WHAT’S THE FILM MAK­ING PROCESS?​
Firstly, we get to know each of our cou­ples and learn their story. This is such an impor­tant first step if we are to cre­ate a film that really con­nects and has mean­ing. As each of our films are metic­u­lously hand crafted, we limit our pro­duc­tion num­ber each year.We feel that is the only way each of our cou­ples will receive not only a record of their true story, but a piece of film art. Pack­ages are gen­er­ally tai­lored to the individual.A typ­i­cal approach to our pop­u­lar pack­ages includes full day cov­er­age, one or two cin­e­matog­ra­phers, Cin­ema high­light and Fea­ture films.

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HOW DO WE RESERVE OUR DATE?​
Select what package you want, sign the agree­ment elec­tron­i­cally and send in the deposit online! The non-refundable deposit is $250 off of the “pack­age” bal­ance. Send­ing this in online via Paypal or mail­ing a check reserves the date! It’s first come first serve.



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WHO IS MICAH BOWEN PHOTOGRAPHY + CINEMA, AND WHO WILL BE SHOOT­ING MY WEDDING?​
Micah Bowen photography + cinema is owned by lead Film­maker Micah Bowen. Micah Bowen owns and oper­ates Micah Bowen photography + cinema, one of the top wed­ding stu­dios on the Gulf coast! Micah Bowen photography + cinema is a highly trained cin­e­matog­ra­pher so you can have a cre­ative and com­pelling wed­ding film.





HOW FAR DO YOU TRAVEL AND WILL IT COST US EXTRA?​
We travel all over the U.S.!  So we will go wher­ever you’ll have us! We sim­ply pro­vide a cus­tom pack­age built specif­i­cally for your event so that once the wed­ding day has passed, all expenses are paid and you can relax know­ing you us film­ing your wedding!





WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHER AS WELL. DO YOU WORK WELL WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS?​
No offense, but we do NOT want to be in your wed­ding pic­tures.There­fore, we make it a point to contact your pho­tog­ra­pher the week before your wed­ding if we haven’t worked with them before. This always allows us to ease the ten­sions that some pho­tog­ra­phers feel, and also estab­lish a “team effort” men­tal­ity with the ones that under­stand this is your day. We do a great job of not only refrain­ing from set­ting up cheesy shots , but we “dance” with the pho­tog­ra­pher dur­ing major moments of the day so you never even notice we are there. Hope­fully the pho­tog­ra­phers honor your wed­ding day enough to do the same for your video! Hon­estly, we have found that when we love the per­son­al­i­ties and style of our cou­ples, they choose a pho­tog­ra­pher that rep­re­sents that as well!





DO WE GET TO PICK OUR OWN MUSIC?​
Yes, and no. You are hir­ing us to cre­ate a piece of “art” that rep­re­sents your wed­ding day to the best of our abil­ity. We want this film to rep­re­sent you, not us! So, for the cou­ples that trust us to film their day, we send a quick ques­tion­naire about a month before the wed­ding date that answers all of our logis­ti­cal and time­line ques­tions about your wed­ding. Included are a few ques­tions that ask specif­i­cally what some of your favorite songs are, and even your favorite artists or gen­res. From that start­ing point, we actu­ally seek out and find music off the beaten path, based on your pref­er­ences, you might not hear on the radio. That way your wed­ding film sound­track not only reflects your style and taste, but is unique to your wed­ding, and your wed­ding alone! Check out some of the music we have found and used in the sam­ples on our blog.



 

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DO WE GET ALL THE RAW FOOTAGE?​
As part of your pack­age you get a high­lights film (3–7 mins) and a fea­ture film (~30 mins). We use the col­lec­tion of smaller and big­ger moments of your day from the get­ting ready, to the arrival of all your guests, cock­tail hour, photo ses­sion and the danc­ing at the party to cre­ate your “high­lights film”. Although we don’t exclude moments that we know you will want to see, we can pro­vide you ALL the RAW unedited footage on DVD's editable on a PC or Mac com­puter at an addi­tional cost.

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HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET BACK OUR WED­DING FILM?​
If you do your home­work, you’ll find most stu­dios take between 6–10 months to get your film back to you. We feel that’s unac­cept­able. We cre­ate your wed­ding film and deliver it to you and your fam­ily between 2–4 months.





ARE WE ABLE TO VIEW OUR WED­DING FILM ON OUR ANDROID, BLACKBERRY,  OR OTHER MOBILE DEVICE?​
We have options avail­able for you to get the dig­i­tal ver­sion of your wed­ding film and any enhance­ments you may have added to your pack­age in H.264 movie for­mat. This video for­mat is both com­pat­i­ble on all of Android’s mobile prod­ucts as well as playable on a PC via Quicktime!





DO YOU OFFER PHO­TOG­RA­PHY AS WELL?​
Yes, we do, We feel that pho­tog­ra­phy and cin­e­matog­ra­phy are equally impor­tant.​
But we can only do one or the other on your wedding day.

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WHAT TYPE OF EQUIP­MENT DO YOU USE?​
We believe when you invest in Micah Bowen photography + cinema for your event that you deserve noth­ing but the best! We’ve invested in Cin­ema Grade cam­eras (same cam­eras that are used in Hol­ly­wood films) that shoot amaz­ing high def­i­n­i­tion and work amaz­ingly well in low light sit­u­a­tions (like wed­dings!). We also use pro­fes­sional grade audio equip­ment, Steadicam, slid­ers, monopods and tripods. We also have light­ing equip­ment to cap­ture your event in the best pos­si­ble light!