Question about rates / flat price of editing this type of video

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digifruitella

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I haven't freelanced before but tomorrow I'm meeting with a person who's basically asking me to edit one of those wedding videos where everyone says a little something to the bride/groom. There's music involved, about two music tracks that the client wants to be included and photos of the wedding. This person isn't looking for anything too fancy apparently either.

I have no idea about rates in regards to this type of video or how to best go about price. Per hour or flat price? I was thinking of charging $300 as a flat rate, or is that too much for something like this?

Any help would be appreciated.
 
most folks i know of come up with an hourly rate, then estimate how many bours it will take, and THAT is where thr flat rate comes from. i would say $300 is way low, but depends how many hours you think it will take and what your rate is. one can easily spend 50 hours on a wedding video, depending on complexity and length.
 
What's a decent hourly rate for a freelancing editor then? I was going for $20 or thereabouts. I'm trying to feel out what the rates are in the industry.
 
Professional freelance editors are in the range from $40-$100/hr, thats just been my commercial experience from hiring editors and knowing what some of my friends who are editors bill hourly.
Id go for $25 if you're just starting to go freelance unless the project is going to take so long or its going to be such frequent work that $20/hr makes fiscal sense to you.

A warning to the wise;
NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER BILL FLAT RATE AS AN EDITOR
 
I did some digging shortly after my last post and I did go with 25$. Client was ok with that. Plus this project is fairly easy and not time consuming 6-10 hours max.
 
When deciding a rate as a freelancer keep in mind that you have more expenses than just your time. Taking your $25/hr rate and comparing it to what someone would get as a full time employee isn't the right way to go about it. The employer pays all the overhead like rent, equipment, insurance, taxes, benefits, etc. and so if you add all that up a $25/hr salary is more like $50 in cost to them. If you have skills, experience, and equipment, don't sell yourself short by looking at the number compared to hourly wages. You have costs too.
 
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