All Weddings Are Unique
I film as much as possible on the wedding day and try to give you a generous coverage of everyone who attended and everything that happened. As well as all the things that make your wedding unique, like the venues and room decorations, transport, flowers, cake, etc.
Packages
We like to base our pricing upon the amount of filming and editing that’s involved. A small, local wedding wouldn’t require as much work as a larger wedding with multiple locations.
So we have variable pricing within each package to try to offer a fair price.
To begin with, we offer a choice of coverage for those who want the filming to end after the speeches and those who want it to end after the first dance.
There are a few more variables to a wedding, such as the number of guests, locations, travel and editing, and we try to price a wedding depending on what’s involved.
So please tell us about your wedding so that we can give you a custom quote.
Matinée
Coverage ends after speeches-
Ceremony & Speeches
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Coverage of activity in between ceremony & speeches
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Home Visit (prep shots)
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Establishing & Detail Shot Sequences
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Start & End Title Sequences
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Romantic sequence
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Your choice of music overlay
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Full-length edit
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USB
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Presentation Box
Premiere
Coverage ends after first dance-
Ceremony & Speeches
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Coverage of activity in between ceremony & speeches
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Evening guests and fun before first dance
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First Dance
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Home Visit (prep shots)
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Establishing & Detail Shot Sequences
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Start & End Title Sequences
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Romantic sequence
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Your choice of music overlay
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Full-length edit
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USB
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Presentation Box
variable prices
So that we can give you a fair price, it’s well worth telling us about your wedding.
If you are only having a small number of guests at one location, it wouldn’t require as much work as a large wedding at multiple locations.
So please provide us with the following information
- Number of daytime guests
- Number of locations
- Travel – where are the locations?
- You you want the First Dance filming?
- Do you want a Home Visit (preparation shots) at separate location?
HIGHLIGHTS VERSIONS = OPTIONAL EXTRA £100
A short note about the Highlights versions. To keep the prices down, we’ve removed these from the prices. We believe most people want a full-version of their wedding (why not see everything that was filmed?) and don’t always need a Highlights version – so why pay for something if you don’t need?
But if you do want one, they can easily be added as an optional extra.
Again, depending on your wedding and requirements, we might be able to include a Highlights version in your package.
BESPOKE Package
We’ve tried to incorporate all weddings in our packages, but if you’re looking for a something more bespoke, then please get in touch and tell us what you have in mind.
Remember to tell me what coverage you want as well as the type of editing you need, eg. highlights, short film or full-length.
It will also be helpful to know when and where the wedding will be.
Package Elements
CEREMONY & SPEECHES
Each package includes the recording of these elements in their entirety.
FIRST DANCE
This will also include some more songs if there is plenty of dancing afterwards. It will also include coverage of you greeting your evening guests.
HIGHLIGHTS EDIT
This teaser/trailer version which includes the best bits from the wedding. It is ideal for sharing online and includes copyright-free music.
This version doesn’t take as long to edit, so it can be available shortly after your wedding whilst you wait for the main edit to be ready.
FULL-LENGTH EDIT
As above bit with every bit of usable footage included – nothing good is left out and also features longer scenes. It’s like the director’s cut! This allows more freedom in the editing and can result in some extremely creative sequences.
This is a complete film that plays from start-to-finish and is the perfect record of your wedding.
HOME VISIT
Home visits provide an excellent opportunity to secure some attractive scenes of the bridal party before the wedding. And help build the excitement of the wedding to come.
They also give us more time to focus on people arriving at the marriage venue.
However, time and distance to the marriage venue may be a factor. If there’s enough time, home visits are recommended.
YOUR CHOICE OF MUSIC
The use of copyrighted music (popular music) is something that I do offer, and believe is integral in a wedding video. However, this is limited to private use on physical media (DVD, BluRay and USB). Unfortunately, we are not allowed to share videos with copyrighted music on social media platforms, such as Facebook, instagram, etc.
Although you can opt for copyright-free music instead, which we can help you with.
USB
USB drives are supplied as standard in all packages. Please see Delivery Options (below) for more info.
PRESENTATION BOX
All physical media (USB, DVD, BluRay) are supplied in attractive boxes and can feature personalised images and titles.
