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I was offered some video editing jobs, based on some short films I shot and edited, and they asked me what my rate was. But I have no idea what to charge and when I google rates for beginner editors the results are staggeringly different.
Oh okay, I was thinking $25, but clients were telling me they felt it was too much for a non-union editor and that most non-union editors charge no more than $15. I asked my film school teacher and he said since I'm non-union, don't go over 14. But I thought maybe that was kind of low.
Oh okay, I was thinking $25, but clients were telling me they felt it was too much for a non-union editor and that most non-union editors charge no more than $15. I asked my film school teacher and he said since I'm non-union, don't go over 14. But I thought maybe that was kind of low.
I got involved in shooting film/video in the the 60's.
I started that YouTube account in 2006. Some of the videos are good (I think), some/many are crummy... None of them made any money. I did not charge anything.
If someone wishes to hire me to edit video, I will charge $60.00 per hour for the time I spend editing video. There may be other related expenses. I may not accept certain jobs. My rate is what I will actually charge, not what I think you should charge.
Oh okay, I was thinking $25, but clients were telling me they felt it was too much for a non-union editor and that most non-union editors charge no more than $15. I asked my film school teacher and he said since I'm non-union, don't go over 14. But I thought maybe that was kind of low.
Too cheap to live.
This is independent contractor self-employment, right?
If you truly have editing skills, and the project is legit and not a favor or some BS cellphone footage thing, I'd be $30-60/hour. But I don't know your market very well.
Here in LA, editors would be in the $2000-4000+/week range.
Only time I ever did that work was as part of my engineering job, on analogue equipment, and I recall we taped about an hour for every minute of screen time. It is labor intensive and meticulous work. Editing took days. Are you doing the soundtrack as well?
Good luck with the project, what ever you charge is cheap for skilled labor.
If you truly have editing skills, and the project is legit and not a favor or some BS cellphone footage thing, I'd be $30-60/hour. But I don't know your market very well.
Here in LA, editors would be in the $2000-4000+/week range.
That's L.A. though. I live in a small city in Canada, editing a web series. So maybe $14 is more reasonable to people here... (shrug).
That's L.A. though. I live in a small city in Canada, editing a web series. So maybe $14 is more reasonable to people here... (shrug).
Perhaps you should have indicated that... 1 Canadian Dollar equals 0.80 US Dollar
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