Starting prices for wedding videos in Melbourne are currently available on 65% of videographer websites. Entry level prices start at $300 for simple coverage of the wedding ceremony and range up to $4,200 for a basic cinematic wedding video package.
WEDDING VIDEO - PRICE AND PACKAGE INFO AVAILABILITY
Nearly half of all wedding videographers in Victoria publish a complete list of packages and prices on their website. A further 17% publish the starting price of packages with no information about inclusions and 6% provide package details without reference to price.
STARTING PRICES FOR WEDDING VIDEO IN MELBOURNE
Range: $300 - $4,200
Wedding Video Packages less than $1,000:
Wedding videographers in Melbourne that publish a starting package in this range tend to offer a complete list of their prices online. In fact, we only found one business with a starting price in this range who did not publish a full list of packages and prices on their website.
In Victoria, 12% of wedding videographers offer a starting package in this price bracket. These entry level packages range from $300 to $750 for a video of the wedding ceremony only. The maximum coverage currently included in all packages under $1,000 is one or two hours of filming at the wedding ceremony location.
Wedding Video Packages $1,000 - $1,999:
A massive 60% of wedding video producers in VIC offer a starting package between $1,000 and $1,999. Of these videographers, 82% publish a complete set of packages and prices on their website. Most of the remaining suppliers in this category offer those browsing their website snippets of price and package data sufficient for customers to ascertain affordability.
Almost three quarters of all wedding video packages in this range start at $1,500 or above and the average price is $1,606. Inclusions range from 3 hours filming up to a full days coverage but by the far the most common inclusion is 6 hours of videography offered in more than half of these wedding video packages. The next most common inclusion is 8 hours coverage although the number of studios offering less than 6 hours is about the same as those that offer more.
Wedding Video Packages $2,000 - $2,999:
The 2nd most likely starting price of wedding video packages in VIC is between $2,000 and $2,999 with 21% of videographers in the state entering the market within this range. The largest proportion of packages in this price bracket are $2,400 or less. Given that the total market size above this range is less than 10% of the industry, it would suggest the high end wedding video market in Melbourne start offering packages from about $2,500.
Just half of the videographers offering packages in this bracket publish a complete list of their prices online. Of those that do, the range of inclusions is from 4 to 14 hours of coverage with 6-8 hours being the approximate average.
Wedding Video Packages $3,000+:
Five percent of starting packages published online in the Melbourne wedding video industry are within the $3,000 to $3,999 range. All wedding videographers that we found publicly promoting a starting price in this range, have also published their complete list of packages online. In comparing VIC statistics with other states, it may be a reasonable assumption that of the 29% of wedding videographers in that state that do not disclose pricing information online, a significant proportion of them probably reside within this price bracket. The 5% of wedding videographers that do fully disclose a starting package between $3,000 & $3,999 all offer at least 8 hours coverage with these packages.
In the highest starting bracket of $4,000+ there resides just 2% of Melbourne's wedding video producers. None of these suppliers provide any pricing information on their website beyond stating the starting price of their packages. All of these wedding video studios cater to clients seeking the higher image quality of wedding cinematography.
All information provided in this article is based on the starting prices listed by VIC wedding videographers on their website. Where possible, we have ensured all packages quoted include delivery of an edited wedding video. Further information about price and packages in Australia's wedding video and cinematography industry is regularly published on our Facebook page.