Video Production and Editing
Video editing and production for Maine businesses. YouTube videos, social clips, motion graphics, and original music made from your footage.
Good fit for
- Businesses selling to people who book without ever visiting in person
- Owners sitting on hours of phone footage and no idea what to do with it
- Product makers who need a demo that shows the thing working
- Anyone told to post short video who has no way to produce it
Deliverables
- The finished cut in the runtimes and aspect ratios agreed up front
- Vertical versions with burned-in captions for social
- Thumbnails and YouTube channel management when included in the scope
- Original music written and mixed for the piece when needed
- Titles, lower thirds, and end cards built from your brand
- The master files, yours to keep and reuse
Most of it’s already on your phone
The usual advice is that you need video, so go make some. Nobody explains what to shoot, how long it should be, or what it’s supposed to accomplish, so it either never happens or it turns into a three minute tour with a stock guitar loop under it.
If somebody is booking a week at your place from four states away, they’re deciding from pictures and a paragraph. Video is the closest they get to standing there. That’s a specific job, and it’s a different video than a product demo or a thirty second vertical cut.
Graphics and music for the edit
I build titles, captions, and motion graphics around the footage. If the video needs original music, I write and mix it to fit the edit and leave room for speech. We agree on those parts before production starts.
Client video work
I run the YouTube channel for We’ve Got You Covered, a Maine upholstery and marine-canvas shop. Camilla supplies footage of the work in the shop. I edit it into longer videos and vertical cuts, make the thumbnails, and manage the channel.
If you’ve got footage sitting on your phone, I can start there. Send me what you’ve got and where you want to use it, and I’ll scope the editing and delivery.
Ongoing publishing
For content planning, posting, community replies, and reporting across your agreed accounts, see social media management. You can also hire me just to deliver finished videos for you to publish.
More video work
My own channels also have product demos, title sequences, and short videos about the tools I build and use.
- Dead Pixel Design OS, where the AI and tooling work goes
- wretcher207, the older channel
How the work runs
- Step 1 Work out what it's for
One video does one job. Selling a room to an out-of-state buyer and demoing a product are different pieces, so we settle that before anything gets shot or cut.
- Step 2 Gather what exists
I go through the footage you have and tell you what's missing before you spend money filming.
- Step 3 Edit and package
I cut the footage and build the captions, graphics, and thumbnails we've agreed on. If the piece needs original music, I write and mix it to the picture.
- Step 4 Review and deliver
You get a watermarked cut for notes, one revision round agreed in advance, then the masters in every format we scoped.
See it in practice.
Common questions
What does a video cost?
It's quoted per project, because runtime, how much usable footage exists, and whether anything needs filming move the number more than anything else. You get a fixed price in writing before work starts, same as every other lane here.
Do you film it?
I'm an editor and a composer first. I work primarily from footage you already have or can capture on a phone with some direction from me. If a project genuinely needs a camera operator on site, I'll say so rather than pretend the material is there.
What's this about original music?
I can write and mix music for the edit, matching the timing and leaving room for speech. Original music is included when we agree the piece needs it.
Can you make vertical clips from something I already have?
Yes. A long recording, a webinar, or an old promo can usually be cut into vertical pieces with captions burned in. That's often the cheapest way to get something usable out the door.
Have you done video for other clients?
Yes. I run the YouTube channel for We've Got You Covered, a Maine upholstery and marine-canvas shop. The work includes editing their shop footage, making thumbnails, and preparing longer videos and vertical cuts.
Can you manage our YouTube channel too?
Yes. I can handle the edits, thumbnails, and channel management as an ongoing job. We agree on the footage you'll supply, the publishing schedule, and the review process before starting.
Who owns the finished video?
You do, including the music written for it. The scope spells out the file handoff in plain language.
Have a project that fits this service?
Send the brief, or look through the work before you decide.