Interviewing a videographer for special events. When interviewing an videographer, right upfront you want to make sure that you are comfortable with them and their services. When interviewing an videographer,...
When interviewing an videographer, right upfront you want to make sure that you are comfortable with them and their services. If you feel like you didn't get questions answered or didn't trust any of the answers - those are the kind of red flags you need to be aware. On the day of your wedding the last thing you want is to be nervous about any of vendors. So the more questions you can ask, the better. Good questions would be: How many weddings has the videographer shot? Do they shoot and edit all of them or do they hire other people to shoot for them and edit the videos later themselves? Some videographers do that, some don't, it's not necessarily good or bad either way, you just want to be clear on that. You also want to find out about the equipment they use. Hopefully, if you are meeting at their studio they can show it to you. You'll want to find out if you have the choice of having a one camera at the wedding or two or more. Usually the more cameras the higher the price but you get more views during the day and in the end a better looking wedding video. Anything that you see on television is pretty much always shot with more than one camera. So if you are looking for the quality of things that you see on TV you will want to choose a videographer that uses at least two cameras. You also want to find out what kind of guarantees you have from the videographer if he or she were to be unable to show-up on the day of your wedding. If they were to get sick or their car broke down, what are you bound to by the contract and what are they bound to. Most videographers are part of a network where they can call another trusted videographer who will shoot in a similar style that they could call on an emergency. If that's the case find out if they will still edit your video or will the other videographer take it over completely.
You want to ask how many hours you are buying. Some videographers sell a set period of time for the day, others sell the whole day and will be there from beginning till the end for a set price. You want to find out if the videographer offers a ceremony-only package or reception-only package, some brides and grooms are interested in only one or both or a different setup. Some videographers offer specialized packages where you can design your own package. Other videographers offer standard set packages. You will also want to find out if they work with any other vendor, sometimes you can get a videographer and a photographer who prefer to work together and you might get a discounted rate from both of them, that can be a good way to go because you can get two people who work really well together and will not be in each others way during the ceremony. That is another question to ask - how they approach and deal with other vendors. You want a videographer who is friendly and outgoing and able to work as part of the whole vendor team. You don't want a videographer who is going to be fighting with other people for space or angles.
