Taking care of your own wedding video without the help of a professional isn’t an easy task, but with the right planning it can absolutely be done!
In this guide we breakdown the process into a few simple steps to help you create a beautiful video to capture your day.
Here’s some examples of what’s possible to achieve with a DIY wedding video. These videos have been filmed by wedding guests, and edited by us here at FIY Wedding.
Usually the first reason people will consider making a DIY wedding video is because it’s a cheaper alternative to hiring a professional. It’s no wonder – the cost of hiring a pro have skyrocketed in recent years, to the point that it’s often one of the most expensive costs of a wedding.
Using our service is great way to save money.
An overlooked benefit of a DIY wedding video – the end result is a more personal video, that captures the essence of the day. Professional videos may feature fancy drone footage and blockbuster-worthy shots, which you’d struggle to capture doing it yourself. However by doing it yourself – and having your friends take care of the filming – you will often capture more candid moments. Friends are more likely to be themselves around each other than they are with someone they don’t know!
Thanks to our service, it’s easy! All you need to do is create your account, assign some friends as the main Filmers, and order one of our Highlight videos.
We’ll automatically send the Filmers some guidance for their role ahead of your wedding, and a link to add their videos the day after. Simple!
Just choose your highlights film to get started.
The great thing about filming your own wedding video, is that you already have everything you need! We recommend filming entirely on phones, as phone cameras are very good quality these days.
We recommend that guests use their own mobile phones. Nearly every phone made since 2015 can film in 4K at 60 frames per second. That’s very good, and in fact better quality than you really need.
Our advice is to not worry too much about what phones people have. When was the last time somebody sent you a video they filmed on their phone and you turned your nose up at the quality? Trust us, it’s good enough.
If you have one particular friend that you think would do a great job, then there’s no harm in asking them if they’d be up for taking care of the filming.
However, bear in mind that this is a big responsibility, and that might feel like they can’t say no! If they are taking care of filming all day, it can make it difficult for them to enjoy their day as a guest at the wedding. For this reason, we always recommend splitting DIY filming duties between multiple guests. These are main tips:
If you do split filming duties between a number of guests, they most likely won’t all have filming experience!
When you assign Filmers through our service, we send them guidance for their specific filming role a week before your wedding.
The hardest part of making a DIY wedding video is possibly the editing. If you don’t have any experience (or any willing friends that do), you may really struggle here.
At Filmed On Phones, we edit the footage together for you. We edit our footage with Adobe Premiere Pro, which available as part of Adobe Creative Cloud.
However if you don’t have any experience, it’s probably not worth splashing out on expensive software. You could try using the editor built into the Photos app on Windows 10, or iMovie on Apple. If you’re not looking to do anything more than cut the shots together and add some music, this should all be doable!
Just choose your highlights film to get started.