Reel Irish Wedding - videographers

MIRMIR82

Basically i'm just wondering has anyone used or heard of these guys before? They are based in Wicklow. I found them on facebook and they seem very reasonably priced, but their website isnt great.

Thanks in advance

Borderfox

I googled the name and this came back but doesnt look too impressive if its them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUQQ0IIIaU0

Found the website and the only sample is mostly a still photograph slideshow, if I could see some samples of the day it would be better

texanman

I had a look and I saw very little shots associated with weddings.I personally wouldnt put a shot of a sheep in a highlight clip.

Expect to pay €1000 - €1200 for something decent.

If you pay peanuts you will be very disappointed with your wedding dvd.

Who ever you are looking to book,get a look at some of their work.Look out for good quality audio and steady shots. Nothing as bad as a shaky camera. And if it dosent feel right,they are not for you.

olwyn84

I used them for my wedding 3 months ago and i was very happy with the results. I wasnt paying someone over a grand, when these guys did it for half the price.

MIRMIR82

Hi Guys,

I E-Mailed them because i thought the same - i'd need to see an actual wedding video they have done before i would concider them. They said they will have some wedding vid samples up soon on the website - so i'll wait to see them. Olwyn - i agree 1000-1500 euro for at most, 2 days work (wedding and editing video) is madness - a few hundred is more than enough!! I'll do without one if its gonna cost 1000's:mad:

Average-Ro

MIRMIR82 wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I E-Mailed them because i thought the same - i'd need to see an actual wedding video they have done before i would concider them. They said they will have some wedding vid samples up soon on the website - so i'll wait to see them. Olwyn - i agree 1000-1500 euro for at most, 2 days work (wedding and editing video) is madness - a few hundred is more than enough!! I'll do without one if its gonna cost 1000's:mad:

Hi MIRMIR82,

I agree with the bit in bold, 1000-1500 for two days work is ridiculous, but the people who do that are chancers. If a videographer tells you that it'll only take him one day to edit it; get away as fast as you can.

A wedding video is an extremely tough thing to shoot and edit (I know as I do them myself) I pride myself in doing the best job possible, and while the shoot is only one day (a long, highly pressured day where you only get one chance to get everything) the editing always takes me 5 or 6 days to finish. Take that time, the equipment, travel expenses, tapes, batteries, electricity for charging/editing/rendering/burning and money for the tax man; and you can see why the top range wedding videographers charge €1000.

Anybody could show up with a camera and slap together shots with some sappy music the next day. They're the people who charge a couple of hundred and give the rest of us a bad name.

On topic: I'd be very weary of using these Reel Irish Wedding guys without looking at samples and talking to them to see how they do things. The sample they have on their website is made of mainly photos, and the small bit of video that's there is shot in the wrong aspect ratio and isn't great quality.

They're offering a full days shoot, editing and a photographer all for €450? Seems a bit too low to me.

MIRMIR82

Average-Ro - everything you've said makes sense to me - but i suppose i'm just trying to find a bargain - we're planning our wedding with a very small budget.
I initially said i wasnt going to bother with a video and spend as much as possible on the photographer - but everyone is saying we'd regret it if we didnt get one:)

Average-Ro

MIRMIR82 wrote: »

Average-Ro - everything you've said makes sense to me - but i suppose i'm just trying to find a bargain - we're planning our wedding with a very small budget.
I initially said i wasnt going to bother with a video and spend as much as possible on the photographer - but everyone is saying we'd regret it if we didnt get one:)

I understand that of course! I'm just saying be careful. There are definetely bargains there to be found, I just wouldn't want to see anyone get caught out and end up with a DVD they hate. It's the most important day of your life so it should be done right.

Have you found a photographer yet? I could PM you a reccomendation.

MIRMIR82

Average-Ro wrote: »

I understand that of course! I'm just saying be careful. There are definetely bargains there to be found, I just wouldn't want to see anyone get caught out and end up with a DVD they hate. It's the most important day of your life so it should be done right.

