A Haitian wedding highlight that keeps the cortege and the kompa
About 5 minutes is enough for a Haitian wedding if the right beats survive: the walk down the aisle, the vows in Creole or French, the bridal party dancing in as a cortege, a line or two from the best toast, and the couple on the floor while the kompa band plays. You upload the day's footage, name those beats and the people in them, and WeddingEditor's AI editing builds a Highlight Reel around them.
The highlight keeps the sound your cameras recorded, from the choir to the band. Nothing is added on top.
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Last updated October 2026
How to brief a Haitian wedding highlight
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Create a Highlight Reel project and upload
Choose Highlight Reel when you create the project, then add the church footage and the reception footage from every shooter. Leave the clips as they came off the cards. A teammate signed in to your WeddingEditor team can add their files through a team upload link that WeddingEditor sets up.
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Rank the beats in your answers
A big Haitian wedding produces far more strong material than one highlight can hold, so the preference questions are where you choose. Pick the feel of the film and the balance of speech and music, then in the moments field list the cortege, the vows, the toast you want quoted and the first dance in the order they happened. Name who should be easy to find.
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Watch, download, send notes
Pay or use a credit and start processing; it typically takes 24 to 72 hours, without a promised date, before the reel reaches your project. Watch it in the app and download the 1080p widescreen MP4. If a beat is missing, email notes from the link in the app; up to two revision rounds come with the edit.
Moments to list for a Haitian wedding highlight
These are the beats videographers most often ask for. Keep the ones you filmed well and say which matter most.
The father's walk
"Bride and her father at the church doors, then the walk down the aisle. Keep his face when he lifts the veil, it is the shot the family will ask about."
Vows in the couple's language
"Vows were in Creole. Keep at least one full sentence from each of them so the language is heard, then the rings and the kiss."
The cortege, cut down
"Ten pairs danced in. For the highlight we only need the first pair's pose, the big turn in the middle and the couple's arrival, not every pair."
One toast line
"Maid of honor, English, the line about the first date in Brooklyn gets a laugh. Use that and nothing else from the toasts."
Kompa on the floor
"Close dancing to the live band after the first dance. Feature the grandparents dancing together, she wore a silver dress."
The send-off
"End on the couple leaving the hall through the bridal party's arch, if the light holds. Otherwise end on the last slow dance."
What a good Haitian wedding highlight balances
Families, churches and cities differ, so treat these as starting points rather than a formula.
Two halves with different energy
The church half is often formal and quiet, with hymns, readings and vows, and the reception half is loud, with an MC, a cortege and dancing. A highlight that gives each half room feels truer than one that rushes the ceremony to reach the party.
Language is part of the story
Hearing a vow or a toast in Haitian Creole or French, rather than only seeing it, tells the couple's families that the film is theirs. Name the lines you want kept and roughly when they were said.
The cortege is long
A rehearsed cortege with many pairs can run well past what a highlight can hold. Decide whether to show it as a few beats or let one pair carry it, and say so in the brief.
Kompa and music on the floor
A live kompa band or DJ set in your footage can carry the reception scenes, with music from the edit around it. Your audio preference sets how much of the floor is real sound and how much is music-led.
One reel per project
This project returns one Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes. If the couple also wants a Social Teaser, that is a second project with its own purchase or plan credit.
Haitian highlight moments and how to brief them
| Moment | Why it matters | How to brief it |
|---|---|---|
| Processional | Parents and godparents walking in show who stands with the couple | "Keep the godparents' entrance, she wears blue." |
| Vows and rings | The heart of the church half, often in Creole or French | "One full vow line each, audible." |
| Recessional with the choir | A natural bridge from church to party | "Use the choir under the exit." |
| Cortege | The reception's big entrance, often rehearsed for weeks | "Three beats only: start, turn, couple." |
| Toast | One line gives the film a voice | "Best man, Creole, the joke about the car." |
| First dance and kompa | The emotional peak and the release | "First dance, then the floor filling up." |
What is a Haitian wedding Highlight Reel?
A Haitian wedding Highlight Reel is a film of about 5 minutes that draws the strongest moments of a Haitian or Haitian diaspora wedding, usually from the church and the reception, into one piece. WeddingEditor's AI editing makes one per project from the footage you upload, shaped by the moments and people you name.
It is not the full film of the day. A complete ceremony or reception film is something you cut and deliver yourself; the highlight is the short version the couple shares.
Haitian wedding highlight questions
How much of the cortege fits in a Haitian highlight?
Usually a few beats rather than the whole routine. Say which pairs or moves matter, or ask for the opening, one highlight move and the couple's arrival, and the cortege is cut to fit around the rest of the day.
Can the highlight mix Creole, French and English speech?
Yes. Real speech can be heard in whatever language was spoken. Point to the specific lines by speaker and topic, since the edit cannot know which toast the family loved.
Should the highlight include Mass or the full service?
No, a highlight carries moments, not the service. List the processional, the vows, the rings and the exit, and note any part where filming was limited by the priest or pastor; the reel works with what was captured.
Can the kompa band be heard under the dance scenes?
If your cameras captured it, yes. Choose More speeches & voices or a balanced setting in the audio question and say that the band's sound should carry the floor, with music in support.
What if the highlight misses the grandparents?
Email that note from the link in the app. Up to two revision rounds are included on the same reel. Describing the grandparents clearly in the first brief makes a revision less likely.
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