Two-Camera Wedding Rental KitWide and detail. Two friends. One film.
The Double sends you two Sony 4K UHD camcorders. One stays on a tripod for the wide ceremony shot; one is hand-held by a different friend for the close-ups, the kiss, the dad reaction, the speeches. Our editors cut the two angles into a single eight-minute film. From $989. Most hired wedding videographers charge $4,000+ for the same two-angle coverage.
Who the Double is for.
STRAIGHT TALK — IF NONE OF THESE APPLY, A DIFFERENT TIER MAY FIT YOU BETTER
- 01You want both wide ceremony and close-up reaction footage
- 02You have two friends willing to film for an hour each
- 03Smaller venues where a hired two-person crew feels intrusive
VS. HIRING A WEDDING VIDEOGRAPHER
What you give up. What you get back.
- · $4,000 – $9,000 typical
- · Two crew on the day, in suits, with rigs
- · Curated film. Beautiful. Polished.
- · You don't see the speeches.
- · The film looks like a wedding film.
- · $989.
- · Your friends behind the camera, not strangers.
- · Documentary. Honest. Slightly raw.
- · Speeches, dad reactions, the kiss — all here.
- · The film looks like your day, not like a wedding film.
Both work. Different couples want different films. We do both — a hired Shutter & Sound commission starts around $4,000 in most cities; The Kit starts at $459. Pick the one that fits the life you want to remember.
HOW IT WORKS
From your couch to a finished film, in five steps.
- STEP · 01Reserve online. Pick your wedding date — we ship the camera 7 days before.
- STEP · 02Open the kit. Sony 4K UHD camcorder, charger, SD card, prepaid return label, instruction card. That's it.
- STEP · 03Hand it to your most camera-comfortable friend on the day. Press the red button. Press it again to stop.
- STEP · 04Drop it in the prepaid box on Monday. UPS takes it from there.
- STEP · 05Two weeks later we deliver a private link to your finished color-graded short film.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
Five honest answers about The Double.
Is hiring a wedding videographer worth the cost?
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Sometimes — and we say that as a wedding videography studio. If your venue is dim, you care deeply about ceremony audio (broadcast lavalier mics on the officiant + groom), or you want a curated, music-led short film, hire a videographer. The ceremony you only get one chance to record well, and a good crew is worth $4,000–$9,000 for that single hour. The Kit is the right answer for couples who want documentary-feel coverage of the whole weekend — the rehearsal, the speeches, the dance floor — captured by friends who already know them, edited by our studio. Different products, different couples.
What's the difference between hiring a videographer and renting a camera?
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A hired wedding videographer brings 1–3 trained camera operators, broadcast-grade audio (lavalier mics, shotgun mics, audio recorders on the officiant + groom + DJ), low-light cinema lenses, and a curatorial eye that decides what to show and what to cut. They produce a polished, music-led 5–15 minute film. The Kit is one or two friend-operated 4K camcorders, captured candidly across the weekend, then cut by our editors into a documentary-style short film. The Kit costs $459–$1,249 — a real alternative when budget or vibe leans documentary, not when you need broadcast audio of the vows.
Is this the same studio that makes the cinematic commission films?
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Yes. The Kit is the budget-conscious counterpart to Shutter & Sound's full commissions. Same editors, same colour palette, same music supervision — just filmed by your people instead of ours.
Do I need video experience to use it?
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None. The Handycam has Plex Mono labels on every button. A two-minute test run the day before is all anyone needs. Most of our couples hand it to a cousin with an iPhone-camera instinct and the footage looks beautiful.
When will I receive the edited film?
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Organised raw footage, two to three weeks after the wedding. Edited film, five to seven weeks after the wedding. Same editing cadence as our commissions.