shoot producer is the booking most clients mean. The film is already planned, and you need someone to run the shoot days. They look after the crew, the timings, the contributors and your client.
Good for interview days, events and agency shoots where your own producer is on another job.
Production manager Logistics and bookings £504–627 a day
A production manager books the crew, kit, vans, parking and hotels, and keeps the paperwork straight, working to your producer. See production managers in Oxford.
Good for shoots over several days or locations, where the logistics are a job of their own.
Producer-director Plans the film and directs it Quoted on the brief
A producer-director plans the story, runs the interviews and directs the shoot, sometimes with a camera in hand. See directors in Oxford.
Good for documentary interviews and small crews, where one person plans the film and directs it.
Local producer, or service company For teams from outside the UK Production quote
A local producer runs the ground for a production coming in from abroad. That covers the crew, permits, kit, vans and hotels, on one UK contract. It makes us the producer of record, so we quote it as a production, with 15% plus 5% for insurance and contingency.
Good for teams from the US and Europe. Read how a UK production service company works.
Production assistant An extra pair of hands £400 a day
A production assistant looks after releases, runs, kit, parking and the call sheet, working to the producer. See production assistants in Oxford.
Good alongside a producer on busy days with lots of contributors.
What it’s for
What people book a producer for in Oxford
Founder films for spin-outs and biotech
Producers run interview days at the Oxford Science Park, Begbroke and Harwell Campus, where spin-outs and biotech companies film their founders and labs. Every crew name goes to security the day before.
Conferences and events at college venues
Crews film the talks and record interviews between the sessions. Keble is one of the colleges that takes location filming. The producer keeps up with a running order that changes by the hour.
Brand films and adverts on the street
Adverts and brand films use Broad Street, the High and the Covered Market. Oxfordshire County Council handles the streets and pavements. In Radcliffe Square, Brasenose College handles the square and the county council handles the road, so the producer asks both.
Heritage locations out of town
Brand films go out to Blenheim Palace at Woodstock and the edge of the Cotswolds, with the owner’s permission.
University and research films
Producers arrange filming with researchers and students in labs, lecture theatres and libraries. They start with the University’s filming coordinator or the college.
Recent work
Producers on our jobs, and how we crew Oxford
Our work · London and New York · January 2024 to July 2026
A producer on the ground in New York, for AlTi
Six productions for AlTi Tiedemann Global, including a brand film and a fireside chat on AI. For every New York shoot, our director and producer flew out from London and booked the crew locally. They chose locations to match the London footage. The edit, grade, mix and animation were done in London.
How we crew it · Oxford
A producer who lives locally, or one of ours from London
We start with producers who live in or near Oxford. If the shoot needs one of our own producers, they come from London by train. The producer then books the crew round the shoot, starting with people who live locally and bringing the rest from London. We add the travel to the quote before anything is booked.
Before you book
Things to know
The day
- The day is 11 hours, including an hour for lunch.
- Overtime is paid at card rates, and we agree it with you before it happens.
- Prep days before the shoot are quoted separately.
Permissions and certificates
- Streets and pavements go through Oxfordshire County Council. A small crew needs at least 15 working days’ notice, or 30 on listed streets in the centre. The daily fee for one to four crew is £150 plus VAT, or £300 plus VAT on premium streets such as Broad Street and Turl Street. A road closure needs a Special Event Order and at least 12 weeks’ notice.
- The city council handles its own parks and open spaces. A full commercial day there with one to five crew costs £840. Each college decides on its own buildings, and the University’s filming coordinator handles University buildings. Private places need their owner’s permission.
- Oxfordshire County Council asks for at least £10m public liability for filming on streets and pavements, and venues usually ask to see your certificate. On a crew hire, that certificate is yours. On a full production, our policy covers it. We checked this in November 2026. Fees and rules change, and this page isn’t the official source. For the latest, check with Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council.
Paying and changes
- You pay nothing until you confirm the producer.
- We take 50% by card when you book and 50% when you receive the final rushes.
- The quote shows every line, including the day rate, booking fee, kit and travel.
- Cancellation terms are on every quote.
What our insurance covers
- Our insurance covers employers’ liability for the producer we book, up to £10m.
- Kit we hire in for you is insured. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, as its own line on the quote.
- On a crew hire, it doesn’t cover anything else. Public liability, the location and your own kit stay with you, and your venue will want to see your certificate. When we’re the producer of record, our policy covers the shoot.
From £450 a day
APA/Bectu card benchmark: £961 a day.
| Day rate, 11 hours | £450 |
| Booking fee, 10% | £45 |
| Insurance, 2% | £9 |
| One day, before travel | £504 + VAT |
The 2% covers employers’ liability for the producer we book and the kit we hire in. What it covers
You won’t pay anything until you confirm the producer.
