She Saw Productions – Simple, Affordable and Accessible Wedding Videographers in Johannesburg
Call us romantic but we believe your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life. The exchanging of eternal vows, your first perfectly or not so perfectly choreographed dance and of course the best man’s hilarious speech should be able to live on forever. She Saw Productions wedding videographers create custom crafted wedding videos in and around Johannesburg that allow you to relive the moments in perfect clarity.
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The Art of Wedding Videography
At She Saw’s heart we have a desire to create wedding videos that tells your unique story. No couple is ever the same that’s why each video we create is totally and utterly different to the last. No copy and paste here!
We realise wedding costs add up, I mean really add up, so She Saw Productions offers you affordable wedding video that isn’t going to have you skimping on the cake. With packages starting from as low as R14 000 we ensure you can have your wedding video and eat your cake too.
And if you worried about cumbersome equipment and wedding videographers getting in the way, please don’t. She Saw knows it’s your wedding day, not a production! On the day our wedding videographers work in complete video-ninja-mode to capture candid moments as discreetly as possible, so you and your guests feel comfortable and at ease.
She Saw Productions wedding videographers are based in Johannesburg, Gauteng, but love travelling to our neighbouring cities as well as outside of our borders to capture your special day.
She Saw’s Wedding Videographers Process
Step 1
Choose one of our extremely affordable, high quality video packages. All of our packages are highly customisable. If you would like to add extra hours and another wedding videographer to your team, or have something specific in mind, simply let us know. We also love receiving creative direction and video references to give us insight into your vision. After you have chosen your package and paid a deposit, we secure the date.
Step 2
Pre-production. A few weeks before the wedding we follow up with you regarding the final details, times and schedules for our wedding videographers. Generally, we also ask for the photographer’s and DJ’s contact details so that we can introduce ourselves via email. We will then discuss who our main contact will be for our wedding videographers on the day and, once everything has been finalized, we send you your final invoice.
Step 3
Filming. Finally, all the pre-production comes into play. Our wedding videographers arrive an hour before the allocated time to set up. We then follow our shooting schedule, however, we allow for a little give and take with this as we realise not everything goes according to plan. Throughout the shoot our wedding videographers copy over our memory cards on to our laptops, charge our gear and change lights according to location.
Step 4
Post-production. Our videographers hand over your raw footage to our editors who then turn it into a cinematic wedding video. When cutting down to the very essence of your magical day we add elegant transitions, colour grade the video and add music of your choosing. We then upload a viewing copy for your approval. If any revisions are necessary, we ensure it is done before handing over a beautiful cinematic wedding video.
Wedding Video Prices
We all know about the wedding tax, where certain vendors up their prices plainly because the event is a wedding. Well She Saw Productions is not about swindling any of our clients out of their hard earned cash. We are all about fair prices for a service provided. We work out our wedding videography costs exactly how we work out any other production fee – time needed to complete the work, number of skilled people required for the job and what gear will be used for the creation of the video.
You may see the wedding videographers for the 8 hours on the day and think well that’s a job done, when in fact that is only part of a much longer process. Just like the iceberg in Titanic that is a mere glimpse at the actual size of the production. Beneath the surface is the preproduction, emails, phone calls before the day then we have the post-production where the footage is download, audio is synced, editing is done, colour grading is added, the perfect song is chosen, approval copies are uploaded, changes are made before the final sign off on the video. This can take weeks. So when looking at wedding videographer costs remember the iceberg analogy.
Frequently asked Questions about our Wedding Videographers
How do we go about making a booking?
Just pop us an email and we will send you our packages and prices. Once you have decided to book our wedding videographers will send you an invoice and your contract. A 50% booking fee and your signed contract is required to confirm your booking and the remaining amount is to be paid on the seven days before your wedding date.
How does travel and accommodation work for She Saw’s wedding videographers?
She Saw Productions wedding videographers is based in Randburg, Johannesburg. Should the mileage exceed 80 kilometres, an additional charge of R5.50 per kilometre will be levied and added to your account. All weddings more that 120km away from the suburb of Sharonlea, Johannesburg, require accommodation for the wedding videographers.
Can we meet before the wedding?
Yes please! We love to meet our couples beforehand to get to know each other a little better and discuss your special day. If you are not based in Johannesburg let’s do a Skype date.
How does our use of hours work?
Each of our packages differs in the amount of filming time. The best thing to do is go through your schedule and work out the best start and finish time for our wedding videographers will be. She Saw arrives one hour earlier to setup for filming.
What is your shooting style?
We believe that the best footage is captured with as little meddling from us as possible. Therefore, our wedding videographers shoot mostly documentary style video. Here we merely observe the day unfolding naturally. There are however moments, in particular during the couple photo-shoot, that we offer some direction to the shots. This means when we start editing we have both the documentary elements as well as more stylised, cinematic overlays to combine.
How do we get our wedding films?
She Saw Productions will upload your wedding film onto a private Youtube link. Once approved we will mail you the USB drive.
Can we make changes?
You can make changes but within reason. By choosing She Saw Productions you have agreed to our look and feel. If you have any particular requirements please let us know in advance and in writing so that you will receive a wedding video that is to your specific taste and liking.
Do we give you the unedited footage?
Please note we never give over the raw footage, unless previously arranged.