Editing
Cut, pace, finish
Documentaries, commercials, podcasts and creator channels. We shape your footage into a cut with rhythm, then handle sound and clean-up so it holds up anywhere it plays.
How editing works
Video & Photo Studio
Editing that disappears into the story.
CRISTINA CURPAN is a small studio for video editing and photo finishing. We cut your footage into a film that holds attention, grade it to feel like a film, and deliver it on the day we promised — not the day we get around to it.
Fixed quotes
You know the price before a single frame is cut.
No middlemen
You talk directly to the person doing the work.
NDA by default
Your footage stays yours. Always.
On-time habit
We'd rather say "two weeks" and land in ten.
01 — Services
Three ways we can help your project this month
Everything else we do grows out of these. Each project starts with a written brief and a quote you can actually plan around.
Color
Grade & finish
A look that belongs to your film, not a preset menu. We match scenes, build a palette, and finish in the formats your platform actually accepts.
How color works
Retouching
Photo finishing
Portraits, products and editorial work, cleaned and balanced without that plastic look. Skin stays skin, texture stays texture, and the client stays happy.
How retouching works
02 — Recent work
A few recent finishes
03 — The studio
One editor. One standard. Yours.
CRISTINA CURPAN is a one-person post house, run by CRISTINA CURPAN out of Chișinău, Moldova, working with clients in fourteen countries. Small by choice — because a single careful editor, reachable by email, is usually better than a production line.
We don't chase volume. We take on a handful of projects each month, write everything down, and finish what we start. That's the whole method.
- Written brief and scope before any work starts
- Secure file delivery and confidentiality by default
- Feedback in clear notes, not vague adjectives
180+Projects
40Repeat clients
14Countries
6 yrsIn post
04 — How it works
Four steps, no surprises
Brief
Send footage or links, tell us the goal and deadline. We confirm scope and ask the two or three questions that matter.
Quote
A fixed price and a delivery date in writing. Half upfront books your slot; the rest on delivery.
Cut
You get a first cut for feedback, then structured revision rounds until the brief is met.
Deliver
Final payment, master files, and every format and caption you asked for.
05 — Journal
Notes from the timeline
What "cinematic editing" actually means (and what it doesn't)
Everyone promises cinematic. Few can say what it is. A practical breakdown of rhythm, coverage and restraint.
Read the piece
Five mistakes that make a grade look like a filter
Over-saturation, mismatched skintones, and the other habits that give amateur color away.
Read the piece
Retouching that survives a client's zoom-in
Natural skin, honest texture, and the settings you should never crank to 100.
Read the piece
06 — Client words
What people say after the project
“
Second edit arrived exactly on the date he quoted, and it needed almost nothing from me. That has literally never happened with an editor before.
Marcus BellDocumentary producer, London
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The color grade made our founder's film look like it cost five times what it did. Communication was one clear email thread.
Anna WrenCreative director, Copenhagen
Quotes reflect individual client experiences. Results vary by project and are not a guarantee of any outcome.
Got footage that's waiting for its final version?
Send a brief and a deadline. You'll get a fixed quote back within one working day.