About Christopher Hopkins — Hopkins Creative Studio

Hopkins Creative Studio · Washington, DC · worldwide

I'm Chris. I make wedding films, and I make them myself.

I am not a studio with a rotating roster. I am your filmmaker, with a second cinematographer beside me when the day needs one, and Super 8 in the bag for every collection.

I have been doing this since 2017. Video has always captivated me. Before weddings, I filmed friends, road trips, and my family doing everything and nothing in particular. The footage I kept coming back to was rarely the obvious moment. It was the breath before it, the glance across the room, someone laughing when they thought nobody was looking. That is still what I am after.

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Calm,
prepared,
present

By the time I arrive, I have already spoken with your planner and photographer, looked through the timeline, and learned what matters to you. I do not run the day or ask you to perform for the camera. I stay observant, give simple direction when it is useful, and leave room for the day to happen.

If you are camera-shy, you are in good company. Most couples are. Once the day gets moving, most forget the cameras are there, and that is when the best moments tend to show up.

Why Super 8

I shoot real Super 8 at every wedding and send it to a lab to be processed and scanned. Every collection includes it; the amount of film expands with the scope of the day. It takes more time, and that is part of why I keep using it. It brings a texture that digital cannot copy: imperfect, physical, and familiar in a way that feels like memory.

I use it for the parts of the day you will want to feel again: the room during a toast, a grandmother on the dance floor, the two of you with a minute alone at the end of the night.

After you bookWhat happens between now and the day

Your teamI introduce myself to your planner and photographer early, so we are working from the same plan before the wedding day arrives.
Your questionnaireAbout two months out, I send a questionnaire to learn the people, moments, and details that matter most to you.
A final conversationIf it would be helpful, we can meet before the wedding to walk through the day together.
Your vendor teamWhen appropriate, I share frames and short pieces with your creative team so they have work they are proud to share too.

If this sounds like the way you want your day remembered, tell me about it.

I take on a limited number of weddings each year.

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