Wedding videographer in Madrid:the film of your wedding

Almost every couple chooses the photographer first and the filmmaker afterwards. It is the natural order, and it is where a problem is born that hardly anyone mentions.

Two teams who do not know each other get in the way

Photography and film compete for the same thing: the best place to see what happens. If the two teams arrive separately, each defends its own frame, and the couple pays: frames with someone else's tripod in them, moments one captures and the other misses, a ceremony with strangers moving around.

With a single team, it is known beforehand who stands where. And something is achieved that is only possible this way: film and photographs share the same colour.

Length

The film runs between twelve and fifteen minutes, and the trailer about three. It is not hours of uncut ceremony: it is the wedding told, with a beginning and an end. What each one is, the music and which to choose: trailer or film.

What else you keep

• Real sound: the vows, the father's speech, what a friend said and will never be heard again. It is the one thing photography cannot give. The list of what is worth flagging: wedding film moments.
• A delivery date in writing. If anything is delayed, you are told before you ask.

How it is filmed

With a sensibility that comes from documentary and fashion: without directing, without asking for repeats, taking care of the image even when no one poses. Long takes, slow motion when it adds something rather than as a device, and a drone when the venue deserves it and regulations allow. Colour is where most hours are spent and where the work is least noticed when done well.

The drone: what the rules allow

A drone is not just another lens: it depends on the venue and on who flies it, and it is worth asking beforehand. Everything else is in the full guide to the drone at a wedding.

Sound, before the day

What you hear is half of a wedding film, and it is decided before the ceremony begins. In a church, a courtyard or a room with an echo, vows recorded only from a distance sound faint and muddled. It is worth asking how the voice will be captured: whether a small microphone will be placed on whoever officiates and on whoever reads, and whether the room's own sound can be used where there is one.

One small step that saves trouble: tell whoever handles the venue's music or sound system that a team will be recording, so that nobody unplugs a microphone or moves a speaker in the middle of a speech. See also how to prepare the speeches and the first dance so they are heard and seen well.

Film only?

It is possible. Most couples choose both disciplines, but the film can be booked alone. What is not recommended is the opposite: settling photography with another team and expecting them to coordinate by themselves on the wedding day.

Wedding videographer in Madrid: what changes

We work from Palma and Madrid is one of the places where we usually do. Two professionals attend, photography and film, on the same day and with the same colour approach. What a Madrid wedding changes happens before the day: the flight of about an hour and a half, arriving the day before and a timetable worked out for Madrid, where the sun sets roughly half an hour later than in Palma. It is all in wedding photographer in Madrid from Mallorca.

The light of the film depends on the type of place: estates with accommodation, the Sierra Norte, hotels, castles and palaces or monasteries and convents. If your wedding is in Mallorca or Ibiza, read wedding photographer and videographer in Mallorca and wedding photographer and videographer in Ibiza.

Estimate

It is prepared to measure and in writing, according to the number of cameras, the hours covered and the venue. Tell us the date and the place and we will send a proposal without obligation.

Frequently asked questions

How long is a wedding film?

The film runs between twelve and fifteen minutes and the preview about three. It is not hours of uncut ceremony: it is the wedding told, with a beginning and an end. What each piece is: wedding trailer and film.

Can you hire only the wedding video?

It is possible: most couples choose photography and film, but the film alone can be hired. What is not recommended is the opposite: closing the photography with another team and expecting them to coordinate themselves on the wedding day.

Can a videographer use a drone at a wedding in Madrid?

It depends on the place and on who flies it. Ask in writing who pilots it and whether they are registered: in the open category you cannot fly over crowds. The full guide: drone at a wedding: what Spanish rules allow.

How is the sound of the vows and speeches recorded?

It is decided before the day: ask whether there will be a small microphone on whoever officiates and whoever reads, and whether the sound of the room will be used. Tell whoever runs the music that a team will be recording. More: wedding speeches and first dance.

Do you work as a wedding videographer in Madrid from Palma?

Yes. Madrid is one of the places where we usually work, from our base in Palma. Tell us the date and the place and we will reply with a written proposal.

If you are planning a wedding in Madrid, explore MAKERSWED's wedding photography and film collections, read the frequently asked questions or shape your story in three short questions.