Film crew hire/Oxford/Editor
Hire a video editor in Oxford. A video editor turns the footage from your shoot into a finished film.
People book a video editor in Oxford for college halls, labs at the Science Park and Harwell, and shoots on the street. The editor works with your team in your office or from their own suite. You can also hand the whole edit to our own post-production team, who cut, grade and mix in-house. Our editor day rate starts at £350, and the editor gets all of it.
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The role
What an editor does on your film
An editor turns the rushes into the film. They watch everything, log it, find the story, build the cut and take it through rounds of notes to picture lock. Then the online, the grade, the mix and the deliverables finish it, by the same editor on a small job or by specialists on a bigger one.
Our own post-production team cuts, grades and mixes our films in DaVinci Resolve. The team works from wherever its editors are, over a fast connection, so an Oxford shoot doesn’t need an Oxford edit suite.
We book an editor who lives in or near Oxford first. If nobody local is free, or the job needs more people, we bring an editor from London. We add the travel to the quote before anything is booked. A good edit starts on the shoot. On set, a DIT or camera assistant copies and checks every card. For a fast turnaround, proxies are uploaded from the location so the cut starts the same day. The drives are handed over at wrap, or go back to London on the train with the crew. At a conference in a college venue, an editor can sit in a side room and cut highlights while the sessions run.
- The editor finds the story. They watch and log hours of interviews and B-roll, and build them into a structure.
- The editor works through your notes. Two rounds of amends are standard, and each one is turned round fast.
- The film is ready for every screen. The editor makes the masters, cutdowns, subtitles and the right ratio for every platform.
- The editor works in your software. That can be Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Avid or Final Cut, in your office or from their own suite.
What’s included
What the day rate covers
In the day rate
- A full edit day, in your office or from the editor’s own suite
- Syncing and logging the rushes
- Building the cut to your brief and notes
- Review exports whenever you need them
- The project and media handed over at the end
- Premiere Pro, Resolve, Avid or Final Cut
On top, each on its own line
- Our 10% booking fee and 2% insurance, on the whole quote
- An edit suite or kit, if you need one, at a day rate
- Grade, sound mix, music and stock, each quoted separately
- Drives couriered from the shoot, at cost
- Travel from London or outside Oxford, and mileage and parking where the day needs them, at cost
If you want us to run the edit, our post-production team cuts from £550 a day, with the suite and two rounds of amends included. It grades from £600 a day. Read how our crew rates work in crew rates in Oxford.
Two ways to book
Crew hire or full production
The price depends on who is the producer of record. That’s the company responsible for the shoot. You can book an editor to cut for your own team, or ask us to make the whole film, including the permits and the masters.
Crew hire
You run the shoot.
10% + 2% booking fee and insurance on everything we book for you, including crew, kit and travel.
We do
- Find, book and brief the crew, and pay them
- Book kit, travel and hotels too, if you want them
- Send the full price before anything is booked
- One person to call all day
- Employers’ liability for the crew we book, and insurance on kit we hire in
You do
- Run the shoot, or your producer does
- The plan, the schedule and the call sheet
- The location, its permission and its public liability
- You’re the producer of record, so the production is your responsibility
The 2% covers employers’ liability for every crew member we book and the kit we hire in for you. It doesn’t cover anything else on the shoot. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, which goes on the quote as its own line.
Full production
We’re the producer of record.
15% + 5% production fee, plus insurance and contingency, on the whole production budget. We quote it as a production.
We do
- Our producer plans it with you and runs the day
- Locations, permits, kit, studio, travel and hotels, booked and paid in our name
- Insurance for the whole shoot, public liability included, plus the risk assessment and the call sheet
- One contract and one invoice, so overseas teams need no UK company
You do
- The creative calls
- Signing off the plan and the budget
The 5% pays for our production insurance across the whole shoot, including £10m public liability, and the contingency.
If your own producer or director will run the day, book crew hire. If you want us to run the production, ask for a full production quote.
On the day
An example day with an editor
This is day one on a two-minute customer story. The shoot was a day with two interviews in an office at the Oxford Science Park. The times are an example.
- 09:00 Rushes in The drive came by courier overnight, or the proxies went up from the location the afternoon before. The editor copies the rushes, checks them against the card count and backs them up.
- 10:00 Watch it all The editor syncs the pictures to the sound and sorts them by interview and scene. They watch every answer and mark the best lines by timecode in a selects sequence.
- 12:30 Lunch Lunch is an hour, and the editor takes it away from the screen.
