When most Louisiana couples book a wedding videographer, they expect footage from the wedding day. Beautiful moments, golden hour portraits, the first dance, maybe a few happy tears.
What they don't expect is a cinematic love story told in three acts—with their own voices narrating every chapter.
That's the difference between a wedding video and an Enchanted Cinema Co. film. And it's the reason our couples ugly-cry every single time they press play.
This is where your film actually begins.
Long before the wedding day, we spend an entire day with you! Just you two and us, stepping into your world. Your favorite coffee spot. The park where you walk the dogs. The restaurant you always come back to. The place that's just yours.
No posing. No awkward "laugh" on command prompts. We're capturing the version of you that existed before the planning, the stress, and the countdown. The everyday, unhurried, completely real version of who you are together.
This phase gives your film its heartbeat. It's your "before" phase. The chapter that tells us "how we got here."
At the end of the day, we sit down together for the interview. With the endorphins of an entire day well-lived still running through you, we ask you about your story. How you met. When you knew. What this person means to you. Your answers become the narration that carries the entire film.
The story is getting bigger now.
If you have an engagement session booked with your photographer, we're there! We capture the candid moments from the day and weave those visuals into your film as the story naturally builds out.
If you already had your session before booking us—no problem. We'll carve out time during our Enchanted Session with you to recreate that chapter ourselves. A little more intentional. A little more dressed up. More on the romantic side with light posing (still won't do the awkward "laugh" on command prompts, promise!). This becomes the visual bridge between who you were dating and who you became when the ring came out.
This phase gives your film its turning point. It's the moment the story shifts—and it shows on screen.
This is what you booked us for. And now—because of everything that came before—we already know you.
We know how you move together. We know what makes you laugh. We know which moments carry the most weight for your family. We know your spark, your rhythm, and what this day actually means to you.
That's what makes the wedding day footage different when you've done The Enchanted Story Method. We're not showing up as strangers with cameras. We're showing up as people who have spent months learning how to tell your story—and today is the day we finally get to finish it.
The vows you exchange and the toasts your people give become the narration. The moments in between become the scenes that bring the whole story full circle and make you catch your breath when you watch it back years from now.
The Enchanted Story Method isn't a premium add-on. It isn't reserved for our highest tier. It's the foundation of every film we make — because we don't know any other way to tell a story worth telling.
When you book Enchanted Cinema Co., you're booking more than a wedding videographer for one day. You're booking a team for the entire journey. And we'll spend the months leading up to your wedding making sure your story is ready to be told the moment you say "I do."
— Every couple, approximately five minutes into their consult call
"Oh wow—we didn't know we'd do all of this. We literally thought it would just be shots from the wedding day."