{
  "slug": "videographer-package-pricing-calculator",
  "title": "Wedding Videographer Package Pricing Calculator",
  "heading": "Videographer Package Pricing Calculator",
  "category": "financial",
  "url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/videographer-package-pricing-calculator",
  "summary": "Price a highlight-film package from shoot hours, edit hours, and gear cost.",
  "description": "Video editing takes dramatically more time than photo editing per hour of raw footage — a typical 5-8 minute highlight film from a full wedding day can require 15-25 hours of editing including sync, color grading, and music licensing coordination. This calculator builds a package price from shoot hours, an edit-hours multiplier, gear/drone amortization, and music licensing cost, then shows your effective hourly rate so you can check it against your target before quoting.",
  "formula": "Price = (shoot hrs + edit hrs) × target hourly × (1 + overhead %) + gear amortization + licensing.",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-30",
  "run_url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/api/public/calc?tool=videographer-package-pricing-calculator",
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "shootHours",
      "label": "Shoot hours (coverage)",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 8,
      "unit": "hrs",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 20
    },
    {
      "id": "editHoursPerShootHour",
      "label": "Edit hours per shoot hour",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 3,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 1,
      "max": 6
    },
    {
      "id": "targetHourly",
      "label": "Target hourly rate",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 55,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": 10,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "overhead",
      "label": "Overhead",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 25,
      "unit": "%",
      "min": 0,
      "max": 100
    },
    {
      "id": "gearAmort",
      "label": "Gear/drone amortization",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 90,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "licensing",
      "label": "Music licensing cost",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 40,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "price",
      "label": "Package price",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "editHrs",
      "label": "Editing hours",
      "format": "decimal",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "totalHrs",
      "label": "Total hours",
      "format": "decimal",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "effHourly",
      "label": "Effective hourly at this price",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "worked_example": {
    "inputs": [
      "Shoot hours (coverage): 8 hrs",
      "Edit hours per shoot hour: 3",
      "Target hourly rate: 55 $",
      "Overhead: 25 %",
      "Gear/drone amortization: 90 $",
      "Music licensing cost: 40 $"
    ],
    "outputs": [
      "Package price: $2,330",
      "Editing hours: 24",
      "Total hours: 32",
      "Effective hourly at this price: $72.81"
    ]
  },
  "how_to": {
    "title": "How to use this",
    "steps": [
      "Enter shoot hours (coverage) (hrs).",
      "Enter edit hours per shoot hour.",
      "Enter target hourly rate ($).",
      "Enter overhead (%).",
      "Enter gear/drone amortization ($).",
      "Enter music licensing cost ($).",
      "Read your package price on the right — it updates as you type.",
      "Hit Share to keep the scenario or send it to someone."
    ]
  },
  "scenarios": [
    {
      "name": "Conservative",
      "description": "Lower-end numbers — what if things land soft?",
      "values": {
        "shootHours": 4.8,
        "editHoursPerShootHour": 1.7999999999999998,
        "targetHourly": 35,
        "overhead": 15,
        "gearAmort": 55,
        "licensing": 25
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Typical",
      "description": "Defaults — the most common real-world setup.",
      "values": {
        "shootHours": 8,
        "editHoursPerShootHour": 3,
        "targetHourly": 55,
        "overhead": 25,
        "gearAmort": 90,
        "licensing": 40
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Ambitious",
      "description": "Higher-end numbers — what if things really pop?",
      "values": {
        "shootHours": 12.8,
        "editHoursPerShootHour": 4.800000000000001,
        "targetHourly": 90,
        "overhead": 40,
        "gearAmort": 145,
        "licensing": 65
      }
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Results are estimates before tax, fees, and inflation unless an input explicitly covers them.",
    "Rates are treated as fixed for the whole period — variable-rate products will drift from this projection.",
    "This is educational maths, not financial advice. Check anything contractual with the lender or your accountant."
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "Why is the edit ratio higher for video than photo?",
      "a": "Video editing involves syncing multiple camera angles and audio sources, color grading every scene individually (not batch-applying one preset like photo edits), selecting and licensing music, and building a narrative arc rather than a chronological gallery — each of those steps adds hours that photo editing simply doesn't have."
    },
    {
      "q": "What should be included in music licensing cost?",
      "a": "A per-project sync license from a wedding-cleared music library (commonly $15-$60 per song depending on the service) or a flat annual subscription amortized across your yearly wedding count. Using unlicensed commercial music risks takedowns on platforms like YouTube and Instagram where couples often share their films."
    },
    {
      "q": "Should raw/unedited footage delivery be priced separately?",
      "a": "Yes — full raw footage delivery (sometimes called 'social media edit only' add-ons in reverse) adds storage and transfer cost but not editing time, so price it as a flat add-on ($100-$300 depending on footage volume) rather than folding it into the base package."
    },
    {
      "q": "How does drone footage change the pricing?",
      "a": "Drone operation typically requires FAA Part 107 certification, liability insurance, and equipment that depreciates faster due to crash risk — bump gear amortization by $50-$150 per event if drone footage is included, and confirm the venue permits it before quoting."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/photographer-package-pricing-calculator",
    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/second-shooter-cost-calculator",
    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/wedding-album-cogs-calculator"
  ],
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "citation": "RevenueLab — Wedding Videographer Package Pricing Calculator (https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/videographer-package-pricing-calculator)"
}