Have you found a photographer yet? I could PM you a reccomendation.

Thanks Average - i know what ur saying - i'll get what i pay for i suppose - i havent booked photographer yet - but have one in mind - but am still looking PM me your one and i'll have a look!:) Thanks

texanman

€1000 - €1300 is not madness. How anyone who pays €300 - €400 for a video and expects to get the same product as a €1000 - €1300 videographer is very foolish, and anyone who think it is the same.

A video is not just two days work. Work goes into the prep for the wedding. Its not just turning up on the day and hoping for the best.In my own experience the edit would take at least two days, maybe more. Then there is the covers,creating disks. It all takes time.I would say 4 days in total.

The amount of time that goes into the edit is a good reflection on what the final product will be.

Some good points made here.

Average-Ro wrote: »

Hi MIRMIR82,

Take that time, the equipment, travel expenses, tapes, batteries, electricity for charging/editing/rendering/burning and money for the tax man; and you can see why the top range wedding videographers charge €1000.

Anybody could show up with a camera and slap together shots with some sappy music the next day. They're the people who charge a couple of hundred and give the rest of us a bad name.
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Borderfox

One thing to consider if you look at other parts of the budget, the video/photographs will be with you for the rest of your life where most other parts of the wedding (and more expensive) will be long gone (Husband excluded)

missymoo1

anybody paying €1000 or more for a dvd in this day and age deserves for €1000 to be taken off them. €450 seems very reasonable so why complain and try find fault? i paid an amateur €200 to video my wedding and the end product was fine. there is no need whatsoever to spend €1000-€1300.

watna

MIRMIR82 wrote: »

Average-Ro - everything you've said makes sense to me - but i suppose i'm just trying to find a bargain - we're planning our wedding with a very small budget.
I initially said i wasnt going to bother with a video and spend as much as possible on the photographer - but everyone is saying we'd regret it if we didnt get one:)

Somebody said this to me as well but I don't necessarily think it's the case. It depends on you and what kind of wedding you are having, We're not getting a video, I really don't think it's needed. My memories and some really good photos are enough for us. I am also on a budget and have decided to spend a bit on a decent photographer and not have a video. Neither of us were interested in it - how often will we really watch it? I know of a fair few other brides doing the same.

If you can't afford it, do you really need it? Would the money be better spent elsewhere? Do you have a friend with a camcorder or something that could take soom footage so even though it wasn't proffessional you'd have something?

Personally, and I know not everyone agrees, I don't think it's worth it.

Average-Ro

missymoo1 wrote: »

anybody paying €1000 or more for a dvd in this day and age deserves for €1000 to be taken off them. €450 seems very reasonable so why complain and try find fault? i paid an amateur €200 to video my wedding and the end product was fine. there is no need whatsoever to spend €1000-€1300.

This outlook annoys me a little bit, but let me explain why.

Of course there are brides out there who will be happy with a cheap amateur DVD, everyone is different. But just because some are happy with a cheap version, doesn't mean all of us should lower our prices to compete with Uncle Bob who has a camcorder.

For the most part, you get what you pay for when you pay €200 for a wedding DVD (unless you get someone really talanted who is trying to build a portfolio) So if a bride wants something of much higher quality, why wouldn't she pay for it? Why should we with a higher quality product lower our prices to match that of a lower quality product?

For the record, I dont think €450 would be enough for a respected videographer. Take the expenses into account:

Petrol - €40
Tapes - €20
Batteries - €10
Blank DVDs, printing covers, printing DVDs, postage - €12
Electricity for charging batteries, digitising, editing, rendering, burning - €8

Camera Rental - €125
Tripod - €15
Wireless Audio - €80

So that's a total of €310 and I'm probably missing a few things. That gives me a profit of €140 for a full days shooting (usually about 16 hours for me including travel) and 3-5 days editing? Doesn't seem very reasonable to me.