Make Better Wedding Films

⬇️ CLICK BELOW TO GRAB THE DEAL WHILE IT'S LIVE ⬇️ ⏰ The Ideal Client Blueprint available for $99 for 24 hours ⏰ ------------------------------------------------------------------- How much is our gear a crutch? If we didn’t have access to shallow depth of field, 10 bit colour, crazy low light, infinite lens choices… would our work still stand on it’s own? Would the storytelling at the core still resonate if the flashy wrappings fell away? On today’s show, I’m talking with Savannah Groves, aka A Girl and Her Phone about the conscious choice she has made to ignore the advice of other videographers and not buy a camera, but to create wedding films using only an iPhone. Why? Well you’ll have to listen and find out.... Check out Sav's $10 iPhone Video Course Also, check out Sav's new mentoring program!  -----------------------------------------------------------------

Who is your ideal client? When I ask that of wedding filmmakers, the answer I often get it “people in love” and I think here in lies an underlying issue that is holding a lot of filmmakers back from growing a business that they love, which a lack of clarity.  On today’s show I’m sitting down with Jared Sullivan from Wayward North Films to talk through the importance of finding clarity in your brand and your filmmaking style and why this is a crucial component to creating a sustainable business. If you haven't already you NEED to subscribe to Wayward North on YouTube, he's doing awesome stuff over there: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5rR0BFgdu-oz7HDHb-f-uw Also make sure to check out his podcast too: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-films-we-make/id1664967619 This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE ———————————————————————————————————— This episode is sponsored by FilmConvert - Take the guess work out of colour correction and grading with FilmConvert Nitrate and CineMatch. Get 10% off when you use the promo code MBWF10: https://www.filmconvert.com/purchase/?promoCode=MBWF10 ———————————————————————————————————— This episode is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/ 

On today's episode I'm speaking with Artem Korchagin on all things cinematography. I've been sent Artem's work multiple times in my DMs and it's no surprise why. His work is both fresh and timeless and he shared so many insights for wedding filmmakers looking to level up their cinematography. This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE ———————————————————————————————————— This episode is sponsored by FilmConvert - Take the guess work out of colour correction and grading with FilmConvert Nitrate and CineMatch. Get 10% off when you use the promo code MBWF10: https://www.filmconvert.com/purchase/?promoCode=MBWF10 ————————————————————————————————————

You, my friend are a beautiful, wonderful artist. A pure creative at heart. But you’re also a business owner and often those two modes of operating can so often get confused and get in the way of one another, so on today’s show, I’m talking with Daren Smith on the concept of cultivating a creative business mindset and how we can build the systems that support that.  Download a free copy of Daren's book:https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ju94i4tev5utp3/Craftsman%20Creative%20PDF%20epub%20mobi.zip?dl=0Other links mentioned in the show:scorecard.craftsmancreative.coworkshops.craftsmancreative.co ———————————————————————————————————— This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE ———————————————————————————————————— This episode is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/

2023 as seen a flood of interest around the advancements and capabilities of A.I. technology, and things seem to be changing by the day. In fact, mere hours after this interview was recorded, news dropped about a Premiere Pro plugin that could do some of the things we were speculating about in this discussion. On today’s show Narrative CEO and founder James Broadbent and I sit down to discuss the potential future of A.I.s role in video editing, we talk about how these software’s and machine learning models are made, the difference between predictive and generative A.I.s and about the very nature of creativity and creative authorship itself.  If you're a photographer and interested in checking out Narrative Select for yourself, then you can try it for FREE here: https://narrative.so/select --------------------------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE This episode is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/ 

The longer you’re in this line of work, the business of capturing people and moments on camera, the more you realise that the craft is more in the people than in the camera. Connecting with, empathising with and falling in love with your subjects is the only way to truly make work that resonates and stands the test of time. On today’s show, I’m sitting down with Andrea and Eugene from The Drakes to hear how they obsess over the process of connecting with their couples and how this allows them to create the unique and award winning films they are known for. As Annie Leibovitz puts it “A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.”  https://www.wearethedrakes.com/ ------------------------------------------ This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE This episode is sponsored by FilmConvert - Take the guess work out of colour correction and grading with FilmConvert Nitrate and CineMatch. Get 10% off when you use the promo code MBWF10: https://www.filmconvert.com/purchase/?promoCode=MBWF10

As 2022 comes to a close, we come to the end of another season of the show. Last year I ended with Bottlebrush, and this year I’m ending Season 3 with another pair of Aussie legends, “Lovers + Legends” to be precise! Steph & Elliot are a husband + wife, photo + video duo from Brisbane Australia who have an amazing energy to their films and who balance the roles of photo + video creation seamlessly. On today’s show, we round off 2022 by talking about arguably the most important thing for a wedding filmmaker to remember, it’s not about you, it’s about them. -------------------- This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE Check out our Musicbed Playlist of the Month: https://www.musicbed.com/projects/share/blue-hour-champagne-towers/u51pCC2fs4 This episode is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/ 