- 13:30 The radio edit The editor cuts the interviews for story first, as if for radio. The film gets a beginning, a middle and an end, in the client’s own words.
- 15:30 Pictures The editor lays B-roll over the interviews and sets the pace with music.
- 17:00 First cut The editor exports the cut with burnt-in timecode and sends a review link. The client can watch it on the way home and send notes against the timecode.
- 17:30 Wrap The editor saves and backs up the project. The notes come in tomorrow.
Types
Types of editor we book
The edit has several stages, and on bigger films a specialist for each.
Offline editor The creative cut From £350 a day
An offline editor builds the story and the cut, and takes it through notes to picture lock.
Good for brand films, documentaries and customer stories.
Online editor Finishing and deliverables Quoted on the brief
An online editor conforms the locked cut at full quality, adds titles and makes the deliverables. See online editing.
Good for broadcast and anything with strict delivery specs, such as a TV ad cleared through Clearcast.
Assistant editor Ingest, sync and logging Quoted on the brief
An assistant editor organises the rushes, syncs the sound, logs and transcribes, so the editor can start cutting.
Good for long-form and multi-camera projects, and for a conference at a college venue with several rooms filming at once.
Colourist The grade From £600 a day
A colourist grades the film so every shot matches and the look is right. See colour grading.
Good for anything shot on a cinema camera.
Motion designer Titles, graphics and animation Quoted on the brief
A motion designer makes animated titles, lower thirds, data graphics and explainer graphics.
Good for corporate, financial and explainer films, where the numbers have to be on screen.
Social editor Cutdowns and versions Quoted on the brief
A social editor turns a master into 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 cutdowns, with subtitles, for every platform.
Good after a brand film or an event, when the content needs to go out fast.
What it’s for
What people book an editor for in Oxford
Founder films for spin-outs and biotech
Offices and labs at the Oxford Science Park, Begbroke and Harwell Campus, where spin-outs and biotech companies film their founders. Founder films and customer stories are cut to the company’s brand template.
Conferences and events at college venues
A day of talks and interviews between sessions is cut the same night, for the delegates’ inboxes the morning after.
University and research films
Research films from labs, lecture theatres and college rooms are cut for the web and for social.
Brand films and adverts on the street
Adverts and brand films shot on Broad Street, the High and round the Covered Market often need a fast first cut and several versions for different platforms.
Heritage locations out of town
Location footage from Blenheim Palace at Woodstock and the edge of the Cotswolds is graded and cut into brand films and social versions.
Recent work
Edits by our own team, and how we crew Oxford
Our own post-production team cut, graded and mixed the Twycross Zoo ad in-house.
Our work · Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire · Easter 2025
Twycross Zoo’s Easter TV ad
We made a 30-second national TV ad for Twycross Zoo. The job covered the idea, a two-day shoot, a child’s voiceover, Clearcast and delivery to Sky AdSmart, licensed for 2.8 million impressions. Our own team cut, graded and mixed it.
How we crew it · Oxford
An editor in your office, or our own post team
We start with editors who live in or near Oxford. They can work in your office or from their own suite, and the rushes reach them by drive or secure transfer. If nobody local is free, we book an editor from London. You can also hand the edit to our own post-production team, which cuts, grades and mixes in-house. We add any travel to the quote before anything is booked.
Before you book
Things to know
The day
- An edit day is a full day, in your office or in the editor’s own suite.
- We agree any overtime with you before it happens.
- In your office in Oxford, the editor works your building’s hours.
From the Oxford shoot
- A DIT or camera assistant copies and checks the cards on set, and makes a second copy before any card is wiped.
- Proxies are uploaded from the location when the edit has to start the same day.
- Drives are handed over at wrap, or couriered from the location at cost.
When the editor isn’t in your office
- We send the rushes by drive or secure transfer, with proxies for speed.
- The editor shares each cut on a review link, and you send notes against the timecode.
Paying and changes
- You pay nothing until you confirm the editor.
- We take 50% by card when you book and 50% when you receive the final rushes.
- The quote shows every line, including the day rate, booking fee, kit and travel.
- Cancellation terms are on every quote.
What our insurance covers
- Our insurance covers employers’ liability for the editor we book, up to £10m.
- Kit we hire in for you is insured. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, as its own line on the quote.
- On a crew hire, it doesn’t cover anything else. Public liability, the location and your own kit stay with you, and your venue will want to see your certificate. When we’re the producer of record, our policy covers the shoot.
