B-roll and stock footage editing: a cutaway planned for each line, licensed stock and your own b-roll cut in, and every clip color-matched to your camera so the video never rests on a static shot.
Mark Studios adds b-roll and stock footage as part of your edit. Mark Santos maps a cutaway to each line of your script or voiceover, uses your own b-roll first, fills the gaps with licensed stock cleared for the platform you publish on, color-matches every clip to your camera, and adds motion to still photos. A b-roll heavy edit typically takes 5–7 business days. Send your footage or voiceover and get a fixed price from the instant quote.
A cutaway map planned from your script or voiceover before clips are pulled
Licensed stock footage, cleared for where the video will run
Your own b-roll used first, with stock filling the gaps
Archival and historical footage for documentary-style stories
Color matching to your main camera: exposure, temperature, contrast and grain
Motion on still photos: pans, push-ins and parallax depth
Royalty-free music sourced and synced to the cut
Talking-head videos covered so the picture changes with the pointMarket context on the libraries: licence prices, contributor royalty rates and library sizes, checked against Getty Images and Shutterstock filings, in our stock footage statistics.
More b-roll & stock-footage edits live on our portfolio.
Share your main footage or voiceover, the script if there is one, and any b-roll you already shot, in one folder. Tell us where the video will be published (YouTube, paid ads, broadcast, social), because the stock licence has to cover it, and list anything you don't want on screen.
The price follows runtime, how much of it needs covering, how much of your own b-roll exists and any archival research. You get one fixed figure before work starts, and nothing is billed by the hour.
Mark maps a cutaway to each line before pulling clips, then builds the first cut with the actual footage placed, color-matched and scored. You review the video as it will look, with real clips rather than placeholder notes.
B-roll notes are specific: this clip is too literal, that one too generic, use my own footage here, hold this shot longer. Leave them timestamped in the review tool, and each of the 3 rounds comes back in 24–72 hours.
You get the finished MP4 for each platform. Licensed stock arrives inside the video and stays under its own licence, so it covers this video, not reuse elsewhere.
The six samples above are stock-footage edits: documentaries (Grain, a crime story; Tijean O's Beyoncé documentary; Mary Shelley & Frankenstein) alongside business, beauty and educational videos for SIS LAB, Shelley L and Cristin T.
In our voiceover brand video series case study, a consultancy's videos were built with no shoot at all: dark abstract b-roll, on-screen text and sound under the client's voiceover, with the look locked on one video before ten more followed.
Stock shot on someone else's camera stands out next to your footage. Every clip is graded to your main camera's exposure, color and contrast, with grain and frame rate matched too, so the cutaways read as part of one video rather than a collage of sources.
“I went through about 20 editors before I found Mark Santos, who has been a loyal and reliable and incredible editor. He is creative. He is responsive. He is polite. He takes feedback very well.”
Dr. Nick Norwitz · video testimonial · Read the case studyYes. Stock comes from royalty-free libraries and is cleared for the platform you publish on, so tell us whether the video runs on YouTube, in paid ads or on broadcast. Licensed clips arrive inside your finished video and stay under their own licences. Footage, music or images you supply yourself are yours to clear, and archival or news footage usually needs its own licence.
Cost follows the video's runtime, how much of it needs covering, how much b-roll you already have, archival research, motion on stills and turnaround. The instant quote prices it from your footage and gives a fixed figure before work starts. Plans are on pricing, and the factors behind editing prices are in what video editing costs.
From the script or transcript, before any clip is pulled. Each line gets a cutaway idea: literal when the viewer needs to see the thing named, illustrative when the point is abstract, and none at all when the speaker's face carries it better. Clips are then picked for subject, mood and how well they sit with the color of your footage.
Yes, and it comes first. Put your b-roll in the same folder as the main footage, labelled by shoot or location if you can, and it is used wherever it fits before any stock is added. Your own footage keeps the video specific to you; stock only fills what is missing.
Each stock clip is graded to your main camera: exposure, color temperature and contrast first, then grain and sharpness, so a clean stock shot doesn't look glossier than your footage. Frame rates are conformed so motion looks the same, and clips are reframed to your aspect ratio without losing the subject.
Yes. When there is no video of a subject, photos get slow pans, push-ins or a parallax effect that separates the foreground from the background. It suits historical stories, product and brand photos, and people or places with no footage. Send the highest-resolution versions you have, since motion magnifies any softness.
That is the most common brief. Long talking-head takes are covered with b-roll that matches what you are saying at that moment, while your face stays on screen for the lines where expression matters. The video keeps moving without losing you. For pacing work on talking-head footage itself, see talking-head editing.
Yes. With no camera footage, the picture is built from b-roll, stock, stills and on-screen text cut to your voiceover. The voiceover brand series case study shows how: the look was locked on one video, then the series followed. Faceless channels get the same process on faceless YouTube editing.
Most b-roll and stock-heavy edits take 5–7 business days from the time your footage and brief arrive. Long documentary-style videos, or ones that need archival research, can take longer, and the quote states the date before you pay. Rush delivery is available at checkout when capacity allows.
Tell us about the video you need covered — we'll source the right clips, match your look, and deliver an edit that keeps viewers watching.
Of the 3,913 orders with a long-form edit in our video editing outsourcing benchmarks, 8.8% also asked for footage or stock-footage research, the second most common add-on after a thumbnail.
Not a fit if the video has to show your own product, team or location. Stock can’t, so film it (Mark films on site in South Florida and travels for shoots elsewhere) or send your own clips.
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