Frame by Frame Wedding Videos
Published June 24, 2011 | 
Making a decent wedding video can be a real challenge, not to mention a professional filming of the most special day of your life. Because such services will cost you a lot, you should consider an option that involves a shorter filming time. That would be a frame by frame wedding video. And here is what you might want to know regarding this particular opportunity.
Advantages
A frame by frame wedding video should be short and practical, with a catchy theme song. You will capture only the most significant and special moments of the wedding and it will only take a few minutes. A shorter time means a less terrifying bill. This is a major advantage, to begin with. Then comes the practical aspect. You can easily turn it into a special compilation and send it to all your guests as a nice memory. Finally, the versatility of this option should be taken into consideration. From the thousands of frames, you can extract thousands of combinations to create your wedding video.
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Disadvantages
Despite the fact that a frame by frame wedding video is a tempting and less expensive idea, it might not be enough for someone with greater expectations. For some people, a video of maximum five minutes could be under their expectations. And speaking of versatility, it can easily turn from a positive aspect into a negative one, if you will have difficulties with making up your mind for the right frames.
Things to take care of
If you have chosen this option, decide whether you go for a professional videographer or for an amateur. If you go with a professional, do not forget to ask how much will the assembly cost. Because the filming might not take too much, but the processing is more difficult. In order to come up with other ideas, take a look on YouTube for some extra inspiration. And give yourself time to identify the right theme song. The rapid succession of the frames requires an alert song.
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Final thoughts
You have thought about plenty of things, but what about the exact moments? What should your short wedding video include? You might begin with the wedding preparations, the bride while having her hairdressing, buttoning the dress, tying the corset and so far. Snapshots with the bride and the groom leaving their homes, getting off from the car in front of the church, a few steps on the aisle, the ring exchange and the kiss, then another road to the reception location, a first dance, the cake, throwing the bouquet and do not forget your guests in the meantime. Just use your fantasy.
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The wedding ceremony
The wedding ceremony can be the most delicate moment of the wedding, especially for those who are religious. If the location would be a church, you might need the priest’s permission for filming in there, but chances are that he will accept in no time. The bride walking down the aisle, on the traditional wedding ceremony song, at her father’s arm, slowly approaching to her future husband is something that must definitely be caught on tape. The vows will also mark an important moment, just like the ring exchange and then the first kiss as a married couple and the moment when they are leaving the church. They are all parts that must not be missed from the wedding video. If you cannot afford to have the whole ceremony filmed, the videographer should be able to make you some fine cuts and mount the sequences so that the fact will be barely noticed.
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The reception
This would be the craziest part, but in all that madness that is about to start, there are a few special moments left. The first dance of the newlyweds, the ceremonial of cutting the cake and the most important toasts are the major parts. All the rest, with dances and games and lots of laughs can be treated less elaborated. A few frames taken every now and then should be more than enough. In addition to all these, you might want to focus on special guests.
Years later, you will be a little annoyed to only see your faces. You will miss seeing the way that others had fun at your wedding. This is why you should also consider making a photo shooting session that you will set in a special video after that. Gather your closest friends and the family members for the most strange, funny, interesting or wacky photos. The short scripts will definitely depend on your fantasy, but also on the location, the wedding theme and decors. It is one thing to have the reception in a fancy restaurant and a very different experience to have it in the countryside, on a tropical island or on a top of mountain.
Wedding Dinner Video
Published June 20, 2011 | Planning a wedding may require months, but it will only take you a day to make it really happen. Imagine that there are thousands of memorable moments in all this time, which can serve you as a wedding video theme. Nevertheless, one of the most special ones is represented by the wedding dinner.
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The debut
Probably the best thing you can do is to start your video like a story. Have the videographer film for you the outside of the location, where people are gathering gradually. Focus on the restaurant’s signboard, then the hall and the entrance of the saloon, where tradition requires that the bride and the groom, together with their parents, should meet the guests. Do not skip the plates with goodies or the glasses with wine and make sure you catch some happy shinning faces in the meantime. The couple must also be pictured while interacting with their friends and relatives.
