How to make a wedding invitation video, step by step

Write down the couple's names, both families, every event with its date, time and venue, a map link for each venue, and who is inviting. Designing first and filling in details later is how mistakes get in.

Read every name with the person it belongs to. Check that each date matches its weekday, and that the muhurtham time is exactly as the purohit gave it. A wrong weekday is one of the most common mistakes on invitations.

Decide which languages your guests read. If you use Telugu, Tamil or Hindi script, use a proper font for that script and have someone who reads it check every line. Broken letters are easy to miss if you do not read the script yourself.

Plan the order: a blessing or opening line, the couple, the families, each event, and a closing line asking guests to attend. Fewer words on screen read better on a phone.

Film songs are protected by copyright and a video that uses one can be muted or blocked when posted on Instagram or YouTube. Royalty-free music libraries, or instrumental music you have rights to, avoid that.

Guests watch on their phones, often in a busy chat. Aim for 15 to 30 seconds (up to a minute if you have many events), and make sure the names and the main date are on screen long enough to read.

Use a vertical 9:16 frame, such as 1080 by 1920 pixels, so it fills the phone screen on WhatsApp and Instagram. Make a matching still image for guests who prefer a card.

Send it to yourself and one relative first. Check that it plays, that the text is readable on a small screen and that nothing is cut off. Then send it to everyone.

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