We recently completed an editorial for “Guide for the South West Bride“, a fantastic bridal magazine for anyone considering getting married in the South West. It includes really interesting and useful articles (ours naturally being included in this number), competitions – win your dress, your rings, your photography and even your honeymoon, and of course loads of amazing suppliers who all want to help make your special day absolutely perfect, and in our case, unforgettable!
Our editorial explains why, if you need any convincing, a wedding film is an absolute must:
A Starring Role
What is your favourite film?. Is it a comedy, a romance or a drama? Does it make you laugh, or cry, or both? Does it fill you with hope? Does it inspire you to be a better person? Now let’s ask what makes a great film? Strong characters, fantastic dialogue and an unforgettable soundtrack? Carefully crafted cinematography and superlative editing? Most will agree that it is all of these things, which is why we think the first film you make is guaranteed to be a blockbuster.
The film that you will make of your wedding day will be a romance, but it will also contain elements of both comedy and drama. It will make you laugh and cry, and it will inspire you as true love inspires us all.
So how do we go about creating this film? We have to be honest, most of the hard work is up to you. You will provide the characters, the script, the soundtrack and even the cast of extras. The characters that we most enjoy are the ones to whom we can most relate, and your wedding film will have an all star cast. You and your fiancee will naturally take the starring roles, but with your family and friends providing an incredibly strong supporting cast.
The script tells the story of the love between you and your fiancee, but it is also the story of the people that you love and the people who love you. It is a tale of hope and celebration, joy and friendship, of old relationships strengthened and the unfolding of new relationships as two families become forever entwined. The dialogue is powerful. Promises to love and to cherish for all time, poignant recollections and reflections, and the humor that comes from the people who know all your faults and weaknesses, and love you because of them. What about the soundtrack? The tracks of your years, as chosen by you. Songs that will bring back memories of your day every time your hear them and songs that will make you stop and remember.
We provide the cinematography and the editing skills to craft it all together into a film that is truly unforgettable. A film that will lift you after a hard days work, or inspire you as you watch it snuggled up on the couch with a runny nose or perhaps morning sickness. Not what you expected to hear at this point I’m sure, but we wanted to remind you that long after the DJ has packed up, the flowers have wilted and the last piece of cake has been regretfully consigned to that great big cake box in the sky, you will still be together. Your day to day life will continue. Bills, traffic jams, burnt dinners, whining children (even though they’re little angels most of the time) and petty squabbles.
Among all these daily occurrences it is a wonderful gift to yourselves, to be able to sit down and remember the romance and the passion of what will have been a truly magical day. Not to mention being able to show future generations what you looked like before grey hairs and wrinkles!
It’s not just about cinematography and editing though. That’s technology, and technology is easily bought. It’s about passion and vision. It’s about a videographer who truly cares about you as people. Who believes in your love and in the power of your commitment to one another. How else will tell your story in the way that you want it to be remembered?
