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OUR SERVICES
Need affordable post production services? Look no further! Our team at C4 Studios specializes in low budget post solutions. Check out our hourly and package rates below. We offer some of the best rates in Los Angeles for low budget indie filmmakers.
If you have a project with specialized needs or would like to build out a custom quote, please email us at create@c4-studios.com and we'd be happy to chat!
POST-PRODUCTION SERVICES
EDITORIAL
From media ingest to final export, we can bring your footage to life exactly the way you imagined, whether it's a five minute short or a two hour feature.
- Adobe Premiere, Da Vinci Resolve,
and AVID Media Composer Workflows
- Raw Media Ingest and Logging
- Online/Offline HD, 2K & 4K Editing
- Final Edit Conforming
SOUND
Sound is half of your film - so don't ignore it! With almost two decades of experience in all areas of post production sound, our studio can make your movie sound as good as it deserves!
- Pro Tools Studio Workflow
- Dialogue Editing and Cleanup
- Sound Design
- Foley Recording & Mixing
- ADR Recording
- Stereo & 5.1 Mixing for Theatrical, Broadcast, and Streaming
- Mastering Services (Industry Standard Broadcast, Theatrical, Streaming, Web)
- Remote Mixing and Recording Services
COLOR
GRADING
Whether you want the teal and orange of a Hollywood blockbuster or the desaturated tones of a moody drama, we provide full service color grading and color correction.
- Color Correction and Grading in
Da Vinci Resolve
- HD, 2K, 4K, 6K, & 8K Deliverables
- Professionally Calibrated Reference Monitors
- SDR & HDR Workflows
- Remote Grading Capabilities
VISUAL FX
Make sparks fly, buildings explode, and dinosaurs come to life! Every movie needs a little bit of VFX. While we don't offer any VFX services in-house, we can build you a great VFX team from across the globe and make magic happen.
- Free VFX consultations and spotting sessions
- VFX Supervising Services
- Seamless and easy coordination with VFX artists and houses around the world
DELIVERY
You've finished your film - but now what? We've successfully delivered dozens of films to distributors, so let us take the work off your hands!
- Audio & Visual Deliverables Creation in Multiple Formats (HD, 2K, 4K, 6K, 8K)
- NTSC to PAL Conversions
- Full Service Software and
Manual Quality Control
- Theatrical, Broadcast, & Major Streaming Network Compliant Deliverables
RATES & PACKAGES
Every indie filmmaker knows that post production costs money - a lot of money! Most post houses charge "indie friendly" rates that are still too expensive for many low budget filmmakers to afford. At our studio, however, you can get truly indie friendly rates and not have to cut corners on quality. Just remember - we do good work for low cost. We may not be the fastest, but you'll get great quality, affordably.
We offer fully negotiable prices for all our a la carte services, as well as per project and package rates, depending on your budget level.
Please note: due to current overhead increases,
our price minimums have increased temporarily for 2026-2027.
We look forward to lowering costs in the near future.
HOURLY RATES
Offered "a la carte"
All rates are subject to change and negotiation depending on budget & schedule
$50/hr for Creative Editing services
$30/hr for Ingest/Transcoding
$30/hr for Assembly Editing services
$50/hr for Archival/Authoring services
$60/hr for Conform/Finish Editing
Per Project Rate: Negotiable
EDITORIAL
$40/hr for Sound Editing, Dialogue Repair, and Sound Design
$50/hr for Foley Recording & Mixing
$60/hr for ADR Recording (plus rentals)
$80/hr for Stereo Nearfield Mixing
$100/hr for 5.1 Nearfield Mixing
$100/hr for Stereo & 5.1 Mastering
$200/hr for Theatrical Stage Mixing
Per Project Rate: Negotiable
SOUND
COLOR GRADING
$50/hr for Basic In-house SDR Grading
$90/hr for Full Service Hire-out SDR/HDR Grading
Per Project Rate: Negotiable
VISUAL FX
Our studio doesn't offer in-house VFX. However, our wide network of freelance artists and VFX houses offer flexible low budget rates.
Please contact us for details!
Per Project Rate: Negotiable
DELIVERY
$50/hr for DCP Creation*
$50/hr for Archival/DVD Authoring services
$100/hr of screen time for Quality Control*
(includes free revisions and full QC report at the best rate in Los Angeles!)
Per Project Rate: Negotiable
CONSULTING
Post production supervisor
Flat rate starting at $5000 per project
On-call post production consultation
$75/hr or $1000 monthly retainer
PACKAGE RATES
Offered as a package/flat rate per category
All rates are subject to change and negotiation depending on budget & schedule
MICRO BUDGET PACKAGE
For total budgets below 50K
Starting at $1000 for shorts and $3000 for features. Pick your post production services and you pay one flat rate!
LOW BUDGET PACKAGE
For total budgets below 100K
Starting at $2500 for shorts and $5000 for features. Pick your post production services and you pay one flat rate!
STANDARD BUDGET PACKAGE
For total budgets 100K-1MIL
From $15K to $100K
Pick your post production services and you pay one flat rate!
For projects with budgets over 100K, please email us directly for a quote.
Please note all rates do not include any additional costs incurred by distribution, festival requirements, or overages due to delays
Additional storage space for projects exceeding in-house capacity is charged at $50/TB.
All projects are archived on-site and off-site for a maximum period of 3 years from finish date.
Additional archival time is charged at $200/yr per project
* Quality Control and DCP Creation are charged per hour of project screen time
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