Your wedding will be one of the most important days of your life, where you will be declaring your love for your partner by publicly exchanging vows.
This is something that should be treasured forever...
Often a wedding video is the one of the first things couples decide to exclude from their wedding plans - we believe it should be one of the first included.
You will have no other way of recording the truly important moments of your day - the vows, your first kiss, speeches made by important people in your life, your first dance together as husband and wife...the list goes on.
So much time and planning goes into your day and how many times have you heard couples say that their day was over in the blink of an eye? The day will soon be remembered as a series of broad events with the finer details fading in no time at all...
Please take the time to read through some common questions listed below:
There is no other medium that can truly capture the feel of your day like video. Photos are fantastic and are a great way to preserve elements of your wedding day, but they are limited, in that they are just a static image of a particular point in your day - no matter how well they are presented, they are limited by the nature of the medium.
Only video has the ability to capture stunning (in the hands of the right people) moving images and just as importantly, the audio from your day. How else will you remember how your vows sounded, or what was said in the speeches when you're celebrating your 10th, 25th or 50th wedding anniversary?
The answer to this question is a resounding "no". Trying to save or scrimp is most probably a decision that you will regret. It's only when you sit down weeks after the day to watch it that you'll think - "I can't hear the vows at all" or "He left the lens cap on" or "The footage he took is so shaky - why didn't we get this done properly?"
This is a special day that should be given the respect it deserves - one of the most important days of our lives deserves to be captured properly and by a professional.
There are a number of methods that you can use to select your wedding videographer, but in our opinion, the 2 most important factors when choosing a video production business for your wedding video are these:
- You admire previous wedding video work (video and audio) and would like your day captured, edited and produced and remembered in a similar style and;
- You 'click' with the videographer
Of the 2 points, the 1st probably goes without saying, but the 2nd is probably one of the most overlooked. You could spend more time with your videographer than anyone else on the day (depending on package chosen). They are the only ones that will be with you from start to finish: from getting ready to the end of the reception - this can be up to 10 hours or more. Before spending this amount of time with someone, and entrusting the capturing of the most important day of your life with them, you want to ensure that you get along - they can have a huge bearing on your day.
Imagine the difference between:
- a videographer that runs the day like it's their show: orchestrating shots, giving orders, getting into personal space or;
- one that is skilled and unobtrusive and captures your day barely being noticed
The two of them are worlds apart.
One of the most common compliments we receive from couples whose wedding videos we've produced is that they don't remember seeing us much on the day - we blend in seamlessly and don't hijack your day. We realise that our job is to capture your day - not run it.
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