Should you have videography for your wedding?

Wedding videography is a form of filmmaking that involves event video coverage and being able to piece together the captured footage to tell the story of the wedding day. Aside from wedding photography, it’s one of the items in wedding planning which can help preserve memories.

Planning your Hawaii wedding involves many important decisions, from your wedding venue and date, to choosing and selecting your planner and other vendors, and actually planning the entire day. One decision you may be going back and forth on is whether you should get a Hawaii wedding videographer. We want to help you decide if a wedding film is right for you.

First of all, what exactly is a wedding film? A wedding film is a 4-8 minute video telling the story of your wedding through key highlight moments and audio. This is a way for you to document your wedding in video form to watch again years and years after. The service of documenting your wedding film and crafting it is provided by a wedding videographer.

You should have a wedding film if…

1. You want to be able to relive your wedding again

Having a wedding film is a way for you to be able to relive and go back to your wedding day in full motion. Replaying your wedding film can help take you back to that exact moment and experience it all over again. While your Hawaii wedding photographer’s job is to freeze and preserve key moments of your wedding day which is just as important, your wedding videographer is there to capture precious moments in video. If being able to have this opportunity to go back and see it all over again is something of value to you, you may want to consider a wedding videographer.

2. You want your future children to see your wedding day

Your future children will not be there for your wedding but you can allow them to witness one of the most important days of your lives by sharing and showing your wedding photography and wedding film to them decades after. Children, especially daughters, usually end up asking their parents about their wedding day. It’s a unique experience for them to be able to witness something that happened in the past in full motion and see you on a special day of your life — especially one which is significant to your family. If this is important to you, then having a wedding film is something you should look into.

3. You want to share it with family and friends

Another advantage that wedding films offer is being able to easily share it with family and friends after your wedding day. Your friends and family would love to see your wedding film after the wedding and remember the day as well. There will also be friends who may have been unable to attend your wedding and appreciate being able to see highlights of the day. This gives them a chance to feel as if they were part of your celebration as well, and gives them a glimpse of the festivities from the day.

4. You want to see moments you may have missed

Time will fly fast during your wedding day and because of the excitement, some moments might end up feeling like a blur. There might be moments you have missed because of so many things happening. Along with your photographer, your Hawaii wedding videographer is an extra set of eyes capturing moments you may have not been present to take part in or witness. Options like full documentary edits also allow you and your loved ones to remember the day completely through 45-60 minute feature film and not just through short clips.

5. You want to have vivid memories of all of your loved ones

Your wedding film is also an opportunity for you to be able to capture moving and living memories of your loved ones. Decades from now, you can go back and see your father proudly walking you down the aisle, your grandmother joyfully celebrating with you, your mother’s reaction the first time she sees you in your wedding dress, and your grandfather hugging you. You will be able to have these moving memories with you forever to look back on and feel that these people you love are with you again.

6. Being able to have living memories is priceless to you

You only get married once in your life and you put so much work into planning your memorable Hawaii wedding from choosing your date and venue, and putting together all the details that make it wonderful. A day isn’t enough to be able to take it all in and commit everything to memory. Having a wedding film is a great way to artfully and cinematically preserve, remember, and take it in. Wedding videographers also offer interesting options such as aerial footage t0 make your memories look amazing. A wedding film can help you go back to your wedding day, see things exactly as they were, and recall it just like it was yesterday.

7. It’s important for you to tell your story

Unlike wedding photography, your wedding film tells the story of your wedding day in a way that is very unique. It can easily communicate the anticipation you felt during the day, allow you to hear your wedding vows exchanged with each other in the presence of the ones you love, as well as listen to the speeches and toasts from your closest family and friends. This is one thing that wedding videography can offer that many couples find very valuable.

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