Wedding films in Fareham.
We are one in-house team for photos and film. Hayden films your Fareham day while Aaron shoots stills alongside, so the vows, the speeches and the whole sound of a coastal Hampshire wedding come home with you, not just the pictures.
What a film gives you that photos do not.
A photograph by the creek or in an old barn is a lovely thing to have on the wall. It cannot give you back the sound. It will not have the sound of the vows, the laughter in the room during the best man’s speech, or the quiet of the water at Titchfield before the rings. A film records all of that. That is the whole reason to book one, because the sound of the day comes home with you as well as the pictures.
We are Robinson Martin Green, based at Mudberry Lane near Chichester, and Fareham sits about 22 miles west, half an hour along the A27 and well inside the area we cover. The films are led by Hayden Martin-Green, who shoots and cuts them, with Aaron Robinson on stills working the same day beside him. We should be straight with you from the start. We cover Fareham but we have not filmed a wedding in the town itself yet, so we will not invent a Fareham couple to fill this page. What we do have are full wedding films from days a short drive away, made by the two people who would come and film yours.
Fareham films as the calmer stretch of the Hampshire coast, sitting between the busy harbours of Portsmouth and Southampton without the crowds or the working docks of either. That works well on film. The Meon estuary and the Solent creeks give you water and open sky for the wide shots, but a creekside spot is quieter and more sheltered than an exposed seafront, so the light and the sound both come easier. Inland, the old village of Titchfield with its abbey ruins gives the film a sense of age. Sound still needs planning, because open water carries a breeze and a big barn rings, so we mic the ceremony properly either way. Handled right, the water and the old stone sit in the film as atmosphere under the words.
You cannot film it again later.
Most couples plan the photographs first and leave the film as the thing they might add later. Then the day passes in a blur, the speeches happen once, the first dance happens once, and there is no way to go back and record any of it again. Stills freeze how it looked. Only a film gives you the movement and the sound, so you hear the speeches, the vows and the room again. It is the one part of the day you cannot make again afterwards, so it is worth deciding on early.
From getting ready to the first dance.
A Fareham wedding film has several looks in it, and a coastal Hampshire day gives you all of them. In the morning we film the getting ready, the details and the last few minutes before the ceremony. The middle of the day is the vows, whether that is in a garden by the water or the timber of the Great Barn at Titchfield, the part where we work hardest on the sound. Then the evening comes, and the creeks earn the film. As the light drops over the Solent and the water goes still and gold, a couple stepping out by the estuary gives you some of the best evening footage of the day.
The reception films differently again. First dances, speeches and the noise of a full room need the sound as much as the picture, so we keep recording the room while we film it, and the finished piece carries the laugh through the best man’s speech and the first bars of your first dance as they actually sounded, not a track dropped over the top.
The nearest weddings we have covered.
Here are some of our real weddings a short drive from Fareham. Susan and Luke at Edes House in Chichester, and Adam and Panha at Fitzleroi Barn near Pulborough. Each one links to the full case study.
How your Fareham day gets filmed.
Because Hayden films while Aaron photographs, there is one team, one plan and one point of contact rather than two suppliers meeting for the first time at your ceremony. That matters more on film than it does on stills. A videographer who has never met your photographer ends up in half their shots and competing for the aisle during the vows, and you are the one caught in the middle asking two strangers to sort it out. We have already agreed who stands where before you walk in, so the camera can hold on you without a second shooter drifting into frame.
Hayden films the ceremony on 2 cameras, one held on the couple and one wider on the room, so a missed reaction on one angle is caught on the other and the vows are never lost to a blocked shot. For a venue we have not filmed before, whether that is a hotel at Whiteley or the barn at Titchfield, we walk it first and work out in advance where the cameras sit without blocking your guests, where the sound is cleanest against the water or under a timber roof, where the light falls at your ceremony hour, and where a drone can fly. Nothing gets staged twice for the two cameras. You are filmed and photographed at the same time, then handed back to your guests.
How the Fareham venues look and sound on film.
