Videographer

Films your wedding. Choose coverage and the film you want, and the shoot windows fold into your timeline alongside the photographer.

Also called: videography, video, wedding film, cinematographer.

When couples book this

Usually booked about 10 months out. It moves with your date.

Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone

Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.

What kind of film are you drawn to?
About how many hours of coverage do you want?
Wishlist mirror of the coverage_hours candidate fact — compare each package against it.
What films do you most want?
Wishlist mirror of the film_deliverables candidate fact.

What to ask each candidate

Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.

Which moments should be filmed?
How many hours of coverage?
What films do you want?
Audio capture for vows and toasts
Drone / aerial coverage?

What settles once booked

The working details you and your vendor pin down together.

What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What times are set on the day?
One row per moment — a serving round, a pickup leg, a person's slot, a set. Each row becomes its own block on your run of show, labeled with whatever you type, so name it for whoever will be reading it.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.
The shot list
One line per shot — the grandmother's toast, the heirloom in the bouquet, the surprise dance. Family groupings live on the family-photo list rather than here, so nobody types a name twice.

How it lands on your day

Video coverage
Set time
One block per row of the cell's dayof_service_times answer; the row's own label names it, and its `until` makes it a window.

How it’s usually priced

Usually priced as one flat amount.

Lines that sometimes ride along: Overtime (per hour past coverage), Second videographer, Raw footage delivery, Drone / aerial coverage.

What your vendor reads from your plan

Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the event, coverage, schedule, deliverables, logistics, contacts.

Plan your videographer — and everything around it

These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.

We will write when there is something worth telling you.