Decors
A wedding dinner has been carefully planned, so there should be plenty of things in the landscape that deserve to be caught on tape. Start with the entrance, where the special event should be inscribed on the door. In the inside, take into consideration the whole saloon, meaning the table arrangements, the ceiling decors, and take close shots to the table seats and table decorations. The centerpieces, the cardholders with the names of the guests, the champagne glasses and so far. Obviously, in the meantime, focus every now and then on the guests that are coming in and taking their seats.
If there is a candy buffet or a cocktail bar in the nearby, make sure they will not be missed.
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The dinner
At some point, the food is going to be served and people will start eating. While it is not pleasant at all to hunt guests as they are struggling to put the forks into their mouths, some images carefully taken are required. However, you can focus on the caterers coming with the beautifully decorated plates, on the kids that are anxiously waiting for the dessert and anything else you find out of ordinary.
The wedding cake
Cutting the wedding cake will be the most special moment of the wedding dinner. Make sure you have the crystal glasses tower in the nearby and do not skip the part where the groom shakes the champagne bottle and lets it flow in waves into the glasses. Then the couple will cut the first slice, feed each other with a piece of cake and drink champagne with their hands crossed. Guests frantically applauding and you can easily end the dinner video in this way, or not…
Wedding Engagement Videos
Published June 17, 2011 | Everyone pays so much attention to the wedding video, putting aside another important event that leads to setting a marriage, which is the engagement. Filming these two should work by the same reasons: you want memories of all the important things in your life. Therefore, instead of rushing just into surprising their loved ones with a betrothal ring, men should take a thought about planning things more carefully and filming their proposals.
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It takes two to tango
This idiom could perfectly work for times when you consider arranging a wedding engagement video. It means that you could simply talk with your partner, express your desires, and come together with useful and creative ideas on how to do it – supposing that you both agree on getting married. For example, you could use a pretext for having a family dinner, or an intimate party with your closest friends. Then, you will naturally make together the announcement or simply let others discover the engagement ring on your finger. Naturally, someone should discretely film the whole thing – doing it too obvious will raise suspicions among the persons who have no idea about the real goal of the meeting, so pay attention on how you will solve this issue.
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But one can also be enough
If you are so interested in surprising your partner, you could still plan everything by yourself. This will help you to film the exact moment when you are proposing, and everything will be more natural. Nothing will be directed, at least not from your partner, and the surprise and happiness that she will express will make the video really special. If you are only focusing on her reactions, you could use a tinny camera attached on one of your pockets. But it would be even better if you manage to capture an overview of the scene.
Be practical
Give yourself some time and think of what can you do with your wedding engagement video. Filming it must have been fun, but it can do better than just being a nice memory of a happy experience. If you have filmed it on your own, do your best to keep it hidden for about a year and offer it as a surprising gift to your wife when you will celebrate one year of marriage. Or, try to orchestrate it and turn it into a video wedding invitation. Take only the frames that include you and your future wife and use them for a short, catchy and impressive invitation that you can either e-mail or deliver through mail on a CD.
Epic Wedding Video
Published June 16, 2011 | A video is something that you definitely want to have as one of the most impressive memories of your wedding. Wedding videos should cover as much as possible from everything that was representative for both the wedding preparations and the wedding itself. It means that it should not be focused mainly on the bride and the groom, but also on all the other guests.
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What is an epic video?
Judging by the fact that your wedding video must bring under the spotlight all your friends and relatives, you can easily make the assumption that it will have lost of characters. And these characters indeed do various things, they cannot just sit there as stones. But the real talent of a gifted wedding videographer consists in the way that he or she manages to give them color. The characters from your wedding, together with you and your future husband, should all tell a story. A story that is so often the idea of the videographer, but that it will not put you aside. Personal contributions and ideas are welcome as long as they fit in. So an epic video is a video that tells the story of your wedding. It is more than a bunch of frames thrown in a particular presentation. It should be closer to the product that a filmmaker can realize because it must have powerful characters, an intrigue, an exciting action, a little bit of drama and a unique happy ending.
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Ideas for an epic wedding video
An epic wedding video could be set up anywhere you want. It does not necessarily has to be taken at the reception’s place. You are basically playing a role in your wedding’s script. Take your guests into the forest, on a beach, on top of the mountain or at the countryside. Think everything step by step together with your videographer. Make up your mind for the message that you want to set and do not forget that you can basically use tons of visual effects. Just to give an example, the bride could be sending fire balls as kisses to her groom or small little birds could spin around her while launching impressive tweets. If you need some inspiration, you can surf the web to see other couple’s epic wedding videos. Or just think to a certain story, movie or song video that you really loved and that you would like to set up for your wedding day. Naturally, the decision should be discussed with your fiancé as well.
