The value of a wedding video

Lots of people have been telling me this week about how the credit squeeze is affecting their business and particularly how this is likely to affect decisions about a wedding video. One client enquiring about an Indian wedding video explained that his family were expecting a video regardless, but it was hard to pay for this on top of all the various expenses. By contrast to this I was surprised how much other clients were willing to spend on their Sikh wedding video recently, I think this is regarded as an especially key experience for them. All wedding filming in my opinion is important, its just that it needs to be considered again the other expenses. Personally I think setting aside 5-10% of your budget to preserving the occasion is worthwhile! Recently we filmed a wedding video in Hampshire for a celebrity client who spent over £300K on their wedding. Do you know how much they spent on their video? £3K Although they will get a super video, I know they will regret not setting aside more money to capture even more details of the event, such as interviews (which weren't allowed!). Thankfully not all our Hampshire wedding video clients put such a disproportionate value on their wedding DVD.