LOLA Event Productions + 312FILMS: Five Weddings of Chicago at Its Best

Behind almost every wedding film we’re proudest of stands a great planner, and few names appear in our credits as often as LOLA Event Productions. Across five spectacular weddings together, from Michigan Avenue ballrooms to the lakefront, LOLA’s team has given us something every videographer dreams of: days that run so beautifully that all we have to do is film them.

Why a Great Planner Changes the Film

Couples rarely realize how much of their wedding film is shaped before we ever press record. A planner like LOLA builds timelines that protect golden-hour light for portraits, buffers that absorb the day’s surprises so no moment gets rushed, and vendor teams that communicate like an orchestra. When the timeline holds, we’re never chasing the day; we’re anticipating it, and that’s when the most cinematic frames happen.

The Weddings We’ve Shared

• Hannah & Allen at The Ritz-Carlton: a TCU love story with an espresso martini ice luge, CO2 cannons, and dueling pianos until 2 AM.
• Megan & Chad at The Ritz-Carlton: a ten-year love story with a first look shared by both fathers of the bride, planned with Lori Stephenson’s signature precision.
• Loriann & Ryan at the InterContinental: a Chinese tea ceremony, a horse-drawn carriage down Michigan Avenue, and a paper-crane “bird bridge.”
• Mina & Ammar at the Adler Planetarium: a starlit first look and a Cinderella first dance on the lakefront, coordinated by Carly Heddins.
• Ann & Hansen at Holy Name Cathedral & the Adler: a South Indian Christian celebration weaving the thali tying tradition into a skyline reception.

Two Ritz-Carlton ballrooms, a Magnificent Mile landmark, and the best skyline view in Chicago, across cultures and traditions, and every single one ran like clockwork.

What Couples Should Take From This

If you’re building your vendor team, hire the planner first and hire a great one. Everything else on your wedding day, including how your film turns out, flows downstream from that decision. And if that planner is LOLA Event Productions, we already speak the same language.

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