When Ghostface Crashes Your Engagement Shoot: Millie and Jack’s Unforgettable Clock Barn Wedding

I do love it when a wedding is practically on my doorstep. Clock Barn is about five minutes from home, so for this one I could have practically rolled out of bed and been there. But even if it had been a five hour drive, I would have made it without a second thought. Because Millie and Jack’s Clock Barn wedding was one of those ceremonies that was right up my street!

Meeting at Lo and Behold (and a Little Eye-Opening Moment)

I first met Millie and Jack at Lo and Behold Wedding Fair at Stansted Park in 2024. They were lovely from the very first conversation, and completely honest with me: they’d been thinking they might just book a registrar, and they had never actually heard of a celebrant before. I get this more than you might think! It is one of my favourite conversations to have, because once people understand what a celebrant ceremony actually looks and feels like, something usually clicks.

It didn’t take long to open their eyes. A little help from the amazing Jordan and Meg at Bon Amor Photography, who Millie and Jack had already booked to photograph and film the ceremony, also nudged them in the right direction. If you have not come across Bon Amor yet, put them on your radar immediately. They are proper creatives, incredibly lovely people, and they understood instantly what this couple was about. Celebrant it was.

I bumped into Millie and Jack at a couple more fairs over the following months, which was lovely. By the time we had our discovery call, they told me something very flattering: they had met with several other celebrants, but they kept coming back to me. It told me the connection was real, and with these two it absolutely was.

And these two were not your average couple, not by a long shot.

A Couple Who Knew Exactly What They Wanted

Jack comes from a background in filmmaking. Millie is a dancer. They met in Film Studies at College back in 2010 when Millie famously laid her head on Jack’s lap during a break and the rest, as they say, is history. Sixteen years together before walking down the aisle, which meant that by the time their wedding day arrived, these two knew themselves inside out as a couple and they had a very clear vision for their day.

They were intentional about every single aspect of it. Their colour palette was black, deep purple and pops of white. Film and music references woven throughout. They were taking their time to pull together the best group of suppliers, people who truly got them, rather than just filling in the slots on a wedding checklist. I really respected that approach.

One of the most creative and cutest things I have ever seen at a wedding was their ceremony trailer. Jack had created a film made up of home movies from their childhoods, woven together beautifully, and it ended with their engagement shoot. Their engagement shoot was not your standard golden-hour-in-a-field situation. As fans of the Scream franchise, they headed to the New Forest and got chased around by Ghostface. It was absolutely brilliant and the room absolutely loved it. There is nothing like walking into your ceremony with a round of delighted laughter (and a few tears) already in the air.

The Ceremony: A Film in Its Own Right

Clock Barn in October was stunning. The kind of venue that already has atmosphere built into its bones, and with the brilliant Stacey Page Weddings team coordinating the day, everything ran like a dream. There is nothing quite like working alongside a wedding coordinator who just gets it done with a smile. The styling by Luminique Events was absolutely on point, bringing Millie and Jack’s dark, dramatic aesthetic to life in a way that felt completely them, every single detail considered.

After the trailer played and the room had settled into that wonderful warm buzz, I welcomed everyone and said that we had just watched sixteen years of love, laughter and fun. Because we had. The ceremony felt from the very first moment like a love story being told properly, not a box being ticked.

Their love story gave me so much to work with. The classroom where they first met. The break time that changed everything. The MSN chats and the Skype calls. The way Jack supported Millie dancing for her college assessment, camera already in hand, becoming her biggest supporter from that very first performance. The way Millie described Jack as her Hobbit: strong, intelligent, brave and loyal. 

The proposal deserves its own paragraph, because it was spectacular. On their fourteenth anniversary, Jack booked out an entire cinema, just the two of them, and played a film he had been secretly making for months: a music video of their whole relationship. Millie was in tears before it even finished. Then the final shot appeared on screen: a ring. And Jack was already on one knee. And then, as if that was not enough, she spotted his best friend recording from the corner, and then her family and best friend appeared from the back of the theatre where they had been hiding. Just perfect!

The Commitments and Vows

Their commitments were rooted in five values: communication, respect, trust, friendship and intimacy.

Then came the vows, decided by a good old fashioned game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Millie went first. She told Jack that she does not believe in soul mates or fate, but she believes in him. She said that if she could look at every parallel version of her life, she would choose this one. There was not a dry eye in the place.

Jack, who by his own admission would have kept going forever if I had not given him a word count, based his vows on those five foundations and ended with a quote from a film they had seen recently that had resonated deeply: memento mori, remember you must die; memento vivere, remember to live; memento amoris, remember to love. Quietly devastating in the best possible way.

The Rings and Anniversary Box

The rings were exchanged with warmth and a little laughter, as all the best ring exchanges are. But it was what came next that I found particularly moving. Millie and Jack had chosen to include an Anniversary Box ritual. Into it went a printed copy of the ceremony script, their vow booklets and their personal bucket lists for the future. The box was locked with a key, and the instruction was simple: open it one day when the time feels right. An anniversary, a rainy afternoon, a moment when you need reminding of everything you promised.

There was something I found particularly touching about this ceremony that I want to mention. Millie and Jack made a point of acknowledging that their wedding day would not have been possible without the support of grandparents who, while no longer with them, had provided the financial means to make the day happen. That kind of acknowledgement, choosing not to let people go unrecognised simply because they cannot be there in person, is something that speaks volumes about the character of a couple. 

What Millie and Jack Said

I will let them have the final word, because they said it far better than I could:

“Hire Miranda today for your wedding! Don’t hesitate, she is fantastic! We met Miranda at a couple of wedding fairs and just from the first conversation we had with her we could tell she was super professional, relatable and very experienced. She made it very clear to us that we wanted a celebrant like her for our wedding ceremony rather than a random registrar to officiate. Despite talking to multiple other celebrants at fairs we never found someone that quite got what we were about as a couple as Miranda.

Throughout planning our wedding she was super helpful with making it clear what the legalities were with getting married with a celebrant vs a registrar, giving us plenty of guidance and advice on writing vows and speeches, making sure our ceremony script and features of our ceremony were customised to the alternative style we wanted for our wedding and lastly providing plenty of chances to meet in person and video call to cover all these elements.

She is a wonderfully warm, very considerate and up for anything kind of celebrant and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience having her as a core part of our wedding ceremony.”

Millie and Jack, you were a joy from start to finish. Clock Barn was lucky to have you, and I was lucky to be there. Wishing you many, many years of films, dancing, dark aesthetics and adventures together.

The Dream Team

A wedding this good does not happen without an incredible group of people behind it. Huge love to everyone who made the day what it was:

Photography and Film: Jordan and Meg at Bon Amor Photography 

Wedding coordination: Stacey Page Weddings 

Styling: Luminique Events 

Venue: Clock Barn, Hampshire