Wedding ceremony & speech video editing

A ceremony edit is the complete wedding ceremony, and a speech edit is the complete toasts and speeches, each delivered as its own film of up to 30 minutes. We sync every camera to your audio, cut between angles and clean up the sound. Ceremony edits are $149 and speech edits $129. Both come back in 5 business days with 2 revisions.

• Couples who want every word. Highlight films borrow a few lines. These edits keep everything.
• Families who couldn’t attend. Grandparents and relatives overseas often watch the ceremony more than anything else.
• Religious and cultural ceremonies where every part matters and nothing should be trimmed.
• Videographers who want a quick delivery. At 5 business days, it’s our fastest standard turnaround. It’s a good way to give your couple something while the main films are in progress.

In a ceremony or speech edit, viewers forgive an imperfect angle. They don’t forgive words they can’t hear. So we start with sound.

Syncing every source

Lav mics on the groom and officiant, a recorder on the lectern, a feed from the DJ’s board, camera scratch audio. We sync them all and choose the clearest source for every moment, switching between them as people speak.

Cleaning what can be cleaned

• Hum and buzz from venue electrics and lighting
• Wind on outdoor ceremonies
• Room echo in churches and halls
• Clothing rustle on lavs
• Level differences between a soft-spoken officiant and a loud best man

Being honest about the rest

We can usually improve poor wedding audio significantly. We can’t recover words that no microphone captured clearly. If audio limits the edit, we say so in the draft notes and use the best available source for every line.

• Cut on meaning, not on a timer. We go to the speaker, then to the person they’re speaking to, then to the reaction.
• Never cut words. When a camera bumps or someone stumbles, we cover it with another angle, not a jump cut.
• Keep the moments people rewatch: the walk down the aisle, the vows, the rings, the kiss, the recessional.
• Match color across cameras so switching angles doesn’t feel like switching films.

Up to 5 angles per project, drone included.

Often, yes, and significantly. We remove hum, reduce wind and room noise, and balance levels between sources. What no editor can do is recover words that weren’t captured clearly by any mic. If audio limits the edit, we tell you in the draft notes and use the best source available for every moment.

For your next wedding: put a recorder or lav on the officiant and one partner, and ask the DJ for a board feed of the speeches. Redundant audio is the cheapest insurance in wedding film.

• Every camera angle that covers the ceremony or speeches, including wide safety shots
• Every audio source: lavs, lectern or podium recorders, the DJ or board feed, camera scratch audio
• The order of speakers for toasts, with names if you have them
• Notes on anything unusual: a reading in another language, a recorder that stopped, a speech that started before a camera was rolling
• Your title style, if you add names or a date

For your next wedding, these setups give an editor the best material:

Redundant audio is cheap insurance. When one source fails, the edit still works.

Ceremony and speech edits cover up to 30 minutes each. Longer ceremonies, such as religious services or multi-part cultural ceremonies, are welcome. We quote the extended length upfront, before we start, so you know the price before any work begins.

• A ceremony edit and/or speech edit, up to 30 minutes each
• Synced, cleaned, leveled audio
• Color matched across every camera
• An organized project timeline in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro
• 2 revision rounds in Frame.io (extra rounds $49)
• White-label delivery

Ceremony longer than 30 minutes? We quote the extended length before we start. Want the full day? See full wedding film editing.

• Full wedding film (includes ceremony and speeches)
• Highlight films