What Is Raw Footage?

Raw footage is the footage of your wedding day, straight from the videographer’s camera. It will not be one continuous video, but rather a collection of many separate clips. A new clip is created every time the videographer starts and stops recording. At the end of your wedding day, there will typically be hundreds of clips.

Editing style: unedited
Audio: on-camera audio, as-is
Format: delivered in 1080p MP4 files
Delivery: delivered on an external hard drive

What does raw footage look like?

Raw footage is completely unedited – It’s not cleaned up, enhanced, colour corrected, and does not incorporate higher quality audio from external devices (such as microphones). The footage remains as it was captured, retaining all details, true colours, and lighting. Raw footage results in a variety of clip duration, which can vary from a short amount of time to a long period of time.

Do you need the raw footage from your wedding?

Raw Footage is for the couple and their family who want to see all their family and friends living in the moment. Living as if no one’s watching. No editing, and no curating – just your friend/family member going about their day.

Pros of getting raw footage:

1. It’s good to have a backup, in case you ever lose your edited video.

2. You will have everything filmed on your wedding day, even if it doesn’t get included in your final edited video.

3. Gives you the ability to edit together your own film for personal use.

Cons of raw footage:

• You have to click every single clip to watch it.

• On camera, audio picks up background noise