Your love story, animated

The animated save-the-date your guests will actually rewatch.

Everyone tells the tidy version. The real one is better: the app you almost deleted, the night you nearly stayed home. We animate that one. Not to go with your save-the-date. To be it.

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Made from your own photos. Ready in ~10 days.
Charlie & RosieThe laundromat epic

The transformation

One photo in.
A whole love story out.

An animated save-the-date is a short custom film, ~30 to ~90 seconds, that tells the true story of how a couple met. You send one photo and the story behind it. This is what your wedding guests get back.

Hannah & Raj The neighbor she couldn't stand

Jess & Aaron The dating app they almost deleted

Eleanor & George The Tuesday-night dance class that started everything

Brooke & Cam The night she almost stayed home

Clara & Wes The secondhand book they wrote to each other in

Nora & Eli Two docks apart, and every paper crane

Priya & Marco The fork in the trail they kept meeting at

Emma & Sean The seat the alphabet assigned them

Every film is built from one real photo and the true story behind it. Tap any card to watch.

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Free

Wondering if it would look like you?

Send one photo and we'll design the two of you as characters in this style, free, whether or not you ever book a film.

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The difference

Nobody has ever
rewatched a postcard.

The save-the-date card has not had a new idea in decades. Cardstock, a swirly font, a sprig of eucalyptus, a stamp and a trip to the post office. It gets opened standing over the bin, glanced at once, and forgotten before the envelope hits the counter.

Every other save-the-date
A yellowed paper save-the-date, creased and gathering cobwebs in a forgotten corner
They've seen plenty of these. Junk drawer by Tuesday. Trash by next week.
Yours
Charlie & Rosie 0:59
Smiled at the first line. Laughed by the third. Played it again before saying a word.

Unmistakably yours

Built around the true, specific way you met. Never a fill-in-the-blank template.

Looks like a real movie

Warm, cinematic 3D animation with the glow of a beloved animated film.

Made to be watched

Sent by text, opened on a phone, played again for whoever walks into the room.

A keepsake forever

Play it at the wedding, the anniversary, the someday. It never yellows in a drawer.

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How it's made

~10 days. Five stages.
One film that couldn't be about anyone else.

Nothing here is a template with your names dropped in.

  1. 01

    You tell us how you met

    The true version, not the polished one. Plus a few photos.

  2. 02

    We write your script

    Beat by beat, every line timed to the second.

  3. 03

    We build the two of you

    Your characters designed from your real photos, then locked so your face never drifts.

  4. 04

    We animate it

    One shot at a time, regenerated until each one lands.

  5. 05

    We score it and send it

    Music, narration, your hand-designed end card. You watch it and tell us what to change.

Every film is made by hand, one couple at a time, by people who watch every shot before you do.

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Pricing

Pick the length of your love story

Most couples choose The Full Story. Every line item is something we sell on its own, so you can see exactly what a package saves you.

What premium paper costs Printed save-the-dates, 100 guests
  • Letterpress, $6 to $15 a card$600 to $1,500
  • Foil pressedup to $2,600
  • Postage and envelopeson every card
  • Invite 200 instead of 100double it
What your film costs The Full Story
$547
  • Cost per guest at 100$5.47
  • Postagenone
  • Invite 200 instead of 100still $547
  • Watched more than onceevery time

Letterpress and foil figures from ThePerfectWedding and Bliss & Bone. Paper costs rise with every guest. A film does not, and it is the only thing in your stationery budget anybody watches twice.

The Short & Sweet

Just the film, beautifully done.

$347 / one film
  • ~30 second animated film
  • Narrated and scored
  • Built from your real story and photos
  • 1 round of revisions*
  • Your choice of vertical or widescreen
Most loved

The Full Story

Everything most couples need.

$547 / one film

Builds on The Short & Sweet

~30 → ~60 second animated film$547
AI photo shoot, 5 portraits$97
The Social Cut$95
Printable QR card$77
1 → 2 rounds of revisions*$97

Separately $913. Together $547.

The Premiere

Craft a true masterpiece with more laughs, more charm and more romance.

