Louis-Nicolas Chosseler

Louis-Nicolas Chosseler is a French wedding videographer who works under the site name Film de Mariage and describes his offer as high-end wedding films in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Italy. The page linked here is his tag page for Lausanne, which presents him as a wedding videographer in Switzerland, in Lausanne on Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud, offering tailored, authentic and cinematic films. He writes that he travels all over France and abroad, and that he has filmed weddings in every corner of France and in Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. The site is available in French and English.

A 2018 newspaper article reproduced on his site, from L'Ardennais and L'Union, describes him as living in the Ardennes, having studied directing and production in Paris for three years, and having started wedding films about five years earlier, almost by chance.

His Approach

He calls himself a «vidéaste storyteller», which he defines as giving meaning to images to tell unique stories, and he says his first source of inspiration is the couple. He makes authentic memories, he writes, in the image of each wedding: he listens and observes, and records smiles and glances, the intensity of each atmosphere and the force of each emotion. Small details matter as much as grand settings, and skill and creativity come together to tell the couple's story in an artistic, cinematic way.

In the 2018 article he adds that he is very demanding, tries to give his films a cinematic, artistic style using the codes of cinema, and tells a story with sound and image. He says he prefers quality to quantity and sometimes turns work down.

A Swiss Wedding on the Page

The Lausanne page features one Swiss wedding: Élodie and Christophe, nature lovers who married in Switzerland in a ceremony at the foot of a huge forest, with their families, to a little Irish tune. He describes the day as folk in atmosphere and full of party spirit. The photographer credited is Carole Stuessi. The 2018 article also mentions a wedding he was looking forward to filming entirely outdoors in a forest in Switzerland.

His other wedding stories show the international spread of his work: Tara and Jeremy, Americans from New Jersey living in Luxembourg, married at the Château du bois d'Arlon in Belgium; Kelsey and Josh, an American couple, eloped in Annecy with a ceremony on the balcony of their suite and a boat trip on the lake; Yaëlle and Daniel, who live in Bristol, married at the Abbaye de Neumunster in Luxembourg; and Nathalie and Jean-François, Paris travel bloggers, married in Provence at the Domaine de Sarson. Kelsey and Josh wrote in English that they watched their videos immediately, with many tears and giggles, and that the result was perfect in every way.

The stories come with comments from the couples. Aurélie and Jérémy, whose day at the Château de Couturelle he describes as in two parts, a calm morning and an emotional ceremony followed by a lively evening, thank the two people who filmed it for their good humor and calm. Cindy and Nicolas, who married aboard a floating hotel on the Seine a week before moving to New York, praise the drone shots, the choice of music and the way he understood from the first meeting what they wanted. He also runs a workshop for wedding videographers, listed on the site under training.

Equipment

He has written a detailed article on his kit. His two main cameras are Panasonic Lumix S full-frame mirrorless bodies (an S1 and an S1H), which he says film in Full HD, 4K and 6K at 25, 50 and 150 frames per second in PAL, in V-Log and with internal 10-bit 4.2.2 recording. He keeps an older APS-C body with a Sigma Art 18-35mm as a backup. His lenses are three Sigma Art primes: a 20mm F1.4, a 35mm F1.4, which he says he could film a whole wedding with, and a 135mm F1.8, which he likes for its cinematic look and bokeh.

He films in natural light as much as possible. He dislikes flat lighting and prefers sunlight through a window, a bedside lamp or the color of stained glass, using one small Aputure LED panel only as a last resort. He uses no gimbal, slider or steadicam, filming handheld or on a light carbon monopod to stay quick and free to move. For sound he fits small stereo microphones to his cameras, uses Zoom recorders for speeches and ceremonies, and clips a wireless Instamic to clothing; he writes that sound is essential to his storytelling. Aerial shots come from a DJI Mavic Pro, and he hands drone work to a partner pilot when more is needed. The whole setup is built to fit in one bag.

Delivery

One couple's review describes an elegant box with a USB key inside and both a teaser and a film. In the 2018 article he said that editing and post-production take two to four weeks of work after a wedding day or weekend. His equipment article mentions a monopod for his second camera operator, so some weddings are filmed by two people.

What the Site Does Not Settle

The tag pages publish no prices or packages. They do not state current delivery times, what a booking includes, or how travel to Switzerland is charged, and they name only one Swiss wedding. The site's English version exists, but the tag pages do not say how he works with English-speaking couples on the day; the English review from Kelsey and Josh shows he has worked with them. Couples should ask about all this when they get in touch through the contact page.

Who This Suits

Louis-Nicolas Chosseler suits couples marrying in French-speaking Switzerland, particularly outdoors or in natural settings, who want a cinematic film shot in natural light with strong attention to sound, and who are happy to bring in a filmmaker from France. His record with international couples makes him a reasonable choice for destination weddings. Couples who want published prices or a Swiss-based videographer should ask the practical questions early, starting with availability, since the 2018 article notes that his calendar for the following year was already almost full before the season had begun.