FAQ

In the standard package, we deliver two different wedding films and all digital photographs (candid and documentary) – All films and photos are delivered on a 1 terabyte hard drive provided to us by you. To view on a TV or a screen, we also have provisions to deliver the film on pen- drives. The Three versions of films are the following – 1) Full wedding, the entire footage of your wedding ceremony in a film format edited minimally with soft instrumental music (FF). 2) The Wedding highlight film (HL) – A 25-30 minute version of the best moments of your wedding blended with your story as told by you and your loved ones. 3) A three-minute trailer (TR) – A two-minute teaser film that you may release on social networking sites for your friends and family to see and enjoy.

During a wedding shoot, the stills team and the video team should have harmony and co-ordination for the benefit of client coverage. Although we prefer handling both together, we are comfortable with handling either depending on the comfort of the client.

All across the world. We love to travel.

Absolutely. 180-200 images per album can be incorporated into one album should you wish to print. All images edited and album custom designed. Each page of album is starts at 12 inches by 12 inches. The cost of the album varies depending on the quality. Album size and number of images may vary by region.

Travel, food and accommodation are costs to be borne by you. In addition, hard drives and pen drives need to be provided by you for the final delivery. Albums (if not included in the contract) are paid separately. Any additional days of shooting (not mentioned in contract) shall be charged extra. No other hidden costs.

Music and songs selection are a joint decision of the Director, Client and the Edit team. A client coordinator from the studio shall be coordinating this. Usually the creative visualizer of the project takes care of all these details. The film titles are usually suggested either by the client or the film director and approved by both.

Currently we are only into coverage but having worked with some of the top wedding management teams, we are happy to suggest some names at no extra costs. A good management and decor teams naturally makes a beautiful film!

Anywhere with silence in the background. Any time during the wedding. We do not do any interviews / audio bytes after the wedding is over. A rare case exception is understood but usually we lock all interviews on the very first day of the wedding as it gets stressful during the later days.

Yes we offer this service – These are referred to as “Same Day Edits” and they are a great way to showcase some of the best moments of the wedding instantly. However, this is an expensive process (extra equipment and setups are required for an extra editor to produce this) and adds to the final cost of the package.

It’s difficult to determine the total number of images we will be shooting over a typical three day wedding. Approximately 3000-4500 images are expected to be shot during the whole wedding. All images shall be given to the client in high resolution JPEG format on a 1tb hard drive (digital delivery) and ALL the images are color and exposure edited. The images are shot both in candid and traditional style.

Once the Highlight film is ready, we invite the couple over our website at our YouTube channel. Since they are the stars of the film, we want them to see and approve of it first. Should they disapprove of any clip / footage during the first screening, we can make the edit changes and corrections (in the one round of permissible edit changes) and present the final HL film for the friends and family to see and enjoy. Nothing is delivered / released without the approval of the couple. In case of overseas clients, we deliver a low resolution version of the HL film online through data sharing sites like wetransfer.com. The couple can download the film and send us the changes AT MOST within 72 hours. If we do not receive any changes within three days, we will assume that you approve of the film and no changes are required. We will then close your project and deliver the high resolution final rendered version of the film. Any changes after the stipulated three day period shall be charged extra.

Film editing is a tedious and creative process and we work with some of the best editors in the industry who are perfectionists and believe in the highest quality of film editing. After seeing hours and hours of footage they select the best of the best shots for the HL film and naturally all this takes time. As a thumb-rule, each minute of final edit takes about one day to finalize once the final edit begins. Rest assured, once you see your final HL film, the wait will be well worth the time.

You may, but it is not preferable. You are paying us big bucks to do the job. Save money and hire only one team. The other advantage of this is that we will get unobstructed visuals without badly dressed / behaved local photographers jumping into our frames and ruining the film moments.

