Bless the bride … and God help the video maker. True. Let us start with grim warnings of the fate and disaster. Production of a video of a wedding is something you can lose a lot of friends. The bride and groom and their families want something to do but watch, "the American President," is like a low-budget made-for-TV Movie or without low-quality production values. This was demonstrated by actual test. Few simple rules.

1. You may not under any circumstances, make an offerVideo of the marriage of people, no matter how dear and precious.

2. If it is proposed to always try to get someone else to do so. Anyone. As long as you're not.

3. You pay for your help in a professional. That spreads the blame and is known as CYA stunt. Then we can say that the professional will take care of the most important, and will only add that touch of Vérité film.

4. Claim that you are ill or that the camera is not working or your eyes, is under development.

5.If all else fails, read and download it as a reference, the longish screed on the topic. Runs to 2500 words. All written from bitter experience. I apologize for the length.

Spreading the blame. . .

If asked to make a video of a wedding in order to ensure that the photos - which are still pictures - taken by a professional.

While you can get the families to adapt to a team of professional video. It is still not satisfied, I promise, butprofessional misconduct, not yours. If you post a video, you will find a touch of cinéma vérité that a light-hearted look at the procedure, but it will certainly not produce the official record. Then nobody can with your finger.

Life is what it is, the families will probably not agree, and you will be saddled with.

If you are not of this in some way what you do: You are for the bride and groom and most ofimportant for parents that even if the language is better, there is no guarantee that they will get everything. O all you have is much better than an out-of-focus, badly lit, happy home movies.

The problem is that the bride and groom and their parents go into marriage full of optimism and great expectations. They expect everything to be perfect. If the video is not, at least as good as the coverage of the story of Charles and iswill be bitter tears and recriminations. You will never be forgiven.

Trust me on this issue. At weddings through the door, logic goes out the window.

How to do it. . .

Producing a video of a wedding need not only your highest skills, such as a video producer, but also a large amount of tact, diplomacy, organizational skills and physical strength.

It 'almost impossible to cover a wedding single handed and you need two operators to work on a well thought out plan.You must work in tandem to escape in a sober and yet not allow one of the most important recordings. In fact, I feel happier with three cameras working and mobile connections, and even then I'm not satisfied, a boy, until I delivered the finished product.

The technical difficulties are enormous.

Start with lighting. E 'is clearly not acceptable that we go back to walk down the aisle with a gun blazing sun, mounted on the camera just stopped while walking back to the priest. Yes,The religion is about forgiveness, but this goes too far. Instead, you have the light available and look for subtle ways, to work without further improvement with the ceremony.

What must be remembered at all times that the marriage is not staged for the benefit of video. The video is there to record with care and discretion the big event.

Site Reconnaissance

The first step to host a wedding is recce take place at the location of the ceremony and, Where the reception will be held. Then you write a screenplay with the times carefully. Without it you are lost. A simple checklist later.

Check the time, date and place of both the wedding and reception. You need to check three times before the actual event, because it is too easy, too terrible that they were wrong.

The logistics are as complex as the D-Day.

Suppose that the ceremony live to 12 an hour, and the bride within 20 minutes ofChurch. (I use the church as a generic term here. Weddings taking place these days, it's pretty fun place. Not all of my thoughts in the churches. Actually, now I understand, none of them.)

You need to come to church for at least 45 minutes before the ceremony so that you can take your Aunt Doris - ever the early bird - and his cousin Rachel and the rest of the tribe. E 'essential that there are 10 seconds or so of footage of all the wedding guests. Hell Hath No Fury like AuntDoris, if it is ruled a video.

At the same time you have in the preparations in the bride's home, which means working with one hand, you can only shoot up to 11 clock cover later. This is where there are more cameras and operators, at their expense.

Dealing with panic

Their offside at home to take the last-minute panic - it's always last-minute panic - and the bride, accompanied by her proud father at the weddingDare. , Ready to church, will be on site to take action when they arrive.

But who is the bridegroom waits nervously in the Church with the best man, both seemed brutal death warmed up after a night to celibacy?

Although it would be nice to have some cover, you must make sure that you do it well before the wedding car is due to come to receive. It is not possible from the husband - is not a major player in this process - but it is necessary to cover the brideArriving at the church or you're history.

Why you unconditionally and absolutely must have a script, so that you work, who can, where and when. If you try to do everything yourself, it will be like a one-armed paper hanger. I know that without a professional script, but they did soon. But I admire her not envy you.

Some of the images must be handheld, and will help me with strength for some kind of support - a chest or shoulder pod - ahold the camera steady.

Inserts Shoot obtain as much as possible and try to score as many close-ups as possible. Faces, recognize faces, is on the screen for other vices. Take your shots shortish and tight, the treatment is much simpler. Aim to finish with a mass of short - no more than 20 seconds - click connected as a role continuously.

To hate

Find the professional stills photographer hates you. Not that youwill get in way - but it is always possible. It 'just that the photographer makes a living at this lark and six, but a well-meaning amateurs. There is also a firm belief among professional photographers, wedding videos reduce the number of copies to be ordered. It may be something in this.

One can believe that difficult to use, but some cameras stills photographer for the group of wedding ban on the grounds that formed the groups and servicesSo, these set-ups by copyright. Before the bride and groom on a still photographer, is very important to them to decide the nature of a photographer / video maker relationship, or is it a bad scene in the church.

What is even placed on the solid foundation that stills photographer hates you work and you will not have cooperation. You have to shoot forward.

Making the stills photographer in the action plan, the focus of some of the video workwell.

