THE BASE RATE OF $300 IS WHEN IT'S A STANDARD EDIT AND THE CLIENT CAN PROVIDE ALL THE FOOTAGE IN A DIGITAL FORMAT TO ME VIA UPLOAD.
BY "STANDARD", I MEAN THE REEL COMES IN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2-4 MINUTES, 3-6 SCENES, NO MONTAGES, ALL THE FOOTAGE IS EITHER ALREADY IN HD CONDITION, OR AT LEAST A VERY SOLID SD CONDITION, AND I HAVE TO DO VERY MINIMAL (IF ANY) EDITING TO THE SCENES THEMSELVES THAT ARE BEING USED.
THE NEXT SERVICE IS PROCURING THE FOOTAGE FOR THE CLIENT. DEPENDING ON THE AGE, AVAILABILITY, AND CONDITION OF THE FOOTAGE, THIS CAN RANGE FROM "INCREDIBLY EASY" TO "FLAT OUT IMPOSSIBLE". IF THE FOOTAGE IS EASY TO FIND AND IN GOOD CONDITION, IT COSTS $50-100, BUT I LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT IF HUNTING DOWN THE FOOTAGE TURNS INTO A PROJECT ITSELF, IT CAN ADD TO THE COST OVERALL. THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT FINDING WHAT YOU NEED.
WHAT I PROVIDE TO ALL THE REELS I EDIT ARE MY ABILITY TO MATCH FOOTAGE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE IN THE CASE OF MIXED QUALITY CLIPS (I.E. SD VS HD), ANY POSSIBLE AUDIO CORRECTIONS/LEVELING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN A SIMILAR RANGE WITH NO EXTREME POPS, NOISE, ETC., ANY NECESSARY COLOR CORRECTIONS TO THE FOOTAGE, AND I WILL USUALLY EDIT THE SCENES TO REMOVE AS MUCH EXTRANEOUS FOOTAGE AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CLIP MAINLY FOCUS ON THE CLIENT, WHILE STILL TRYING TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY/INTENT OF THE SCENE.
I ALSO PROVIDE 2 "NOTES" SESSIONS, WHICH MEANS WHEN I PROVIDE A "ROUGH" EDIT, ITS ALREADY IN PUBLISHABLE CONDITION, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME CHANGES THAT YOU WANT (ORDER OF CLIPS, SHORTEN OR LENGTHEN CLIPS, DIFFERENT FONT USED, ETC). I OFFER TO DO THAT 2 TIMES AS PART OF THE BASE RATE.
I'LL OFFER MY OPINION ON HOW THE REEL SHOULD LOOK, LENGTH, ORDER OF CLIPS, ETC., BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR FINAL SAY IN THE END.
