Can we make it like 90s home video style?
Question Asked: 5/06/2025
Wedding Date: 28/02/2025
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Posted: 26/06/2026
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We have a variety of post production effects that can help create the 90's style look whcih would include noise filters, glitch or VCR filters and others. Although it'd best be captured on a camera from that period, they are not readily available these days nor practical, thus why we'd suggest using the effects in editing to create that look and vibe you're after!
Absolutely! We're obsessed with this style as well as shooting on old super 8 film cameras as it makes the process so much fun! It's relatively simple to turn digital footage into the old VHS style but it definitely helps if your videographers have an old camcorder to make it as authentic as possible. If it's something you're genuinely interested in, it's definitely worth asking your video team if it's achievable!
Yes and we can include live audio snippets like a home video. Talk to the camera candidly and create a memory for each other.
The style of wedding is depend on brides and groom. Video editing can make the HD videos looks like 90s.
Absolutely, we can! 90s home video vibes are totally doable — think handheld camcorder feel, soft glitches, a bit of grain, and that nostalgic warmth. We’ll make it feel like a time capsule (in the best way). Let me know if you’ve got any specific inspo or footage you love, and we’ll build the style from there.
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Oh yes! I love this idea! I can provide this style to you within the cost of my $2000 package. I'd love to chat more about how l could create this for you along with other special moments you may want captured. Please send me an email at hello@bcfilms.au ??
Yep, every video supplier could create a 90s-style video for you! And they'd probably find it fun! Some characteristics of the style:
-- Single camera (rather than multiple cameras getting different angles).
-- Shoulder-mounted. So, it's a bit shaky.
-- Single zoom lens. Whereas many people these days go for no zooming at all.
-- On-camera lighting.
-- Often, in-camera audio and interviews with guests, while most people these days lean towards less natural audio (except for speeches, etc).
-- The actual image is worse quality in a few ways. For instance, it's lower resolution, it's grainier in low light, it's interlaced rather than progressive, and it has lower dynamic range. But this is all part of the retro charm. And all this stuff are things any video editor can recreate during the edit using filters and other tricks.
So, if you genuinely like this look, you could pretty much ask any video company to do it for you, even low budget ones. Just show them the sort of thing you have in mind. For instance, the first thing I think of is the home video section of Notting HIll. Specify how long you want the video to be. Then ask them for a custom quote as opposed to just going by one of their regular packages. Very likely, it takes less work to produce such a thing than what they're used to producing, because editing was a lot trickier and therefore more minimal in the '90s with videotape rather than digital files.
As a bonus, ask them if they actually own or are willing to purchase a camera from the '90s. And as a bonus bonus, ask them if they actually filmed weddings during the '90s!
Higher-priced companies will tend to differentiate themselves by camera quality, multiple camera operators, drones, etc, but you don't need all that stuff.
Absolutely! This is actually one of our favourite things to do.
All of our packages include real handycam footage, filmed on actual cameras from the late 90s and early 2000s. It gives your film that raw, nostalgic, home-video feel like something out of a family memory box. We don’t just use it for a quick flashback either, we weave it through your film with care, to add warmth, personality, and a beautiful contrast to the polished cinematic shots.
You’ll also get the full handycam footage on its own easy-to-watch timeline. It’s perfect for kicking back on the couch and reliving all the little unscripted moments like the behind closed door moments, the inside jokes, the classic dance floor chaos and endless more!
Yes, I can film on my Cam corder for the old school vibe as well as an iphone.
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Yes, we love doing this. There are really two ways to get that 90s home video look: shooting on an actual camcorder from the era, or filming on modern gear and grading it back in the edit to mimic that tape feel. Both work, and they give slightly different results, so it is worth deciding which you are after before the day.
The genuine camcorder route gives you the real thing: the soft interlaced image, the in-built mic picking up all the chatter, that slightly shaky shoulder-held movement and the little date stamp in the corner if you want it. The catch is the footage looks the way it looks, so it suits the loose, fun moments more than the formal coverage. My honest tip is to use it as a layer rather than your whole film. We pair authentic handycam footage through the getting ready, the dance floor and the candid in-between bits, then keep the ceremony and speeches on our main cameras so you can actually hear your vows clearly. You get the nostalgia without losing the moments you will want to watch properly in ten years.
One thing worth asking any videographer is where the edit happens, because that retro grade is all done in post and it is easy to get wrong. We edit every film in-house ourselves, so we can dial the look in to match your reference clips exactly rather than handing it off and hoping it comes back right. Bring us a couple of examples of the vibe you have in mind, even a film or a TikTok, and we will build the style around that.
If you do want the real camcorder on the day, just flag it early so we can plan the second shooter and the run sheet around it. It is a genuinely beautiful contrast against the polished cinematic footage, and it is one of our favourite things to film.