Optional Extras
To enhance your video further, a choice of optional extras are available.
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HIGHLIGHTS VERSION 100
5 minutes "best of" video for sharing on Social Media. Copyrighted music is not allowed on most platforms, so copyright-free music would be used.
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VOX POPS (GUEST MESSEGES) £75
These can be great fun, but they can also be tricky things to film and incorporate into the editing (which is why they are an optional extra).
As I do not want to be a nuisance to your guests, I find the best solution is to find a nice spot somewhere whilst your meal takes place and invite people to come and give their message (a bit like the photo-booths).
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CHILDHOOD PHOTO SEQUENCE £25
Included in the opening sequence, can be some early photos (or snippets of video) of you both at various stages of your life and a few of you both together.
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ADDITIONAL COVERAGE POA
For further coverage, such as the filming of fireworks or evening entertainment, please enquire.
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OTHER POA
For aerial shots (drones), 4K or any other special requests, please enquire.
Additional Information
DURATION
For full-length videos, a wedding film is, on average, around one hour thirty minutes in duration.
However, a large or small number of guests, the type of ceremony, length of speeches, receiving lines, preparations and first dances can all add or subtract from the length of the film.
Delivery Options
The videos are supplied on USB with DVD and BluRay copies being available as optional extras.
Online streaming links will be provided for the Highlights and Short Film versions providing there is no copyright music involved.
Unfortunately, if you want popular music in your video, then it must be supplied on physical media (USB, DVD, BluRay) as copyrighted music is not allowed on streaming platforms (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube).
But we can help you with suitable copyright-free music if you prefer to have your video available for streaming.
Travel
Weddings further than 60-70 miles might require a modest hotel expense (night before only).
Marriage service costs & restrictions
Depending on your marriage venue, some Vicars, Registrars, etc. often charge a fee for permission to record the service. Or we might need to sign a licence to record in these venues. You will need to check this out beforehand.
Booking Your Wedding
If you are happy and wish to proceed, we need to get a booking form filled in and a deposit paid to secure the booking.
This can all be done over the phone or via email if you wish.
Booking procedure & deposits
A booking fee of £200 is required to secure the booking. There is also an advanced payment of £300, but that is not due until one month prior to the wedding date. The balance is due upon completion of the editing, which is usually between 2-8 weeks after the wedding.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
No, VAT is not added.
Travel costs are taken into account when giving a quotation. Parking fees are included unless they are likely to be a significant amount. Please let us know if this is a possibility.
Parking at certain locations, such as roadside Churches (where time spent finding spaces could impact coverage), may require reservations to be made, which might incur fees.
No, everything should be covered in the booking form.
We quote a wedding based on the information we have been given and this gives us a good idea of when filming is likely to end. Weddings don’t always run to schedule, so we couldn’t justify charging any extra. We merely request that a first dance is done at a reasonable time, but if it isn’t then we won’t charge extra “if we decide to stay longer.”
We don’t really offer a full evenings coverage, but if something significant is happening, such as fireworks, then we may be stay and cover this. Depending on the service time of your wedding, this may be done without further costs.
We don’t agree with charging hourly rates beyond a certain time because weddings do run on, but please tell us if you want the fireworks covering and what time they might be so we can factor it into the quote if need be.
Editing a video takes time, particularly when there is hours of footage to get through. Depending on the size of the wedding, this can take up to a couple of weeks. As weddings are seasonal, there can sometime be a backlog towards the end of the season. But, this is the same for all videographers who offer their clients full-length videos with a lot of content.
Generally, videos are ready for collection around 2—8 weeks.
Once the video is complete, copies can be ordered and delivered in just a few days. It will only depend on stock or if a personalised cover needs producing or if a wooden presentation box needs ordering.
Remember to get in touch with details about your wedding and requirements for a personalised quote.
In the meantime, scroll down for some images throughout a wedding day.
Whilst waiting for the first dance, I’ll try to capture your evening guests arriving.
The first dance may include a few songs afterwards depending on the time of the first dance and if people continue dancing afterward!
Optional Extras
Home Visit (preparations)
Vox Pops (guest messages)
