Wedding Day DVD
Wedding Day DVD
The Wedding DVD & Wedding Photography
A DVD of your wedding day is instant recall of one of the best days of your lives "A wonderful idea - one you will never regret", says Eric Gill The Wedding Toastmaster, remembering their special day.....
Jane and Mark's Wedding Day
My daughter got married 20 years ago and we still watch the wedding DVD (converted from VHS) and instantly we are there - right at the beginning, the arrival at the church - all the bits I missed, being with Jane in the car.
The Photo Shoot
The photo shoot - with all the top hats flying in the air- and the wonderful reception. We had Freddie Green as our toastmaster; he was really good (he still works hard today at 70) and he organised us all splendidly. He had us all lined up in the receiving line to greet our families and guests, with all the expertise of a man that knows what he is doing.
The Video Man
The video man captured all these treasured moments, and seeing it all again brings back the memories of a truly lovely day. Of course. it is sad to see those friends and family no longer with us, but tears are soon replaced with fun and laughter when we hear all the speeches again.
What's so nice about having the video or DVD is that we got to keep our copy. The photographs are naturally with Jane and Mark: that's only right. We chose the pictures we wanted and they sit pride of place on our sideboard.
Reason for a Re-Union to see the Video
When we first got our copy of the video, we held a bar-be-que and all watched the wedding in the evening. It's a good way of having re-unions, with every one sharing the moments of the day. Our friends often ask us to put it on - just to remind them how young they looked then.
Gift from the Parents of the Bridegroom
The video was John and Roz's idea (Mark's Mum and Dad) they arranged it as a surprise, and paid for it, as part of their contribution towards the day.
We are so glad they did. Whenever skies are grey or if it's wet and cold, Sandy and I cuddle up on the sofa and watch the DVD, and we are back in Maidenhead and it's 1986 and we remember our special happy day, all over again.
No longer expensive
The cost of a wedding DVD is not like it used to be - prices have come down considerably with more modern technology available. You can expect to pay from £800.00 - £1500 depending on what you want.
Bill Moulsdale is the most imaginative videographer I have ever seen and his company ' Hampshire Wedding Videos' are now one of the most sought after in the UK.
I highly recommend them.
www.hampshireweddingvideos.com
Tel : 02392-326774 mob : 07770 276236
Email: info@hampshireweddings@talktalk.net
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For Brilliant Wedding Photography I personally recommend Tim & Sarah Parsons
TP Photographics
I have worked with Tim & Sarah on numerous occasions and find them so easy to be with. They completely understand a Toastmaster's role and really try to accommodate the timings, in order to satisfy the Bride and Bridegroom's wishes and that of the venues.
Sometimes it is a fine balance between satisfying the clients wishes for numerous group shots in the time allotted by the venue, and it is so important that the Toastmaster and the Photographer work in harmony to achieve happiness for all parties. They are very flexible and appreciate that we all have a job to do.
They are a husband and wife team and have been photographing weddings since 2002.
Tim likes photography, IT, technology and gadgets. With the change to digital photography Tim has been able to combine his photographic training with the rest of his skill base. The result is a talented photographer who enjoys his work and who is able to keep TP Photographics at the forefront of the market.
His commercial business experience combined with the photographic expertise compliment Tim's abilities and because of this the business has successfully grown each year.
Sarah understands the femine side of a wedding and her imaginative photography captures the warmth of the day. Her support to Tim is there for all to see: together they are a great husband and wife team that strive for perfection.
They choose to photograph weddings because it requires most types of photography. eg. Portrait, Landscape, Detail, Reportage etc. and this is reflected in their style which they class as "Story Telling".
To work with they are practical, professional, down to earth and most importantly have a great sense of humour.
Finally, enjoy the pictures on their website and if you are interested please contact them via their contact form.
I thoroughly recommend them - they are a lovely couple who care about the customer!
www.tpphotpgraphics.co.uk
Tel: 01252 879644 Mob: 0789 9012838
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History of Wedding Videography - An article by Wikipedia
Wedding videography can trace its roots back to before the advent of the modern video camera through 8mm and 16mm films. Over the decades while film was the only way to capture moving pictures a few enterprising individuals would take out the family 8mm camera and film the weddings of friends and family. These film cameras were limited by their short load times for the film, high cost of processing and the fact the majority of them could not record sound to the film. But there were a few individuals who had turned the documentation of weddings into a business.
1980 saw the introduction of the first consumer camcorders by Sony, with other manufacturers soon following suit. With the introduction of these first camcorders wedding video documentation evolved from something for the rich or celebrity into something for the masses. Early adopters were primarily hobbyists who, at first started recording the weddings of friends and family, then went on to do jobs for pay.
The early days of professional wedding videography was primitive at best. The equipment was generally of low technical quality. Cameras required bright lights, had fuzzy pictures, poor color saturation and mono audio recorded with cheap microphones that didn't reproduce good audio quality. The cameras were bulky with the camera being a separate unit that connected to the video recorder via a cable. Many wedding videos weren't edited in post production and those that were, were primitively edited at best, usually just removing the mistakes. If titles were added you were lucky if they were legible. Generation loss (the copying of a copy, and so forth) was also a major problem with analog video tape. Each time you recorded the video to a new tape, it caused errors to build up and picture and sound to degrade.
