Producing your video podcast from Asunción with a production company in Spain

How the work is split between Asunción and Spain

The split is simple: whatever needs physical presence happens in Asunción and everything else can be done remotely. Recording happens there: your set, cameras and microphones, or those of a local technician or studio. From Spain, the format and topic list are prepared beforehand, the set is checked over a video call and, after recording, the team handles episode editing, colour, sound, vertical clips, thumbnails and publishing copy. It is the same model many podcasts use to be edited in another country, and we explain it in detail in how remote podcast post-production works.

What has to be recorded well at source

A lot can be fixed from afar, but not everything. What editing cannot recover is echoey or distorted audio, an out-of-focus camera or a shot without enough light. So before the first recording, do a test: record ten minutes with the real setup and send it to the editor. That is enough to adjust microphone placement, each camera's exposure and the background. Ideally each microphone is recorded on its own track and each camera separately, with nothing mixed or switched live. That gives the edit full freedom to pick the best shot at every moment.

The time difference is an advantage if organised

Paraguay keeps the same time all year since it stopped changing the clocks, and Spain is four hours ahead in winter and five in summer. That leaves a comfortable window to talk: morning in Asunción overlaps with afternoon in Spain. It also has a practical upside: record in the afternoon, upload in the evening, and by the time you wake up the work has moved on. It needs a clear system, with a shared folder per episode, one person in charge on each side and fixed delivery dates. Without that, the distance shows; with it, it barely does.

The same language, with nuances

Working with a team in Spain has an advantage over hiring outside the Spanish-speaking world: everything said is understood, including double meanings and humour. There are still nuances to care for. Subtitles and social copy should respect how your audience speaks, not how Spanish is written in Spain, and Paraguay is a bilingual country: if Guaraní expressions come up in the conversation, you agree how to subtitle them, with your help to translate them well. It also works the other way: Spanish lets the podcast reach Paraguay, the rest of Latin America and Spain at once.

How to start with a production company in Spain

The practical way to start is a pilot episode: agree the format, record in Asunción after a test of the set, and edit it fully with clips and a thumbnail. The pilot shows whether the workflow works before committing to a season. At Bostak Films, Albert Murillo's production company in Viladecans near Barcelona, we edit video podcasts recorded outside Spain and work in Spanish with the whole Spanish-speaking world, and in English too. If you record in Asunción and want a team to handle podcast production remotely, tell us about your show.

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