Another Wedding to critique

DivotDan

DivotDan

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I have read and posted here for a while now, but never asked for feedback. I figure if I'm going to get any better I should get the opinion of other people who do this, so here ya go.

This clip is the entire wedding but I thought if you could just tell me what you think about the Intro that would be nice.

http://www.divotfilms.com/video/wheeler.html

Only thing I'm not happy with is how the flash video messes with the look of the 24p frame rate at the beginning. I'm sure there is a way to prevent this but I don't know what that is. Looks good on the DVD though.

Thanks everyone!
 
I like the intro. Nice choice of song too.
What audio device did you use though? I'm at about 10% of the video and hear a lot of surrounding sounds, camera hiss and the camera being touched.
 
THANKS! Yeah, the audio...w/ the exception of the ceremony which I was using 2 G2's plus a house feed....was all on camera mic. I've since started using the NTG-1, but it is still mounted on the rode hotshoe mount for the camera (not boomed as I am a one man band for most of these). All the footage off the tripods was just handheld too. I've since received the DVRig Pro. Both make a huge difference! I don't know what I was thinking not using them before now.

I have 3 weddings coming up in the next few weeks using those and other new toys. Thought I might get some ideas from people before I went out shooting again.
 
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I didn't watch the whole thing since it was taking a while to stream but it was good. Although the music appears illegal.
 
Great, I'm now passed the blessings and stuff. The sound is pretty good! Did you put a mic on the groom and preacher? Also, did you use the standard G2 microphone? I'm still looking for a lav and this sounds good.

Did you hire the other guy, or is it a 2 man company?

Good job! I like it.
 
Footage was very nice, just a few nitpicks:
There were noticeable shakes in the intro footage (did you have OIS on?) and the shots were a bit flat. Inside the church, with a tripod, you could've set up some shallow DOF, Focus in/out, etc, to give more of that cinematic look.
As far as the look of the video, and maybe the flash compression is to blame, a lot of it is flat. Maybe you can try upping the contrast and add some white diffusion for a cool look.
I'm going to shoot a wedding in December, as a favor to my girlfriend's sister, and maybe you as someone who does this professionally and by himself, can offer some insight into how to pull it off.
But I digress...as mentioned above, great music selection also.
Good stuff.
 
Man Ferdi, you are dedicated to watch this much! THANKS for taking the time!

Yeah, I had a reg ol G2 on the preacher and another one on the groom (that also picks up the bride very well). Same ME-4, or maybe ME-2...I don't recall...that came with the setup.

I hired the other cam op just for the ceremony. I refuse to shoot a wedding with one static cam and one manned cam. I think having 2 people shooting the ceremony makes all the difference. Cost me a lot of money to pay one person minimum rate for like 30 mins of work, but that is what it takes I guess.

Thanks again!
 
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