A pre-wedding shoot is a photo/video shoot of the couple done before the wedding that portrays the bond they share with each other. Since wedding is a hectic time to be together, the couple get this day off with each other to shoot some “Relaxed, Together & Fun” images and videos in casual outfits (different from the heavy wedding outfits) and this photo/video footage can be used in the highlight film or as a separate two-minute pre-wedding film that can be shown during the Sangeet or the Wedding. A typical pre-wedding shoot lasts between 2-4 hours. The clothes / styling / makeup for the pre-wedding shoot is to be arranged by you please.

The film-director or the Director of Photography is your singular point of contact with DB. Also, from your side, we would love to have a singular point of contact for all wedding shoot co-ordination. The brides / grooms siblings or the best friends are the best people for the job.

No changes are permitted in the Full films (FF) unless there is a grave edit error. One round of changes in the Highlight film and Trailer means that once the couple sees the film for the first time, they can add / delete some clips as per their liking. Some close relatives whose footage is unintentionally missed by the editors can be added in this round. Any other minor changes can also be corrected. But please note that major changes may not be possible / charged extra. Examples of major changes are  Addition of an event / events  Changes in music track  Replacement of more than ten clips of friends / relatives  Changes in the film titles / credits etc.

Blu-rays and DVDs are fast going out of fashion. So much so that the latest computer systems don’t even have DVD readers anymore! With everything moving online, DVD’s are obsolete and so in keeping up with the latest trend, our deliveries are done USB drives with customized cases. Such pen drives allow you to easily share your film with your family and friends, upload it online, and make as many copies as you like. Also, the quality of film is delivered on the USB is much higher than that of DVD or Blu-Ray.

Everything that has been shot by us is your property. We don’t hold back anything. You get all the RAW videos as well as the final videos on a 1 or 2 Terabyte hard drive provided by you. The RAW videos are clips of the videos shot by all our cameras (They may be useful for edits later like first anniversary / 25th anniversary etc).

Highlight films are usually uploaded on our Vimeo / YouTube channel. Highlights & Trailers are shorter versions and more exciting videos and hence we release them worldwide on our Facebook page. However, the release depends on a few factors. Firstly, we do not release trailers of couples who don’t want them to be shown publicly. We respect your privacy but this clause has to be specified at the time of signing the contract. Secondly, according to our agreement with social networking sites, there is a budget allocated for the release and promotion of each trailer that we put up. Details provided on request.

It is rare that the delivery of the film is delayed beyond 100 days. But it is possible that the director of film is unhappy with some portions of the film and requests for a revision / re-edit – in which case a delay might happen. All we can say is that it is for the benefit of the film and the client. Most great cinema blockbusters have been delayed but have turned out better due to the re-edit. So it’s all in good spirit. We apologies for the inconvenience (should a delay happen) but assure you that we will not release anything that we don’t absolutely adore. So please be patient and give us time to work our magic.

We shoot thousands and thousands of film clips from multiple cameras and sometimes the total duration of these RAW clips exceeds 50-60 hours of footage for a typical three-day wedding. At the studio, these clips undergo careful conversion and screening and a battery of editors work night and day to create a first cut of the best clips for the chief editor. This process is almost factory-like with editor stations brimming with activity through odd hours. Client interference at this stage not only delays the final edit by double but also disrupts the Zen-like concentration of the editors going through the footage in their own space and time. So, no, we strictly do not allow clients to sit through RAW footage selection. This is the reason we have one round of edit changes. In case the couple is un-happy with some footage he / she can communicate this after the first screening of their film and the changes will be incorporated.

As per the contract we deliver everything within 30 to 90 days after the wedding. This means the simpler deliverables like images shall be delivered within 25-30 days after the wedding and the full films could take about 45-60 days depending on the season work load especially during winters when we could run into a backlog. The highlight film and trailer could take up to 60-90 days for the delivery. We need two basic documents from the couple for the completion of the Highlight film in time – First is their music selection (various sound tracks you want for various sections of the film) and second is the credits for the opening and closing sections of the film. A delay in sending these will exponentially delay the delivery dates of the highlight film. As a thumb-rule, we expect these two things from the couple within 30-45 days after the wedding.