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title: "Long-Form Video Editing"
description: "Retention-tuned long-form editing for YouTube, video essays, and brand films. B-roll, color, audio + custom thumbnail — all in. From $249/video."
price: 249
currency: USD
turnaround: 48h
category: video editing
canonical: https://entesy.studio/services/long-form
---

# Long form editing that earns the watch.

> Story-first cuts for YouTube long-form, video essays, and brand films. Cold opens, B-roll layered for retention, sound design, color grade — all in one price. 48 hours, unlimited revisions.

## Who this is for

If you publish weekly, we ship retention-tuned cuts.

### 01 — The educational creator

You make essays, deep dives, or tutorials. We structure your raw script into a cold open + chapters that keep average view duration past 50%.

### 02 — The thought-leader founder

You film between flights, hand us the raw, and need a story-driven cut by Friday for the weekly drop. We handle every layer — graphics, B-roll, audio, color.

### 03 — The brand or agency

You produce brand films, internal video, or thought-leadership content. We ship cinema-tier polish on a creator budget — and we white-label.

## What is included

**Full long-form production, in one price.**

Every long-form video runs through our retention-first workflow: cold open, B-roll layered to keep eyes on screen, sound design, color grade. No premium add-ons.

Key guarantees: **48hr** Turnaround SLA · **∞** Unlimited revisions · **1:1** Dedicated lead editor · **AVD** Retention-tuned for YouTube

- Cold open + hook engineering
- Custom B-roll (stock + your library)
- On-screen receipts & proof points
- Sound design & SFX
- Color grading + brand LUT

## Pricing

Starting at **$249/video** · Per-video · up to 30 min · everything included

Or go monthly with the Spark plan from $1,499/mo for a weekly drop.

## FAQ

### YouTube long-form, video essays, brand films — same service?

Yes. Anything 5–40 minutes horizontal is long-form for us. The workflow is the same: cold open, retention-tuned structure, B-roll layering, motion, audio, color.

### Are motion graphics, color, and audio really all included?

Yes. Lower thirds, animated text, on-screen graphics, color grade, audio mix at -14 LUFS — every layer is part of the base price. No premium add-ons.

### How long does a long-form edit take?

48 hours for videos up to 20 minutes finished. Longer videos (40+ min essays) ship in 72h. One revision round is included on the per-video rate.

### What about scripting or research?

We don't write scripts (you know your audience best), but we'll restructure your raw script for retention if it helps. Research is on you.

### Will you optimize for the YouTube algorithm?

Every edit is paced and structured for AVD (average view duration) — the metric YouTube actually pays for. We tune cold opens, B-roll density, and chapter timing accordingly.

## Book a call

Book a 20-minute call. We'll watch your last video, tell you the 3 retention drops we'd fix, and (if we both want to) edit your next one for free.

https://cal.com/entesystudio/freecall