$747 / one film

Builds on The Full Story

~60 → ~90 second multi-scene film$747
AI photo shoot, 5 → 10 portraits$197
Your love story as a song$397
The Social Cut$95
Printable QR card$77
2 → 3 revisions, plus priority delivery*$247

Separately $1,760. Together $747.

The Venue Reel

The moment the room goes quiet

Three to five minutes of the two of you, animated at full length, playing on every screen at your reception. Your grandmother will cry. Your friends will film it on their phones. Somebody will ask who made it before the song is over. Add it to any package.

We build these to order and don't publish other couples' reception films, so ask and we'll walk you through exactly what yours would contain.

+$1,295
Ask about it

Add anything on its own

Your love story as a song $397 AI photo shoot, 5 portraits $97 AI photo shoot, 10 portraits $197 The Social Cut $95 Second format, vertical or widescreen $247 Printable QR card $77 Anniversary re-cut $125 Extra revision round $55 Priority delivery $95 The Venue Reel, 3 to 5 minutes $1,295

Your love story as a song: we write and record an original song about how you met, then animate the film to it. The Social Cut: the same film with the date and location removed, so you can post it publicly without sharing your wedding details.

Not sure which fits? Ask us and we'll recommend one. Custom quotes always welcome.

The promise*

Every film is made to order, so here is exactly what you're buying.

What you get
The film described in your package, built from the story and photos you send, delivered in the format you choose: 16:9 for email and your wedding website, or 9:16 for texting and Instagram.
If it isn't right, we fix it
We are committed to exceeding your expectations. Your package includes revision rounds: tell us specifically what's wrong and we'll change it. If those rounds run out and you can show us the film doesn't match what we agreed, you get one more round at no extra cost. Past that we'd rather refund you than keep circling.
And if we still miss, you get your money back
You see your film before we call it finished. If it isn't right we revise it. If it still isn't right after that, ask and we'll refund you in full and keep the film unpublished. We would rather give the money back than have something out in the world with our name on it that you don't love.
Before we start
Change your mind any time before we begin scripting and you're refunded in full, no questions.
After you approve it
Once you've told us the final film is right, the job is complete and refunds close at that point. Everything before that moment is covered above.
Timing
~10 days from the moment we have your story and your photos. If those arrive later, the delivery date moves with them.
Likeness
Your characters are animated interpretations built from your photos. They're designed to look like you, not to be photographic copies of you.
The film is yours
Share it wherever you like, for as long as you like. We may show it on this page as an example unless you'd rather we didn't. Just say so.
Questions first
Anything here you want in writing before you book, email hello@savethedate.video and we'll put it in writing.
One last thing
We reserve the right to refund and refuse service to anyone, for any reason.

Ready when you are

Pick your film and we'll start today

Checkout takes a minute. You send your story and photos on the very next page.

The Short & Sweet

~30 seconds

$347

The Full Story

~60 seconds

$547

The Premiere

~90 seconds

$747

Don't love your first cut? We revise it. Still don't? Full refund.
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+1 619 335 3335
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Questions couples ask

Most films are ready in ~10 days from the moment we have your story and photos. Need it sooner? Priority delivery is a $95 add-on.

Yes. We build each character from your real engagement photos, so the animated you actually resembles you, same hair, same warmth, same little details. Want to see it before you spend anything? Send us one photo and we'll animate the two of you, free.

Just the true story of how you met (even the awkward version, especially that one), a few favorite photos, and your names, date, and city. You send all of it on the page right after checkout, and we get started the same day.

Both things are true, and we're glad you asked. AI tools. Human hands. One couple at a time. Call it artisan AI: we use AI animation the way a photographer uses a camera, and then every shot gets directed, watched, thrown out and made again by a person. Your characters are designed by hand from your photos and locked so your face doesn't drift halfway through your own film. Nothing here is a prompt typed once and shipped.

Take a look at the gallery. If you like what you see there, you'll like the custom version we make specially for you. We take pride in our work and craft these one by one, by hand, to make sure you're the star of the show. And if we still miss: you see your film before we call it finished, we revise it, and if it's still not right you get a full refund.

You choose the shape: vertical for texting and Instagram, or widescreen for email and your wedding website. Want both? Add the second format for $247. We can also send a printable card with a QR code that opens your film.

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