A candid wedding teaser that opens on a real laugh
A candid Social Teaser grabs attention with something unposed: the bride snorting with laughter at a groomsman's joke, a dad's double take when he sees her, a toddler stealing the cake topper. It then strings together a few more honest faces and stops on one that makes people want to see the rest. There are no portraits and no formal set pieces. You brief it by choosing Natural & Documentary-style and Family & reactions in the preference questions and naming the opening reaction, and WeddingEditor's AI editing makes the teaser from your footage.
Pick the single funniest or most surprising reaction of the day. That one moment decides whether the teaser works.
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Last updated October 2026
How to brief a candid teaser
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Set up a Social Teaser project
Choose Social Teaser for the project, which then produces that one edit; a candid highlight of that wedding is a separate project. Upload the clips with the best reactions in them, including the roaming camera and any long lens footage of the guests.
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Name the reaction it opens on
In the preferences pick Natural & Documentary-style and Family & reactions, then describe the opening moment exactly: who, what they did, and roughly when. Add two or three more faces for the middle and one to end on. A brief like that is enough.
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Watch, download, decide
Processing typically takes 24 to 72 hours. Watch the teaser in your project, download the MP4 and post or send it whenever suits you; WeddingEditor never contacts the couple. If the wrong laugh opened it, say so by email; up to two revision rounds are included.
Opening and closing beats for a candid teaser
A candid teaser is mostly faces. These notes choose the first and last one.
Open on a laugh
"Open on the bride laughing so hard she has to sit down when the groomsman's trousers split."
Open on a double take
"First beat: her dad turning around at the first look and doing a double take."
Middle: quick faces
"Then three faces only: the grandmother, the best man, the flower girl."
No portraits
"Leave out the posed shots completely. Nothing where anyone is looking at the camera."
Close on a wink
"Close on the groom winking at the camera mid-dance. That is the one time looking at the lens is fine."
What a candid teaser needs
One standout reaction
The teaser stands or falls on its opening moment. It should be readable without context: a laugh, a shock, a tear that anyone would understand instantly.
Faces over places
Candid teasers rarely spend time on the venue or the details. Close and mid shots of people carry them, so the long lens and the roaming camera usually supply most of the material.
Real sound under the faces
Laughter, gasps and the room's noise can sit under the music and carry a candid teaser without any spoken line. The audio preference sets how much of that real sound comes through.
Widescreen, not vertical
The teaser is delivered as a 1080p widescreen MP4, and there is no vertical version, so crop it yourself if a platform needs one.
A project of its own
One project makes one edit, so the candid teaser and a candid highlight of the same wedding each need a purchase or a credit.
Beats of a candid teaser
| Beat | Purpose | How to brief it |
|---|---|---|
| Opening reaction | Hooks viewers with a moment anyone understands | Describe the person, the moment and when it happened |
| Who it belongs to | Shows that this is the couple's day | Ask for the couple right after the opening |
| Quick faces | Builds a sense of the people who were there | Name three or four guests |
| Room sound | Carries energy without speech | Ask for laughter and chatter to stay up under the music |
| Closing face | Leaves a smile on the last frame | Name the reaction to end on |
What is a candid Social Teaser?
A candid Social Teaser is the shorter WeddingEditor deliverable made from unposed reactions and real sound, opening on one standout moment and closing on another. It is the single edit of its project, made by AI editing from your footage and the faces you name.
Not a vertical reel and not a portrait montage. It is delivered in widescreen and built from moments people did not pose for.
Candid teaser questions
What makes a good opening for a candid teaser?
A reaction anyone understands without context: a burst of laughter, a stunned face, a child doing something unexpected. Describe it precisely in the preferences so the teaser opens on that exact moment.
Can a candid teaser include the couple's portraits?
It can, but the style usually leaves posed portraits out. If you want one, ask for a moment between poses when they were laughing rather than the posed frame itself.
Does a candid teaser need dialogue?
Not usually. Laughter and room noise often carry it. If a short overheard line is funny on its own, quote it in the speeches question.
Can I use a candid teaser to show the couple quickly after the wedding?
You can start the teaser project as soon as the footage is uploaded. Processing typically takes 24 to 72 hours, with no guaranteed turnaround, and you decide when to share it.
Do I have to answer all the preference questions for a teaser?
No. Every question is optional, and nothing is assumed for ones you skip. For a candid teaser, the moments question does most of the work.
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Open on the laugh nobody planned
Upload the footage, describe the reaction the teaser should start with, and AI editing builds it around real faces.
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