How would you do this?
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I think in your shoes, I'd try to keep it as simple as possible within the realms of high quality, professional-looking footage.
• Sony A7 III for camera;
• A gimble;
• Single LED panel light with stand (something like this: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/p…), possibly with a diffuser;
• A directional mic to minimise the HVAC abient noise.*** BUT ***, I wouldn't buy any of this kit, I'd rent it. Unless you're planning to get into the film production business, buying this stuff wouldn't really make any sense. Rather, I would send the equipment list to each office, and make them responsible for their own rentals on their own local budgets.
But keeping the equiment list tight is going to be essential. The A7 III shoots very good raw footage. Also, you probably wouldn't need more than a one-light set-up, and the LED panels also afford you relatively light-weight portability, since they're battery-powered ... good for consistently lighting walk-and-talks.
The shotgun mic would probably be enough to filter out the HVAC from the audio tracks, if it's angled toward the talent, and fairly close to them for a better signal-to-noise ratio.
The only downside is — no matter how light the technical set-up — you'll need extra man-power for camera, light, and sound. So — assuming you're directing — it would be a total of a three-person set.
One way or another, though, you won't be able to get around talking to the local people in excrutiating detail about how to use the kit, and how to set up their shoots.