Why Should I Get a Wedding Video
Published June 15, 2011 | One could never even dare to ask this question if she or he would have at least the tinniest clue of what wedding videos are. They might be more or less expensive, give you some extra headaches, but there is no perfect wedding without a solid memory of it, one that can help you relieve the biggest day of your life on and on for as long as you want it. And that solid memory would naturally be the wedding video. Why would you have one?
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Because photos are not enough
Regardless how many photographs and snapshots you have managed to take on your wedding day, you will soon discover that they are simply not enough. They are just static images, that can be interpreted in so many ways and that have less power to impress you in comparison with a decent wedding video. Even if you make a video by mounting some photos with a few catchy visual effects and a cute song, you will still get to feel that it is not enough.
Because you can have something better
That something better is naturally the filming. In comparison with the photographs, a video has not only images, but also voices with all their inflections and para-verbal signals. To put it simple, it has life! It can catch so many different details that you were not aware of and it can make a strong impression. Watching the wedding videos for no matter how many times will not make you feel bored. On the contrary, you might discover new facts with every new visualization.
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Just to cover everything
You could have at least two persons to walk around the ceremony and reception’s locations and try to immortalize as much as they can from both the preparations and the event itself. But would it not be such a pity to find out that the newlyweds’ kiss or the moment of cutting the cake or the moment of throwing the flower bouquet were not caught in the frame? As long as there are no battery or memory card issues, a videographer has all the chances to catch all these and even more with no problems at all. With a tripod, you can be sure that a camera will constantly record the events from a specific angle while other videographers could cover other situations and angles in a more active manner. And covering everything is not just a metaphor, but a truth.
Wedding Video Prices
Published June 14, 2011 | Wedding videos could cost you as much as a few beer crates if you ask a friend to help you, or up to 5.000 dollars or even more in case you have high expectations and deep pockets. Wedding video prices are various and more or less shocking, but there are aspects you need to take into consideration before having a heart attack.
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Services
Since there are many videographers with personal working styles and asking personalized fees, a customer would naturally ask for the provided services at first and only later or even in the end will raise the question regarding the costs. To put things simple, in wedding videos there is no such thing as a standard package. Services can vary depending on the professional’s experience and equipments, but there are also two main factors that make the rules: talent and time.
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Talent
Talent can hardly be measured, but it can be seen from a distance. People talk, they spread the word, and it will only take you to see a short video or a suggestive photo in order to understand what you are facing. Using a camera is just a skill, a skill that can be proven even by yourself, the bride, but it is one thing to use a skill and a totally different one to make a real art from a wedding script. To make your video really say something, suggesting a story, emphasizing the characters and justifying the money you are asking for. Talent could be held by a person, by a crew or even by a filmmaker. A professional will make you a movie while an amateur will only give you a clumsy tape. This is why a talented videographer could charge you with 5.000 dollars up to 10.000.
Time
Your wedding day might miraculously last a day and a night. But having someone to film you 24 hours will sure cost more than you can afford. So it is all about time. How much time you want the videographer to work on your wedding? And what type of visual effects you need? Because it will take time at the wedding scene to film and it will also take time for mounting the images at the studio. You will be paying for both aspects. Production is also expensive, so the more effects, songs, graphics and other editing operations you want, the more you will have to finance.
Wedding Video Tips
Published June 13, 2011 | A wedding video could be a terrific memory of your wedding day or a horrible experience that will make you a serious nervous breakdown once you see for what you have paid so much. If you contract a professional you should have no problems. But if you approach an amateur, some tips will be necessary both for him and for you. You do not need to be a bridezilla in order to be aware of how the wedding filming must evolve so you could give useful indications to the videographer.
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Organize yourself
A significant attention should be given to the video script. Which are the most important aspects you are looking to immortalize? The religious ceremony is a touching moment, but you will want to capture a little bit from the spirit of the party. As much as you would be tempted to constantly put you and your husband under the spotlights, try to avoid this trap. Years later, you will get sick of continuously seeing your faces in the frame and you would be more enthusiast to see a grandfather, an aunt or who knows who else while unleashing on the dance floor or in other funnier or more serious circumstances. Plan everything in your head and decide for what is the most important to you.
