Real film
Super 8 and period VHS, running alongside the 4K cameras. The grain and flicker come off the film stock, not a plugin.
A digital filter imitates what film used to look like. Actual film looks like itself, and it will look the same in thirty years, because the grain lives in the emulsion rather than in software.
Most couples tell us the Super 8 minutes are the part they rewatch most.
Real Kodak stock, run through a camera older than either of you, scanned frame by frame.
Film is expensive and short, which is the discipline. We spend it on first looks, golden hour, and the dance floor.
The cartridges go to a US lab, get developed, and come back as high-resolution scans a few weeks later.
The scans are cut into your highlight film and documentary edit, right beside the 4K, and delivered as their own reel too.
Super 8 and VHS come standard in the Star and Eclipse collections. If you're starting with Moon, film can be added on its own. And for elopements and small weddings, there's a collection that is nothing but film.
"The Super 8 footage looks like it came out of a shoebox in my grandmother's closet. It already feels like an heirloom."The Grand Lady · June
Two to three cartridges, which is six to nine minutes of footage. It sounds short until you see how much of the day fits in it.
No. Lab turnaround runs inside our normal editing window, so your timeline stays the same.
Yes. The full scans are delivered as their own reel alongside the edited films.
The 4K cameras cover everything the film covers, so nothing is ever lost. In twelve years we've had one bad cartridge, and the couple never missed a moment.
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