A UNIQUE APPROACH TO WEDDING FILMS
Story keeps us coming back to our favourite films. A truly great story moves us emotionally and stays with us forever.
Without a great story, you got nothing. I spend a full day ensuring each of my films has a great narrative, so that you feel every word and every moment, just as you did on your wedding day.
Because of this, my past clients still message me on their anniversaries and tell me how much they cherish their wedding films.
WATCH A FILM.
Jen + Martin // Wyresdale Park
It’s rare that I open a film with a Best Man’s Speech, but after watching this Highlight Film, I’m sure you’ll see why.
Jen and Martin’s wedding is one of my legacy films. No matter how many years pass, I feel like it’s timeless, because the narrative never fails.
KEY THINGS.
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Story is at the heart of all my wedding films.
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Inconspicuous approach to capturing your memories.
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Three Cine Cameras for unparalleled quality and reliability.
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The best audio equipment ensuring every word is as felt as it is heard.
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Never rushed – each wedding is mastered over two weeks of editing.
what’s in your bag?
If there’s one thing that people soon realise about me, it’s that I’m relentless. It’s not just that I want to be the best, it’s that I want to offer the best as well:
the best audio; the best visuals; the best storytelling; the best films.
Because of this, I’ve invested heavily in my business – to admittedly alarming levels.
I run three small cinema cameras at my weddings. These cameras are unique to the wedding industry. Most wedding videographers opt for photo-centric cameras, which can overheat during longer recordings; suffer from poor dynamic range and produce choppy looking footage due to the lack of internal ND filters. That was never going to cut it for me, so instead, I bought three cinema cameras.
Then there’s the drone: a DJI Mavic 4 Pro – the best in the industry, unless you account for drones that are the size of a small car. It’s heavy – at over 1kg – four times heavier than the drones most videographers in the industry use, which means that my drone moves through gusts of wind with ease. This simply means that I can produce incredible visuals on a wedding day, whether on the ground or in the air.
Then there’s the audio. I use some of the smallest lavaliers in the world, and they’re the best lavalier microphones available today. The cost of my audio set up is equivalent to the cost of a flagship camera.
You may not understand any of this, but in short: it’s the best equipment. Period.
WHERE MY APPROACH HAS TAKEN ME.
Treat other people how you’d like to be treated yourself
My Mum always taught me to, “Treat other people, how you’d like to be treated yourself.” Back in 2017, I was at the end of my first year in business, and I desperately needed a new computer. I was shooting and delivering films in 4K: a first for the industry. The problem: it took forever!
Apple had the answer: the forthcoming iMac Pro. It cost over £7K – more than I could afford at the time – but if I wanted to deliver wedding films in 4K, it was the only way forward.
I learnt as much as I could about the new Mac on a forum. It was there that I met someone who was in the market for the same machine. The problem: we didn’t know when the iMac Pro was going to become available, and we had a feeling that it may be released through the night.
After deciding to pull an all-nighter, I said to the user that if he private messaged me his phone number, I’d let him know as soon as the pre-order went live. As a result, we both secured our new Macs and became friends. After sharing one of my wedding films, he said that his wife, the head of communications for a FTSE 100 company, had an idea for a film. He thought that with my unique approach to storytelling, I’d be perfect for the role.
The Outcome
We made that film to huge success. It was translated into more than ten different languages, paid off my new computer and led to a six-year working relationship a FTSE 100 company – the stuff of dreams! The films I produced took me as far as Japan (background image); funded my dream wedding kit and caught the attention of one of the world’s best wedding filmmakers, Philip White.
Philip, who was moving into photography at the time, asked me to become his videographer – it was a huge honour. Since 2019, I’ve been shooting alongside Philip at many of his weddings. It has taken me all over the globe. We’ve filmed weddings in the Vatican, NYC, LA, Ohio, Dubai, Switzerland, across the Amalfi and France.
If I hadn’t been kind to the gentleman on the forum, who is now a great friend of mine, I may have never had these experiences, or made it to ten years plus in business. Storytelling, kindness and a whole lot of luck has got me here, and I’m forever grateful.
Maximum quality. Minimal Spend
With so much experience, you might expect that I’d be priced in the top 1% of the wedding industry, but that simply isn’t the case. I love a wedding in the North West of England, so I keep my prices as low as I feasibly can, operating in a transparent way with each of my clients.
Equally, I enjoy a good podcast on a three hour journey to a wedding the day before.
Wherever you’re based, I always try to keep my collections as affordable as possible.
I’d love to chat to you about your wedding plans.
It’s impossible to run a personable service if I take on too many weddings each year; that’s why I limit my services to just twenty couples.
By the end of your wedding, I want you to tell me that I was your most valued supplier. One who went above and beyond to create you a set of films that you can cherish for a lifetime.