We probably have the help that the use of a tripod and longer focal lengths to be out of fashion.

This difficult relationship with the professional stills photographer is as important as a professional knows where and when in relation to mode of birth. After the 500th wedding you will have these skills too. I do not want my worst enemy. It 'a bright side: If you are lurking nearby, but not in the sense of a photographer, be sure to get all theMeasures, no risk.

Early Recordings

The first shot in the apartment, the bride alone in the full splendor of her wedding dress. This is often taken in the garden, against the backdrop of flowers and greenery. Try not to intervene to hang a little 'back. The range of the telescopic lens You can see the pictures with the standard formula of long shot, medium shot and close-ups for the bride who photographed in the garden, the glory of her wedding dress and the smile on hisFace.

Follow the same routine with the bridesmaids and the mother of the bride. Shooting outside of the stills photographer. Never shout orders, the risk where the photographer will withdraw the serious physical harm. Follow the great tradition of long shot, medium shot and close-ups. Keep the shots down to 12 seconds or so per scene. Film inserts are widely used in the course.

Filming of the ceremony in church

During the ceremony, the position ofCamera, so that when you are on the side of the altar (a generic term, meaning that it is used here) and some may look at the faces of the couple, as will be the ceremony of slopes. Priests (ministers, celebrants, what have you) have this strange idea that their churches are places of worship and study, not yet. Check with them what is allowed and what is not.

If possible, a camcorder, and the second is in the community, even in the standard longSuddenly, a medium shot and close up - is editing the last volume of a lot easier.

The aisle

It is important that the path of the bride and groom down the aisle of coverage, while the organist hammers the wedding march.

It should also cover the first moments on the steps of the church, where the happy couple cuddling and stroking contemplation of the coming weeks. With two films that you this is no great difficulty. With only one that requires some fairly sophisticated footwork, particularlyThe Stills are charging around and rightly demanding preference and the right of way.

At the reception, you will find the process much more relaxed as the demon grog has its effect. It is usually possible without additional lighting to shoot. Camcorders two businessmen who can space be some snapshots amazing. When the speeches start of an action, you can cover, while the other works on the public reaction.

If possible, have performed a tapefairly evenly over the ceremony and reception. This will give you back-up sound, you will be grateful for the final stage of assembly.

It is important to reiterate that it is capturing images from all the major players, like Aunt Doris in her good coat and a cousin of Rachel, who only a few get red in the face with his third glass of champagne. When they see him in videos will scream and scream and protest. But love every minute.

You will probablymic record for the table top speeches. Have advanced the wire and tape with gaffer tape.

Neither the bride's desire to end all the talk throughout their length, or wish to receive a video. If the latter, you can count on a few sentences from each speaker and to focus much closer-up on the reactions of listeners.

Even after you cut the cake ceremony, Stills covered.

All that is left and then only for the film is the happyCouple leaving for a destination unknown, and marital happiness. It is not traditional, then you will be asked to cover the first night of their honeymoon, even if the course of events, it would take me by surprise.

Edit

Your last task is to work together on this lot. If you have kept short, is the rule - not more than 20 seconds, except for the group picture, which is listed below in the checklist - with lots of inserts and a logical progression from afar shooting medium Close-up of theseshould not be too difficult. The addition of wedding music sound like a breeze. Just make sure that Aunt Doris seems a reasonable period of time. Her anger, if it remains on the cutting plane, is frightening.

If unable to speak the way to the damn video at all, the following checklist will help you to shoot out of trouble.

Shot Checklist

In the house of the bride: Bride (long shot, medium shot,) Close-up. The bride and bridesmaids. The bride andmother. Bride and father. Bride with both parents. Bride with brothers. Bride with pets. Family Group. Bride in the final stage of 'association. (This is a difficult thing, but may be required.)

Bride leaving for church: Coming out of the house. Last minute agitation. Final shot from the rear of the car, apparently corner or disappears into the distance.

At the church: Shots of the church. Shots of guests arriving. Keep this one on 5 or 6 seconds.

Groom and best man arriving. Ifpossible, a shot of them waiting in the church.

Bridesmaids fluttering out of the car and there always will be. Bride and her father always away from the car. Bride and father walking toward the church. Pending steps priest of the Church.

If the bride is late, which is traditionally a series of inserts to the clock face, if it has one. Otherwise, have the cut-away, a number of different dials show the time to come.

The ceremony: Interior of the church. Bride and fatherwalking corridor. The bride and groom at the altar.

Close-up of community singing - always good for light comic.

Ceremony, which will be issued with the rings, if possible, a tight close-ups of hands. Signing of the register.

Walking along the corridor.

Outside the Church: the bride and groom length cuddle mandatory. Wide shot, medium shot, close-up. Group marriage with the bridesmaids and Groomsmen included. Again the same, most parents. Keep pace by far, turned a halfclose-up, and even ultra close-up.

Now the whole family gathers and you desperately need a long shot that covers everyone and will run for 30 seconds. This is the only time when you run the camera, because all they want is to play "Ooh look, there's uncle after what you believe, Aunt Doris Stan."

Bride and groom walking towards the car. Confetti dropped. Getting in the car and left.

At the reception: Shots of the family has welcomed its guests. Bride and groom Mixwith guests. Many close-ups of the faces of the guests. Talk to the audience reaction. Cut the cake with an ultra-close-up of two hands on the knife. Toast with the reaction of the public. The bride and groom dance. The dance of the guests. Young leave and waving goodbye.

After that very little all you need is the music, editing, and a beautiful silver plastic casing for the video with 'Our Wedding' embossed in tasteful purple.

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