Video Composition & Assembly
Assembling footage into finished videos: stitching clips, compositing layers, cutting trailers and trimming material to length.
- Price
- From $45.00 per finished minute
- Free trial
- A 30-second cut from your own footage, no card, no commitment.
Part of Video Editing & Production. How the work runs and what it costs across the family are set out in the video editing & production guide.
What Video Composition & Assembly covers
5 services under this heading. Each is priced for the work it actually involves rather than averaged into one rate.
Video Templates Editing
Customizing video templates with your footage, text and branding, for fast, consistent content production.
Priced per project
Video Compositing
Combining multiple layers of video, graphics and effects into single, believable shots.
5 services
Video Clip Stitching & Merging
Joining separate clips into one continuous video, with cuts and transitions that make the join feel natural.
3 services
Video Trimming, Splitting, and Cutting
Cutting footage down to what matters: trimming, splitting and restructuring clips for any length or platform.
3 services
Video Summary & Trailer Development
Cutting long footage into highlights, recaps, teasers and trailers that make people want to watch the full thing.
3 services
Before and after
Drag the handle. Every pair is our own work.
Six hours of rushes, ninety seconds needed
Story pass, fine cut, grade and captions from one master
Illustration, not a client job
Video Composition & Assembly Brand film 7 business days
Rates and common questions for this work are on the Video Editing & Production page.
How we approach this work
Articles from the journal, written by the people who do this work. More on this subject →
Video Editing Workflow: The Decisions That Matter
Learn the video editing workflow stages that matter, from verified ingest and proxies to rough cut, picture lock, finishing and clean delivery.
Video Editing & ProductionA Practical Guide to Audio Loudness Standards for Video
A phased playbook for hitting audio loudness targets in video: LUFS, true peak, loudness range, and separate masters for broadcast, streaming and social.
Video Editing & ProductionColor Grading, Done Properly
Six common color grading myths, from LUT-first workflows to uncalibrated screens and unchecked SDR versions, and the practice that replaces each one.
Video Composition & Assembly vs the alternatives
Side-by-side on price, turnaround and what you actually get back. Written for the decision rather than for us.
Hire Video Editors vs Video Composition & Assembly
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Video Background Editing vs Video Composition & Assembly
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — video background editing compared with video composition & assembly.
Video Composition & Assembly vs Video Editing Support Services
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — video composition & assembly compared with video editing support services.
Video Composition & Assembly vs Video Enhancement
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — video composition & assembly compared with video enhancement.
Video Composition & Assembly vs Video Fixing & Optimization
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — video composition & assembly compared with video fixing & optimization.
Video Editing & Production by industry
What the work involves in your sector, what it costs there, and the US rules that apply to it.
- Agriculture and Agtech
- Beauty and Cosmetics
- Construction and Contractors
- Consumer Electronics
- E-commerce and DTC Brands
- Education and E-learning
- Energy and Solar
- Events and Venues
- Fashion and Apparel
- Financial Services and Fintech
- Fitness and Wellness
- Food and Beverage
- Government and Public Sector
- Healthcare Practices
- Hotels and Hospitality
- Industrial Equipment
- Law Firms
- Manufacturing and Industrial
- Marketplaces and Aggregators
- Media and Publishing
- Music and Entertainment
- Nonprofits
- Pet Products
- Real Estate and Property
- Restaurants and Food Service
- SaaS and Software
- Sports and Outdoor
- Staffing and Recruiting
- Toys and Games
- Travel and Tourism
Often combined with Video Composition & Assembly
The work that usually sits either side of this one. One team handles all of it, under one brief.
Podcast Production
You record. We do everything after that.
From $165.00 per episode
Audio Post for Video
Everything the soundtrack of a video needs after the picture is locked: dialogue cleanup, sound effects, music, the fina...
Priced per project
Content Production
Researched, cited, and written by a named person.
From $0.45 per word
3D Modeling
Clean topology, correct scale, ready for what happens next.
From $49.00 per model
3D Rendering
Photoreal output, in a managed color pipeline.
From $39.00 per render
Newsletter Production
Writing, designing and sending a regular newsletter people actually open, with content planned ahead and results reviewe...
Priced per project
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