Originally Posted by The Guru  Shaf, you've asked a question but obviously don't like the answers you're getting.
I would suggest that, if you're charging for a wedding, the couple should have the video by the time they get back from the honeymoon. Certainly a professional video should be ready no later than two weeks after the ceremony.
Excuses are not acceptable. You are being paid to provide a service and you should deliver on time. If you film on a Saturday, have Sunday off, you have the whole week, Monday to Friday, to edit the footage, ready for the next wedding the following weekend. If you don't have a wedding the following Saturday, it doesn't matter, you must still edit your footage immediately since the paying customer is waiting to see the results.
Anything longer and the customer is entitled to withhold part of the payment.
If you join an organisation like the Institute of Videographers, they will be able to supply you with details of court cases where the customer took the videographer to court (or vice versa) and the court has upheld that a wedding video has to be delivered within a reasonable time. A month is not reasonable and three months is totally unacceptable. |
What I should have explained was that with asian weddings, there are three ceremonies covering 3-4 days!....thats over 6hrs of raw footage. Asian wedding videos include:
1st ceremony (named Mehndi- usually at the house)
2nd ceremony (named Baraath- where the groom makes a journey to the brides house, then to the venue, then brings back the bride to his home- in this case it was a 3hr journey each way for me!)
3rd ceremony (named Waleema- the final wedding party).
Each of these ceremonies take up a whole day...that is hours of raw footage and lot of editing for a guy who works on his own. With asian weddings, the customers normally accept 1-2months notice to deliver the final product (minimum 2 DVD's). I received my own wedding video after 2 months
