Most of my stuff is 23.976 with occasional 60. I like the natural motion blur from 23.976.

I 2nd shoot for multiple folks and they all do 60 (except during ceremony and toasts; those always tend to be in 23.976).

Appreciate you! 🙏

For audio, I plug a Sennheiser MKE 600 into a Rode Wireless Pro transmitter, and those are mounted on a boom pole. Then I toggle “Voice Isolation” in DaVinci Resolve to suppress the background noise.

For video, I run a Sony FX3. This clip had the Sony 70-200 2.8. I also use an iPad + Sony’s Monitor & Control app, which is super helpful (and free!) because I’m usually solo during setup and so I can adjust the lights, boom poles, etc. with a live wireless feed and dial everything in.

For lighting, it’s one key light (SmallRig RC-120B) with a 33” softbox (SmallRig RA-D85). Hair light is a small LED (Ulanzi VL120) on a boom pole and I usually have a basic reflector to bounce some fill light into the shadow side of the face (but I don’t think I used it in this clip tho).

Digging the pacing on the teaser! Really nice work. The part that jumped out at me was the interview lighting because of the shadows. Maybe dial down the key light and use a reflector/bounce to fill the shadow side next time.

My gimbal is on PF mode 95% of the time. Every now and then I'll switch to Pan and Tilt Follow (PTF) mode. It's not the most creative shot, but useful for revealing a room if you're starting from the ceiling (quick sample: https://youtu.be/Twih60KJAyU).

I'm imagining the couple rewatching this in 20+ years and I know that they'll love rewatching these scenes, especially since they wanted a "home video" vibe. I actually liked the bridal prep/chicken nugget scene; those little raw details are nice to remember. Very nice job in that regard! As for technical aspects, these are some notes that stood out the most to me. 1) There were lots of intense camera jitters throughout like around 8:30 and 10:35, but I won't speak beyond that since you already acknowledged that's something you're working on. 👍2) There were lots of parts that weren't in focus. I'm not sure if it was intentional but it definitely distracted me especially when someone was speaking.3) The transitions were abrupt around 7:30 and 9:10. I think if you're able to massage those parts somehow, it could improve the flow! Other than that, I'm sure they'll enjoy watching and rewatching these scenes over the years!

If you're using Davinci Resolve, then Casey Faris on YouTube has a lot of great tutorial videos. It's not really focused on storytelling or a specific editing style, but more on the technical skills (all levels from beginner to intermediate/advanced) to learn the basics of editing in Davinci Resolve.