Event videography in Kuching, Sarawak

Kuching is Sarawak’s capital, so events here range from conferences and hotel dinners to Gawai gatherings and family banquets.

What is different about filming in Kuching?

Several rooms at once. The Borneo Convention Centre Kuching lists a Great Hall, halls that can be partitioned and combined, and meeting rooms. A keynote, a breakout and an exhibition can run at the same time, and one camera cannot be in all of them.

Decide which sessions need a full recording. Our simultaneous coverage planner helps you list them.

Wet months. Ask for a covered backup if your event includes a car park arrival, a garden or the riverside. November to February is usually the wetter spell, though rain can come in any month. Our weather and venue-change plan shows what to settle.

Many languages. Malay, English and Mandarin carry most events, and Hokkien, Iban, Bidayuh, Melanau and Orang Ulu languages are also heard. If speeches use more than one language, plan captions early with the caption and language planner.

Waterfront, heritage and Santubong

Kuching events often use places outside a hotel ballroom. The waterfront runs along the Sarawak River. The Sarawak Cultural Village is at Santubong, a drive from the city.

Each of these has its own host. Ask the waterfront or heritage site manager what filming needs approval, and ask a festival organiser about crew access and sound feeds. Plan crew movement between the city and Santubong as a separate leg.

What should you check with the venue?

• Whether outside videographers must notify the venue, and by when.
• Where camera positions and cable runs are allowed.
• Whether the in-house audio-visual team can give us a clean sound feed from the stage.
• Load-in time, and which entrance the crew should use.
• Whether the crew can visit the rooms before the day.
• Who at the venue we can reach on the day if the programme changes.

Our venue filming questions checklist turns these into a list you can send.

Which events are common in Kuching?

Conferences and seminars suit our conference and convention videography. Company dinners fit annual dinner videography. If some delegates join online, see hybrid event video.

Campus events in nearby Kota Samarahan have their own page. Events on the oil and gas coast are on the Bintulu page, and the Sarawak page covers the whole state.

The coverage brief builder turns your plans into a message.