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The Premiere

A wedding invitation made for one couple. It opens at your guests’ touch, your music begins and a short film of the two of you fills the screen. Beneath the film sits every event, in your families’ languages, with a reply in one tap. Approved by you before a single guest sees it.

The Premiere
$1,950

One commission: your film, your invitation and every reply.

Founding rate

$1,250 for our first five couples. After them, The Premiere is $1,950.

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  • Reserve with a $500 deposit. It holds your place and begins the work.
  • The balance is due only on approval: $750 at the founding rate, or $1,450 at the standard price, once you approve the first look.
  • Hosted through your wedding and for a year after. No monthly fees.
  • We accept twenty weddings a month, so each one has our full attention.

Or message us on WhatsApp, call (540) 998-9766, or write to info@lifeinvites.com. We reply within one business day.

The commission

What’s included

Your Story Letter

A few guided questions, answered in your own words or by voice note on WhatsApp. It takes the place of a long call; a fifteen-minute call is there if you would like one.

A film of the two of you

Thirty to forty-five seconds, in one of three treatments: Portrait, photoreal when your photographs allow a faithful likeness; Painted, a stylized film; or Heritage, with no faces at all, only hands, rings, the venue and your family’s symbols.

Matched to your paper

Colors, monogram and type matched to your paper suite, so the film and your stationery read as one.

Two events, two languages

Up to two events and two languages, written by our studio and proofread by someone your family trusts before anything is sent.

Replies you can plan with

RSVP with meal choices and plus-ones, a summary every week, and a spreadsheet for you and your planner.

Ready to send and to show

A WhatsApp and QR kit for sending, and your film as an HD file for the screen at your reception.

Hosted for as long as it matters

Online through your wedding and for twelve months after, with no monthly fee.

Every film is made from your photographs with AI film tools, directed and finished by hand. Nothing is filmed on location.

Deposit and approval

How the deposit works

You pay the balance only when you have seen your invitation and it feels like the two of you.

  1. Reserve

    A $500 deposit reserves your commission. Then send your photographs and your Story Letter.

  2. The first look

    Within five business days of receiving both, you see your film and your invitation, privately.

  3. Two rounds of changes

    Tell us what to change, from a word to a moment in the film. Two rounds are included.

  4. Approve, then the balance

    The balance, $750 at the founding rate or $1,450 standard, is due only when you approve. Nothing reaches a guest before then.

If, after two rounds of changes, the first look doesn’t feel like you, we return your deposit in full and nothing is released.

A note on price

Why The Premiere is priced this way

The invitation is the only part of your wedding every guest sees. The flowers are seen by those in the room; the invitation reaches everyone, including the relatives who can’t make the journey.

Each Premiere is made for one couple. We read your Story Letter, direct and finish your film by hand, match it to your paper, and set every event and every word in place, in your families’ languages. That is the work the price reflects, and it is why we accept twenty weddings a month.

For a wedding of around 250 guests, The Premiere comes to about $7.80 a guest, less than a single luxury paper invitation. It is made to sit beside your paper, not to replace it.

Before the invitation

The Save-the-Date Film

A short film of the two of you and your date, to send months ahead. It is made the same way as The Premiere, from your photographs with AI film tools, directed and finished by hand, and it is hosted through your wedding.

$590

Credited in full toward The Premiere if you commission it. Arranged by inquiry: tell us your date on WhatsApp or through our inquiry form.

Prefer to make it yourself?

Every design can be personalized and published in our Studio at no cost, using the design’s own films and photos. Hosting follows your wedding date. Open the Studio

Questions

Asked and answered

What does the $500 deposit do?

It reserves your commission and begins the work. The balance, $750 at the founding rate or $1,450 at the standard price, is due only when you approve the first look.

What if the first look doesn’t feel like us?

Tell us what feels wrong. Two rounds of changes are included. If after two rounds it still doesn’t feel like the two of you, we return your deposit in full and nothing is released.

How is the film made?

From the photographs you send, with AI film tools, directed and finished by hand. Nothing is filmed on location. If your photographs don’t allow a faithful likeness, we will suggest the Painted or Heritage treatment instead.

What is the founding rate?

The founding rate is a published first step in price for our first five couples: they commission The Premiere at $1,250, and after them it is $1,950. It closes once five couples have reserved.

How soon will we see something?

Your first look arrives within five business days of receiving your photographs and your Story Letter.

Is there a monthly fee?

No. Your invitation is hosted through your wedding and for twelve months after, with no monthly fee.

Can the invitation be in more than one language?

Yes. The Premiere includes up to two events and two languages, written by our studio and proofread by someone your family trusts.

Do guests pay anything, or need an app?

No. Guests open your link on WhatsApp, by text or from a QR code, and reply on their phone. There is no app and no account.

Can we still send paper invitations?

Please do. The Premiere is made as the moving companion to your paper suite, with its colors, monogram and type matched to yours. Our digital and paper invitations guide compares the two.

How does the Save-the-Date Film work with The Premiere?

The Save-the-Date Film is $590. If you go on to commission The Premiere, the full $590 is credited toward it. Ask us on WhatsApp or through the inquiry form.

Tell us about your wedding.

Your date, your families, your events and the languages they speak. We reply within one business day.