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Karen Mccrocklin
January 30, 2014 at 6:01 pm in reply to: Let’s play “Bid This Crazy Edit Job” Give me your hypothetical price?

After 20 years as a self employed editor I have learned only one thing. If my price is too high, your job is not for me. 🙂
Karen Mccrocklin
January 30, 2014 at 5:59 pm in reply to: Let’s play “Bid This Crazy Edit Job” Give me your hypothetical price?

I bill them separately for the cost of storage and consumables. This thing is so gigantic that I have about 5 TB in it including the edit files but I’m not as organized as I should be.
Karen Mccrocklin
January 30, 2014 at 5:56 pm in reply to: Let’s play “Bid This Crazy Edit Job” Give me your hypothetical price?

excellent point about the numbers. I do that a lot when I dont know the client well.
Karen Mccrocklin
January 30, 2014 at 5:55 pm in reply to: Let’s play “Bid This Crazy Edit Job” Give me your hypothetical price?

Yep. He nailed it.
Karen Mccrocklin
January 30, 2014 at 5:54 pm in reply to: Let’s play “Bid This Crazy Edit Job” Give me your hypothetical price?

I’ve been paid a portion. I work for this client exclusively and they keep me very busy so we’ve evolved to a more casual relationship. There is great power in trust built over time. They asked me for a ballpark before I started and I’ve notified them every time something has added to the cost. That said, I am ready to get this out of my life and send the final invoice.
Karen Mccrocklin
January 30, 2014 at 1:37 am in reply to: Let’s play “Bid This Crazy Edit Job” Give me your hypothetical price?

Shane, you’ve made me so very happy and confirmed what I was thinking.

Although I came at it a little differently, we’re closing in on the right ballpark. I have more hours in it at a little lower price so it balances out. Better yet, the certainty of impending changes is going to up the price.

I actually went through the whole thing and clipped and keyworded so I charged more for that in the beginning. It’s made compiling the final edits a lot easier.

You’re right, I wasn’t that clear about cutting the breaks. I’m not really cutting them out, just cutting the good segments and leaving the junk.

Trusting my decisions on “Best of” isn’t that big of a deal because this show is fairly repetitive. It’s just about covering the common topics. The client let me know what topics they were interested in, so finding the appropriate segments isn’t too hard. It’s also about the visual balance and variety of guests that correspond with the topic.

I am a solo editor with one giant client and I sit here all day wondering if I’m living in the real world. Taking the time to post such a thorough reply has made the world feel a little bit smaller and I now see rainbows and unicorns through the window. Except it’s dark and I have another 6 hours of editing tonight. 🙂

Thanks!