Audio is important when it comes to any film or video – it makes up 50% of them after all.

As well as the music, score and sound effects, the audio quality of dialogue is hugely important. Fortunately this is always spot on in modern cinema, although unfortunately this isn’t always the case in modern wedding videos, which is what this blog post will aim to highlight!

Below you’ll find some sample footage from Tom and Nicola’s wedding video. The first half of the video shows the clip using just the two directional microphones that are mounted on our cameras. The second half of the video shows the same clip, but this time using our radio microphones as well.

I’m sure you’ll agree the difference is obvious!

Because of this we’d urge everybody looking for a wedding video to check the audio quality of the wedding film company beforehand. That means requesting a recent wedding DVD sample, and not just looking at their wedding video showreel. Also ask them what they use to capture audio, make sure they use radio microphones, and ask how much post-production work they do with the audio to remove hisses or blips.

And remember, don’t be put off by the idea of them! Radio microphones are tiny – we clip them on to the shirt of the officiant and hide them in the flowers on the head table. You won’t even notice their there and the quality they bring is essential.