Take yourself some caution measures
If a camera once you start it will continuously capture everything from around, the only issue that can interfere, excepting the setting errors on contrast, brightness and so far, would be the shaky moves. Walking around with a camera in your hands is dangerous for the quality of the filming. Even if you can control your moves, you might be tired after a while so a tripod will be a real bless. In case you will still have plenty of shaky scenes when editing the tape, cutaways, even stills, should help you to fix some mistakes.
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The art of zooming
Zooming in videography is an art that not too many people master. Even though professionals recommend you to avoid zooming as much as possible, this is not always an option. A steady handling is crucial, just like changing your position can be necessary. No sudden moves are allowed.
Other issues
A video is about image and sounds. As much as some blurred frames will be unpleasant, a wedding video with no sounds will be a disaster. So make sure you have the right adjustments on the sound options and, if you are attending an outdoor wedding, consider using a wind shield for the microphone.
YouTube Dance Wedding Video
Published June 11, 2011 | YouTube is probably one of the most helpful and useful online tools for no matter what type of research. If you can basically learn how to make a knot on your tie from there, imagine how many interesting tips you could get for the day when you will be tying the knot. Before making unfounded comments, give it a try. Just initiate a search on the website for “dance wedding videos”. You will be surprised to see what you can find.
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Why dance wedding videos?
Because a wedding reception is all about having fun. People should be playing games and dance until their feet will hurt. There are no special dances for a wedding, but any song that makes your guests feel good will be more than welcome. Naturally, it would be interesting to have all of your friends dancing on Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Dirty Dancing, Girls just want to have fun or who knows what other popular song. You might bump into funny songs that you were not even aware of and that will make a great entertainment tool. Since there are a few hundreds of thousands of videos, you will sure get the chance of discovering some ideal songs for your first wedding dance. Finally, you could even get inspired for filming your own wedding video to imitate a famous song.
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What should you learn?
You could learn so many things from this experience if you would only have eyes to observe the most important issues. To begin with, you could make yourself a list with the songs you think that will have the greatest success on your friends. Then, you could learn which are the most animated and joyful songs to know how to cheer things up and make people stand up from their tables. Then, you can also learn some dance steps, more or less professional and also more or less serious. Finally, and this would be the most important issue, you get to identify dangerous situations. Just watch other people’s experiences and keep in mind what should you avoid and which are the potential critical facts on a dance floor. When you will be incredibly happy and ecstatic you might be tempted to dance on a table or who knows where else. If there is one thing that YouTube can sure teach you is how to stay away from embarrassing experiences by showing you others’ humiliation moments.
Can I Put Video Game System on Wedding Registry?
Published June 10, 2011 | The wedding registry is that special book, real or just virtual – meaning on your wedding’s internet page – that is filled with indications of the bride and the groom regarding the wedding gifts they would like to receive. The question concerning the possibility of writing a video game system in it is a tricky one…
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On the one hand
On the one hand, the wedding registry is supposed to contain suggestions that are going to be useful in the newlyweds’ life. Household items and appliances are the most common, but the list can be extended. The point is that an unwritten rule says that asking for accessories and gifts designed to entertain you is tacky and inappropriate. Your wedding guests are supposed to help you starting a new life and you should take it seriously, without offending them in any way with your desires. It looks like a video game system is on a list of offending requirements…
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On the other hand
On the other hand, a wedding registry should speak for both needs and desires. If a video game system is on your priority list, why should you be ashamed to admit it? Additionally, what if you and your future wife already have almost everything you need on the material chapter of your life? You should not receive wedding gifts anymore? Finally, if you write it down, you will not necessarily receive it, but if you do not name it, you sure have no chance for it. So what is the harm in spreading the word?
Bottom line
To draw a conclusion, we live in what we call modern times. Why would a person be ashamed to express her desires? Is there a wedding registry etiquette? And if it is, does it serve your best interests? Are not the wedding guests your friends? Then why would you be forbidden to be sincere with them and say what you really want? Have the guts to ask for the video game system that you have been dreaming of!
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