Ask your Wedding Videographers: Practical Questions for Non-Technical Couples



In the wake of a beautiful marriage, the people whom you’re going to trust to capture that said beauty are wedding videographers in the Philippines but how can you make sure that you still know that to say and to ask of them without necessarily crash coursing on the basics of film making? If you’re really strapped with cinema know-how, you don’t have to squabble with describing what you want as “something like this but not this.”


Ask your wedding videography team the following questions to help you make a decision on who to hire, how you want your video to turn out, and how you want everything to happen.


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What’s your production style?


Wedding videography is, in itself, a creative endeavor. Whomever is going to handle your video, they are going to have their own aesthetic, their own style, and their own specialization and you are going to have to choose a production team that specializes on the style you like. You have to ask if they specialize in cinematic videos—taking shots that are very movie-like (a style that has more choreography)—or documentary style videos—more focused on candid capture as well as interview style dialogue. Some specialize in a combination of both so also see through their portfolio to get a feel of their overall style.


What aspects of the video do we have control over?


When it comes to film making, you should never get in the directors way but being technically the producer and stars of your wedding video, you should have a say on a couple of things like where on your body are close-ups discouraged, or should the camera crew focus on audience reaction instead of on what the couple are doing. Discuss these artistic and prioritization calls with your wedding videographer in the Philippines before signing them up.



Can we meet that team who will handle the shoot?


Meeting who will be working on your project personally is beneficial on so many levels; for one, it helps lessen the guesswork by making sure that you directly convey your own preferences to the people who will be working on your video and you get to connect to them on a more personal level—tell them the love story of you as a couple and help them determine how to best capture that on film.



What about schedules, pricing, packages and discounts?


You are not going to like it one bit when you’re enjoying your wedding and then the shooting crew decides to tell you that they need to leave because of another wedding shoot in the middle of your reception. Go for handlers whom you can rely to be there for the whole of the event. Since you’re already on the practical aspect of things, also ask for how they will price the shooting and editing, if they have packages or discount for you, and try to bargain a reasonable budget with them—do not go for the first price your wedding videographers in the Philippines gives you and make sure to try and bargain.




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