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Producing a wedding video is really no different; it takes the same planning, attention to detail and a realistic anticipation of potential glitches that will elevate your project from being just another wedding video to one that is a uniquely personal celebration of love.
Rather than covering the technicalities of shooting, the following eight tips are meant to inspire your creative instincts during all phases of your production, from your first meeting with the couple to the final editing stages.
1. It's all about the bride and groom. This is the most basic (and most important) tip of all. Keep in mind what they want. Get as many shots of them as you can holding hands at the rehearsal. Get other people to talk about them on-camera. Concentrate on getting those once-in-a-lifetime shots.
2. Keep the theme of the wedding in mind. Whatever theme your bride and groom select, be sure to include it in the wedding videos that you produce.
3. Meet with the bride and groom as far in advance as possible. Make sure you know where each part of the wedding will take place. Many couples have their receptions and ceremonies at two different facilities. Find out about the people they want included in the video, such as relatives and friends from out of town. You'll find that having as much information as possible ahead of time will influence every aspect of your wedding video, from the types of shots you'll plan for, to the overall look and feel in the editing phase.
4. Attend the rehearsal. It will give you a great opportunity to locate all the electrical outlets you'll need and move your camcorder around to find the best possible angles. It will also help you familiarize yourself with everything from potential lighting and sound issues to the order of events, where key people will be sitting, etc. Assuming you're actually taping during the rehearsal (and you should) is lots of wonderful behind-the-scenes footage to include in your wedding video.
5. Make sure you will be able to see the bride when she walks down the aisle. Confirm that your camcorder's line of vision will include the bride.
6. Make the still photographer your friend and made the appropriate speech about cooperating with each other.
7. Make it personal. You may have produced 50 wedding videos, but to this bride and groom, their wedding is a unique event. Edit accordingly. Look at the colors in the bridesmaids' dresses and flowers, for example, and draw on this color scheme when creating your titles and backgrounds. Whether the wedding is formal, casual, theme-oriented or traditional, choose everything from fonts to music to reflect the personal aspect of the event.
8. Whatever you choose to include in the middle of the wedding video, use the best shots you have of the couple, perhaps in slow-dissolve montages, at the beginning and ending of your production.
As a wedding videographer, your most important goal is to establish a partnership between yourself and the bride and groom. With these tips, you'll create a wedding video that will bring back nothing but wonderful memories of their wedding day.
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