How to Shoot a Cinematic Wedding Video?

Shooting a wedding ceremony could be fairly interesting. It’s one of their greatest days of the Bride and groom lives, and they believed you to catch it impeccably. Each wedding videographer has its own style of shooting wedding. But it is necessary they must be equipped with the right instrument and experience to provide you perfect results. There are various platforms and sources that will assist to shoot effortless the wedding. Nowadays cinematic wedding videos are in trend. Every couple wanted a great story for their wedding. Wedding videographer primed with the right tips and knows the processor to film wedding.

To capture astonishing cinematic wedding video, it is very crucial to understand camera settings. Most of videographers using DSLR’s to shoot weddings. These cameras are best fit according to situations. Whether you’re shooting in low light it always provide quality videos. ISO is one of the key factors to capture quality cinematic wedding videos. It is very crucial of every videographer to understand the use of ISO for capturing videos. Let’s understand what is ISO, in layman terms, ISO is used to adjust the level of sensitivity of camera. Camera ISO is one of the three pillars of videography and other two being Shutter speed and Aperature. Every videographer or photographer has to be good understanding of ISO setting and other instrument to adjust the camera according to the situation. ISO works inversely proportional to the Camera, the higher ISO number the higher the camera sensitivity. The lower the ISO number, the lesser the camera sensitivity. ISO is very crucial factor to gather required light to capture the best video.

Suitable DSLR, camcorder and audio settings for different situations: It is understood in order to give natural feel to video, professional videographers combines all the required constraint in equal proportion. Setting up DSLR properly to shoot with reasonable distance or if necessary make use of cranes when the crowd is big. Audio setting should be flexible according the situation.

What type of lenses is used to shoot cinematic wedding video?

There various types of lenses used by videographer as per its convenient. Videographer choose lens according to its capacity. Generally for ceremony f/2.8 is used, if you are shooting alone. f/2.8 would be ideal choice for you. IF you are working in team, camera operator can use 70-200m f/2.8 to shoot far or close ups.

I am naming some of the most famous lenses use to shoot cinematic wedding videos:

Canon EF 70-200m f/2.8L IS USM

Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8 L II

Canon EF 24mm F1.4L II USM

It is important to set your camera on right place so that it can capture each person effectively. We always recommend team of videographers, it enhances the quality of work. Always tries to highlight Bride and groom in their best possible expression.

David is a wedding videographer graduated with literature. He is passionate for wedding videography. Check some more at company website http://zenithcinematography.com