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Your wedding day has arrived. You’ve planned everything in meticulous detail. For the past several months, if not years, you’ve toured multiple venue options, secured catering for the reception, found your officiant, assembled your wedding party, revised your invitation list several times, found the perfect dress, booked the best DJ to set the vibe for the post-ceremony celebration, and hired the award-winning photographer to capture stunning photos throughout your wedding day. So when someone asks you, “Did you hire a wedding videographer?”, we are confident that it feels like an added expense.
However, the expense of NOT having a wedding videographer can be far more costly than you realize. A wedding videographer’s singular mission is to capture the precious moments from your wedding day, including the ones you weren’t able to experience yourself, and assemble a visual product that allows you to relive those precious memories in real-time. Wedding videographers create visual time capsules that you can open whenever you like. All you have to do is click “Play” and watch those wedding day memories come to life all over again.
In this article, we are going to give you the top 5 reasons you need a wedding videographer for your special day. By the end of this article, you'll have a clear understanding of why hiring a wedding videographer could be one of the best decisions you make for your wedding day.
What is a Wedding Videographer?
Before we dive into the core of this article, let’s do a quick recap of who a wedding videographer is and what value they provide you on your wedding day.
To spare you the suspense, a wedding videographer is NOT your Uncle Bob recording your wedding ceremony on his iPhone (not that your Uncle Bob isn’t an awesome guy for doing that).
A wedding videographer is a skilled professional who is responsible for capturing all the precious moments of your wedding day. From recording the preparation sessions, the ceremony itself, the reception, and the after-party, a wedding videographer is there to capture every detail, including the little things you may have missed throughout the day. They use professional audio-visual equipment to produce a high-quality video, or multiple videos, of the entire event. A videographer works closely with your wedding photographer, the wedding planner, and other staff to ensure everything is perfectly coordinated and properly shot.
A wedding videographer’s work provides you, the bride and/or groom, with a lasting memory of your once-in-a-lifetime celebration that you can cherish together and share with loved ones. The value of a wedding videographer lies in their ability to capture the true emotion and the romantic, joyful, and even funny moments of the day that can be replayed and relived for years to come. Best of all, they use the footage they capture to assemble a visual product that is a reflection of who you are as a couple and best personifies what makes your love story extraordinary. Their skills, expertise, and passion for their work make the event an unforgettable experience for you and your guests.
Plus, they spare your Uncle Bob the headache of uploading that lengthy wedding ceremony clip to Facebook. Just saying.
Now that you know exactly what a wedding videographer does...
Here are the top 5 reasons you need a wedding videographer
1.) Relive Your Wedding Day Forever
We’ve mentioned it a few times in this article already, but it’s worth mentioning once more.
A wedding videographer is there to capture magical moments so you can relive them in real-time whenever you want. All you have to do is click “Play” and watch your wedding day come to life all over again.
Chances are you won’t be watching your wedding video every weekend or for a movie night with friends and family. Once you’re a newlywed who has spent a substantial amount of time swimming through an ocean's worth of wedding planning, the last thing you want to think about is your wedding day (we get it). But what about 5 years down the road?... What about 10 years?... What about 20 years?
As time goes on, things change. Friends move away in pursuit of a new career, or maybe just a change of scenery. Your nieces and nephews get older and are no longer the cute little munchkins dancing through bubbles outside of your wedding venue. Your parents get older and are possibly grandparents by the time you have the urge to watch your wedding film again. As time goes on and things change, it’s nice to know you have a fragment of time that will never age and never change. Your wedding film remains ageless no matter how many times you replay it.
That’s the beauty of having your own wedding film; it captures time in a bottle (or in this case, an LED screen).
2.) Share Your Wedding Day with Loved Ones
No matter how much wedding planning you do or how far in advance you send out wedding invitations, there are always going to be people who cannot make it to your wedding. However, when you hire a wedding videographer to create a wedding film for you, you’ll be able to share the finished video with friends and family online. While it won’t be the same as actually having been at your wedding in person, the ability to share the highlights from your wedding day with loved ones who couldn’t make it ensures everyone gets to experience the splendor of your incredible wedding.
Travel limitations happen all the time, especially in a post-covid world. As a society, we’re far more cautious when we travel, and that sense of caution is increased when you factor in distance and age. The farther the distance and the older someone’s age, the less likely they are to make it to your wedding.
A wedding film that you can share online, whether it’s on Facebook or through an email link, knows neither distance nor age. In this day and age, nearly everyone has a Facebook account and even more people have email addresses. Thus, giving those loved ones who couldn’t make it to your wedding day a chance to experience it has never been easier.
Added to that, your wedding film acts as a keepsake that can be shared with future generations. If you start a family of your own, your children may one day ask you how you and your spouse met. Rather than just tell them, you can show them. They will be able to experience your wedding day with you and see all the amazing details that went into the joyous occasion.
