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Better Half Wedding Video


Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Prices start at $3,000

Elopement pricing

Prices start at $3,000

Packages

Prices start at $3,000



About Better Half Wedding Video

Better Half Wedding Video

Videographer

Better 1/2 started in 2011 in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2019, I relocated to Chicago. I've filmed about 30 weddings for couples with a range of venues and guest counts. What's consistent is my style, which is personal and beautiful. I tell each couple's wedding story in a tailor-cut video, highlighting the big moments and spotlighting the small ones.

That's me tucked out of the way, capturing the moment without intruding on it. I'm a nice person with a camera who blends in with the crowd and reemerges from your wedding day with a wealth of beautiful footage that tells your love story. Each video I edit is tailor cut for the couple, with music choices and feedback welcome. I can deliver more story-driven structure or stick to the flashy, poignant highlights, or both! Not a single one of my videos is like the other, because my couples are all different too.


Services

Services

  • Extra Hours

Deliverables

  • Highlight reel
  • Long feature
  • Raw footage
  • Short feature
  • Social media versions
  • USB

Better Half Wedding Video packages

Highlights Music Video

8 hours

Peak pricing $3,000

Description

Film up to 8 hours and deliver one 3-minute edit in the style of a fast-paced highlights reel. More music-centered with quick coverage of whole event.

What’s included
  • 3-minute highlight video
  • 8 hours filming high res video and audio

Short Story

8 hours

Peak pricing $3,500

Description

Film up to 8 hours and deliver one 5-minute Love Story edit. Audio recorded during the event guides the story, with natural moments as well as toasts and vows edited alongside music.

What’s included
  • 5-minute story edit
  • 8 hours filming high res video and audio

Long Story

8 hours

Peak pricing $5,000

Description

Film without time constraints to record everything possible, and deliver one 10-minute story edit that resembles a short documentary about your wedding event. Filled with vignettes that support a story structure (beginning, middle, end) and tell the whole wedding story. Recommend filming rehearsal to give story more impact.

What’s included
  • 10-minute Story Edit
  • Film all day
  • Film Rehearsal
  • Deliver Raw Footage

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  • I love Jenn!!!!

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    Mysi Soda Fountain PhotoJan 25, 2024

    I worked with Jenn at a wedding recently and loved everything about it. She’s caring, polite, funny, creative, respectful and joyful. Her final product was SO COOL…. Very original and unlike many of the wedding videos I have seen!!! I cannot wait to work with her again!!!!

  • The only videographer I recommend.

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    Gabriel HarberJan 19, 2024

    As a wedding photographer, working with videographers often makes my job more difficult. In my experience, most videographers try to create moments by having people do things they would never normally do. They are often an obstacle for photographers to work around. Sometimes multiple videographers are working to get all the angles and they end up creating something of a spectacle of an event when folks are just trying to be natural and enjoy themselves. I had a hard time recommending videographers to my wedding couples... until I met Jenn. Jenn from Better Half Wedding Videography is the exception. She is an incredibly nice person, super respectful of people's time and space. She brings a calming presence to weddings and eases people's nervousness. Jenn is upfront, honest, and discreet. Her work is fun and natural. I am so bummed that she no longer lives in California. When people ask about videographers, I still recommend her. She is the best!

  • Chicago’s best new wedding videographer

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    Maggie and J.Jan 7, 2024

    Working with Jenn was as much of a dream as our wedding. I told Jenn I wanted a docu-style video - something with a beginning, middle and end. She exceeded expectations by using our first dance and allllll the practices we had as the main focal point. We are so happy with our video. Our family is so happy with the video. It perfectly encapsulates the hard work we put into hosting a wedding, but the immense love we felt from our guests and for one another. Affordable, kind, and accommodating, Jenn is the best new wedding videographer here in Chicago. Highly recommend Jenn for your special day. You will not regret it.