Samy LazraqOn June 24, 2026, at 7:24 in the evening in Cannes, the marketing team of an American company asked us to re-edit one of its Cannes Lions videos. Different footage, around 30 seconds, with people waiting to approve it. We sent the new cut at 8:47.
We start with that evening because it answers the first worry about hiring abroad: will they be there when it counts? This article is for American companies weighing a studio in France against an agency at home. It covers what you get, what it costs and how the work runs, with real numbers.
The short answer
Capturit is a French film and web studio. One team designs and codes your website and shoots your brand film, at a price fixed before work starts. A site costs from $8,900 and goes live in six weeks. A brand film costs from $5,900, or $5,300 with a site. The code and the domain are yours at launch, and most of the price is due only after you have seen the work.
A New York quote starts at $25,000. Ours starts at $8,900.
- A custom marketing site from a New York agency, up to $75,000 (Clutch and DesignRush, 2026)
- $25,000+
- Up to five pages from Capturit, drawn from scratch, with a dashboard made for it
- $8,900
The gap does not come from doing less. You still get a site drawn from a blank page, in code that belongs to you, with a dashboard you run yourself. The gap comes from two places.
- Overhead. No Manhattan lease, and no layers of account managers between you and the person doing the work.
- Rent. Many sites live on a content system billed for as long as they exist. At public prices in October 2026, Webflow Premium to Storyblok Growth Plus runs $900 to $12,600 over three years. Our dashboard is built for your site, so there is nothing to rent.
To see what other studios publish, read our comparisons of web design agencies in New York and in Miami.
A film studio draws a website differently
Capturit started as a film studio. We built our first websites for the brands we were filming, and we kept the habit of framing: one idea, one focal point, and nothing on the screen that does not serve them. A template cannot do that, because it was drawn before anyone knew what you sell.
A telecom operator usually gets a stock photo of someone in a headset. Perpignan Télécom got the relief of its own region on its first screen, because that is its argument: a local operator that knows the ground.
One team for the site and the film
With two vendors, you carry the brief between them. The film lands on a page that was not made for it, and the site launches with stock photos because the shoot is still being scheduled.
With one team, the shoot is planned for the page. For L'Écrin de la Cité, guest houses in Carcassonne, we cut two films for their website and booking pages.
Tiers Temps, a residence for older people, wanted out of the usual care-home film. In ours, the residents leave for the day and paint a mural with children and an artist, with slow motion, hip-hop and humor.
The film stays optional. You can order the site alone, and if your pictures are good, we build with them.
What working across the Atlantic looks like
Six hours sounds like a problem until you use it. Our calls fall between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. in New York, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. for us, and every message gets an answer within one business day. Notes you send at the end of your day reach us first thing in the morning, and the new version can be waiting when you start yours.
You get one call a week and a preview link from the first design, and you are invoiced in dollars.
Cannes Lions, June 2026
The clearest proof we have is that week in Cannes. We filmed and edited an American company's coverage of the festival: sizzle reels, a recap and social videos. Its team sent notes during the event. This is how long each new cut took to go back.
- June 23
- 39 min
- June 25
- 46 min
- June 25
- 62 min
- June 24
- 83 min
The raw footage followed at the end, in a shared folder. We do not name clients who have not cleared it, so this one stays unnamed.
Four things that keep it from being a gamble
Hiring someone on another continent is a risk, so we built our terms to carry part of it.
- You pay as you see the work. 40% to start, 30% when you approve the designs, 30% when the site is live.
- The price does not move. It is written before work starts. Anything new goes in a quote first.
- You leave with everything. Code, content, dashboard and domain are handed over at launch. Any developer can take over, and no license is due to anyone.
- You get a month of fixes. For thirty days after launch, anything short of what we agreed is fixed free.
Remarkable reliability and consistent professionalism were evident throughout the whole process of building the website.
Jonathan H, in a Google review translated from French. Capturit has 5 out of 5 on Google, from 18 reviews in November 2026.
What we have built and filmed
- Perpignan Télécom: the full redesign of a telecom operator's site, 31 pages.
- SafyPoint: the site, bookings, arrival codes, client logins and online payment.
- Synapse Activ: a solar installer's site, with a quote form on each service page.
- Poivre & Sel: a restaurant booking platform we created and own.
- Tiers Temps: the film above, for a residence near Toulouse.
- Yachting Pyrénées Méditerranée: the film of a yacht charter company.
- Crêpe Touch: a 20-second ad shown in movie theaters.
How to compare us with a local agency
Ask every studio on your list the same five questions, us included.
- Who writes the code, and can I talk to them?
- What do I pay each month after launch, and for how long?
- Who owns the code and the domain if we part ways?
- How much do I pay before I see a design?
- Who shoots the film, and does that team talk to the people building the site?
What it costs
- A site of up to five pages, in one language: from $8,900.
- Up to twelve pages, in two languages, with one integration: from $14,900.
- A brand identity and its site: from $19,900.
- A site with your own software, such as bookings or client accounts: from $29,900.
- A brand film of 60 to 90 seconds: from $5,900, or $5,300 with a site.
- Photos: from $1,490 a half day, $2,490 a full day.
- Hosting and upkeep, if you want them: from $290 a month, with one month's notice to stop.
These are starting prices in US dollars. Yours is fixed after a first call, and it does not move once we start.
Questions from American companies
Have you worked for an American company?
Yes. In June 2026 we filmed and edited an American company's coverage of Cannes Lions, with new cuts delivered during the event. On the web, we have built a 31-page site for a French telecom operator, a restaurant booking platform and a client area with online payment.
Can you film us when we come to France?
Yes. We are based in France and film across the country, including at Cannes. New cuts can be delivered during your event.
Can your crew come to the United States?
Yes. A brand film starts at $5,900, or $5,300 with a site, and photos at $1,490 a half day. Any filming permit is in the quote before we start. We do not fly drones in the US.
Will my website be ADA compliant?
It will be built to WCAG 2.1 AA and tested with a keyboard and automated checks before launch. No site removes every legal risk, but one built to the standard is the strongest position you can be in.
Why not Squarespace, Wix or an AI builder?
For one page, they can be enough. They start from templates shared with thousands of sites, and you rent them as long as the site lives. We draw and code yours from scratch and hand it over.