Jade & Dan — 2022

Heather & Gypsum Wedding FilmsEssex · London · Across the UK

The biggest moments tell you what happened. The smallest moments tell you how it felt.

Story-led wedding films shaped around the people, voices and fleeting details that made the day yours.

10+Years behind a camera

5Years freelance filmmaking

Not simply a record of the day. A way back into it.

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Story-led

Built around the story of your day, not just the schedule.

Editorial eye

Portraits treated more like film than footage.

Personally known

We talk long before the day arrives — you’ll already know my face.

Present, not staged

Gentle direction when it helps. Quiet when real life takes over.

The problem with “coverage”

A wedding is too full to see all at once.

While you’re living one moment, dozens of others are happening around you. These aren’t interruptions to the story. They are the story.

An unseen reaction

A small gesture

Anticipation, before

Philosophy

What happened matters. How it felt matters more.

The big moments give a wedding its structure — the vows, the first dance, the speeches. They’re why everyone gathered in the first place, and they matter.

But the feeling of the day rarely lives in the big moments alone. It lives in the glance before you walk in, the voice that wavers mid-speech, the hand that finds another without thinking. Those details don’t announce themselves — you have to be close enough, and patient enough, to catch them.

A film that only records the schedule gives you what happened. A film that also finds the small things gives you back how it felt.

Featured film

Jade & Dan, Essex.

Essex · 2022

A day built around presence, not volume.

Every Heather & Gypsum film is built the same way: around presence, patience and the moments that don’t announce themselves. Jade & Dan’s day was no different — the camera stayed close to the people who mattered most, and let the reactions run long enough to mean something.

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Seb was amazing from start to finish — both me, my husband & our guests felt super comfortable around him and the video was perfect. We couldn’t have asked for more. Nothing but compliments from all who have seen it. Truly more than we ever hoped for.

Jade & Dan

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Jen & MaxAugust 2026 · Highden Estate

A reaction from the industry

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If you’re looking for a talented filmmaker who loves what he does, Seb is your guy. Real passion behind the camera and great fun to have around. Definitely recommended for weddings and events.

Brad — Nook Photography

Approach

Present when direction helps. Quiet when real life takes over.

My work is rooted in real moments, but I’m not a purely fly-on-the-wall observer. I look for the story before I look for coverage — the anticipation before the dress goes on, the quiet minutes before the ceremony, the way you two are together once the room empties out. Not every moment deserves equal weight, so I don’t try to capture all of them equally.

Portraits get treated more like an editorial film than a traditional wedding video — I’m looking for natural movement, the expression between poses, a touch, a piece of light, rather than just a pose held for the camera.

That means I’m not always invisible. Sometimes it’s stepping back and waiting. Sometimes it’s a gentle direction, or asking you to walk again because the moment deserves it. I don’t simply document your wedding — I shape real moments into a film that feels as beautiful as it was to live through.

Coverage

Let’s find out what your day needs.

This isn’t a booking form — it’s a short, honest guide. A few questions to help you understand what your day needs, before you ever have to decide anything.

No obligation, no prices yet

Ready when you are.

Nothing gets sent anywhere until you choose to send it — this is just for you.

Here’s what I’d suggest

No prices here on purpose — everything’s confirmed once I know your date and venue.

Mostly want content for socials rather than a traditional highlights film? I also offer dedicated Content Creator coverage — get in touch to talk specifics.

Seb Marshall, wedding filmmaker based in Essex

Placeholder — Seb at work, behind the scenes

About

I find what’s already there, and I bring it forward.

I’m Seb — a filmmaker based in Essex. Before I ever pick up a camera, I get to know you. Not your shot list — you. Because the best films come from understanding what a day actually means to the people living it.

Most filmmakers show you what happened. I want you to feel like it’s happening again — finding the moments that don’t announce themselves, and giving them the time they deserve.

Seb Marshall

How I work

We talk. I prepare. You get married. The film takes shape.

Most couples I film, I already know before I arrive. We talk before anything else — about what your day means, who you are together, what you’re nervous about and what you can’t wait for. Not a brief. A conversation. By the time I turn up, you’ll already know my face.

The conversation we had before the wedding shapes everything — how I approach the day, what I look for, what the edit prioritises. Kit is checked, timings mapped, and I turn up already knowing what matters to you.

I’m not there to document everything — I’m looking for the quiet moments. I move quietly, don’t interrupt, and by the afternoon most couples have genuinely forgotten I’m holding a camera.

Your teaser is usually with you within the first week. The highlights film and reel collection follow within 4–6 weeks — delivered as a private link to download in full quality, yours to keep forever.

Book your date

Let’s see if your day is available.

I take on a limited number of weddings each year so every couple gets my full attention. A short enquiry takes two minutes — I’ll come back to you within 24 hours.

heatherandgypsum@gmail.com

@heather_and_gypsum Based in Essex · Available across London and the UK