Video production · Cincinnati The story is already there. We help you find it.

We help small businesses find creative ways to get the word out

There is one thing the photograph must contain – the humanity of the moment.

Robert Frank

Some of the people we've made films for

  • Pickles & Bones
  • Urban Sites
  • Taste of Belgium
  • Urbana Café
Alok Karnik

I'm Alok.

Cincinnati Social is a media company. With AI, it's easier than ever to make content… what's hard is the taste and the identity behind it. That's where we excel.

You work with me directly, start to finish. I find the story, plan it, film it and see it through to the final cut. We take on a few projects at a time, so you're never handed off.

More about me

The work

Real people, real places. Every film had a job to do.

  • 1:45
    Urban Sites

    Court Street

    A historic renovation in downtown Cincinnati, filmed for its developer, Urban Sites.
  • 2:34
    Taste of Belgium

    Website Hero Film

    Made for the top of Taste of Belgium's home page: the scratch kitchen, the waffles and the people who make them.
  • 0:32
    Our own work

    Beauty in Cincy

    Thirty seconds of the city we work in, from the river to the rooftops, made for Earth Day.
  • 1:30
    Urbana Café

    Coffee Tutorial

    A 90-second how-to for Urbana Café: iced pour-over at home, from the scale to the ice.
  • 0:20
    Urbana Café

    Atlas Drone Tour

    A 20-second drone fly-through of Urbana Café in the Atlas Building, made vertical for phones.

See all the work

Films that compound

Video is a bad way to make quick cash. It works more like a dividend stock. You buy it once and it pays you back for years.

  • A man looking far ahead through binoculars on a riverside path

    Where you're heading

    First, your long game. Where you want to be 10 or 15 years from now. Then we build the story around that.

  • A man in a hard hat walking past a construction fence, phone in hand

    We walk

    We find your identity on a few walks before anything gets filmed. Sit down and people tighten up. Walk and the ideas start to flow. (Any golfer knows why loose matters.)

  • A guest talking on a podcast set, with an ON AIR sign on the table

    The treatment

    Then the vibe. Sit-down interviews, a behind-the-scenes series, a day-to-day documentary… whatever fits where you're going. You approve the plan, then we shoot it.

See the whole process

What you can count on

  • Reply within 1 business day.
  • Fixed quote, no surprise charges.
  • Finished cuts for every channel.
  • A plan you can show your board.

How we work

Films from $5,000Day rates start at $1,000/day

What are you working on?

Send us a few lines about what's been hard lately, or where you want to be 10 years from now. Every note goes straight to Alok, and you'll hear back within 1 business day.

If the spam check doesn't load, email us at alok@cincy-social.com.

alok@cincy-social.com