Our Approach.

We are obsessed with making and telling great cinematic stories through video.

Here at Oakhouse, we specialize in the capturing and creation of highlight films using all the special, fun, and most important parts of your big day. Everything from getting ready, taking pictures, details, ceremony, all things reception and into that grand exit.

Our packages are full customizable! We want you to LOVE your video. Whether that’s a one minute highlight, 10 minute wedding film, full ceremony video, or just RAW footage. We’ve got you covered.

How to get started.

1

Contact Us.

Hit the “Get Started” button on the top right of our page to begin the process.

2

Pick What’s Best For You.

After you contact us, we’ll be in touch with a brochure that you can pick from one of our popular packages or build your own.

3

Book.

Once you let us know what you’re most excited about for a wedding video, we’ll send you a proposal to look over and sign. Then we’re officially locked in!

FAQs

  • No matter what package you decide to go with, we capture the day as if you’re wanting our biggest and best package. Everything from getting ready, taking pictures, details, ceremony, all things reception and into that grand exit. Coverage is charged by the number of videographers needed and a choice between Half Day Coverage (1-5 Hours) or Full Day Coverage (6-10 Hours)

  • Half Day and Full Day coverage are priced at flat rates. Half Day is 1-5 hours and Full Day is 6-10 hours. Whether its 8 hours or 10 hours, the price would be the same. The amount of coverage all depends what your would like captured and how the day unfolds. For a Full Day Coverage example, we try to get at least 30 minutes of getting ready before the bride/groom gets full ready and then at least 30 minutes of open dance on the tail end. Usually any more of getting ready or open dance starts looking the same and is not used in a video edit. So if that lands at 8 hours we’re all set for you video. Start and end times are presented to and approved by every couple before their wedding day. If we present a coverage timeline that’s 8 hours, but you still want us for the full 10 hours, we’re totally on board!

  • RAW footage by itself is $400 (+Coverage), but completely free with any ordered minute video edit or a full ceremony edit. RAW footage is everything we capture during the day, organized and delivered on an external hard drive. The footage is UNEDITED. It may look shaky, blurry, blown out, etc, but we believe it’s important for you to have. Not everything can fit into a wedding edit, so it just doesn't seem right throw away footage of Grandma on the dance floor. Also, it's a great way to see behind the scenes and some extra footage.

  • Yes! We capture every wedding like you’re going to get the biggest package we offer, even if you don’t. Things like the ceremony, first look, first dances, toasts, etc, are all captured in it’s entirety and included in the RAW footage. It’s just not edited. We film those events with multiple angles and multiple audio recordings and organized in a folder on an external hard drive.

  • You have full control over any music. If there’s a song that’s important to you. We would love to put a video together to it. However, we do recommend that you choose a song we can the rights to. If you choose a popular song, most likely we can’t get the rights to it and you won’t be able to post it on social media. As we get closer to your day, we can send some recommendations for music that we can think would make a great video edit too.

  • Of course! That’s the beauty of the RAW footage. By contract we say we’ll keep your footage for at least a full year, but we still have wedding footage from 2015. Also, you’ll have a copy of the RAW footage as well. Getting a video down the road also helps out with the budget. You can order just coverage and the RAW footage and as a surprise, anniversary present or as budget allows, get a wedding film later on.

  • We do! We try to capture drone footage at every wedding we shoot at no additional cost. Because, why not!? Drone coverage does depend on weather, timing of the day, location limitations and/or FAA regulations of specific locations.

  • Our team focuses mainly on just capturing they day in it’s entirety, so we don’t offer live streaming. However, we work with a company who has state of the art equipment, that connects to our cameras to live stream. You can find them HERE.

  • We are located in Rockford, IL and do charge a travel fee for travel 2.5 hours one way to a location. Milwaukee, Madison, Lake Geneva, Chicago-land are all safe. For destination weddings, custom travel fees may apply.

  • We do offer a 5% discount to any package for military and first responders.

Let us create your wedding video!