Popular Wedding Videography Styles

Entry No. 5

Choosing the right videographer is really choosing how you want to remember it.

Soft and cinematic? Candid and real? Nostalgic and dreamy? Something that feels like a movie?

Let’s walk through the most popular styles of wedding videography so you can figure out exactly what you’re looking for.

Cinematic / Editorial

Think: slow-motion dress twirls, soft natural light, symmetrical shots, clean compositions, and intentional posing.

This style feels like it belongs in Vogue Weddings — polished, elegant, visually stunning.

A cinematic/editorial filmmaker is focused on:

• Smooth camera movement
  
• Posing the bride and groom
  
• Clean digital footage
  
  

It’s perfect if you want your wedding film to feel luxurious and picture-perfect.

Story-Driven (Your Own Rom-Com Moment)

This is where the filmmaker becomes a true storyteller. A story-driven wedding film doesn’t just show your wedding — it shapes your narrative.

Think Wes Anderson charm, or a little “this feels like a romcom and we’re the main characters.”
This style takes the most planning because your filmmaker builds your story before the big day even arrives.

Key elements:

• A deep dive into your love story
  
• Personalized structure, pacing, visual motifs
  
• Pre-wedding communication to understand your personalities
  
• Story beats woven into the edit
  
• A film that feels intentional, quirky, heartfelt, or cinematic based on you

It’s perfect for couples who enjoy being in front of the camera

Documentary (Real, Raw, In-the-Moment)

This is all about capturing your day exactly as it felt.

A documentary-style filmmaker moves with the flow of your wedding — not directing, not posing, just observing the real emotion of the day.

Expect:

• Authentic reactions
  
• Real laughter
  
• Moments you didn’t notice
  
• Guests being themselves
  
• Film that looks and feels like your lived experience

If you want your wedding to be remembered with honesty, warmth, and emotion, documentary is your best friend.

 Vintage Film (Super 8)

This is where nostalgia comes alive.

Vintage film is grainy, textured, dreamy, imperfect in the most perfect way — and it does not record audio, which gives it an ethereal, timeless quality.

You’ve probably seen Super 8 clips that feel like memories you forgot you had. That’s the magic.

Vintage brings:

• A warm, nostalgic glow
  
• Imperfect frames that feel poetic
  
• A dreamy mood you simply cannot recreate with digital

This style is ideal for couples who value the visuals over the audio, because Super 8 doesn’t record sound.

Content Creation: The Social Media Add-On Everyone’s Talking About

Content creation isn’t technically a videography style — it’s its own category.

Most couples use it as an add-on for fast, social-ready content shot vertically on a phone.
Think behind the scenes moments, trending audios, short-form clips, and fun little snapshots delivered within 24–48 hours.

This is also the only time you’ll get raw footage from a professional, because content creation is a completely different craft from filmmaking.

Here’s the simplest way to explain it:

• Content creators deliver vertical phone footage quickly, often unedited.
  
• Videographers spend months crafting a cinematic film with professional cameras, lenses, audio, color grading, and storytelling.

Both are amazing — just very different kinds of art.

So, What Do You Get With Me?

For weddings, I film with a blend of Super 8 and digital.
Digital gives you crystal-clear audio for vows, speeches, and emotional moments. Super 8 adds that soft, nostalgic, dreamy glow that makes everything feel magical.

My main style is documentary, capturing how your day truly felt.

And then… there’s the story-driven option, if you’d like to include it.

This approach is a collaboration between us, something we plan and create together. Think of it like doing portraits with your photographer, but instead of posing for photos, you get to act out a scene we have crafted as a team.

Here’s how it works:
We sit down before the wedding and plan the intro and ending of your film. We talk about your story, your personalities, and the vibe you want. On your wedding day, we carve out about an hour in the timeline to film those scenes. I guide you through the process, make it fun and relaxed, and help you bring the moments to life.

It is cinematic, intentional, and completely unique to you, but it does require time and a willingness to play.

The rest of your film stays rooted in documentary style, capturing everything naturally as it unfolds so you get the perfect balance of crafted storytelling and real-life emotion.

Choosing the right videographer is really choosing how you want to remember your day. Take your time exploring their portfolio so you can be sure their style matches the way you want your memories to feel.