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Wedding film · Labuan Bajo

In short

A wedding film in Labuan Bajo costs from $1,490 for 30 minutes of filming around the ceremony, with the vows recorded on separate microphones. You receive a 2–3 minute ceremony film within 4–6 weeks and a 30-second teaser within a week. The full day, from preparations to the reception, is added in extra hours at $100 each.

Starting from: $1,490
Duration: 30 min
Video: 2–3 min ceremony film + 30 s teaser

Why here

Why choose Wedding film in Labuan Bajo?

The setting of a Labuan Bajo wedding is made for film — a terrace on the hillside or the deck of a phinisi, islands layered to the horizon, the light dropping into the sea behind you. The same setting is hard on sound. Ceremonies here happen in the open, facing west into the evening breeze, and an on-camera microphone in that wind records a roar with a wedding somewhere under it. What makes a ceremony film worth watching again is hearing the vows, so this package is built around them: separate microphones on the two of you and on the celebrant, placed and tested before anyone walks down the aisle, and a camera position chosen as much for the wind as for the view. Thirty minutes covers the ceremony and the moments just after, cut into a two-to-three-minute film, with a thirty-second teaser for the guests within a week.

How the shoot is planned

What does the shoot in Labuan Bajo look like?

The route

We arrive an hour early and start with sound, not pictures. The celebrant and the groom get small lavalier microphones clipped out of sight and shielded with fur windscreens; if the bride’s dress allows it, she wears one too, otherwise the groom’s picks up both voices. A recorder at the arch catches the music and guests. Then the camera positions: the main one on a tripod down the aisle, slightly off-centre so the islands sit beside rather than behind your heads, and a second angle from the side for faces, worked handheld during the vows. When filming starts, the order is fixed by the ceremony itself — guests settling, the entrance, the vows and rings, the kiss, the recessional. The last minutes are for the two of you, filmed on the edge of the terrace or the bow as the sun touches the water; this becomes the ending of the film and the opening of the teaser. On a boat, the same plan runs at anchor with the engine off.

The timing

Plan the vows for about an hour before sunset, which in Labuan Bajo is roughly 4:50–5:20 pm depending on the month, so the moments after the ceremony fall in warm, low light. That hour is also when the sea breeze peaks on many west-facing terraces — one more reason the microphones are rigged before guests arrive. By season, April to June and September to November are the best for film: steadier air, clearer evenings and calmer anchorages if any part of the day is on a boat. July and August bring the strongest wind and the busiest venues. In the wet season, December to March, afternoon squalls are common; agree a covered fallback with the venue, and remember that rain on a microphone windscreen is audible, so a short pause is better than filming through a shower.

What’s included

What does the package include?

The Wedding film package in Labuan Bajo covers: A 2–3 minute ceremony film; the full day with extra hours; A 30-second teaser within 1 week; Vows recorded on separate microphones; Licensed music and colour grading; Full film within 4–6 weeks. Nothing is added to the price after the shoot. Permits worth knowing about: Padar Island viewpoint — Komodo National Park entry plus a Padar trekking fee, paid in Labuan Bajo or at the jetty; drone use needs a separate park permit; Pink Beach, Komodo Island — covered by the national park entry; boat access only; Komodo dragons at Loh Buaya, Rinca — park entry plus a mandatory ranger guide, paid at the ranger station; Kanawa Island — landing fee for day visitors, paid at the jetty; Sylvia Hill — small entry or parking fee; Phinisi deck at anchor — we shoot aboard your chartered boat; the charter itself is not included.

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Wedding film in Labuan Bajo

Frames from recent shoots, to plan yours against.

Before you book

FAQ — Wedding film in Labuan Bajo

How do you get clean vows in the wind?

By not relying on the camera’s microphone at all. Lavalier mics sit on your bodies under fur windscreens, out of the direct breeze, and record separately from the cameras; in the edit we pick the cleanest track for each line. We also suggest the celebrant stands with their back to the wind, which shields everyone’s voices a little more.

Can the film include drone footage of the venue?

Drone footage is booked separately as Drone video, flown by a licensed pilot; booked together, the aerials are cut into your film. Whether we can fly depends on the venue: properties close to Komodo Airport may be inside restricted airspace, and some venues do not allow drones over guests. We check both before you book.

Why does the full film take 4–6 weeks?

Because the sound is edited line by line, the colour is graded across two cameras and changing evening light, and the music is licensed and cut to the rhythm of your vows. The 30-second teaser comes within a week so guests have something to share while the full film is finished.

Can you film the guests’ boat day too?

Yes, as extra hours at $100 each, with the videographer’s seat on the boat quoted in advance and park fees paid as for any visitor. Footage from the boat day can be woven into a longer wedding film, or kept as its own short piece. Wind on deck means that part is cut to music.

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