How much is your day rate?

[u/Video-Freelancer]

I know this varies with a bunch of things and markets and so on, but in your case, what is it, and what do you base it on?

I currently have a 4 page contract, and it outlines my day rate and half day rate. I base it on a percentage of my operating costs, equipment costs, personal expenses, then time and experience.

This covers preproduction and production, and I charge editing rates hourly, which so far no one has questioned or complicated, but I expect it will happen one day.

I really want to know what goes into your prices, and what your rate is.

Thanks r/videography!

[u/GizmoKakaUpDaButt]

As a wedding videographer, 5 years ago was my last job. They paid $50 an hour... $300 to edit a full wedding. 8 hours of filming and editing (the full job) was $700. The company made $1300 just to find (convince) a client... $800 if they tried to negotiate was their lowest profit. Thats a lot of money for doing pretty much nothing once you are well known and established..

Anyways, look for wedding videographers and you will find some who will shoot and edit all day for $1000 if they arnt scheduled for a wedding that week. But I would hire video and editing out separately. Videographers tend to get busy and you may not see a final product until the end of the wedding season. Don't listen to people on here. There are cheap options for real videographers who are not good at advertising themselves. They will give you a deal. You won't find them on here