Find a local videography & editing in Ballina

It depends whether you need the shoot, the edit, or both. A full gig covers planning (a brief and a rough shot list), the shoot itself (camera, lighting, audio and direction on the day), and the edit (the cut, colour grade, sound, captions and exports in the formats you need). An edit-only gig skips the shoot and works from footage you supply. Be clear up front which one you're after, it changes the bid.

Videography includes capturing the footage, so the freelancer plans and shoots it. Video editing is post-production only: you hand over the raw clips and they cut, grade, add sound and titles, then export it. If you've already got footage from your phone or an event, you want an editor. If nothing's been shot yet, you want a videographer who can do both.

The usual run: brand and promo videos, product clips, social content (reels, TikTok and shorts), testimonials, event coverage, explainers and real estate walkthroughs. Most freelancers lean one way, polished brand films or fast social content, so match the freelancer to the job. Their showreel tells you quickly which lane they're in.

A social edit from footage you supply can turn around in a few days. A produced brand video with a shoot usually runs 2 to 4 weeks once you factor in planning, a shoot day and a couple of revision rounds. On a tight deadline? Say so in the gig, plenty of freelancers can move fast when the brief is clear.

Shoot it vertical (9:16), hook people in the first second, and build it to work with the sound off. The numbers are brutal: average watch time on Meta is 1 to 2 seconds, and about 95% of people don't make it past 1.5 seconds. So lead with the payoff, burn in captions, and keep it short. A good editor builds for that, not for a TV ad.

For raw, in-the-moment social clips, absolutely, phones shoot great footage now. Where a freelancer earns their keep is the bits that separate it from your nephew's iPhone: lighting, clean audio, direction on the day, and an edit that holds attention. Even if you shoot it yourself, handing the footage to an editor is often the highest-value half of the job.

Final exports in every format and aspect ratio you need: 16:9 for YouTube, 9:16 for reels and stories, 1:1 for the feed. Ask for a captioned version too, since most social plays on mute. If you want the raw footage or the editable project file, write that into the gig up front, it's not always included by default.

Two rounds is a fair default: one to react to the first cut, one to fine-tune. The trick is to lock the structure early, sign off the rough cut before anyone polishes the colour and sound, because reordering scenes after the fine edit is where time and budget blow out. Agree the number of rounds in the gig so there are no surprises.

In Ballina, a social edit from supplied footage often starts around $300 to $800. A half-day shoot with a produced edit typically runs $1,200 to $3,000, and a full brand video across multiple locations can go well beyond that. Price tracks shoot days, crew, locations and how many final cuts you need.

Start with the showreel: look for work in your style and ideally your industry, and judge the edit quality, not just the camera. Read their verified reviews on Unjumble, ask what gear and turnaround they offer, and confirm the deliverables and revision rounds. A quick chat about the idea tells you whether they get the brief.

Post a videography gig in 60 seconds. Describe the work, set your budget and timeframe, and choose whether it's time-based or outcome-based. Local freelancers send a bid with a quote, you compare their profiles, showreels and verified reviews, then pick the one that fits. Posting a gig is free. When you accept a bid, each stage is the freelancer's price, plus GST if they're registered, plus our 5% platform fee (worked out on the price before GST, GST included). A $1,000 stage from a GST-registered freelancer comes to $1,150.

Every gig runs on a payment schedule you both agree on up front, and every payment runs through Stripe. On an outcome-based gig the stages are often the shoot and the final edit. Each one is charged before the work starts and held by Unjumble until sign-off, or until it pays out on its own 14 days after it's submitted. On a time-based gig you're charged for each month as it starts, and it pays out when the next month starts unless you raise an issue.