A video production proposal prices three kinds of time the client rarely sees separately: pre-production, the shoot days themselves, and the edit. A videography proposal that quotes one figure for the film has hidden all three, and the client compares it with a cheaper one that hid them differently. The version that wins names the days and the hours in each phase, prices them at a rate that covers the studio's costs, presents the scope as options, and puts the deposit and the payment dates on the page. The pricing proposal tool on this site builds the options from your own hours and rate, free and without an account.
Three phases, counted
Pre-production is scripting, storyboarding, casting and location hours; production is shoot days at a day rate with crew and kit; post is edit hours per deliverable plus color, sound and graphics. A proposal for video production lists each with its hours, so the client sees where the money goes and a change lands in a phase.
Price from your own rate, then offer options
The day rate and the edit rate come from your costs and profit, not from what the last client paid. The pricing proposal tool turns the hours into three options: a single deliverable, the recommended package, and the version with the extra cutdowns and the social edits. Options move the conversation from whether to which.
Reuse the template, rewrite the treatment
A video production proposal template carries the phases, the terms, the deposit and the cancellation schedule. The treatment, the deliverables and the options are written fresh from the brief. A template that ships last quarter's deliverables list is how a studio edits a film nobody priced.
Deposit, milestones, delivery
A deposit before pre-production, a milestone at the shoot, the balance on final delivery. Under New York's Freelance Isn't Free Act a hiring party must pay a freelance worker by the date in the contract or, if it names none, within 30 days of the work being done; a contract that names the date is the one that protects you. Proposal suites charge per seat: from the vendor's own pricing page, Proposify Basic is $29 per user per month and Team is $49 per user per month on monthly billing. Scopedly Pro is $29 per month for the whole studio, and every tool on this site works free with no account.
Questions people ask about video production proposal
What should a video production proposal include?
The treatment, the three phases with their hours and rates, the deliverables by length and format, two or three options, the deposit and payment schedule, the revision cap and the usage terms.
How do I price a videography proposal?
Day rates for the shoot, hourly for pre-production and post, from your own costs; the pricing proposal tool on this site works the options from those figures, free.
Is there a free video production proposal template?
The tools here build the pricing, the options and the payment schedule on the page for free. Scopedly Pro saves and exports the proposal under your name for $29 a month for the whole studio.