How to best choose a method of driving a MOSFET
There are two types of FETs as far as switching is concerned; logic level and standard level. Logic level devices claim to switch on fully at logic level voltages. In reality however, they tend to still have a high Rds ON even with 5 Vgs. Standard level FETs only claim to be ON with a higher voltage, but they tend to have a lot lower Rds ON when properly switched. The Rds ON only really matters when dealing with higher current loads, so will depend on how much your LEDs are drawing.

The second consideration, which you appear to be concentrating on, is the switching speed. If you are using an MCU, you can drive a logic level FET at around 1kHz without any real issue. MCUs can often provide 10-20mA or more out of a GPIO pin, so can switch your cheaper FETs close to their operating limits. you tend to use FET dirvers when using higher power FETs (FETs designed for 100Amps for instance).

I would say test it with the MCU driving logic level FETs at around 1kHz, as you haven't given what the "high frequency" is, I would suggest that this is fast enough for most video events.