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title: "Micro Wedding Video Editing, Few Guests | WeddingEditor"
url: https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/micro-wedding/
last_updated: 2026-10-11
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# Micro wedding video editing for small guest lists and close speeches

A micro wedding is commonly described as a wedding of around 20 to 50 guests, often held in a restaurant's private room, a family home, a garden or a small inn, with the ceremony and the meal close together. The footage is quieter and closer than at a large wedding: almost every guest is someone the couple knows well, toasts are often given around one long table, and there may be no grand entrance or packed dance floor at all. With WeddingEditor you upload the day and name the people and the words that matter, and the AI editing gives the couple and the few people present most of the weight in a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes or a Social Teaser.

With a small guest list, the people are the story. The preference questions are where you say who they are.

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## How to get a micro wedding edited

1. **Upload the day, however small** A micro wedding may be a few hours in one or two rooms, often filmed by a single shooter. Upload all of it: the ceremony, the toasts at the table, the candid conversations, the walk outside for portraits. Leave the clips as they came off the card; there is no need to trim or label them.
2. **Say who everyone is** With twenty or thirty guests, the couple will notice who is missing from the film. In the people question, list the immediate family and close friends with what they wore and where they sat. In the moments question, name each toast you want kept and the line that matters in it.
3. **Pay or use a credit, then review** Buy One Wedding or use a plan credit and start processing. The edit typically arrives in your project 24 to 72 hours later. If a face or a toast is missing, up to two revision rounds by email are included.

## Preference notes videographers write for a micro wedding

On a small day, specific names and seats matter more than lists of set pieces.

- **Everyone at the table**: "Twenty-two guests at one table. Please make sure both sets of parents, the bride's brother (green tie, left end of the table) and her best friend Ana (red dress) are each seen at least once."
- **The toasts**: "Five people spoke from their seats. The couple care most about the groom's grandmother, who spoke last. Keep a clear part of hers; the others can be short."
- **The ceremony**: "Ceremony in the restaurant courtyard, officiated by the couple's friend Sam. Must include the ring exchange and the moment the groom's voice breaks during his vows."
- **The feel**: "Quiet and personal, more like a dinner with family than a party. Speech-led audio."
- **Small details**: "The handwritten place cards and the cake her aunt baked are part of the story."
- **Things to leave out**: "Leave out the restaurant staff clearing plates and the clip where the kitchen door is open."

## What micro wedding footage usually includes

- **A small, known guest list**: Most guests are close family and friends, so the couple will recognize every face. A film that leaves out a sibling or a grandparent is noticed in a way it rarely is at a large wedding.
- **Ceremony and meal close together**: Many micro weddings hold the ceremony and dinner in one venue, sometimes the same room, so the footage flows from vows to toasts without a long gap or a change of location.
- **Talk instead of a show**: Toasts are often informal and more people speak, sometimes from their seats. There may be no first dance or party, and the sound of the day is conversation, laughter and glasses.
- **Indoor, low and warm light**: Restaurant rooms and homes are often lit by candles, pendant lamps and windows, which means warm, uneven light and darker corners.
- **One shooter, one project**: Many micro weddings are filmed by one person. Upload every file into one project and choose one deliverable: a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes or a Social Teaser.
- **Voices first, music behind**: A day carried by toasts and conversation suits More speeches & voices: real wedding audio leads and music supports it.

## Parts of a micro wedding and what to note for each

| Part of the day | What to film or flag | A preference note for it |
|---|---|---|
| Arrival and greetings | Guests arriving in ones and twos, hugs, the couple greeting each person | "Show the couple greeting their grandparents." |
| Ceremony | Often short, with guests standing or seated close; the officiant may be a friend | "Must include the vows and the ring exchange." |
| Family photos | Small groups on steps or in a garden, often done quickly | "A few seconds of the full family group." |
| Dinner | One long table or a few round ones, candles, clinking glasses | "Keep the laughter when the cake came out." |
| Toasts | Several short speeches, sometimes from the seat, sometimes unplanned | "Keep the grandmother's toast; others can be brief." |
| After dinner | A walk outside, a dance in the restaurant, sparklers or simply goodbyes | "End on the couple walking out into the street." |

## What is a micro wedding video edit?

A micro wedding video edit cuts the footage of a small wedding, commonly around 20 to 50 guests, into a short film the couple can keep. With WeddingEditor it is a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes or a Social Teaser, made by AI editing from what you upload and shaped around the people and words you name.

Not the same as: A micro wedding is not an elopement. An elopement is usually just the couple and an officiant, with perhaps a witness or two; a micro wedding still has guests, toasts and a meal, only fewer of them.

## Micro wedding editing questions

### Is a small wedding enough footage for a Highlight Reel?

Usually, if you covered the ceremony, the toasts and some of the meal. If the day was very brief and you have little footage, a Social Teaser may suit it better; choose the deliverable when you create the project.

### Can WeddingEditor make sure every guest appears?

It works from your notes, so list the guests who must appear and how to recognize them. With twenty or more people, name the ones who matter most rather than relying on everyone being included.

### Several people gave toasts from their seats. How do I keep them clear?

Say in the audio question that speech should lead, and list the toasts in order of importance with the speaker's name and seat. The edit can only use the sound your camera or recorder captured, so a toast that was barely audible stays hard to hear.

### There was no first dance. Will the film feel flat?

Not if you say what the day's high points were. On a small day they are often a toast, the ring exchange, a laugh at the table or the walk outside, and you can put those in the must-include list.

### Can my second shooter's files from the ceremony go in the same project?

Yes. A team upload link lets someone on your team in WeddingEditor add their files, and every camera's footage goes into the same project to become one film.

### What does a micro wedding edit cost?

The same as any wedding: One Wedding is $119 one-time for one wedding, and a plan credit covers one wedding edit.

## More for micro weddings

- [Micro wedding highlight](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/micro-wedding/highlight/): The day's toasts and faces in about five minutes
- [Micro wedding teaser](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/micro-wedding/teaser/): A Social Teaser of a small wedding
- [Courthouse wedding video editing](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/courthouse/): Civil ceremonies with a few guests
- [Destination wedding video editing](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/destination/): Small weddings far from home
- [For elopement and micro wedding films](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/for/elopement-videographers/): How small-wedding videographers use WeddingEditor
- [All wedding types](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/wedding-types/)

## Small guest list, every face accounted for

Create your account, upload the day and write down who sat at the table.

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