Their eyes will light up when they see just how much you love your significant other, and your eyes will light up too as you remember just how incredible your wedding day was.
3.) See The Wedding Moments You Missed
Your wedding day is busy. There’s always something going on. Whether it’s hair and makeup, a tuxedo that didn’t fit correctly, nonstop text messages from relatives that are getting lost on their way to the wedding venue, or simply too many people to meet and greet, there’s always something that will need your attention. This means that there is no logistical way for you to possibly experience everything that is happening during your wedding day.
That’s why having a wedding videographer is so handy. Your videographer can go experience the things you won’t get the chance to experience for yourself. Moments like your nieces or nephews playing at the reception, special messages from guests you only had a few minutes to talk to, or candid footage of your grandparents strutting their stuff on the dance floor. A videographer can capture those moments so you can experience them for yourself after your wedding day is over. These little moments add up in a big way.
Your wedding photographer is at a bit of a disadvantage too. While the photographer is wrangling your family members to take family formals, your videographer can venture over to cocktail hour and grab footage of your wedding guests mingling and enjoying the occasion. This moment in your wedding day is also a prime opportunity to snag some candid interviews and well wishes to splice into your wedding film.
To summarize, your wedding videographer is there to capture the precious moments you may have missed and preserve them for you. This way you can hold onto those little moments you never knew were happening in the first place.
4.) Unplug Your Wedding Guests
Remember your Uncle Bob we mentioned earlier in this article? The one holding the cell phone at your wedding ceremony? Well, he can put the phone down now. The professionals have got you covered.
Your wedding day is meant to be a special occasion everyone can enjoy. When you hire a wedding videographer, as well as a wedding photographer, you can tell your guests to unplug and put their phones away. It goes without saying that we all spend far too much time on our phones, and the last thing any of us should be doing on YOUR wedding day is sharing Instagram stories and live Tiktok clips while you’re having the most romantic experience of your life. Everyone should be there in the moment to celebrate with you.
While hiring a wedding videographer isn’t a fail-safe plan to keep cell phones in pockets, you can be assured that having a professional videographer in attendance will drastically limit the number of electronic devices being waved around throughout the day.
Do yourself a favor. Hire a wedding videographer and tell your wedding guests to relax for the day so they can share this magnificent moment with you.
5.) No Regrets After Your Wedding Day
You’ve made it this far in the article, which should tell you something you’re probably already aware of; You’re highly considering hiring a wedding videographer.
While hiring a wedding videographer may feel like an added expense to an already expensive day, the cost of NOT having one could be substantially greater. You’ll never look back on your wedding day and say, “I can’t believe I hired a wedding videographer. What was I thinking?”
That isn’t to say you shouldn’t do your research when looking for a wedding videographer. After all, you want to make sure you’re hiring a professional with a strong body of work and a clear sense of the value they are bringing you when filming your wedding.
If you don’t hire a wedding videographer and your wedding day was a sensational experience you wish you could relive forever, you’ll undoubtedly regret your decision in the long run. Nobody likes to experience regret, and we don’t want you to experience it either. It doesn’t matter if you hire Cinescope Video to film your wedding or are considering another videographer to capture your special day, we want you to do what is in your best interest.
According to a survey conducted by WeddingWire, 25% of couples who didn't hire a wedding videographer regretted their decision. Another survey conducted by The Knot found that 19% of couples who didn't hire a wedding videographer regretted not having one. These may seem like smaller percentages, but when you take into account that there are nearly 2 million weddings per year in the United States, that equates to 500,000 brides and grooms who regret not hiring a wedding videographer. That’s a whole lot of regret.
Ultimately, the decision is yours. Please do what is in your best interest and make a decision you know you won’t regret when your wedding day is over.
Wedding Videography and Cinescope Video
One of Cinescope Video’s missions is to preserve precious memories for our clients. One of the ways that we do that is by offering professional wedding videography services. There are a ton of wedding videography options out there, especially in the state of Michigan, but one thing that sets us apart from the competition is our focus on creating a wedding film that is uniquely tailored to every happy couple we work with.
Cinescope Video works with you to pinpoint what makes your love story unique. This could be a special bond over something you and your future spouse love, a location of significance to you both, or even quirky aspects of your two personalities that will be undeniably visible in your wedding day decor. Essentially, we want to make you a wedding film that represents YOU and not just the pretty flowers you ordered for decorations.
This is YOUR love story. We want to tell it YOUR way.
If you’re considering hiring a wedding videographer and would like to see our work, you can easily do so by visiting our wedding page. There are many examples to choose from, and each example will give you a clear depiction of the professional quality we are able to produce.
We hope you enjoy our work, and we hope this article was informative and helpful. May your wedding day be blessed with joy, happiness, and many incredible memories. We hope to join you on your wedding day so we can help you preserve the most magical day of your life forever and ever.
Email: cinescopevideo@gmail.com
Phone: (313) 889-2463
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