The Essential Guide for the Wedding Teaser of your Dreams

As you approach the big day, there are umpteen details you’re still to finalize. And as you do so, remember to work on your vision for your wedding teaser with your wedding videographers. We’re bringing to you these essential tips by industry professionals that’ll help you plan ahead and get the wedding teaser of your dreams. After all, who doesn’t want to break the internet with a stunning throwback?

What is a Wedding Teaser?

A wedding teaser is a spectacular way of announcing your wedding to all your loved ones in a bite-sized format. Just as a movie has a trailer that helps build the anticipation for the full feature, a teaser is an introduction to all the action they can expect in the full wedding film. As opposed to wedding films in older times, cinematic video experts now recommend opting for shorter form videos that are not only easy to distribute but focus on the essential moments instead of entire documentation.

What does a Wedding Teaser include?

As the length of a wedding teaser is usually around 3 to 5 minutes, the video will be a collection of the major moments of your wedding story. The focus is usually on making it fun and exciting and to build it about the couple. The video can also include some candid moments or interviews of loved ones to make it even more interesting.
Sometimes the editors can choose to pick unique shots for the teaser that are not repeated in the wedding film – making it an even more unique addition to your collection.

What are the types of Wedding Teasers offered?

Nothing holds back creativity when it comes to the kinds of wedding teasers that are being produced for weddings. However, broadly, we can classify the kinds of teasers into categories to help you ascertain what type of videos best suit your personal preference and can reflect the story of your love the best.

Storytelling Teasers

If you’re a couple that has a story that defines your union, this is a great way of standing out in your uniqueness. Storytelling wedding teasers are all about the narrative that leads upto the celebration. With a documentary style approach, the video integrates important elements like how you met, what you love about each other and what the big day means to you.
The teaser can be made from the perspective of the couple or even loved ones by integrating short interviews with them. The magic of storytelling is the meaning it holds with you and looking back at the wedding through that perspective will always take you down the nostalgic lane. Every couple has a unique story – whether they met online, or had a chance encounter – and bringing that into the teaser can put that refreshing twist to the montage of moments.

Cinematic Montage

If your wedding has multiple events and spectacular details, creating a cinematic montage wedding teaser can be an excellent way to give everyone an intimate view. Using sophisticated tools like gimbles, sliders and slow motion cinematography – the footage can be beautifully integrated into a high-energy or a romantic montage.
The magic can further be enhanced by hiring a drone for a bird’s eye view. Having a fresh perspective is not only unique for the viewer, but also for you since you get to witness your wedding from a whole new angle. Cinematic montage teasers work best if multiple cinematographers are shooting together, so important moments can be captured from different angles to give it that true cinematic feel. Music also plays an intrinsic role in enhancing the feel of the teaser and should be complimentary to the vibe of the wedding.

Highlight Reel Teasers

If you want to relive the beauty of your most special days in a way that focuses on the highlight moments, this is the kind of teaser that will fit the bill. The teaser flows usually in a chronological way, taking you through the events as they happened while introducing the major moments (exchanging rings, wedding ceremonies, etc). The upside of this type of teaser is that it can be produced with a limited videography team and is a great way of sharing the highlights of your weddings without having to share the longer film.
However, it may miss the cinematic feel that usually comes with storytelling and montage teasers as the style of videography may vary.

6 Tips for Getting your Dream Wedding Teaser

Find what you love

A great start to build your wedding teaser in a way that can be cherished for eternity is to research on the kind of teasers that resound with you. Take the time to go through other weddings and how they’ve been captured and shortlist the ones that you truly love. Every wedding is unique and so is every couple and every family. It helps get a better understanding of not just the kind of look and feel but also the creative elements that have been incorporated.

While you browse through your favorite picks, do note what do you love about them. Is it the music that you really like, the way the shots are taken or the editing style? Picking these elements would go a long way into helping you communicate with your chosen wedding cinematographers so that they can not only edit your videos a certain way but also be mindful when shooting of what you need.

