How long it takes to do a video/complete a repair

[Its me]

Eric,

Was just curious… How long does it take you to make a video?

Do you have kind of a ball park figure?

I.E. Does a task that has a book time of 4 hours take you 7 to complete with all the filming? Have you figured out a ballpark consistent ratio? Or do the times just depend on the job at hand.

I would figure since you have to set the camera, ensure the shots are correct and occasionally technical error takes some time.

Also, once you have all the footage, how long does the editing take? Any ballpark ratio on these?

Lastly, How long did the engine replacement for the current GMC Sonoma totally take you? (from filming to final product)

Thanks again

Karl

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[EricTheCarGuy]

Good question. It depends on the video. The longer the video, the longer it took to produce, usually. Funny thing is that sometimes it takes longer to produce the short videos. That’s usually because those videos have graphics or other elements that need to be added that require more time.

The Sonoma videos started with 12 hours of raw footage. I’m not done editing yet but there will probably be 4 more videos in the series before I’m done. Those videos are about 40min a piece. That works out to about half of what I shot getting cut. As for editing I have to go through all that footage and then trim it down, usually in 3 passes. I normally spend all day Saturday editing. Sometimes it spills over into the week or into Sunday but normally I get it done on Saturdays. The Sonoma series has taken a LOT of time to edit and I’m still not done yet. I hope to have it wrapped up in the next week or so before I go on vacation.

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