Aigal Wedding

Aigal Wedding is the wedding brand of Aigal Studio, a wedding film and photography business based in Geneva that films across French-speaking Switzerland and further afield. Its wedding film page is headed "Vidéaste de mariage à Lausanne depuis 2017", wedding videographer in Lausanne since 2017, and the footer says the studio is based in Geneva and travels across Switzerland, France and Europe for weddings. The site offers wedding films, wedding photography and a combined photographer and filmmaker package, and it has an English version alongside the French one, so a couple from abroad can read the packages and prices without translating. The navigation also includes a team page, a corporate section for business clients and a list of wedding suppliers the studio says it works with regularly.

The approach

The film page describes a refined cinematic approach and an artistic eye, and says its videos are not simple edits but moving stories meant to tell a couple's love story with timeless elegance. The French original: "Nos vidéos ne sont pas de simples montages, mais des récits émouvants". It is marketing copy, but the portfolio on the same page shows how it translates into deliverables: short teasers, longer highlight films and elopement films.

The portfolio is organized into 3 formats:

• Teasers, described as a captivating 3 minute edit. The examples run from 2:39 to 4:13.
• Highlights, described as a 5 minute film with the highlights and emotional moments in more detail. The examples run from 4:07 to 5:34.
• Elopements, with one example of 5:06.

Weddings it has filmed in Switzerland

The film page lists the weddings behind each video, which shows where the studio works. In Switzerland:

• Rhiana and Valerio at Schlössli Utenberg in Lucerne.
• Jasmina and Bernardo at the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes in Vevey.
• Chezca and Patrick, a winter wedding at Wasserngrat in Gstaad.
• Eugénie and Jacques-Edouard at the Hôtel Crans Ambassador in Crans-Montana.
• Ellen and Mickael at Domaine de Collex.
• Alessia and Matheo at the Golf de Bonmont near Nyon, in the canton of Vaud.
• India and Tim, an elopement in Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern.

Across the border it lists Sara and Yan, a couple from Geneva, at Château de Faverges; Lacy and Zack in Chamonix; Aidan and Maxwell, an American couple, at Ferme de Gy by Lake Annecy with a photo session at La Forclaz; and the studio's favorite, Sarah and Benedikt, originally from Germany, at Château de la Fretoy in Burgundy. The photo page adds a long list of recent weddings, most of them around Geneva, Lausanne and Vevey. For couples coming from abroad, the spread from Lucerne to Gstaad and Lauterbrunnen answers the travel question well.

Film packages and prices

The film page publishes 2 packages, both with VAT at 8.1% included:

• Gold, 8 hours: CHF 2000. Video coverage with 8 hours of presence, a 10 minute 4K film, a wooden USB drive with the videos, and as a bonus the full ceremony and speeches on the drive.
• Platinum, 10 hours: CHF 3200. Coverage from getting ready to the end of the evening, a 2 minute 4K teaser, a 13 to 15 minute 4K film, the wooden USB drive, and the same ceremony and speeches bonus.

Options are an extra filmmaker and an additional hour of coverage. The film page does not give prices for these options, and the price of the combined photo and video package is on a separate prices page rather than on the film page.

Photography

The Nyon photography page (in French) gives the photo prices, also with VAT included:

• Forfait 2h "Civil": CHF 500 for a 2 hour weekday shoot, which the page says suits the ceremony, couple photos and the cocktail. It includes 300 or more edited photos in a password-protected online gallery and a video call to plan.
• Forfait 10h "Platine": CHF 2000 for full coverage from preparations to the end of the evening, with 800 or more edited photos, the online gallery, a wooden USB drive, a call to get to know each other and video calls to prepare.
• Additional hour: CHF 200.

Photo options include a second photographer and a wedding photo book.

How booking works

The photography page sets out the process in 6 steps. A couple fills in the inquiry form to check the date, then discusses the day by email, phone or over a coffee and receives a personal quote. If the quote suits, the date is reserved against a first deposit of 30% of the quote. The studio then helps plan the day's schedule, with a follow-up call before the wedding. For photos, a preview arrives in an online gallery a few days after the wedding, and the full set a month after. The film page does not state its own delivery time.

The planning calls and video calls in the packages make the process workable at a distance. The site is published in French and English, and the reply from Sara and Yan is marked as translated from French. It does not list the team's working languages explicitly, so a couple who needs English should say so in the first message.

What couples say

The film page quotes reactions. Sara and Yan wrote: "we watched the video five times in a row, just to give you an idea… Congratulations on your work, it's even better than we hoped!" Sarah, from the favorite wedding in Burgundy, wrote to Emeric that the film was perfect.

What the site leaves open

The film page does not give turnaround times for the edited film, the price of an extra filmmaker or extra hour of video, travel costs for weddings far from Geneva, or cancellation terms. Those are the questions for the first exchange.

Who it suits

Aigal Wedding suits couples marrying in French-speaking Switzerland or the Alps who want a short cinematic film with published prices, and who may want photo and video from one studio. The Gold package at CHF 2000 is a clear starting point for budgeting from abroad.

It suits less well a couple who needs full multi-camera documentation of every part of the day as standard; that would mean adding the extra filmmaker and asking for a quote.