While selecting your favorite wedding teasers, do keep in mind your own wedding style and if it will be similar to the kind of videos you narrow down on. You may love a friend’s destination wedding teaser for example, but if you’re not hosting a destination wedding – the look and feel would be difficult to replicate. So keeping these practical aspects in mind, and following your heart, go out there and find what you love – and then make it happen!

Pick your must-haves

We know that it’s not possible to integrate everything you may have loved about other teasers that you have seen. But it’s your special day and you would want it to be special in every way! So feel free to pick your must haves for your teaser. Do you want creative shots of your wedding dress? Do you want a particular song to be the soundtrack? Do you want your parents to give their message on the camera? Do you want to elope with your special one and capture that alone time?

List out your must-haves and discuss with the team what they need in order to make those elements happen for you. If any special equipment is required, or extra people on the field – they will be prepared beforehand to deliver it for you. Be prepared with your questions and express your own creativity in your ideas so you can truly get what you’ve dreamt of.

Music is the soul

Bring your own personal style into your wedding teaser with the kind of music you love. Music is the cornerstone of any video, since it not only directs the pace at which the moments reveal itself but also infuse it with the feel that the wedding truly stood for.

Finding the right music isn’t a difficult task if you see it as an exercise that expresses you. It could be a song that has a certain meaning to your relationship, a song from your dance performances or even a song that you love and best spells that emotion for you. And if you’re not the romantic soul, you can always select an upbeat track that no one can resist tapping to. We highly encourage you to put together a playlist of your favorites and share your selection before the wedding. This would help the team to understand your personal preferences, and they can bring their own ideas that sync best with your choice of music.

Make the time to shoot

Now that you’ve done all the hard work of getting your research down pat, it’s time to organize the structure of your events to allow for the room to shoot. If you want a storytelling wedding teaser that has the couple narrating their experience, you would need to set time aside during the jam packed schedule to make it happen. If you want certain shots of the decor done before the guests arrive, you need to communicate the time when the cinematographers can taken them. If you want your friends and family to be included in a certain creative way, do let them know so they can make the time as well.

Similarly if you’re looking to include shots of your getting ready experience, you may want to keep some extra time in hand to allow for creative shots. Just thinking about these small things through will ensure you get the kind of coverage you truly desire – without having to worry about them when you’re going through the experience.

Practice and Prepare

Talking to the camera doesn’t come naturally to many. But that’s not something to be afraid of – but is something you can easily conquer by rehearsing and preparing in time. If you want to leave a beautiful message for your significant other, prepare what you want to say and practice it so you can deliver it just the way you’d want to when the camera starts to roll. Having special messages from your loved ones is such a beautiful addition to your teaser, but not letting them know beforehand and allowing them to craft their words puts them in an awkward spot where they struggle to speak their heart.

Even beyond interviews, take the time to practice your stance and posture so you look your very best. If you want a certain shot of all your friends and family together taken in a creative way, prepare them ahead to ensure they are all together in time and know what to do. Movies are made with endless retakes – but your wedding is a seamless experience. So a little preparation ahead will make for beautiful memories forever!

Make it Your Own

It’s your wedding, it’s your love and it’s your forever and ever. So why shouldn’t your wedding teaser be all you? Bring all your ideas to the table and don’t be afraid of sounding crazy. Chances are – with the right team under your wing, they’d be even more excited to make it happen!
you want all your guests to dance different parts of the same song? Do you want a GoPro attached to your pet’s collar and capture the wedding from it’s perspective? Do you want to surprise your fiance with a special surprise and you don’t want the camera to miss it? Well, bring it on! Put your own self in there and think of ways with which you can truly make it unique. As much as you’ve loved other weddings’ teasers, you know yours will always be your favorite, and even more so if it has your own ideas into it.

You’ve orchestrated everything from the decor to the dress, so why shouldn’t your wedding teaser be an extension of your own creativity? Just as everything else fades with the day, the photos and videos will always remain with you as a sweet reminder of all the beautiful moments. So get on the fun train and be prepared to break the internet with the news of your love!