Bay Area Video Production, Based in San Francisco

Sunlyte Productions produces commercial video across the San Francisco Bay Area, from restaurants in the city to a Berkeley City Council campaign film, alongside product launches and executive interviews for the region's technology brands. San Francisco is home base, which means Bay Area shoots run without travel costs or logistics overhead: the crew is already here.

The Bay Area is a demanding market for brand content: your customers are the same people who scrutinize product films for a living. We keep crews small and senior so the polish stays high and the timeline stays short: direction, cinematography, editing, and color grading under one roof.

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What We Produce

Commercial & brand films

Flagship films for Bay Area brands, shot and finished to broadcast standard.

Product launch videos

Launch films for the region's hardware and consumer brands, like our film for Fellow's Aiden coffee maker.

Executive & founder interviews

CEO-grade interview production for the companies the Bay Area builds.

Food & beverage content

Motion and stills from one shoot, so menus, social, and web all share the same appetite appeal.

Campaign & political films

Fast-turnaround persuasion work, like our Berkeley City Council campaign video.

Selected Work

People Food

Create a promotional video and photo set presenting Matador SF's food and brand.

Cecilia Lunaparra 4 Berkeley City Council

Create a campaign video for Cecilia Lunaparra's run for Berkeley City Council.

Introducing Aiden Precision Coffee Maker

A product launch video introducing the Fellow Aiden Precision Coffee Maker, presenting its precision brewing technology and design.

CrossFit Community

Capture the energy and community of CrossFit Alinea's training.

One crew for the whole Bay Area

San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and the East Bay, the Peninsula, San Jose, and Marin are all a drive away, so a Bay Area production carries no travel fees and no scouting trip billed separately. Our Berkeley City Council campaign film was shot the way campaign work should be (a small, fast crew with real access, footage that feels like the community it was shot in), and the same model covers a restaurant in the city or a product launch on the Peninsula.

Local knowledge shows up in the schedule. Parking, load-in distance, elevator access, and building security hours affect a Bay Area shoot day more than they do almost anywhere else, and a scout that checks how far equipment travels from vehicle to set is the difference between a smooth morning and an hour of lost light. The crew already knows which streets and which buildings behave.

What a Bay Area production includes

Every engagement runs from discovery and strategy through treatment, production, edit, color grade and sound design, and delivery, with finishing done in-house rather than outsourced. Cameras are Sony and Canon cinema line, RED, and ARRI; review happens remotely on Frame.io; masters ship QC-ready per channel and campaign-ready within 24 hours.

Motion and stills can come from the same day. For Matador SF a brand film and a five-image still set were shot in the same light and palette, and CrossFit Alinea received three films and a ten-image library from live training sessions: one production, a season of matching assets for menus, social, and the web.

Common Questions

Which parts of the Bay Area do you cover?

All of it: San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and the East Bay, the Peninsula, San Jose, and Marin. Being based here means no travel fees anywhere in the region.

How fast can a Bay Area project turn around?

Most projects go from first message to production inside a few weeks, and local logistics make the Bay Area our fastest market. Share your launch date and we scope backwards from it.

Do you work with both union and non-union crews?

Yes. Union and non-union crews are available depending on the production, every set is insured under US production insurance, and permits are handled as part of pre-production.

Can one shoot produce both video and photography?

Yes, and it is the most efficient way to build a Bay Area brand's asset library. Our Matador SF and CrossFit Alinea productions each paired films with still sets shot in the same session, so every asset shares one look.

Do you also travel beyond the Bay Area?

Yes. We produce nationwide for the right project, including access-driven shoots like our Times Square ball-drop engineering documentary. Travel scope is priced transparently in the proposal.