Women in Wedding Videography: Changing the Industry Landscape

Molly from Love Story Films discusses the rise of women in the previously male-dominated wedding videography industry and shares essential business advice for new videographers. She explains how women bring a unique perspective to capturing weddings and how the influence of social media has created pathways for women to pursue cinematography.

• Women are increasingly entering wedding videography, bringing unique feminine perspectives
• Social media influence has created pathways for women to pursue cinematography
• Women capture the feminine form differently, creating beautiful storytelling
• Women videographers complement the already female-dominated vendor landscape
• Education and mentorship are crucial for new videographers entering the industry
• Business fundamentals like LLCs, insurance, and taxes are "boring but important" 
• Understanding legalities and business operations prevents common pitfalls

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Transcript

Introducing Molly from Love Story Films

Speaker 1 0:00

Hey queens , welcome back to another episode of the Daily Buzz . Today I am here with Molly from Love Story Films . Thank you for being here . Thanks for having me . I am fascinated to ask you there has been a pretty male dominance in the wedding videography industry and we are starting to see more women come

Women Breaking Into Wedding Videography

Speaker 1 0:20

into that . Can you speak into what your thoughts are , why that might be yes ?

Speaker 2 0:26

Well , I think that , historically , when we kind of look at the way that social media has kind of transpired and grown over the last goodness or even over the last five years , we see that most influencers are women .

Speaker 2 0:40

Women really dominate that field and I think it's allowing a lot more room for women to kind of segue into pursuing their passions for cinematography picking up a camera , really going to school or expanding upon just TikToks and wanting to create cinematic films now . So it's definitely a welcome space and I think that , in terms of capturing a wedding , a lot of the vendors that we do work with are female and when you think about the planners that are involved , a lot of the photographers are female . It really lends that feminine perspective that when you're capturing the feminine form , I think women see women in such a different way and manner that it really allows this

Essential Tips for New Wedding Videographers

Speaker 2 1:29

beautiful um story to like transpire from their lens and their perspective , where sometimes I mean not saying all men , but sometimes men don't quite understand that I mean I know , um , sometimes you get back , uh , behind the scenes and I'm like wait what ?

Speaker 1 1:46

What was ?

Speaker 2 1:47

that you know men just tend to capture . You know clients in a different manner , which is totally okay , but it is definitely a welcome space to see that women are coming into this . Male dominated field ?

Speaker 1 2:02

Yeah , absolutely Do you have any tips for videographers interested in getting into the wedding industry ?

Speaker 2 2:09

Yes , I think education and knowledge is number one . If you have somebody that you idolize or look up to reach out , see if you can do a mentorship , really get the legwork going in terms of kind of understanding where you want to go , the type of art you want to create , and really like lean on those that kind of resemble the craft that you're going after . From there , I think , really understanding the legality side of it . So making sure you get your LLC established , trademarks , your business in full running operation mode , because what I've seen happen in the past is people don't pay taxes , they don't establish an LLC , they don't have insurance to show up to a wedding day .

Speaker 1 2:55

Can't skip those things . Those are all so important , very , very important . They're boring , but they're important .

Speaker 2 3:01

I know it's like you don't want to do it , but you really really should and , especially as your business and your brand grows , really , really looking back and making sure you have all your bases covered .

Closing Thoughts

Speaker 1 3:12

Well , thank you , molly , for answering those , and that is your Daily Buzz .