Podcast Studio Da Nang: Rates and What You Get

A podcast session at CINEFY’s studio in Da Nang starts at 2.5M VND per hour for a one-camera setup, and that price already includes the camera, lenses, broadcast audio, lighting, a teleprompter, the crew and the studio itself. You book by the hour, sit down, talk, and walk out with footage that looks like a produced show.

The studio sits in An Hai, Son Tra, a few minutes from the beach side of Da Nang. Since 2022 the team here has delivered 200+ projects, and podcast and talking-head recordings have quietly become the thing founders, coaches and expat creators book most often. This guide covers what a session costs, what is included, and what actually happens between “hello” and “here are your files”.

How much does a podcast studio session in Da Nang cost?

One camera runs 2.5 million VND per hour, two cameras 3.0 million, and three cameras 3.5 million, with gear, crew and studio all included in each package. There is no separate line for lighting or audio. The rates below are taken from CINEFY’s live booking page, July 2026.

A few add-ons worth knowing before you book: an extra camera on any package is +500.000đ, and from the third person on set it is +200.000đ per person per session, with a lav mic included for each. Rates exclude 8% VAT, recording between 22:00 and 08:00 carries an off-hours surcharge, and a 50% deposit locks your slot.

What is included in every booking?

Every podcast package includes a cinema camera setup with proper lenses, broadcast audio, a fully lit set, a teleprompter if you want one, and a full crew, inside CINEFY’s 360m² studio. Nothing on that list is an upsell.

For podcasts the team shoots on Sony bodies, typically a Sony FX3 or A7S III, paired with Sony GM glass. The honest reason: Sony files look premium on screen but stay light in post, so a two-hour conversation does not turn into a storage problem for your editor. The gear shelf gets updated continuously, and if you are curious what else lives on it, the podcast equipment guide goes deeper.

The 360m² space matters more than it sounds. There is a dedicated podcast and talking-head corner, a makeup room so guests can settle in before going on camera, a meeting room for the producer huddle, parking, and three-phase power so the lighting never blinks. Sets can also be built to your look inside the studio, which is why some shows recorded here do not look like the same room at all.

What does a 90-minute session actually look like?

Most podcast bookings at CINEFY run about 90 minutes with two cameras: you arrive, get mic’d, talk, and the crew handles everything else. Here is the real sequence, not the brochure version.

Guests arrive about fifteen minutes early. While you have water or fix your hair in the makeup room, the set is already lit from the previous hour’s prep. Lav mics go on, and here is a small habit of the crew here: audio levels get set while you chat about your week, not while you say “test, test, one, two”. Levels set on real conversation are the levels you will actually speak at. Then the cameras roll in blocks, usually 20 to 30 minutes each, with short resets in between where frames get checked and everyone stretches. International guests are common here, and the crew works in both English and Vietnamese, so directions never get lost in translation.

What if you freeze in front of a camera?

CINEFY offers a guided podcast session, where an experienced host sits across from you, feeds you questions and keeps the rhythm, so you talk to a person instead of a lens. It exists because freezing on camera is the rule, not the exception.

A situation the team sees monthly: a founder books a session to launch their show, talks brilliantly over coffee beforehand, then the tally light comes on and their voice goes formal, like they are reading a legal notice. Ten minutes of guided questions later they forget the cameras are there, and that is the take that gets used. Nobody sounds like themselves in take one. That is what take two is for. If you are a coach, founder or creator recording alone for the first time, ask for the guided option when booking.

How do you turn one session into a month of content?

Batch recording: plan four to six episode topics, record them back to back in one booking, and leave with a month of episodes plus a pile of short clips. This is the single biggest lever for making the hourly rate work in your favor.

One recent example, details changed for privacy: a business coach came in with six topics sketched on one page, recorded through an afternoon with two cameras, and left with six episodes that carried their channel for six weeks. Outfit changes between blocks made the episodes read as different days. Recording indoors also removes Da Nang’s two moods from the equation: summer heat that melts makeup and a rainy season that ruins audio. Inside the studio, light and sound are identical at 9am and 9pm, in June and in November. For the full production side, from planning to edit, see the podcast production guide.

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Last updated: July 7, 2026

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