Real venues in and around the town, each seen the way a filmmaker reads a room: where the movement is, where the light lands off the water, and where a voice carries. We walk any of them ahead of your day so the first time we film there is not on the day itself.
Fareham, Titchfield and the Solent, on film
- voco Fareham-Solent at Titchfield, a hotel licensed for civil ceremonies with a private courtyard and gardens. A clean, contained ceremony space that records well, and the courtyard and grounds give room for the couple shots and the evening light.
- The Solent Hotel and Spa at Whiteley, a short drive north of the town, a larger hotel wedding venue with grounds that film with scale and room for tracking shots away from the road and the crowds.
- The Great Barn at Titchfield, a historic barn in the old village. Big timber and old brick give the film real texture and age, and the enclosed space holds the ceremony sound close under the roof before the village opens out for the wider shots.
- Lysses House, the Georgian townhouse hotel in the centre of Fareham, an elegant, intimate setting that films warm and close for a smaller day.
- The wider ground of the historic village of Titchfield, its abbey ruins and the Meon estuary down to the Solent creeks. This is the country the drone and the golden-hour walk are built for, the calmer coast and the old stone giving the film the water and the age a single room cannot.
How the film is delivered.
The edit is where a wedding film is actually made, and it is worth knowing what happens after the day. We work through the footage and the recorded sound, choose the moments, and cut your film from them, usually within 8 to 10 weeks of a Fareham wedding. It lands in your private Wedding Hub, the same place your photographs are delivered, so the film and the gallery sit together in one spot. If your collection is Silver or Gold, a short teaser reaches you before that, so there is something to share in the meantime. Because both your film and your photographs come from us, there is one delivery, one login, and one team to talk to if you want a change.
Tell us what to film in the Wedding Hub.
Before the day, let us know the moments you want on film.
- Film moments requestedList the speeches, readings and people you want filmed, so Hayden knows to get them.
- One plan with the photosFilm and photography share one timeline, so Aaron and Hayden stay out of each other's way.
- Delivered with your galleryYour film arrives in the same private place as your photographs.
Questions from Fareham couples booking a film.
Our ceremony is by the water or in an old barn. Will the vows and speeches sound right on the film?
Both settings are fine on film for opposite reasons, and both come down to micing properly rather than trusting the camera. A creekside or garden ceremony is open, so a breeze off the Solent can catch a vow, and we shield the mics and put a radio mic on the groom and one on the officiant to keep the words clean. An old barn like the one at Titchfield is the reverse, a big timber space that can ring, so we mic close and let the room sit under the vows as atmosphere. Either way the music goes under the recorded sound, never in place of it.
How long is the wedding film for a Fareham day, and is there a teaser?
You get one edited wedding film with every collection, rather than a short cut and a long cut to choose from. Its length depends on how the day runs, and Adam and Panha’s film comes in at 5 minutes 57. Silver and Gold also give you a short teaser to share early, with the speeches recorded in full in the film. The teaser is ready first, and the finished film lands in your private Wedding Hub, usually within 8 to 10 weeks of the day.
Can we have drone footage over the creeks, or a short reel for social?
The countryside and the water around Fareham and the Meon film beautifully from the air, and away from the busy harbours the airspace is often more open than it is over Portsmouth itself. We still check what is permitted for your exact venue and date rather than promising a shot we cannot fly, and get the scale from the ground where we cannot. We can also cut a short vertical teaser, around 60 seconds, for Instagram and TikTok, so you have something to share while the full film is still in the edit.
Can we book the film on its own, or does it have to come with photography?
Film can be booked on its own if you already have a photographer, and it works because we plan around whoever else is covering the day. Most couples book both with us so one in-house team runs the whole thing on one plan, which is the setup we would recommend, but the film does not depend on it.
More to watch before you decide.
We have not filmed in Fareham yet, so here are real films and the days behind them, a short drive away. If you are weighing up nearby areas, the rest is one click away.
Check your date with us.
Tell us your date and your Fareham venue and one of us will reply personally, normally inside a day, or call us on 07928 549702. We will let you know at once whether the date is free to film.