$$ for filming and editing

A partner and I participated in a 5-day challenge documentary: lots of coffee and late nights' editing a 7 minute project. The subject loved it and hired us to make a 13 minute version using the footage plus another couple interviews, images, and particulars that she wanted us to follow. Ok. My partner and I are grateful toward her eagerness to be the subject, provide unusual images and music. And we're proud of both projects. While we didn't charge (of course) for the first version, do we charge for some of the first? We proposed one-third of the first. What do'ya think? We spent 30 hours filming and editing on the first; 20 hours additional for the second. My experience? 15 years prophotographer and a handful of 45 minute films on artists. Equip? Pana DVX100B with no "spectical" transitional editing. Intent? Her continued "entry" into the art world. Please, I am not asking for rate info, only percentage, but lay it on me if you wish. I know this forum is for "why can't I open the canvas window," etcetera, so thanks for the lattitude of asking this question.

If you're trying to justify the amount fo charge her, you can break it down into a few logical points:
The initial piece was done for your own benefit, but the new additions go beyond the scope of that piece.
The time, money and effort you put into it were an investment in your own business. Having this new piece would benefit her commercially, and it doesn't seem unreasonable to ask her to make a similar sort of investment.
The original piece benefitted both you and her. This new piece would have no value or benefit to you, so it seems perfectly reasonable to ask for money for footage that you shot and edited. Remember, she will be using your work for commercial purposes.
You already have the project 75% complete. And judging from what you say, she won't find a better deal in town for a similar project.
I'll admit if it was agreed upon that the first piece was mutually beneficial, and no money was to change hands, it would be a bit prickly to charge her. But asking for changes and new content is the beginning of a business transaction in my mind.

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