RATES

New Doc Editing offers Editing and Story Consulting services for documentary filmmakers. Our deeply-experienced editorial staff are employees of New Doc Editing and further tutored by owner Karen Everett.

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EDITING RATES

With Award-Winning Editor  $3500/wk  $3200/wk

Every four weeks of editing includes a complimentary story consultation (worth $2000).

We require payment before work (non-negotiable), which is normally scheduled in 5-week stages, but we are flexible.

Award-winning editors are deeply experienced, seasoned editors.

Karen personally trains all editors in New Doc Editing storytelling principles–which make documentaries more dramatic by using narrative devices.

Two-minute trailers (both theatrical and fundraising) generally take one week to edit.

The fee to consult on a trailer that you are editing is $600-$1000. Learn more here.

See more about Trailer Editing here.

Check out Accelerated Post to save 50% on your edit.

STORY CONSULTING RATES

For films in development or production, our hourly fee is $175 for Staff Story Consultants and $350 for Karen. We require a four hour minimum and full pre-payment.

For films in post-production, we offer two levels of story consulting: an Initial Full Consultation and subsequent Follow Up Consultations. Pre-payment required. See descriptions below.

1. Full Initial Story Consultation           Rate         W/ Optional Written Notes

    With Karen Everett                         $3000          $3500

    With Staff Consultant                     $1500           $1750

These rates are based on cuts up to 100 minutes in length. For longer cuts, please add $250 for each additional 15 minutes. For shorts under 30 minutes, please ask about our rate.

We highly recommend written notes because they are time-code specific and actionable!

2. Follow Up Story Consultations           Rate         W/ Optional Written Notes

     With Karen Everett                           $2500           $3000

     With Senior Staff Consultant       $1000             $1500

Only available to directors who have received our Initial Full Story Consultation.

The fee for editing a feature into a “TV Hour” cut down is a flat $2000 when done by one of our talented staff editors, or $3000 when done by Karen.  Cut are made in the transcript. Then you can “physically” edit  the “TV Hour” video yourself–or hire us to do it for you!