Time Tracking for Video Production

Time Tracking Software for Video Production Companies

Video production involves multiple phases from pre-production planning to final delivery, with significant time investment in each stage. Professional time tracking helps video production companies bill accurately for pre-production, shooting, editing, and post-production work while maintaining profitability on video projects.

45%
More billable hours captured
35%
Better production cost visibility
90%
Accuracy in video project estimates

Time Tracking Built for Video Production Companies

Video production face unique challenges around time tracking accuracy and billable hour capture that generic tools cannot address. With project-based with pre-production, production, and post-production phases, your team of producers, videographers, editors, and motion graphics artists needs a time tracking system that understands coordinating complex production schedules with equipment, talent, locations, and post-production timelines. AgencyPro's time tracking capabilities are designed specifically for service businesses like yours. Rather than forcing you to adapt enterprise software or cobble together freelancer tools, AgencyPro streamlines the process of logging hours accurately across clients and projects in a way that matches how video production actually operate. Tracking billable hours per project, Monitoring retainer utilization, Generating timesheet reports, Analyzing team productivity — all connected to your client projects and team workflows. The impact of poor time tracking and ensuring all billable work is captured compounds quickly for video production. When lost billable hours and inaccurate project costing become the norm, it affects not just your bottom line but your client relationships and team morale. Key metrics like billable utilization rate, time capture accuracy, cost per project hour determine whether your agency thrives or merely survives. AgencyPro gives you the visibility and automation to optimize these metrics and build a more profitable, scalable operation.

Why Video Production Companies Need Better Time Tracking

Video and film studios handling production, editing, motion graphics, and post-production for clients.

Tracking time spent on pre-production planning, scriptwriting, and location scouting

Measuring hours for shooting days, equipment setup, and on-set production

Capturing time for editing, color grading, sound design, and render time

Documenting hours spent on revisions, client feedback, and final delivery

How AgencyPro Solves Time Tracking for Video Production

Smart time tracking with project-level timers, billable/non-billable categorization, and team timesheets.

Track time by production phase (pre-production, shooting, editing, post-production) for detailed billing

Monitor time spent per project phase to optimize pricing and identify bottlenecks

Categorize time by role (director, editor, colorist, sound designer) for crew cost analysis

Generate reports showing time allocation across projects and phases for profitability insights

Key Benefits for Video Production

Capture Every Billable Hour

Multiple tracking methods — timers, manual entry, and weekly timesheets — ensure no billable work goes unrecorded. Integration with project tasks means time is always allocated correctly.

Real-Time Retainer Visibility

Monitor how many retainer hours each client has used in real-time. Get alerts before clients exceed their allocations so you can manage scope and expectations proactively.

Accurate Project Costing

Understand the true cost of every project by tracking time at the task and phase level. Compare estimated hours versus actual to improve future project pricing and estimates.

Team Productivity Insights

See billable utilization rates per team member, identify capacity for new work, and understand how time is distributed across clients and project types.

How It Works

1

Track Production Phases

Start timers for pre-production, shooting, editing, or post-production work with automatic project and phase categorization.

2

Monitor Crew Time

Track time for each crew member and role to understand true production costs and bill clients accurately.

3

Bill and Analyze

Export time data to invoices showing exactly what production work was performed, with detailed breakdowns by phase and role.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do we track time for video shoots that last multiple days?

Use project-based timers that can span multiple days, with the ability to pause between shooting days and resume. The system aggregates all time spent on a shoot, including setup, actual shooting, and wrap time, ensuring all production hours are captured and billed correctly.

Can we track render time separately from active editing time?

Yes, you can create separate time categories for active editing work versus render time and processing. Many video production companies bill render time differently or include it in project estimates. Tracking this separately helps you understand the true cost of post-production and price your services accordingly.

How do we handle time tracking for gear rental and equipment setup time?

Create separate categories for equipment-related time (setup, testing, breakdown) versus actual production work. You can also track time spent managing gear rentals and equipment logistics separately from creative production time, helping you understand the full cost of video production.

What about tracking time for video revisions and client feedback rounds?

Track all revision time separately from initial editing work. The system allows you to see time spent per revision round, helping you identify clients who require excessive revisions and adjust your pricing or revision policies accordingly. Many production companies include a set number of revisions in project estimates and bill additional rounds separately.

Track Video Production Time

Ensure every hour of video production is properly tracked and billed. Improve your production company's profitability with accurate time tracking.