Story Of Your Day

Story Of Your Day is run by Emma Wilson, who spent more than two decades at the BBC as a newsreader, reporter and one of its pioneer video journalists, filming, reporting and editing her own stories. She filmed her first wedding while still at the BBC, built the company alongside her news work and eventually left to run it full time. She now lives in Wengen, the car-free village in the Jungfrau Region, and is a Canon Educator.

Her approach comes straight from news. Nothing is staged and couples are not directed; she watches, listens and lets the day run, then builds the film from what actually happened. She calls it wedding videojournalism and is plain about what she avoids: the over-directed, slow-motion, perfume-advert style of wedding film. Sound matters as much as pictures, with personal microphones for vows and speeches and a recorder on the DJ or venue system. She does not use gimbals, and flies a drone only where it is permitted.

“We don’t follow trends. We don’t stage moments. We create films grounded in authenticity, designed to move you now and for years to come.”

Emma Wilson, founder and creative director

Emma directs, films and edits every film herself and limits her calendar to around 12 to 15 weddings a year, with a few elopements and proposals in between. Every commission includes an assistant, and for larger or multi-day weddings a small team films alongside her; the About page introduces associate videographers Matt, Nicole and Ronan, Jack on behind-the-scenes and ski filming, and photographer Suzanne. Photography can be booked through the company too, from photographers who shoot for Story Of Your Day.

Recent films include Megan and Dylan at the Blue Lounge and Cervo Resort in Zermatt, Natalie and William at Hotel Falken in Wengen, Sreyan and Julie at the Lenkerhof in Lenk, a wedding at Villa Emden on Isola di Brissago and two in California, at Santa Barbara and Hummingbird Nest Ranch. She also films a good deal of adventure work: ski weddings, glacier elopements reached by helicopter and proposals above the Lauterbrunnen Valley. The site states plainly that the company is LGBTQ+ inclusive, and same-sex weddings and elopements run through the portfolio.

Couples receive a short trailer first on a personal web page, then the full films in a private online gallery, where they can be downloaded for a year. Editing takes 16 to 24 weeks, longer after peak season, and a one-minute sneak peek can usually be delivered within a week. The full ceremony and speeches can be added as multi-camera films, and the raw footage can be bought after the edit.