Polished, elegant and consistent are words I would use to describe the work of Deanna and Grant aka Harrison Films and today’s episode is an absolute masterclass in what it takes to create a high end product. Attention to detail is key and in my discussion with them I was blown away at just how much care and thought goes into every step of the process. From location scouting, to colour grading they put in the extra step of effort and care that takes their work from good to great and it’s a philosophy that I feel is the foundation of their success. . If you're interested in learning more from Harrison Films, make sure to check out their private mentoring sessions including their "Color Mastery" series and "Brand Refining" series: https://www.harrisonweddingfilms.com/wedding-filmmaking-education . --------------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE This episode is sponsored by FilmConvert - Take the guess work out of colour correction and grading with FilmConvert Nitrate and CineMatch. Get 10% off when you use the promo code MBWF10: https://www.filmconvert.com/purchase/?promoCode=MBWF10

The film look is something digital filmmakers have been trying to emulate for years and back in 2012, a small company in New Zealand set out to achieve that goal. A decade later, Filmconvert is the arguably the most accurate and sophisticated film emulation software on the market. On Today’s show I’m sitting down with Filmconvert’s Henessey Griffiths to discuss the science and the magic of digital film emulation as we take the guess work out of colour grading. Want to give FilmConvert Nitrate and Cinematch a try? Click Here to get 10% off your order  --------------- This episode is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 - Use the promo code MBWF for your first month FREE This episode is sponsored by FilmConvert - Take the guess work out of colour correction and grading with FilmConvert Nitrate and CineMatch. Get 10% off when you use the promo code MBWF10: https://www.filmconvert.com/purchase/?promoCode=MBWF10

“Sound is half your story” is a mantra that I think I’ll always bring up on the podcast, I think it’s something as filmmakers we can keep coming back to and exploring, experimenting and educating ourselves in. On today’s show, I’m talking with Boomer and Sarah from Multiply Media about the marriage between music and sound design, how to tell stories with music, how to evoke memories with sound and how to manipulate the various elements of our audio in order to have each piece shine through. Make sure to use the promo code MBWF25 to get 25% off Multiply Media's SFX pack!!!   ----------------------------------------------- This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 Our Musicbed Playlist: https://fm.pxf.io/P0EDEj This show is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/ 

How you open your film, sets the stage for the viewers experience as a whole. It’s a chance to put the most important elements to the couple front and centre, to make them feel like this film was made for them and no-one else. On today’s show, I’m talking with Andrea and Aaron from By The Millers about how they developed their storytelling style, how they make each film unique to their couples and why the first 30 seconds are so valuable to your film. Make sure to subscribe to Aaron's YouTube channel to keep up to date with their educational content: https://www.youtube.com/c/AaronMillerMedia  And obviously follow @bythemillers on IG ------------------------ This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 This show is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/ 

Husband and Wife duo The Augusts are a photo + video powerhouse who started their business at the start of the pandemic. On todays show, I’m chatting with them about their uniquely elegant and emotive filmmaking style and how they have developed a synergistic workflow together that allows Rebekah to capture photos and Jonah to capture video, each in the best way possible. Make sure to follow them on IG: https://www.instagram.com/theaugusts__ -------------------------------- This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 This show is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/ 

I’ve spoken before about how the cornerstone of storytelling is conflict, but as wedding filmmakers, it’s not immediately obvious how we should implement conflict in a representation of the happiest day of someones life. Today, I’m sitting down with Aaron Daniel Films to learn more about his unique approach to wedding filmmaking, from world-building his brand, to writing books for his couples, to how he structures his films around the concept of mystery, placing the burden of the protagonists conflict not on the couple, but on the viewer. Want to check out Aaron's upcoming workshop? https://www.abracadabraworkshop.com/ ---------------------------- This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3533252/1347628/16252 This show is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/

Music is as much a part of our films as the footage and audio we capture on the day, but the skill of curating, pairing and manipulating music is often one that’s overlooked. On today’s show, I’m sitting down wth DJ and musician Thomas Rose to discuss some of the techniques videographers can use to level up the way we use music in our films. Make sure to follo This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Sign up for their Wedding Filmmaker subscription using the promo code MBWF and get your first month free: www.musicbed.com This show is sponsored by Studio Ninja - Studio Ninja is the worlds highest rated studio management software. It contains a huge suite of tools from calendar integration and double booking warnings, to contract templates and automated client workflows. Get 50% off your first year when you sign up with the code MBWF50: https://www.studioninja.co/ 

🚨 Get 50% off your first year with Studio Ninja - that's just US$125! 🚨 🥷 Click here and use the promo code "MBWF50"  🥷 There are parts of this job that we love and parts that we… ✨dislike✨and today’s show is about how you can streamline the backend of your business and automate a lot of the admin that’s keeping you from doing what you’re best at, making wedding films! On today’s show, I’m chatting to wedding photographer and the co-founder of Studio Ninja, Chris Garbacz about how we can use the platform to improve our client experience, book more weddings and ultimately prevent anxiety and burnout from trying to juggle dozens of weddings all on our own. ---------------- This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Sign up for their Wedding Filmmaker subscription using the promo code MBWF and get your first month free: www.musicbed.com

