Wedding films in Shoreham-by-Sea.
Photography and film come from one in-house team. Hayden films your Shoreham day while Aaron shoots stills alongside, so the vows by the estuary, the speeches and the whole sound of a coastal day come home with you, not just the pictures.
What you get from a film.
A photograph by the Adur 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 gulls and the water and the rigging of the houseboats before the rings. A film keeps all of that. That is the whole reason to book one, so you keep the sound of the day as well as the pictures.
We are Robinson Martin Green, based at Mudberry Lane near Chichester, and Shoreham-by-Sea sits about 22 miles east along the coast, 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 Shoreham but we have not filmed a wedding in the town itself yet, so we will not invent a Shoreham 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.
Shoreham films unlike anywhere else on this coast, because it has a character all its own. The River Adur runs out to the sea through the middle of the town, past the famous ramshackle houseboats and under the eye of Lancing College Chapel, the vast Gothic pile that rises over the valley. There is the 1930s Art Deco airport terminal, all curves and chrome, and the shingle beach beyond. It is coastal but quirky, not the working harbours further west, and that gives a film real personality. Sound needs planning by open water, so we mic close. Handled right, the estuary and the light off the sea sit in the film as atmosphere under the words.
The speeches and vows only happen once.
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, including the speeches as they were given and the room going quiet for the rings. It is the one part of the day you cannot make again afterwards, which is why we suggest booking the film early.
How the day looks on film.
A Shoreham wedding film has several looks in it, and a coastal Adur 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, in the curves of the Art Deco terminal or by the water, the part where we work hardest on the sound. The evening is when the coast looks best on film. As the light drops over the estuary and the sea goes silver and gold, a couple by the water or the houseboats gives you the closing shots of the film.
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.
Weddings we have been part of nearby.
Rather than talk at you, here are real weddings we have covered a short drive from Shoreham. Becky and Lucas at The Highdown, near Worthing, and Cameren and Sian at Arundel Town Hall. Click a couple to read about their day.
How your Shoreham 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 like the Art Deco terminal or an estuary spot we walk it first and work out in advance where the cameras sit without blocking your guests, where the sound is cleanest against the open water, where the light falls at your ceremony hour, and honestly whether a drone can fly at all given the airport nearby. 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 Shoreham 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 against the sea air. We walk any of them ahead of your day so the first time we film there is not on the day itself.
Shoreham, the Adur and the coast, on film
- Shoreham Airport, whose 1936 Art Deco terminal is a listed building and a distinctive events and wedding venue. The curves, the chrome and the period detail film with real character, an interior unlike any other on this coast, and the hard surfaces just need micing close for the sound.
- The River Adur estuary, the shingle beach and the famous Shoreham houseboats, a ramshackle, much-loved stretch of the waterfront. This is the setting the film builds on, the water and the boats giving a coastal day a personality a plain room never could.
- Lancing College Chapel, the vast Gothic chapel that rises over the Adur valley and dominates the skyline for miles, a landmark that anchors the wider shots even when it is not the ceremony venue itself.
- The South Downs barns a little inland, such as Upwaltham Barns in the National Park, for couples who want the coast for the portraits and a Sussex barn for the day. The timber holds the ceremony sound close, and the Downs open out for the wider film.
Editing and delivery.
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 a single wedding film from them, usually within 8 to 10 weeks. 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 you booked Silver or Gold, a short teaser comes before it, so you are not waiting empty-handed. 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 Shoreham couples booking a film.
Our ceremony is by the estuary or in the Art Deco terminal. Will the vows and speeches sound right on the film?
Both come down to micing properly rather than trusting the camera. By the Adur the air is open and moves off the water, so we shield the mics and put a radio mic on the groom and one on the officiant to keep the vows clean against a breeze. The Art Deco terminal is a hard-surfaced room that can be a touch live, so we mic close and let the room sit under the words. Either way the music goes under the recorded sound, never in place of it.
How long is the wedding film for a Shoreham day?
It depends on the day, because each couple gets one edited wedding film shaped around what happened, and every collection includes it. For a sense of length, Adam and Panha’s film runs 5 minutes 57. Silver and Gold add a short teaser to share early and the speeches recorded in full in the film. You get the teaser first, then the film lands in your private Wedding Hub, usually within 8 to 10 weeks of the day.
Can we have drone footage over the estuary, or a short reel for social?
Here we have to be honest and careful, because Shoreham has an active airport and the airspace over much of the town and the estuary is genuinely restricted. We will not promise an aerial we cannot legally fly. Where a venue sits outside the restricted zone, or a little inland at a Downs barn, we clear the permissions ahead of the day and fly there. Everywhere else we get the scale from the ground and the shoreline instead. 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 films and real weddings.
We have not filmed in Shoreham yet, so here are real films and the days behind them, a short drive along the coast. If you are weighing up nearby areas, the rest is one click away.
Send us your date and your venue.
Tell us your date and your Shoreham 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.