FAQ Deliverables for modern Wedding Videos?

Actually, I have another question and am curious as to what other people’s experiences have been with what clients expect for the content they receive in a wedding video.

Namely, do couples even go in for the “event recording” anymore? Essentially a, as it happened, visual record of their ceremony + reception, with only the pauses and downtime edited out?

Typically lasts about 2.5 to 3 hours when edited.

Or is it all about the 3-5 minute long highlight reel only?

Or do people want both? Previously, I have been doing both – but it’s a huge amount of time to invest in editing for something people may not fully care about or look at only once (the event recording).

Just wondering what the "high-end" clients expect or want from their wedding video.

I've seen some upmarket high-end highlight reels where no dialogue is used, it's just music and a really well edited montage -- which seems surprising to me that someone doesn't want any of the spoken vows or some of the nice things said about them in the highlight reel, but it also seems to work well. It's a fast flurry of shots of the entire day in chronological order.
 
Budgieboots said:
Actually, I have another question and am curious as to what other people’s experiences have been with what clients expect for the content they receive in a wedding video.

Namely, do couples even go in for the “event recording” anymore? Essentially a, as it happened, visual record of their ceremony + reception, with only the pauses and downtime edited out?

Typically lasts about 2.5 to 3 hours when edited.

Or is it all about the 3-5 minute long highlight reel only?

Or do people want both? Previously, I have been doing both – but it’s a huge amount of time to invest in editing for something people may not fully care about or look at only once (the event recording).

Just wondering what the "high-end" clients expect or want from their wedding video.

I've seen some upmarket high-end highlight reels where no dialogue is used, it's just music and a really well edited montage -- which seems surprising to me that someone doesn't want any of the spoken vows or some of the nice things said about them in the highlight reel, but it also seems to work well. It's a fast flurry of shots of the entire day in chronological order.
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I would consider my wedding offerings higher end and we deliver both. Typically a 5-7 minute highlight with dialog and then a 40-1hr long edit of ceremony, toasts, cake cutting and first dance. While they may watch the highlight video much more if they are lying 4-7K they are going to want both just to have and watch less occasionally.

Also any wedding video that doesn't use dialog or recorded audio is just lazy. You are still a story teller and the best way to craft that is with dialog. If you are just making a music video version then expect to be paid accordingly. A wedding video with good audio stands out even if it takes much more work.
 
Budgieboots said:
Actually, I have another question and am curious as to what other people’s experiences have been with what clients expect for the content they receive in a wedding video.

Namely, do couples even go in for the “event recording” anymore? Essentially a, as it happened, visual record of their ceremony + reception, with only the pauses and downtime edited out?

Typically lasts about 2.5 to 3 hours when edited.

Or is it all about the 3-5 minute long highlight reel only?

Or do people want both? Previously, I have been doing both – but it’s a huge amount of time to invest in editing for something people may not fully care about or look at only once (the event recording).

Just wondering what the "high-end" clients expect or want from their wedding video.

I've seen some upmarket high-end highlight reels where no dialogue is used, it's just music and a really well edited montage -- which seems surprising to me that someone doesn't want any of the spoken vows or some of the nice things said about them in the highlight reel, but it also seems to work well. It's a fast flurry of shots of the entire day in chronological order.
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ive been a second shooter hired by a small media company for a few weddings. The way their pricing is set up, the couple can select a "trailer style" a few minutes with snippets of dialogue and speeches here and there. This is the most popular. Although there are also other options like extended and full event coverage. Prices increase accordingly. Going into the event, it is wise to gather as much as possible in case the clients see the shorter version and decide after the fact that they'd like the full coverage.
 
I delived event videos in 720p or 1080p mp4 format recorded on DVD disks. This makes it possible to make a nice looking DVD box and disk with prints, title, screenshots from the video.
To me it's better looking than sticks and also more convenient to store on the shelf and less likely to get lost.

Just have to compress it to 4.7 Gb but it was ok for 720p from Canon DSLRs, and now I've just got fs5 as an A-cam.
Most people have dvd-players or ps3/4s that can playback .mp4
 
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