The Lab 2026 · DV Club · Wedding camcorder
Pass the camcorder. We’ll make the film.
A camcorder arrives with our team on your wedding morning and goes to someone you choose. They film the day as only a guest can. At the end of the night we take it home and cut what they saw into a short film of its own.
Some of the best footage of your wedding will come from someone who was in it.
The speech rehearsed in the hallway. Table nine. The dance floor from the middle of the circle. Our filmmakers see a great deal — but a sister with a camcorder gets let into places a professional never is.
How it works
Five steps. One red button.
Hand it over in the morning, hand it back at night. Everything in between is just pressing record.
- 0:00
We bring it
Charged, checked and empty, in a small bag with spare batteries and a shot-list card.
- 0:05
You choose who
A sibling, a best friend, the cousin who films everything anyway. We show them the two buttons that matter.
- 2:30
They roll
Getting ready to last song — or pass it around. Our team is in the room if anything jams.
- 9:58
We take it home
Our team collects it before we leave — nothing for you to keep track of.
- FIN
We cut it
Our editors turn the tape into a short film, made to sit beside your wedding film and photographs.
Made to be easy
If you can press one button, you’re qualified.
Built for the guest who has never filmed anything in their life — and the one who films everything.
One red button
Press it to start, press it again to stop. That’s the whole manual.
Charged that morning
Spare batteries in the bag, and more recording time than one day can use.
On the wrist
A strap that stays on, so it can travel safely through a crowded dance floor.
Easy to pass around
Anyone can pick it up mid-reception and keep rolling — no settings to touch.
Help in the room
Someone from our team is nearby all day if a button needs a second look.
No editing for you
Hand it back at night. We turn the tape into a finished short film.
The shot list
A card in the bag. Follow it, or don’t.
Six moments worth chasing. The best tape usually gets most of them and then wanders off after something better.
Shown here as our own photographs, seen through the viewfinder. The real tape is softer, shakier and funnier.
Who holds it
Choose a storyteller, not a technician.
Someone at everything
Getting ready, the ceremony, the speeches, the dance floor. A sibling or best friend who isn’t needed in every portrait is ideal.
Or nobody in particular
Pass it around. Some of the best minutes come from people who only held it for five — the grandparent, the flower girl, the groom’s college roommate.
A hand-off for the ceremony
If your camera person is standing beside you at the altar, they give it to someone seated for twenty minutes. We’ll remind them.
In the bag
Everything they need, nothing they don’t.
- A camcorder, charged and checked that morning
- Spare batteries, and more recording time than one day can use
- A wrist strap — the single most important accessory
- The shot-list card
- Our team, somewhere in the same room
Built in The Lab.
DV Club is one of the services we’re developing in The Lab 2026. It runs at real weddings now, at a reduced base rate, while we refine it — and because the camcorder travels with our team, it’s added to Lulan Studio photography or film coverage rather than booked on its own.
Questions
Before you hand it over.
Is DV Club the same as hiring a videographer?
No. Your photographs and wedding film are made by our team exactly as they always are. DV Club adds a second, completely different point of view — handheld, unpolished, from inside the crowd — and we edit it into its own short film that sits beside the main one.
Who should hold the camcorder?
Someone who is at everything and doesn’t need to be in every portrait: a sibling, a cousin, the friend who never stops filming. Passing it around works too — some of the best minutes come from people who only held it briefly.
Does my camera person need any experience?
None. We hand it over switched on and point out the two buttons that matter. Press record, keep the strap on your wrist, get close to people. Our team is in the room if anything stops working.
What happens to the camcorder at the end of the night?
Our team collects it before we leave, so there is nothing for you to keep track of the next morning. Your footage goes straight to our editors.
Can we book DV Club without Lulan Studio coverage?
Not at the moment. The camcorder arrives and leaves with our team, so it is added to a Lulan Studio wedding rather than booked on its own.
What does it cost?
Ask us on your call. DV Club is in Phase II of The Lab, which means it runs at a reduced base rate while we refine it. The rate you book at is the rate you keep.
Do you offer it outside Los Angeles?
Wherever we’re covering your wedding — Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Las Vegas.
DV Club
Put a camcorder in the right hands.
Tell us your date and who you’re thinking of handing it to.