Story is at the root of what we do as wedding filmmakers, we all call ourselves storytellers but how often to we consciously work on developing that specific skill? How well do you understand the anatomy of a story? On today’s show, I’m joined by McLean from Hello Tomorrow Films to discuss what goes in to a compelling story in a wedding film. If traditional filmmaking has taught us anything it’s that conflict is at the centre of the most compelling stories, but conflict often isn’t welcome on a wedding day, so as filmmakers we need to learn to harness a different type of tension in order to take our films from mundane montages into nuanced narratives. If you enjoyed today's show and you want to take your wedding film storytelling to the next level, then you should check out "The Story" which is Hello Tomorrow's new course on all things storytelling. Check it out here: https://education.hellotomorrow.ca/a/2147514065/LQCuCiMr And make sure to use the code "MBWF" for 15% off the course 🙌 ----------------------- This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Sign up for their Wedding Filmmaker subscription using the promo code MBWF and get your first month free: www.musicbed.com This show is sponsored by Love Stories TV. Sign up for a free account and submit your films for paid feature opportunities: https://lovestoriestv.com/r/mbwf

Filming with your intuition is something we’ve talked about before on the show. The honesty that can come through in your work when you are NOT trying to do a bunch of flashy transitions, or trying to be someone that you’re not, makes for films that showcase the real emotions of the people on screen and they are films that stand the test of time. When you trust your gut and put the needs of your couples at the core of your filmmaking process, magic can happen. Make sure to check out Madeleine's work on IG if you don't follow her already! https://www.instagram.com/filmsbymadeleine/ --------------- This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Sign up for their Wedding Filmmaker subscription using the promo code MBWF and get your first month free: www.musicbed.com This show is sponsored by Love Stories TV. Sign up for a free account and submit your films for paid feature opportunities: https://lovestoriestv.com/r/mbwf

Sound is half your story… This heuristic is so simple and yet so often overlooked by wedding filmmakers, myself included. On today’s show, we’re welcoming back Shannon and Jack from Forever Curious films to get a crash course in everything audio. From research and consulting with your couples, to what gear to use, right through to post production, mixing and sound design, we’ve tried to cover it all in this nearly one and a half hour long episode. So settle in with a cuppa and have your note pad at the ready. Want to know the basics of how to get started with sound??? Download Shannon and Jack's FREE pdf guide here: https://forevercuriousfilms.com/soundisstory Also make sure to follow their new podcast series Sound Is Story: http://www.instagram.com/_soundisstory Free Sound Libraries we mentioned: Free to Use Sounds - https://www.freetousesounds.com/ - A MASSIVE collection of Sound libraries from around the world captured by a couple called Marcel & Libby. Soundly - https://www.soundly.com/ - A desktop app that is a cloud library for access to 1000's of SFX. Free and Paid Versions. SoundQ - https://www.prosoundeffects.com/soundq/ - A desktop app similar to Soundly that gives easy access to 1000's of SFX. Free and Paid Versions. Music For Videos SFX - https://music-for-video.com/blog/free-sound-effects-for-videomakers - I use a lot of these and my Tibetan bells are from here! Great quality for free Sound Gym - https://www.soundgym.co/ - An ear training website that fine tunes your listening skills. Helps recognise frequencies, compression, panning etc. (Big help for learning about bad frequencies in dialogue and things like that!) ------------------------------ This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Sign up for their Wedding Filmmaker subscription using the promo code MBWF and get your first month free: www.musicbed.com This show is sponsored by Love Stories TV. Sign up for a free account and submit your films for paid feature opportunities: https://lovestoriestv.com/r/mbwf

$100,000 per year is a goal that for a lot of people starting their business seems unattainable. On today’s show, David from Forestry films breaks down some of the ways we can shift our mindset towards solving people’s problems and that this is the key to growing a successful and profitable business. If you would like a step-by-step road map from David on how you can take your business to the next level then you should check out his course "The Profitable Filmmaker" available for just a few more days! Use the promo code MBWF to get a further 10% off! https://www.theactof.co/the-profitable-filmmaker  -------------------- This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Sign up for their Wedding Filmmaker subscription using the promo code MBWF and get your first month free: www.musicbed.com This show is sponsored by Love Stories TV. Sign up for a free account and submit your films for paid feature opportunities: https://lovestoriestv.com/r/mbwf 

All of us have the part of a filmmaking process that we like more than others, it’s probably the reason we fell in love with this craft. Whether it’s filming, editing, directing, the cool gear… there’s always something that’s more “fun” than other parts of our job, like figuring out how to run a business or learning about audio. On today’s show, Matt sits down with me to discuss some of the most common shortcomings he finds when looking at other filmmakers work from around the world and why he thinks certain things keep coming up again and again. It turns out, that if we want to grow, we have to just eat our vegetables. Want to learn more from Matt? Grab his FREE PDF with 3 tips to book more weddings! https://go.whoismatt.com/bookmoreweddings/ -------------------------- This show is sponsored by Musicbed - Sign up for their Wedding Filmmaker subscription using the promo code MBWF and get your first month free: www.musicbed.com This show is sponsored by Love Stories TV. Sign up for a free account and submit your films for paid feature opportunities: https://lovestoriestv.com/r/mbwf