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title: Wedding Film Glossary | Ellie Spencer Wedding Films
url: https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/glossary/
description: Plain-English definitions of wedding film terms: highlight film, teaser, ceremony edit, second shooter, colour grade, unplugged ceremony and more.
last_updated: 2026-10-07
publisher: Ellie Spencer
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Glossary

# Wedding film terms

The words that come up when you book a wedding filmmaker, in plain English.

**Archive**: The copy of your film the filmmaker keeps after delivery. Ellie keeps yours for ten years.

**Booking fee**: The payment that secures your date. With Ellie it is 25% of the total, and the balance is due four weeks before the wedding.

**Ceremony edit**: The full ceremony, edited from start to finish with clean audio, so every word of the vows is kept.

**Colour grade**: The finishing work on a film's colour and tone, so every clip looks consistent. A film can also be graded in black and white.

**Coverage hours**: How long the filmmaker is with you on the day, counted continuously from arrival.

**Documentary style**: Filming what happens without staging or directing it. The filmmaker works out of the way and records the day as it ran.

**Golden hour**: The hour or so before sunset, when the light is low and warm. A good time for portraits if the day allows.

**Highlight film**: The main wedding film: a five to eight minute edit of the day, built around the vows, the speeches and the moments in between. The one most couples share and rewatch.

**Lapel microphone**: A small microphone clipped to clothing, used to record vows and speeches clearly.

**Preparations**: The morning before the ceremony: getting ready, the dress, the suits, the people around you.

**Private online gallery**: A password-protected page where your films and photographs are delivered, with unlimited downloads.

**Second shooter**: A second photographer or filmmaker working alongside the main one. With Ellie's Film & Photography package, the second shooter takes the photographs while she films.

**Speeches edit**: Every speech in full, edited with its own recorded audio.

**Teaser**: A short preview, around 60 seconds long, delivered within a week of the wedding while the full film is edited.

**Unplugged ceremony**: A ceremony where guests are asked to put their phones away. It keeps the aisle clear for the filmmaker and photographer, and the guests in the moment.

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## About this business

- Business: Ellie Spencer Property Media & Wedding Films, a sole trader run by Ellie Spencer
- Address: Morton Spiert Farm, Abbots Morton, Worcestershire WR7 4NA
- Email: ellie@elliespencer.uk.com (no phone line; enquiries by email or the website forms)
- Covers: Worcestershire, Warwickshire and the Cotswolds
- Wedding films: from £1,000 (8 hours), £1,250 (12 hours), £2,100 with photography
- Property media: photography from £95, with floor plan from £150, full package with EPC and aerials from £250; EPC or aerials alone from £80, floor plan alone from £50
- Credentials: accredited domestic energy assessor (ECMK); CAA certified drone pilot; £5m public liability, £1m professional indemnity
- ICO registration: C2004351