Melbourne Wedding Videography

Melbourne CBD and the inner suburbs

At Abbotsford Convent the Good Shepherd Chapel is bluestone outside and white within; stone gives a voice a gentle echo, so we take a feed from the celebrant's microphone and keep a camera on the groom's face for the walk in. The precinct sits inside one wall, so the film moves from chapel to lawn to the Rosina Room on foot. At Melbourne Zoo rain turned the Japanese garden soft under clear umbrellas, and the Rainforest Room glass goes black after dark, so we light the first dance ourselves. In the CBD, marble and glass rooms like Aerial South Wharf swallow a quiet voice, so a handheld microphone matters.

St Kilda and the bay

Bayside films are built around sunset. Georgia and Michael's Prince Deck wedding film runs from rooftop vows through Catani Gardens to the bay at dusk. At The Baths Middle Brighton guests stand close in a glass room above the sea baths, and the west windows throw low gold across the first dance before the glass turns blue.

Yarra Valley

A vineyard keeps the day on one hill, so valley films feel continuous. On the deck at Balgownie Estate the late summer sun cuts low across the vows, so we shoot into it and let the veil glow, then steal the sunset on the rise above the estate between courses.

Dandenong Ranges

Up here the light arrives through mountain ash and haze, and Raj and Shermaine's Dandenong Ranges wedding film stays soft, green and unhurried for it. Forest clearings lose the sun early, so the portrait walk starts sooner.

Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island

Peninsula films come with wind in them. Caitlin and Brad's Stillwater at Crittenden film moves between a vineyard lake and the bay nearby. Ashleigh and Mitch's Baxter Barn wedding film hangs on one huge pine and a veil lifted into the air, and at Butterfly Red Hill speeches on the deck before sunset put every face in soft light. On Phillip Island the vows drift off over open water, so the celebrant wears a microphone.

Ballarat, the Great Ocean Road and country Victoria

Georgie and Johnny's Mercure Ballarat wedding film has petals in the air under a hard blue sky and pairs the highlight reel with the full documentary edit. Kelly and Tory's Camp Sunnystones film keeps the ease of a bush camp among the gums, near Bacchus Marsh, from first look to last dance, and Sally and Luke's country Victoria wedding film holds every toast word for word. At Warrawong Estate the breeze never stops, so a lapel microphone on the groom caught the wobble in his voice as she reached him, and at Seacroft Estate on the Great Ocean Road the sun sets behind the hills and turns the sky over the sea pink.

Melbourne can hand you four seasons before dinner, and film shows it: cloud crossing a lawn, wind in a veil, rain on a marquee.

Summer

Long, bright evenings. On an open hill the sun stays hard until late, so a five o'clock ceremony keeps faces calm, and the midsummer sunset lands near a quarter to nine, so the MC holds the first dance for your return.

Autumn

Our favourite season for Melbourne wedding videography: valley haze turns gold around five and the light softens from mid afternoon. By late autumn the sun has gone soon after five, so daylight scenes move before the ceremony.

Winter

Grey, cold and dark early, and grey films beautifully: cloud spreads even light over faces and nobody squints. We bring the ceremony forward, and after dark we light the fireside speeches gently so faces glow against the timber.

Spring

Green and changeable, with showers that clear within the hour. Clear umbrellas keep the light on your faces; black ones put you in shade, and vows under umbrellas sound closer than vows in full sun.

Wind, echo and glass

Sound is the half of a film nobody sees. On the coast, on hilltops and beside a fast river the vows carry away, so the groom wears a lapel microphone. Stone chapels echo, ivy courtyards swallow quiet voices, and a glass wall that shows the ranges at dusk becomes a black mirror during the speeches, so we light the speaker from the side.

Documentary first. We do not run the day, restage a moment or ask for a second take; we stay close and film what is happening, with the sound to match.

• Getting ready. By the brightest window in the room: the letters, the buttons, the first look if you have one.
• Vows. A lapel microphone on the groom, a feed from the celebrant's microphone, and a multi-camera setup: one angle on your faces, one behind you for the walk in.
• Portraits. Timed to the light and kept short; a dry row of vines or olives gives a gimbal room to glide.
• Speeches. Recorded from the microphone, not the room, so a nervous speaker reading from a phone is as clear as the MC.
• Dancing. The entrance, the first dance and the floor for as long as you have booked us.

You receive two wedding films: a 35mm HD cinematic highlight reel of about four to nine minutes, depending on the collection, cut to your own vows and speeches, and a full-length HD documentary film with the ceremony and every toast word for word. Both stay online for two years and arrive on USB. Add-ons include aerial drone video, best saved for the sunset slot (refunded if weather stops it flying), extra hours, a second creative and 5G live streaming for family who cannot travel.

Many couples book a combo: one photographer and one videographer from the same studio, same hours, same plan. We share the run sheet, agree who stands where for the walk in and the kiss, and never ask you to repeat a moment. The combo adds a music video slideshow and everything in the photo collection, so your wedding video and photos share one colour and one story. See our Melbourne wedding photography page and the packages and pricing.