From its earliest days and through the 1980s Wedding Videography had a negative reputation of being an interference on the festivities. The bright lights required to produce a quality image were damaging to the mood many brides and grooms wanted to have. As the market expanded, it was flooded by many individuals who had little experience and technical knowledge, which left the consumer with fallen expectations. And the consumer technology that was available to the wedding videographer could not match up with broadcast quality at the time.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s the state of the industry began to shift for the better. Videographers began to get organized behind regional and national organizations, the largest and still active organization being Wedding & Event Video Association International (WEVA). The manufacturers woke up to the fact that there was a market between the professional level and the consumer which became known as prosumer. With this realization the manufacturers began to listen to the wedding and event videographers and introduced products that specifically met the needs of this niche market.
Towards the mid 1990s, the manufacturers introduced the next evolution of cameras with digital cameras which removed the last of the technological barriers that had impeded wedding videography since its inception. The cameras were small, mobile, worked even better than the already good analog cameras on the market in low light situations and allowed the videographer to be discreet and not an intrusion on the events. These prosumer digital cameras have also been adopted by broadcasters and Hollywood. Many television shows and several movies have been made by the likes of Spike Lee, using these cameras. (Sony VX1000, Canon XL1, among others.)
Post production took a major leap forward with the introduction of advanced tools like the Newtek Video Toaster in the early 1990s. The introduction of the low cost Video Toaster led a few years later to the introduction of several relatively inexpensive non-linear editors (NLE, computer-based editing). The next revolution in post production was the introduction of the burnable DVD in the '90s which removed most of the problems caused by copying multiple generations of the same video image. Videos were now able to be recorded digitally, edited digitally and delivered digitally. The resulting product when properly done could look as good as the most expensive Hollywood productions.
As the 1990s ended Wedding Videography had exploded beyond being just the documentation of weddings. The majority of Wedding Videographers prefer to add the additional term of Event to their description of services, so it is now Wedding and Event Videography. New offerings like Love Stories, Photo Montages, music videos, family biographies and such appeared. Anniversaries, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, graduations, etc were also being documented in large numbers on video. The skill levels of the industry had progressed, post production took on the skill and quality of Hollywood movies and television shows. The consumer began to have options as to what they wanted in a video, as post production techniques evolved the long form videos which could run 2 to 3 even 4 hours in length, saw a new highly edited and polished form appear called the short form video which ran as little as 10 minutes but on average 30 to 40 minutes.
Present Day
Ironically the progenitor of video, 8mm, super 8mm, 16mm and even 35mm film stock is enjoying a revival within the Wedding Videography industry with some studios offering a combination of the video formats with the film formats and others offering film stock only production.
Another major shift in how wedding and event video is produced and delivered is occurring with the introduction of High-definition video Technology.
Typical styles
Common styles range from "journalistic" to "cinematic".
Video Journalistic style typically described as a documentary of the event. Segments are edited as they occur to preserve continuity. This style of editing will produce a polished documentation of the day as it unfolds. Also can be referred to as Documentary Style
Cinematic - the term is defined as making a movie or film. Within the wedding videography industry it has taken on the following meaning: It is captured and edited for the dramatic effect and mood. It is usually presented with a particular style and "wow" effect that may not be present in a "mere documentary" of the event.
Storytelling - a video that relies on sound bites recorded pre, during or in post, usually from the bride and groom. These sound bites are then added to the audio track for dramatic effect and to push the story of the day forward.
Short Form Wedding - a video of the day that has been edited to fit within a time frame that is no less than 15 minutes and no longer than 50 minutes. Some videographers consider anything under 60 minutes to be short form, but according to the entry form for the WEVA Creative Excellence Awards it can not exceed 50 minutes.
Traditional - a catch-all term for styles that do not fit with above. Traditional tends to look more like a family-shot video; it can be edited, but usually lightly. Everything is edited in a linear progression and usually in its entirety. These videos tend to be 2 to 3 hours, and even longer, in length.
Wedding videographers are not limited to using just one of these styles; different amounts of styles can be found in every video. With the improvements in home media systems in the past five years, shooting a wedding video in HD (High Definition) has become the norm;[citation needed] there are also video productions businesses that offer a final wedding video in a Blu-ray format and in full HD.
Types of Video Productions
Wedding video has grown in recent years to encompass myriad video production offerings. Some are produced to be shown at the wedding or are delivered after the wedding.
Engagement Video: A video documenting the groom asking the bride to marry. Quite often filmed without the bride's knowledge.
Invitation DVD: Some invitation printers will include a DVD disc in a slot in the printed invitation. The DVD shows the couple and/or the parents on camera inviting viewers to the wedding and reception. The DVD is usually produced by the same videographer who films the wedding and may include footage from a Concept Video.
Photo Montage: (also called video scrapbooks) includes but not limited to still pictures displayed on a video. Can also include sound bites and video footage, but is predominantly still photos.
Love Story: Traditionally an interview of the bride and groom about how they met, what they are like together and what their plans for the future are. Quite often the interview is inter-cut with romantic footage of the couple frolicking together or re-enactments of what they are talking about.
Concept Video: Typically a short film that incorporates to tell a story about the bride or groom or both. Quite often not related to the couple's real life.
Same Day Edit: (Also called a wedding day edit or wedding encore presentation) A short video produced from the footage of the wedding shot earlier in the day, usually only incorporating footage from pre-ceremony, ceremony and post ceremony, that is then showed at the reception as a recap of the wedding.
Bridal Elegance: A video shot in the style of a fashion shoot that depicts the bride in her wedding gown. Can be done before, during or after the wedding.
Highlights: A chapter on the final DVD that shows highlights of the ceremony and reception. Usually running under 10 minutes, highlights videos may be uploaded to YouTube and other social networking websites. The shorter highlights chapter is popular to show friends, while family might watch the full-length wedding DVD.
"Eric Gill is a Member of the National Association of Toastmasters
