Wedding Film Proposal · Prepared for you both

Brendan & Molly

Your Wedding Film

When Áine asked if I'd be interested in making a wedding film for you two, I jumped at the opportunity — a chance to honor your range as humans and see if we can align on a creative direction for Wedding #1. So I put together a rough proposal, just so you can review it and see where my head goes when I ask, "What does a Brendan & Molly wedding film look and feel like?" — treated the same way I'd treat any film I truly care about. Below are three tiers, each a genuinely different kind of film. Watch the films below, see exactly what you get, and pick the one that feels like you. The reference is cinematic, vow-driven storytelling — Vogue-level, the standard for what a wedding film can actually be.

— Ben, Benjamin Co//Lab

What a Wedding Film Can Be

Watch these before anything else. This is the level we're building toward for Tiers 1 and 2 — cinematic, vow-driven, edited like a short film, not a recap.

Reference work — the aesthetic, voiceover treatment, and edit style we're building from.

How Your Film
Gets Made

  • Onboarding & consultation — we sit down with you and your planner, Áine, to align on the vision for the day and start building the creative direction together.
  • Pre-production with your planner — we map the timeline and decide whether we shoot anything in the days before or after the wedding itself.
  • Photographer coordination — I work hand-in-hand with your photographer so we both get our shots, never stepping on each other or on the day.
  • Locking the creative — together we choose the aesthetic, the songs, the voiceover approach, and the moments that matter most.
  • Production — I film the wedding (and any bonus shoot), every frame shaped around the film we designed.
  • Post-production — voiceover, color, sound, and titles bring it to life — the four signatures below.
  • Delivery — your finished film, vertical reels for social, and digital delivery.

The Things That Make
This a Film

Anyone can point a camera at a wedding. These are the deliberate creative choices — in pre-production and in post — that turn footage into a film you'll still feel in thirty years.

01

Voiceover & Vow Script

I turn your vows and stories into a voiceover script — you approve every word before the edit. Your voice becomes the emotional spine of the film.

Script approval · Tier 1 & 2
02

Custom Sound Design & SFX

Ambient sound, designed effects, and a full mix layered beneath licensed music — not just a song dropped on top.

All tiers
03

Super 8 & Film Overlays

Real Super-8 grain, light leaks, and film texture for a tactile, nostalgic, cinematic feel you can't fake in a recap.

Super 8 · VFX · Tier 1 & 2
04

Animated Title Cards

Your wedding party introduced like the cast of a movie — names, roles, and motion that set the tone.

Tier 1 & 2
05

Color Story & LUTs

A deliberate grade — warm cinematic LUTs with selective high-contrast black & white — that gives the whole film one unmistakable look.

All tiers
06

Cinematic Edit & Story

After the day, I compose your love story — because storytelling is far more than a collection of beautiful shots.

All tiers

Choose Your Film

Three tiers. Each one complete and finished to the same standard — they differ in crew, scope, and how much of the day the camera is shaped to tell.

Tier 02
The Cinematic Short
Personal, beautiful, scaled crew
$10,000
All-in investment
The Crew
  • 1 filmer (Ben) + assistant
Production
  • Wedding day — 8 hours
  • Creative pre-production + shot list with your planner
  • Cut to music of your choice
What You Get
  • 5–10 minute wedding film
  • 1 vertical reel for social
  • Voiceover edit from vows drives the film
  • 1–2 animated title cards
  • Full color grade — warm + selective B&W
  • Sound design + VFX + animated titles
  • 2 rounds of revisions
Choose The Cinematic Short
Tier 03
The Music Video
Elevated, simple, cut to your song
$6,000
All-in investment
The Crew
  • Solo filmer (Ben)
Production
  • $4,000 — 8 hours of day-of filming
  • $350 / hour beyond 8 hours
  • $2,000 — edit, music-video style
What You Get
  • Music-video style wedding film
  • 1 vertical reel for social
  • Beautiful frames cut to your song — no script
  • Color grade + sound design
  • Licensed music + digital delivery
  • 1 round of revisions
Choose The Music Video

From Deposit to Delivery

Simple, clear, and built so you two never have to think about logistics on your wedding day.

50%Deposit to book
A 50% deposit locks your wedding date on my calendar and kicks off creative pre-production. The remaining balance is due 14 days before the wedding. Deposit holds the date — until it's in, the date is open. Payable to Benjamin Arnst.
Step 01

Choose Your Tier & Lock the Date

You pick your tier — 1, 2, or 3 — and send the 50% deposit. That officially holds your wedding date on my calendar. It's the only thing that reserves the day.

Step 02

Onboarding & Consultation Meeting

We book a creative wedding-film onboarding call with you and your planner, Áine. We talk through whether we'll be shooting anything before or after the wedding day, and how to best work alongside your photographer to film the day and capture the exact scenes the film needs — without ever stepping on the moment.

Step 03

Build the Creative Direction Together

From there we start building the creative direction as a team — locking the aesthetic, the songs, the voiceover plan, and the shot list drawn from your vows, venues, and locations. Tier 1 includes 3 creative meetings; Tier 2 includes 1; Tier 3 includes an alignment call.

Step 04

Lock It In Before the Day

We finalize the shot list, the voiceover plan, and — for Tier 1 — the bonus cinematic shoot day. Everything is locked before the wedding so the day itself runs effortlessly.

Step 05

Film & Deliver

I shoot the wedding (and bonus day, Tier 1), then move into post — selects, voiceover edit, color grade, sound design, and titles. Selects in 7–10 days, final film in 14–21 days.

Ready to Lock It In?

Reply with the tier that feels right and we'll set up your discovery call. The deposit holds your date — so the sooner we lock it, the better.

Lock In Our Film →
// ben@benjamincolab.com · benjamincolab.com