The number nobody will write down
Search for the cost of a wedding film in Los Angeles and you will find a curious silence. Studios that will happily show you ten minutes of drone footage will not show you a single number. Pricing lives behind a contact form, the form exists so someone can get you on a call, and the call exists so the price can arrive only after the pitch has.
We understand the logic. We simply do not share it. You are building a budget for one of the most expensive days of your life, and you cannot build anything out of inquire for details. A price you have to earn is not a price, it is a negotiation you did not agree to enter. So here are the honest numbers: what films actually cost in this city in 2026, what each tier of the market buys, and exactly where we sit inside it. Our prices are published on this site in plain text, and they will still be there tomorrow.
Three tiers, one market
Start with the national picture, because it makes the local one make sense. The Knot's most recent study, drawn from more than ten thousand couples married in 2025, puts the average American wedding videographer at about $2,300. Los Angeles does not work that way. This is one of the most expensive wedding markets in the country, and film pricing here settles into three broad tiers.
At the entry of the market, roughly $1,500 to $3,000, you are hiring one person and one camera. Coverage runs shorter, audio is often a single microphone, and the deliverable is a brief highlight cut. Some of these filmmakers are genuinely talented people early in their careers. What you give up is depth: no second angle at the ceremony, nobody on your partner's face while the camera is on yours, and an edit measured in hours rather than days.
The working middle runs roughly $4,000 to $8,000, and it is where most Los Angeles couples land. Here you should expect a crew of two, eight to ten hours of coverage, wireless microphones on the ceremony and the toasts, a graded film of about five minutes, and usually the full ceremony delivered as its own edit.
Above that sits the luxury tier, roughly $9,000 and up, and in this city full production can pass $15,000. The cameras change less than people assume. What changes is everything around them: the experience of the people operating them, the hours they spend with you, and the hours the footage spends in the edit afterward, which is where a film is actually made.
What moves the price at any studio
Wherever you shop, the same five levers set the number. Hours of coverage, because a twelve hour day costs more to staff than an eight hour one. A second cinematographer, because the moments you most want kept have a habit of happening in two places at once. The edit, because a wedding produces many hours of footage and a five minute film that feels effortless can take a working week to cut. Deliverables, because a full ceremony edit, the speeches, a trailer, drone work and RAW footage each add real labor. And the person, because a filmmaker with two hundred weddings behind them prices differently than one with ten, and should.
When a quote looks surprisingly low for what it promises, one of those levers has quietly moved. Usually it is the person, an associate shooter you have never met, or the edit, sent out and hurried. Neither is wrong. You should simply know before you sign, because on the day itself there are no second takes.
Where we sit
Rayne sits at the top of this market, and we will tell you precisely where. We offer three collections. The Moment, at $6,000, is one cinematographer, eight hours, and a three to five minute film told through visuals and music alone. The Portrait, at $8,000, is two cinematographers, nine hours, a five to seven minute film, the full ceremony and every speech, drone footage and a cinematic trailer. The Legacy, at $10,000, is two cinematographers, twelve hours, a seven to nine minute film, the full ceremony and speeches, drone footage, and all of the RAW footage from the day, yours to keep. Every collection includes a custom wedding website, and the full details live on our pricing page.
What those numbers buy is not a package. It is the same eye, every time. Jason has filmed more than 200 weddings across ten years and holds a 5.0 rating, and the films are on this site to be judged. Watch three of them, then watch three from anyone else you are considering, and let the screens settle the question of value.
What to ask anyone you are comparing
Whoever you hire, at whatever tier, five questions will surface most of what a brochure will not. Who is actually holding the camera at my wedding, and may I see three full films that person shot. How many hours are included, and what happens when the day runs long. Do we receive the full ceremony and the speeches, or only a highlight. When does the film arrive, in writing. And what happens to the footage afterward, whether the RAW files can be purchased and how long they are kept.
A studio worth hiring will answer all five without flinching, and once the answers are in front of you the prices will finally make sense, at $3,000 and at $10,000 alike, because you will know what each number contains. If ours read like the right ones for your day, check your date and we will take it from there.