Malibu
Wedding Videographer
Cinematic Wedding Films & Same-Day Edits
The view is easy.The sound is not.
Anyone can make Malibu look good. Point a camera west at seven o’clock and the Pacific does the work. What separates a Malibu wedding film that you will actually rewatch is whether you can hear the vows over the wind — and on a bluff or an open beach, the wind is constant and it is loud.
We treat audio as the primary technical problem here, not an afterthought. Vows are captured on multiple independent recorders with proper wind protection rather than a single microphone on a camera, and we place them before the ceremony rather than improvising. The ocean should be atmosphere in your film, not the thing drowning out what you said to each other.
Real weddings.Start to finish.
A few films shot in and around Malibu. Press play on any of them — nothing loads until you do.
Where we filmaround Malibu.
Before you ask.
How do you keep wind noise out of the vows?
Multiple independent recorders with proper wind protection, placed before the ceremony rather than clipped on at the last moment. On an exposed bluff we will also position a backup recorder closer to the officiant, because a single microphone in that environment is a single point of failure.
What time should a Malibu ceremony start?
Usually earlier than couples expect. The best light is roughly an hour before sunset, but if the ceremony itself runs into that window you lose portrait time. We normally suggest a ceremony that ends as golden hour begins.
Do you film canyon venues as well as beachfront?
Yes. Calamigos, King Gillette Ranch and Cielo Farms sit inland in the canyons, where the light goes warm sooner and the wind is far less of a problem than on the sand. They are often the easier film.
Tell us aboutyour wedding.
Send us your date and venue and we will tell you what is available for Malibu.