From £350 a day
There’s no APA/Bectu card rate for editors, because post-production isn’t on the APA crew card.
| Editor, a day | £350 |
| Booking fee, 10% | £35 |
| Insurance, 2% | £7 |
| One edit day, before kit | £392 + VAT |
The 2% covers employers’ liability for the editor we book and the kit we hire in. What it covers
You won’t pay anything until you confirm the editor.
- 50% by card at booking, 50% on the final rushes
- Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours
- Every line on the quote before anything is booked
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Reviews
What clients say about our crews
These reviews come from our Google Business Profile.
Book an editor in Oxford.
Tell us how much footage, how many films, the software, and whether the editor works with you or from their own suite. Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours. Or call us on 07412 543822.
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The whole crew
Every crew role we book in Oxford
Send one brief and we send one quote, with every role on its own line. These are our day rates in Oxford, and each crew member gets their full rate:
Production 06
- Director From £500
- Producer From £450
- Production manager £504–627
- 2nd AD £355–448
- Production assistant £400
- Runner £245
Camera 07
- DOP From £850
- Camera operator £529–656
- Focus puller £461–575
- Clapper loader £355–448
- Steadicam operator From £950
- Gimbal operator £529–656
- Drone operator From £750
Data and playback 02
- DIT £527
- Video playback £334–518
Sound 01
- Sound recordist £550
Hair, make-up and costume 02
- Hair and make-up £398
- Costume £519–694
Art department 02
- Art director £675–878
- Set builders £341–512
Post-production 01
- Editor This page From £350
See how our rates work in crew rates in Oxford, or start from one of our crew set-ups in Oxford.
Production support
Everything around the crew
An edit starts with the rushes. The guides below cover the shoot side in Oxford, including permits, kit and how the cards get to the edit.
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Kit rental
Where to hire camera, lighting and sound kit for an Oxford shoot, and when the crew bring their own.
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Locations and permits
The county council for streets, the colleges and the University, the Bodleian and the drone rules.
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Studios and set builds
Studios at Didcot and south of Reading for set builds, and college rooms hired by the day for interviews.
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Props and wardrobe
Where props and costume come from, and the stylists and hair and make-up artists we book.
Questions
Questions about hiring a video editor in Oxford
How much does a video editor cost in Oxford?
Our freelance editors start at £350 a day, and the editor gets all of it. We add our 10% booking fee and 2% insurance, so one day comes to £392 + VAT. Our rates are the same in Oxford as anywhere else we book crew. If you want us to run the edit, our post-production team cuts from £550 a day, with the suite and two rounds of amends included.
What does the insurance on a crew booking cover?
It covers two things. The first is employers’ liability for every crew member we book, up to £10m. The second is the kit we hire in for you. That’s what the 2% pays for. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, which goes on the quote as its own line. On a crew hire, you’re the producer of record, so public liability, the location, your own kit and anything you book yourself stay with you. If you want us to be the producer of record, we quote it as a full production, and our insurance covers the whole shoot.
Are your editors from Oxford?
We book editors who live in or near Oxford first. They can work in your office or from their own suite. If the brief or the date needs someone else, we book an editor from London, and add any travel to the quote before anything is booked. The fastest trains from Paddington take 52 minutes. Our own post-production team works from wherever its editors are, so where the edit happens rarely matters. Our base is London, at 124 City Road, and we have bases in Manchester, Bristol and Cornwall. Check with GWR for the latest train times.
How do the rushes reach the editor after an Oxford shoot?
By upload or by drive. On set, a DIT or camera assistant copies and checks the cards. For an urgent job, proxies go up from the location while you shoot, and the edit starts the same day. The drives follow by courier or come back with the crew on the train. The fastest trains to Oxford take 52 minutes from Paddington, or about 1 hour 12 from Marylebone. See DIT hire in Oxford. Check with GWR and Chiltern Railways for the latest.
Can you cut conference highlights at an Oxford college venue on the day?
Yes. An editor works from a side room or the production office, cutting from the cards as they come off the cameras, so highlights go out that evening or the morning after. Agree the room, the power and the upload speed with the college or the venue’s event team first.
What software do your editors use?
Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro. Tell us what your project is in, and we’ll match the editor.
Do you grade and mix as well?
Yes. Our post-production team grades and mixes in-house, from £600 a day for the grade. The Athletic’s four-part interview series went through our edit, grade and mix, with deliverables for every platform it runs on. See our post-production.