A cinematic wedding teaser that opens on scale and stops on suspense
A cinematic Social Teaser works like a film trailer for the wedding. It opens on the biggest image you captured, a valley, a cathedral nave, the venue lit at night, then introduces the couple through one or two charged moments and cuts away before anything resolves. It does not try to cover the day. You ask for it in the preference questions by choosing Emotional & Cinematic and naming the opening image and the line or moment that should hang at the end, and WeddingEditor's AI editing makes it from your footage in widescreen.
A trailer withholds. Leave the vows in full, the speeches and the dance floor for the highlight or the longer film you deliver yourself.
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Last updated October 2026
How to brief a cinematic teaser
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Start a Social Teaser project
Choose Social Teaser when you create the project; it will be that project's only edit. If the couple also needs a cinematic highlight, open a second project for it with its own purchase or credit. Upload the strongest wide footage and the ceremony at least, or the full day if you would rather the edit could draw on everything.
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Name the image that opens it
In the preferences choose Emotional & Cinematic, then write down the one wide shot that should open the teaser and the moment it should stop on. Add a line of speech if you have one short enough to work as a trailer line, and say what must not be shown yet.
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Watch and post it on your schedule
After processing, which typically takes 24 to 72 hours, watch the teaser in your project and download the 1080p MP4. WeddingEditor sends nothing to your couple, so you decide when the teaser goes out. Up to two revision rounds by email cover an opening image you want swapped.
Opening and closing beats for a cinematic teaser
The first and last image do most of the work in a cinematic teaser. Notes like these fix both and keep the middle short.
Open on the place
"First image: the cathedral nave from the balcony, empty, before guests arrive. No faces for the first beat."
Open on movement
"Open on the gimbal shot following the car up the cypress drive."
A trailer line
"Use one line only: the officiant saying 'they almost didn't make it here'. Nothing else spoken."
Withhold the kiss
"Do not show the kiss or the exit. Cut away on the rings."
Close on suspense
"Last image is her hand on the door handle before the reveal. Stop there."
What a cinematic teaser needs
One image with real scale
The opening carries the whole teaser, so it needs a wide that only this wedding has: the landscape, the architecture, the venue at blue hour. If every shot is mid-range, ask for the teaser to open on sound or on a striking close detail instead.
Restraint in the middle
Trailers show fragments, not sequences. A cinematic teaser usually uses a handful of moments and lets none of them finish, which keeps the viewer wanting the highlight.
An unresolved ending
Stopping before the kiss, the reveal or the exit is what makes it feel like a trailer rather than a summary. Say exactly where to stop.
Widescreen delivery
The teaser comes as a 1080p widescreen MP4, with music and real sound balanced by your audio preference. There is no vertical version; any crop for a phone-first platform happens in your own editor.
One project, one edit
A Social Teaser is the only edit of its project, so a teaser and a highlight of the same wedding are two projects.
Beats of a cinematic teaser
| Beat | Purpose | How to brief it |
|---|---|---|
| Wide opener | Announces the scale of the day | Name the clip; ask for no faces yet |
| The couple appears | Puts people into the place | Pick one image of each of them, apart |
| Trailer line | Adds stakes or curiosity | Quote a single short line, or ask for none |
| Fragments | Hints at the day without telling it | List two or three moments to glimpse, not play |
| Cut before resolution | Leaves the story for the highlight | Say the exact moment where it should stop |
What is a cinematic Social Teaser?
A cinematic Social Teaser is the shorter WeddingEditor deliverable, cut like a trailer: a wide opening, a few charged fragments and an ending that withholds. It is the single edit of its project, made by AI editing from your footage and the beats you name.
Not a vertical reel and not a recap. It is delivered in widescreen, and it hints at the day rather than summarising it.
Cinematic teaser questions
What should a cinematic teaser open on?
The widest, most specific image you have of the place: an aerial over the venue, the empty church, the coastline. Name the clip in the preferences so nobody has to guess which wide you prefer.
Should the teaser include dialogue?
At most one short line, and only if it adds curiosity rather than explaining the day. Many cinematic teasers use none and let the music and the room do the work.
Will the teaser look consistent across cameras?
Yes. WeddingEditor works toward one consistent finished look, so a drone wide, a gimbal shot and a long lens close feel like the same film. Any signature look of your own can still be added in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro.
Can I post the teaser before the highlight is ready?
Yes. They are separate projects, so you can start the teaser first. Processing typically takes 24 to 72 hours with no guaranteed turnaround, so leave margin before any date you promised the couple.
Does the teaser use the band or quartet audio?
It can. Real wedding audio and music are used together; choose Mostly music-led for a trailer feel, or Balanced speech & music if the quartet or one spoken line should come through.
Other wedding video styles
Open on the biggest image you filmed
Upload the footage, name the opening wide and the point to stop, and AI editing cuts the teaser like a trailer.
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