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  $2950/wk

With Emerging Editor       $2250/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.

Emerging Editors are less experienced but show great promise!

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 $250 for Staff Story Consultants and $350 for Karen. We require a four hour minimum ($1000 or $1400 ) 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                         $2000          $2500

    With Staff Consultant                     $1000           $1500

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 40 minutes), take $700 off the rates above.

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                           $1750           $2250

     With Senior Staff Consultant       $750             $1250

(Only available to directors who have received our Initial Full Story Consultation.  Take off $500 for shorts (under 40 minutes).

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 $2500 when done by Karen.  Edits are made in the transcript. Then you can cut the “TV Hour” video yourself–or hire us to do it for you!