Laura & Romain's wedding, from Pocé-les-Bois church to the Haras de la Chaîne

On 11 July 2026, Laura and Romain's wedding played out across two departments: a religious ceremony at Pocé-les-Bois church, in Ille-et-Vilaine, then the reception at the Domaine du Haras de la Chaîne, in Mayenne. Thirty kilometres separate the two, and it is exactly the kind of day where a videographer's work starts long before the first shot.

A ceremony at Pocé-les-Bois church

Pocé-les-Bois is a commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, a few minutes from Vitré. Its church stands above the village: a slender pale stone spire, visible from far off, and a nave with high vaults. For a film, a church poses two challenges at once that few couples imagine.

The first is light. A nave is dark, stained glass creates very bright points, and faces fall into backlight as soon as you shoot towards the chancel. No additional lighting is conceivable, you do not set up a lamp during a religious ceremony. Everything is settled while shooting, with fast lenses, and in the grade afterwards.

The second is sound. A church echoes: words exchanged at the altar become inaudible a few metres away. That is why the vows are captured up close, not from the back of the nave. Vows you cannot hear are vows that do not exist in the film.

The reception at the Domaine du Haras de la Chaîne

The party then moved to the Domaine du Haras de la Chaîne, in Saint-Pierre-des-Landes. The contrast is total, and that is what makes the film interesting: after the stone and the hush of the church, you move into the open light of a ten-hectare park, with tall trees and meadows where the stud farm's horses graze.

That change of setting structures the edit on its own. The film breathes, changes rhythm and palette, and the day tells itself without forcing the transitions.

Filming a wedding across two departments

A ceremony in Ille-et-Vilaine and a reception in Mayenne means a drive between the two, and a decision to make: follow the convoy or go ahead. Go ahead, almost always, to be set up when the couple arrive and not miss the welcome.

It is the kind of constraint that never shows in a successful film, and shows immediately in a failed one. It is settled in advance, by scouting both locations and agreeing the timings with the couple rather than improvising on the day.

Wedding videographer in Mayenne and Ille-et-Vilaine

Studio SB is based in Mayenne, on the Brittany border, and works regularly in Fougères, Vitré, Laval and Ernée. Wedding film packages start from €1,400, drone included when the venue and the weather allow.

Discover the wedding film packages, or another day told in detail: Laury & Matthieu at the Château de Changy.

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