Highlights
£1,195
one filmmaker, up to 8 hours
- 4 to 6 minute highlights film
- Two cameras on the ceremony and speeches
- Lapel, lectern and DJ-desk audio
- Licensed music, colour grading, sound mix
- Online delivery within 6 to 8 weeks
Wedding films
A wedding film you will still want to watch in twenty years
We film weddings across London and the Home Counties with two cameras, real audio and no fuss. You get a highlights film cut to licensed music, the ceremony and speeches in full if you want them, and your footage backed up three ways before we leave the venue.
Highlights from £1,195Delivery 6 to 8 weeksMusic licensed, every filmTravel included inside the M25
What we film
Six ways to have your day filmed, from one filmmaker to a full feature
Wedding highlights filmFrom £1,195A 4 to 6 minute film of the whole day, cut to licensed music with your vows and speeches woven through it.Full-day documentary editFrom £1,695 with highlightsThe ceremony and every speech in full, two angles, clean audio, alongside your highlights film.Two-filmmaker feature filmFrom £2,395Two of us for up to 12 hours, a 15 to 25 minute feature, the full ceremony and speeches, and a teaser within a week.Drone and aerial coverage£300 add-onA few establishing shots of the venue and grounds, flown legally by a certified pilot, only where the airspace allows.Asian and multi-day wedding coverageFrom £895 per extra dayMehndi, nikah, baraat, walima, civil and religious ceremonies across several days, with the same crew throughout.Engagement and pre-wedding shootsFrom £395A relaxed two-hour film shoot somewhere that matters to you, and a chance to get used to the camera before the day.
How we work
Quiet on the day, careful in the edit
Amber Reel is a small wedding film studio. Most days there is one of us behind the camera, sometimes two. We shoot with mirrorless cameras on gimbals and monopods rather than tripods and lights, because a wedding looks better when nobody is being asked to stand still. The vicar, the registrar and the photographer all know we are there; your guests mostly will not.
Sound is half of a wedding film and the half most people forget. We put a small recorder on the groom and another on the lectern or the celebrant, take a feed from the DJ desk for the speeches, and record a backup on every camera. That is why you can hear the vows in our films instead of a music track covering them up.
Two cameras on everything that matters
The ceremony, the speeches and the first dance are always covered from two angles, even on a one-filmmaker booking. If a card or a camera ever failed you would still have the moment.
Music we are allowed to use
Every film is cut to tracks licensed from a production library, so your film can live on YouTube, Instagram and a USB in a drawer without being muted. We will explain why your favourite chart song is not an option, and what we use instead.
A date in writing, not a vague window
Highlights films are delivered within 6 to 8 weeks of the wedding and the date is in your booking confirmation. Features take a little longer and we say so up front.
Backed up before we drive home
Footage is copied to two drives at the venue and to a third location that night. Nothing is deleted from the cards until the masters are finished.
From enquiry to delivery
What happens between now and the film
Check the date
Send us the date and venue. If we are free we send a short written quote and a link to a few films, and we are happy to talk it through on a call.
Hold it with 25%
A 25% booking fee reserves the day. The balance is due four weeks before the wedding. Nothing else is owed until then.
A plan the month before
We go through the timeline with you and your photographer, note the readings and the people who matter, and check the venue rules on filming and drones.
Film, edit, deliver
We arrive before you are dressed and leave after the dancing starts. Highlights arrive online within 6 to 8 weeks, with a USB in a presentation box if you have added one.
Packages
Three ways to book, with clear prices
Every package includes two-camera coverage of the ceremony and speeches, licensed music, colour grading and online delivery. Add a second filmmaker, a drone or raw footage to any of them.
Highlights + full ceremony and speeches
£1,695
one filmmaker, up to 10 hours
- Everything in Highlights
- Full ceremony edited from two angles
- Every speech as its own chapter
- Clean audio throughout
- Online delivery within 6 to 8 weeks
Two filmmakers + feature film
£2,395
two filmmakers, up to 12 hours
- Both preparations covered
- 15 to 25 minute feature film
- Highlights, full ceremony and speeches
- Social teaser within 7 days
- Four cameras and full audio kit
Where we work
London first, and an hour in any direction
We are based in east London and most of our weddings are inside the M25, from registry offices in Westminster to banqueting halls in Southall and barns on the Essex border. Travel is included anywhere inside the M25. Beyond it we charge mileage at 45p a mile and show the figure on the quote before you book.
FAQ
Questions people ask us
How many hours do we need?
Eight hours covers most single-venue weddings from the last hour of getting ready to shortly after the first dance. Ten hours gives room for a morning ceremony or a long reception. Twelve, with two filmmakers, covers both preparations and the evening comfortably. Extra hours are £150 each.
When will we receive our films?
Highlights within 6 to 8 weeks of the wedding. Feature and full ceremony and speeches edits within 10 to 12 weeks. A social teaser within 7 days where booked. The dates are written into your confirmation.
Can you use our favourite song?
Not if it is a commercial release, because the two licences needed cost more than the film and the platforms would mute it. We cut to music licensed from a production library instead, chosen to match the mood and tempo of the songs you send us, and we send options before we edit.
Do you fly a drone?
Yes, as a £300 add-on, by a pilot with a CAA Operator ID, A2 CofC and aviation insurance, and only where the airspace and the venue allow. Much of central London and all the Royal Parks are off limits. If a flight is not possible we tell you before you pay, and refund if the weather stops it on the day.
Can we have the raw footage?
Yes, for £250. You get every clip, ungraded, on a drive. Most couples find they never watch it, but some want it for peace of mind and that is a fair reason.
How do you work with our photographer?
We speak to them before the day and agree positions for the ceremony, the confetti and the first dance. During the ceremony we take the sides and back, they take the aisle. Good photographers like working with us because we do not stand in their shot.
Have a date? Ask whether we are free.
Send the date and venue and we reply the same day, usually within the hour between 8am and 10pm.