How To Shoot Cinematic Wedding Films For A Living

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Let's see how many weddings you'd have to shoot to make an "average income", and I'll tell you some things that I've learned filming weddings over the years.
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00:00 How To Make A Living Filming Weddings
00:19 Not An Overnight Success
1:00 The Numbers
1:23 What's the Average Salary in the USA?
1:38 Experience Level: Newbie
2:20 Experience Level: Beginner
2:43 Experience Level: Intermediate
2:58 Experience Level: Advanced
3:13 Experience Level: Legend
3:25 What You'd Need To Do To Make $100,000 A Year Filming Weddings
3:49 Some Notes About Money
4:13 Prices Change Based on Skill, But Also Client Needs
5:07 It's A Grind, But You Can Do It
5:27 Preproduction is Everything
5:51 Keep Things On Schedule
6:32 Capture The Meaningful Things, THEN Capture Random Moments
7:25 Gear DOES Matter
7:54 You'll Need Second or Even Third Shooters Sometimes
8:17 Don't Neglect Scheduling And Handling Payments/Deposits
8:49 Save For Taxes, Or You're Gonna Have A Bad Time
9:05 The Most Important Thing: A Contract
9:51 You Have To Find Clients
10:41 Networking & Referrals
11:05 What Makes You Different?
11:28 My Wedding Experience
13:02 When Clients Want You To Work For Free
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@keith-knittel 11 ай бұрын

This video was prompted by a friend asking how to film weddings. They are rewarding, but exhausing work. Shot my first wedding in 2010 and it was AWFUL, but over the years of filming weddings, these are the things I learned. I love filming a few per year, but due to my other projects/clients, I'm unable to devote my full workload to only weddings. However, it's nice to know that if work slows down, I can take on more weddings to offset the difference. What's your feelings about shooting weddings? Love it? Hate it? Too stressful?

@benhnamte 5 ай бұрын

IDK why this video gets so less views but this video is so informative and i feel like i should pay for it. Thanks! Starting as a wedding filmmaker this year. This video helps me a lot.

@keith-knittel 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, I put a lot of effort into this video and was honestly a little discouraged when it didn't perform very well. Thats the tough side of KZfaq, some videos that I shoot in one take get more views than videos like this that I put a TON of work into scripting and making. Glad at least a few people found it helpful!