- 50% by card at booking, 50% on the final rushes
- Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours
- Every line on the quote before anything is booked
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The whole crew
Every crew role we book in Oxford
Send one brief and we send one quote, with every role on its own line. These are our day rates in Oxford, and each crew member gets their full rate:
Production 06
- Director From £500
- Producer This page From £450
- Production manager £504–627
- 2nd AD £355–448
- Production assistant £400
- Runner £245
Camera 07
- DOP From £850
- Camera operator £529–656
- Focus puller £461–575
- Clapper loader £355–448
- Steadicam operator From £950
- Gimbal operator £529–656
- Drone operator From £750
Data and playback 02
- DIT £527
- Video playback £334–518
Sound 01
- Sound recordist £550
Hair, make-up and costume 02
- Hair and make-up £398
- Costume £519–694
Art department 02
- Art director £675–878
- Set builders £341–512
Post-production 01
- Editor From £350
See how our rates work in crew rates in Oxford, or start from one of our crew set-ups in Oxford.
Production support
Everything around the crew
Your producer can book any of these for you, including the county council’s permission and a college room. Each goes on its own line of the quote, or you can sort them yourself.
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Kit rental
Where to hire camera, lighting and sound kit for an Oxford shoot, and when the crew bring their own.
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Locations and permits
The county council for streets, the colleges and the University, the Bodleian and the drone rules.
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Studios and set builds
Studios at Didcot and south of Reading for set builds, and college rooms hired by the day for interviews.
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Props and wardrobe
Where props and costume come from, and the stylists and hair and make-up artists we book.
Questions
Questions about hiring a producer in Oxford
How much does a producer cost in Oxford?
Our producers start at £450 for an 11-hour day, including an hour for lunch, and the producer gets all of it. The APA/Bectu card benchmark for a producer is £961. We add our 10% booking fee and 2% insurance, so one day comes to £504 + VAT, before any travel from London. If you want us to run the whole production as producer of record, we quote it as a production instead. That’s everything at cost, plus 15% and 5% for insurance and contingency, and every production starts at £9,500.
What does the insurance on a crew booking cover?
It covers two things. The first is employers’ liability for every crew member we book, up to £10m. The second is the kit we hire in for you. That’s what the 2% pays for. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, which goes on the quote as its own line. On a crew hire, you’re the producer of record, so public liability, the location, your own kit and anything you book yourself stay with you. If you want us to be the producer of record, we quote it as a full production, and our insurance covers the whole shoot.
Do I need a producer or a production assistant?
If someone has to make decisions on the day, book a producer. A production assistant, at £400 a day, works to them on releases, runs, kit and the call sheet. Busy contributor days often have both.
Can your producer run an Oxford shoot for a production from outside the UK?
Yes. We become the producer of record in the UK. Your contract is with us, a UK company, and our producer runs the ground, including the crew, permits, vans and hotels, on one invoice. We quote it as a production, at cost plus 15% and 5%. See how a UK production service company works.
Can a producer sort permits and locations in Oxford?
Yes. Oxfordshire County Council handles filming on streets and pavements in Oxford and the county. A small crew needs at least 15 working days’ notice, or 30 on listed streets in the centre, and the daily fee for one to four crew is £150 plus VAT. The city council handles its own parks and open spaces and publishes its own fees. Each college decides for itself, and the University’s filming coordinator handles University buildings. Brasenose College handles Radcliffe Square, and the county council handles the road. See filming permits in Oxford. Check with Oxfordshire County Council and each owner for the latest.
Can we film at the Bodleian or the Radcliffe Camera?
Yes, through the Bodleian Libraries, which the Radcliffe Camera is part of. Small crews, up to 10 people, start at £500 an hour plus VAT, and larger crews at £1,000 an hour plus VAT. The price depends on the crew, the kit and the times. Crews normally film before 8.30am or after closing. Large-scale filming needs at least 3 months’ notice, and filming items from the collections needs at least 28 days. Check with the Bodleian Libraries for the latest.
Are your producers from Oxford?
Our own producers come from London, where our base is, at 124 City Road. We have bases in Manchester, Bristol and Cornwall too. The fastest trains take 52 minutes from Paddington, or about 1 hour 12 from Marylebone. For a freelance producer, and the rest of the crew, we start with people who live in or near Oxford. If the brief or the date needs someone else, they come from London, and we add the travel to the quote before anything is booked. Check with GWR and Chiltern Railways for the latest train times.
How far ahead should I book a producer in Oxford?
Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours. If the producer is also booking locations or permits, give them time. Oxfordshire County Council needs at least 15 working days’ notice for a small crew on the street, or 30 on listed streets in the centre. A medium crew of 11 to 40 needs two months, and a road closure needs at least 12 weeks. Most colleges want at least two weeks. Term time is the hardest time to get college rooms and quads, so allow more time then. Check with Oxfordshire County Council for the latest.