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Your wedding day passes in a blur of emotions and fleeting moments. A wedding film breathes life into these memories, capturing not just how your day looked, but how it felt. Choosing the right filmmaker is about more than documentation—it's about storytelling.

Documentary Storytellers: Capture natural, unscripted moments with minimal interference.

Cinematic Artists: Use film techniques and artistic editing for an emotional, movie-like feel.

Traditional Documentarians: Focus on thorough, straightforward coverage of your day.

Hybrid Specialists: Blend documentary authenticity with cinematic flair for a balanced film.

Emotion-Driven Storytelling: Highlights genuine emotional moments with intimate, natural shots.

Cinematic Documentary: Combines authentic moments with artistic presentation.

Fast-Paced Highlight Style: Creates energetic, music-driven films perfect for social media.

Classic Romantic: Focuses on soft, dreamy aesthetics emphasizing the love story.

Irish Cultural Storytelling: Showcases Irish landscapes, traditions, and heritage in a rich, meaningful way.

Define your preferred style and set realistic budget expectations (€1,500–€3,500).

Consider your venue and any special filming requirements.

Ask to see full films, not just highlights.

Discuss how they capture unscripted moments and handle technical issues.

Clarify coverage, film length, delivery timelines, and social media options.

Prioritize chemistry—you’ll be spending your whole day with them.

Trust your instincts: choose someone whose style and energy feel right.

House of Ren, led by award-winning filmmaker Brian Dowling, is renowned for emotional, cinematic storytelling. Inspired by a background in film photography, their wedding films combine beautiful composition with genuine emotion. Recognized as Ireland’s Best International Wedding Filmmaker in 2023, House of Ren has captured weddings at Ireland’s most stunning venues and international destinations like Malta.

Choosing House of Ren means choosing a filmmaker who will craft a timeless, emotional story you’ll treasure for years to come.

A guide to picking your perfect wedding film maker or videographer. 

How to Pick Your Perfect Wedding Filmmaker

How to Pick Your Perfect Wedding Filmmaker: A Guide by House of Ren

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While I might be suitable choice for most couples, I’m not suitable for everyone.

I would suggest to compile a list of brands/venders through your own search, friends recommendations and places like one fab day.

Always look at their work, look at 5-10 films they have made to see their style. Try to make a short list of around 10 choices film makers.

You really are starting off by connecting with the films they have made and picture yourself in these films to see if it gives you a special feeling.

Next up you have to decide what sort of film best suits.

Teaser: This is a film less than 2 minutes, and often used to share on social media

Short film: This is my personal choice of words because it describes a film between 8 and 10 minutes long. Don’t look at the word “short” look at the term “short film” because it’s a film in itself. It’s story driven, it will show your full day and everyone important to you. It will be a film that captures you as a couple, tells your story. It will show the feeling of the day, the emotion and excitement.

Feature film: For me this is between 30 - 50 minutes long. It’s edited in order of the day and will show all or most of the ceremony. A church ceremony will show the first half leading up to rings in full and all readings but any religious elements will show as a montage. This film will look like the short film in terms of looking cinematic. I find these films perfect to sit around and watch with the family maybe for Christmas etc. Note, some vendors feature film might be close to 20 minutes long so check with your vender.

Doc edit: A doc edit or documentary edit could possibly be described like a feature film edit but it’s often much longer and more raw. A doc edit is a term used by old school wedding videographers. Often the clips used are much longer and not so curated. This films are often over an hour. It could often have the speeches in full as well.

Speeches film: This is simply a full film showing your speeches. If your speeches is 10 minutes long or 1 hour then that’s exactly the length of the film.

See if your short list of venders can deliver what you are looking for.

The last and probably the most important aspect to think about.

While you might light a film makers style, the experience on the day of your wedding is possibly even more important.

You might see on their website that they capture natural moments unposed. But often times the experience is very different unfortunately. Some film makers might need to take a lot of time of your day putting you into position to match their style of film and this can interfere wither your personal time. Probably the only way to truly find out what a person will be like on the wedding day is arrange a phone call or ask from another couple you might know who had them to get a true picture of what they are like.

What I deliver and what I'm like on the day

I deliver a short film. This film is as story driven as possible and the aim is to capture people as naturally as possible. I believe the only way to do this is to give them the time and space to be themselves. 

While their are always going to be nerves on the wedding day itself, I pride myself and trying to match couples personalities and help them in the first few moments when I arrive to get rid of some the tension. It could just be a simple chat or a few light hearted jokes as long as I can eventually be in a position to give space for natural moments to happen then thats my main goal. 

I want to see natural silly or emotional moments. I might ask the father of the bride about his garden or house, I might joke with a bridesmaid that they seam to be very good at opening a bottle of Champaign. Anything to get a giggle so I can make them feel comfortable to just enjoy themself without feel or strict posing. 

I am just one person, not a crew of people and because I am very approachable it allows me to become a "friend with a camera" to totally disappear. It doesn't matter if you are naturally shy or you are very out going. I promise you will feel yourself on the wedding day. 

I am booked for the short film I deliver. But I also feel that its so important to capture the day in full so their are options even after the wedding day itself. I will never just film the minimum. 

How to pick the best wedding film maker for you

It’s such a pleasure for me on so many levels to go to Kilshane house to film a wedding. It’s practically right on my door step just 25 minutes away as well as being a luxury venue. 

Kilshane House is a popular wedding venue in County Tipperary, Ireland, renowned for its stunning Georgian architecture and 320 acres of private parkland. Guests love the venue for its unique and intimate settings, such as the huge curvilinear Conservatory, ideal for civil ceremonies and blessings, and the Orangeries, with a full bar and dance floor, which can seat up to 280 guests for fine dining.

Overall, Kilshane House provides a unique and unforgettable experience for wedding guests, making it a beloved venue for many.

It's absolutely beautiful. It's more than just a video of the day, it tells a story, of us and our family and friends 🥰 it'll be cherished for years to come!

Amy and Seán Kilshane House

It’s such a pleasure for me on so many levels to go to Kilshane house to film a wedding. It’s practically right on my door step just 25 minutes away as well as being a luxury venue

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After several months on ADHD meds my delivery is more constance so please get in touch to find out a date for delivery as I have mapped out the approximate delivery for each wedding.

*I am currently editing a wedding filmed 12/08/2023 

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WAUW Brian!! Thank you so much 🤩🤩 you made us cry, you made us laugh, you made us relive everything. This beat all my expectations of the video- honeslty, thank you from the bottom of my heart- its the memories we will have forever. Please let us know if theres anything we can do to help you! If we can review anything or if we can share it or anything at all. Thanks so so much

Go big or go home. Melvin and Valeria went big and the most fun filled eventful wedding full of planned and unplanned moments. 

Rebecca and Robert short film

Luxury wedding filmed over 3 days in 3 beautiful Irish wedding venues, Killruddery House, Clonwilliam House and Marlfield House.

I am absolutely thrilled with the films! We watched them together last night about ten times over. You did a truly incredible job at capturing the essence of our special day. We will forever treasure these films and are so hugely grateful to you for your hard work and talent in making it all happen. We thank you sincerely and really want to express how much it means to us. You were a total pleasure to work with and have produced the most amazing beyond our expectations films we can look back on. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for these beautiful films. We are delighted and so happy we chose you as our wedding film maker. I wish you many years of continued success in your career because you really deserve it.  Emily and John

Thank you Emily and John for your kind words and feedback after receiving your wedding film. 

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