SERVICE · TRAILER EDITING

You shot
the film.
We cut the trailer.

Post-only trailer editing for filmmakers, producers, and indie studios. Client-provided footage cut into a theatrical-style teaser or trailer. From $1,500. No shoot required, no mystery pricing, 10–14 day turnaround from locked handoff.

THREE TIERS · TRANSPARENT PRICING
TEASER CUT

$1,500

starting

Up to :30 finished teaser. Music sync, basic sound design, 2 title cards. Built for social rollout and festival teasers.

TRAILER CUT · POPULAR

$2,500

starting

:30–2:00 finished trailer. Full sound design, motion graphics, logo animation, licensed music sourcing. The standard theatrical trailer.

PREMIUM TRAILER

$3,500+

festival-ready

Feature-length source. Custom title sequence, advanced SFX layering, color consistency pass, festival-ready delivery formats (DCP on request).

COLOR WORK · PRICED BY SOURCE CONDITION

Color work scales with the condition of your footage. Already-graded film adds $0. Raw S-Log3 straight off the camera adds a hero-grade premium. Most trailers don't need the full hero grade — a Dailies Pass is often the right call.

Source ConditionTeaserTrailerPremium
Already Color-Graded
Finished film — no color work needed.
+$0+$0+$0
Dailies Color Pass
Rec. 709 normalization + consistency. Not a hero grade.
+$150+$250+$400
Log / Flat Footage
S-Log3, LogC, etc. Quick hero grade from flat source.
+$300+$500+$800
Raw / Ungraded
Full hero color grade from scratch.
+$750+$1,200+$2,000
Mixed / Problem Sources
Multiple cameras, exposure issues, restoration needed.
+$1,000+$1,500+$2,500+

Dailies Pass vs Hero Grade: A Dailies Pass applies a baseline Rec. 709 LUT and matches clip-to-clip consistency — it makes the trailer look clean, not cinematic. A Hero Grade is full creative color direction (mood, film-emulation, stylization). Most trailers cut from already-finished films only need the Dailies Pass.

WHO WE WORK WITH

Filmmakers who shot it. Now they need it seen.

  • Independent filmmakers with a finished short or feature needing a trailer for festival submissions
  • Producers cutting sizzle reels or pitch trailers to pre-sell a project
  • Indie studios bundling a trailer into a distribution deal without hiring an in-house editor
  • Directors repurposing existing footage into a :30 teaser for social rollout
  • Anyone with 60+ minutes of source material and no time (or taste) to cut a trailer themselves
WHY SEMPER FI FOR YOUR TRAILER

Theatrical craft at indie pricing.

Post-only. No shoot required.

Your footage, our edit. We screen the entire source, build the cut, layer sound, and deliver — without spinning up a production.

Theatrical pacing, not template pacing.

Trailer cutting is a specialty craft. We treat yours like a film, not a Fiverr template — reveal structure, act breaks, earned climax.

Festival-ready deliverables.

Premium trailers ship in formats festivals actually want — DCP on request, proper aspect ratios, loudness-normalized audio, color-consistent pass.

Transparent pricing.

Three tiers, published on the pricing page. No "quoted on request" mystery. You see the number before you ever book a call.

THE PROCESS · HANDOFF TO DELIVERY
01

Footage handoff

You send the full source — feature cut, short, or raw footage — via Frame.io, Dropbox, or a hard drive. We spec the format and turnaround up front.

02

Full screening + cut direction

We screen every minute of source and build a cut direction: beats, pacing, reveal structure, act breaks. Nothing gets assembled until the direction is locked.

03

First cut + sound design

Music sync, atmospheric layers, impact hits, transitions, title cards, motion graphics. Delivered via Vidflow for timestamped notes.

04

Revisions + delivery

Two rounds included. Final delivery in hero cut + requested cutdowns + 9:16 social version. Typical turnaround: 10–14 days from locked handoff.

TRAILER EDITING · ADD-ONS

Stack any of these onto a trailer tier. Typical turnaround is 10–14 days from locked footage handoff — rush delivery available at a 25% premium.

Voiceover Direction

$250

VO casting guidance + placement in edit. Talent fees billed separately.

Rush Delivery

+25%

Under 7 days from locked footage handoff. Plan ahead when you can.

Additional Cutdown

$500

:15 TV spot, :06 bumper, or alternate edit — each.

Title / Logo Card

$250

Beyond the 2 cards included in each tier.

Raw Deliverable Export

$150

ProRes master or DNxHR master on request.

Footage ready? Deadline looming?

Free 30-minute discovery call. Tell us the source length, the target trailer length, and the festival or release deadline — we'll tell you whether we can make it.