Cinematic Wedding in Dubai — what it costs, what's included, and how to book it

Cinematic Wedding is our premium wedding package — the same cinema craft we'd bring to a brand film, applied to your wedding day. The A-camera is a RED Komodo X (cinema-grade 6K Super 35) and the shoot is led by a dedicated film director supported by 2–3 cinema-grade cinematographers. The final deliverable is an 8–12 minute color-graded film in DaVinci Resolve Studio with full sound design and licensed music — built to hold up on a cinema screen, not just a phone.

Two tiers: Basic is AED 18,500 and includes RED Komodo X as the A-camera, 2 cinematographers, 2 ACs, 1 licensed drone, 6-hour coverage (ceremony + reception), and an 8–12 minute color-graded final film with a same-day teaser delivered the next morning. Premium is AED 35,000 and includes RED Komodo X + 2× Sony FX3 (3 cameras), 5 ACs, a dedicated film director, 1 licensed drone, two full days of coverage (Henna + Wedding), a same-day teaser delivered by 10pm on the ceremony night, full sound design + custom score, and a 60-sec social cut. Both tiers run a 2-month pre-production planning phase.

RED Komodo X gives us cinema-grade 6K Super 35 with REDWideGamutRGB colour science and 16.5+ stops of dynamic range. That's the same colour science Netflix, Amazon and most UAE TVCs shoot on. The image holds up on a cinema screen, in a 4K TV hanging in your living room, and at 60fps on Instagram — three different delivery sizes from one master. Lighter mirrorless or FX3 wedding packages can't reproduce that grade.

A regular wedding film is captured on lighter cameras (FX3 / mirrorless), led by a lead videographer, and edited as a highlights reel (3–8 min slide-show style). Cinematic Wedding treats the wedding as a short film production: RED Komodo X A-cam, dedicated film director, storyboarded key moments, multi-camera coverage, cinema-grade colour grade, full sound design and licensed music. The deliverable is 8–12 minutes of story-driven edit, not 3 minutes of highlight. Price is 3–5× higher, the result is cinema-grade.

On the Premium tier, the same-day teaser is delivered by 10pm on the ceremony night — about 4 hours after the ceremony ends. Two editors work in parallel: one on the teaser cut that gets delivered that night, one on the full 8–12 minute film for the 4-week post-production cycle. On the Basic tier, the teaser is delivered by the next morning. Same-day teaser turn-around is the most popular Premium upgrade — guests see the film that evening on the planner's screens.

Yes — both tiers include music licensing cleared for streaming and cinema screening. We use Musicbed, Artlist and a Dubai-based composer network for custom score (Premium). You will not get a YouTube copyright strike on your own wedding film. If you have a specific song you want included (a family song, a cultural piece), tell us at the planning phase and we'll clear it or substitute it.

Two months of pre-production planning (venue scout, storyboard, music licensing, planner coordination), 1–2 days of shooting (Premium: Henna + Wedding; Basic: Wedding day only), then 4 weeks of post-production (edit, colour, sound design, revisions). Final deliverables drop at week 6 (Premium) or week 5 (Basic). Same-day teaser drops within 4 hours of ceremony end.

Yes — drone is included in both tiers via DJI Inspire 3 with our licensed operator. Outdoor venues are usually fine; some Dubai hotels and DIFC require pre-approved drone permits (we handle the NMC paperwork). Burj Al Arab and Burj Khalifa can be tricky — if your venue is on the no-fly list, we'll either get a permit in advance, substitute a different angle (technocrane), or refund the AED 1,500 drone value.

Most Dubai luxury weddings come in via the wedding planner (Cherniak, Eventchic, The Qode, Eyesome, Jannat, Hafla). We pay the planner a tiered commission on the Big Story portion of the package (12–15% depending on volume) — see our Partner Program for details. The planner stays in the loop on the shot list, run-of-show and venue logistics, but we own all creative and delivery decisions.