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What would you charge for a ski edit?
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Trying to get an idea on pricing. Long story short I will be getting pay/trade to make ski videos this winter. Small mountain wants to know what they are worth. 2-3 minute edits, or less.
Thanks!
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Since I'm sure the question will arise, I use a t3i, have 6+ years experience in making ski edits. I consider myself pretty good at editing and filming. Nowhere near Stept or anything like that, but confident in my abilities to make entertaining video.
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Sorry for the triple post. They won't all be park edits either. Mix of everything skiing.
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They are worth whatever someone will pay! Good luck!
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Charge em 15 bucks an hour or somewhere around that. But don't just say ok thatll be 200 bucks. Go to them saying I spent x amount of time filming and x amount of time editing. Just my idea. Peace.
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this man is on the right track. decide what you think your time is worth per hour. give them an hourly rate for filming and editing and also how long you think it will take to do both of these things.
however, always overestimate. account for mistakes and setbacks. obviously when you're doing something professionally and not for fun a level of expertise and care is expected in the final product and you should take longer than usual to complete it. when you've finished, give them a bill laying out exactly what the costs were.
for example:
5 hrs of filming x 20/hr = 100
5 hrs of editing x 25/hr = 125
total cost = 225
something like that
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I charge $60/hr for any professional video related stuff. That price has slowly been growing because of my experience, my camera gear and my ability to put together professional videos has improved over the years. I would start at about 25 - 30 $/hr because what you are doing is worth much more than what you could make working retail and it takes a special set of skills that you have had to learn to get to the level you are at now. Also take into account what kind of camera gear you will be using and if you will need to get anybody else to work on it with you. More expensive camera gear = higher price per hour. More people on the job = higher price per hour.
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