Editing
Rhythm and delivery
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
Quiet edits. Loud results.
At RUSLANA BOTEZATU, we edit video and finish photography the way we would want it done for ourselves: careful cuts, honest color, and a delivery date that means something.
Written scope
You know the price before a single frame is cut.
Fixed quotes
One person answers your emails, not a queue.
On-time habit
Notes in plain sentences, never vague adjectives.
No middlemen
We would rather say "two weeks" and land in ten.
01 — Services
What we do, clearly and without jargon
No package menus, no upsells. You get one of these — done properly, on a date we commit to in writing.
Color
A look of your own
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
Detail work
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
Every project, one pair of hands.
RUSLANA BOTEZATU is a one-person post house, run by RUSLANA BOTEZATU out of Chișinău, Republica 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
45Repeat clients
14Countries served
8 yrsIn post
220+Projects
04 — How it works
How a project actually runs
Final
You get master files, all requested formats, captions, and a summary of what changed along the way.
Rough cut
A first cut comes back quickly, built from your notes, then we refine in clear revision rounds.
Scope
We write down what we will and won't do, confirm the footage list, and lock the deadline before any work starts.
Brief
You send links or files, the deadline and the goal. We reply with the two or three questions that actually change the quote.
05 — Journal
Notes from the timeline
What “cinematic editing” actually means
Rhythm, coverage and restraint — what really makes a cut read as cinematic.
Read the piece
Five mistakes that make a grade look like a filter
Over-saturation, mismatched skintones and the habits that give amateur color away.
Read the piece
Retouching that survives a client’s zoom-in
Natural skin, honest texture, and settings you should never trust to 100.
Read the piece
06 — Client words
What people say after the project
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The retouching kept the wrinkles that make a portrait believable and removed the ones that made it unflattering.
Katrin EhlersEditorial photographer, Berlin
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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.
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