The basic formula for weddings

speedjunkie

speedjunkie

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Can I get some help as to what Exactly to film During a Wedding..

I have been asked to Record my Nieces wedding and Would like some Advice..

can anyone who knows about this post the Basics ..




Thanks.
 
You can go a lot of different routes depending on what you are going to edit but to put it simply you film everything. The best thing for you to do it to watch a few wedding videos and figure out how you would replicate that shot or that audio or whatnot.
 
other than the actual ceremony and the important reception stuff I try and focus on the bride and all the details that go into her getting ready - dress, shoes, makeup, hair, nails, etc - watch a few videos on Vimeo and you'll get a great idea of what to shoot. Everyone probably has their own shot list, but just make sure you get more than you need for whatever kind of video you are putting together for your niece (2 min "teaser/trailer", 30 second recap, etc). can't stress enough watching what other people shoot - guaranteed you will see shots like make you go "oh man, I need to get X shot" or "I never thought about Z shot before"

Adam
 
I have seen plenty of trailers and teaser online and they all look great. But I always wondered what the final edit includes? Does it include the whole ceremony?
 
Most companies that I have worked for give their "trailer" whether it be 3 minutes or 12 minutes and then just the raw footage. The trailer seems to be the only edited part, so what you see on vimeo may very well be the final edit
 
The last wedding I did was shot with multiple dslr's and with the intention of making a cinematic 5 minute highlights video. But that wasn't the only thing on the final blu ray product. I also included a 3 minute engagement video that included stories about themselves in a interview type setting the week before. Also included a 3 minute music video of the couple (If you search for "love story" or "engagement" on vimeo you'll see plenty of examples) Plus the raw unedited footage of everything in that wedding day slapped together on a blu ray disc printed professionally with a case.
 
I guess I always just wondered about the ceremony. If it's all just one continuos clip with a stationary camera. I guess the only real editing having to be done is like the highlights and interviews.
 
Yeah, for weddings normally you have the short highlight reel. That's basically the only editing, and what they show at the reception if you do a same day edit. Normally you'll edit the ceremony too so its not just one long clip, but just a simple cut and paste edit.
 
RocanLover163 said:
I have seen plenty of trailers and teaser online and they all look great. But I always wondered what the final edit includes? Does it include the whole ceremony?
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I think it's best practice to use 2 cameras to cover yourself for the ceremony. One stationary wide shot and then you can operate another from a tripod to get closeups and stuff (usually from the side that is easiest to see the bride) - that's been my experience at least. Then you just go in, sync the clips and edit a multicam piece for the ceremony, include the trailer/teaser and maybe an additional longer highlight reel (basically the trailer with another song or two and edited in the same style). All this goes onto DVD typically for us. Our most recent wedding we were asked to include a slideshow of all the pictures from the wedding photographer - which wasn't the best but it was doable and we got paid to do it obviously. I feel like a lot of people just provide the trailer and raw footage, which isn't a bad thing, I just feel like raw footage without some creative aspect to it could be done by their dad's stationary handycam so I go above and beyond that to justify hiring someone to tape their wedding.

Adam
 
adamrahn said:
I think it's best practice to use 2 cameras to cover yourself for the ceremony. One stationary wide shot and then you can operate another from a tripod to get closeups and stuff (usually from the side that is easiest to see the bride) - that's been my experience at least. Then you just go in, sync the clips and edit a multicam piece for the ceremony, include the trailer/teaser and maybe an additional longer highlight reel (basically the trailer with another song or two and edited in the same style). All this goes onto DVD typically for us. Our most recent wedding we were asked to include a slideshow of all the pictures from the wedding photographer - which wasn't the best but it was doable and we got paid to do it obviously. I feel like a lot of people just provide the trailer and raw footage, which isn't a bad thing, I just feel like raw footage without some creative aspect to it could be done by their dad's stationary handycam so I go above and beyond that to justify hiring someone to tape their wedding.
Adam
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Thanks! That definatley cleared up what I thought was done! I want to slowly get into weddings but I am starting to realize that I am going to get a second cam. I have a t2i and hv20 but I don't think those would match perfectly.
 
kaydawgy said:
Plus the raw unedited footage of everything in that wedding day slapped together on a blu ray disc printed professionally with a case.
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Sorry.... but please would you clarify what you mean by "raw unedited footage of everything in that wedding day slapped together"? Did you just drop it all on a timeline/sequence and output it as a single video clip?

Do the couple have any way of editing this themselves?

Was it all in chronological order from a single camera or was there more than one camera?

If there was more than one camera, how did you present the raw footage from the different angles? If it was linear, was it one angle after the other or some other way......?
 
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