| Highlights Montage (to Van Halen's "Right Now!")
When we got signed
on to do the video for Amy and Thien's wedding, we knew we were
in for a great day: traditional Vietnamese tea ceremonies at each
of their houses followed by a full-on banquet feast. We couldn't
have wished for a better party! There was lots of love and tradition
circling this wedding.
Then came the big twist:
when it came time for Amy and Thien to select their highlights
montage music they decided on... Van Halen's "Right Now!"
So much for tradition LOL!
Church
Ceremony
The two-camera
setup is ideal for a large church wedding like this: one camera
moves with the action and captures close-ups (steadicam) while
the second camera catches long and medium shots on a tripod. We
edit between the spontanaity of steadicam shots with the security
of tripod shots for clean, seamless storytelling. We used only
natural lighting (it's a church, not a TV studio!) and a wireless
lav mic on the groom to record the priest and couple's vows. To
get a greater understanding and see an entire church wedding ceremony,
click here.
Slow
Dance With Live Band
This couple
hired a really great live band and cameraman Kwoi was able to
patch directly into the sound board to clearly record the sound
(wirelessly, of course!) This same technique can be used with
a DJ if we can discuss equipment compatibility with your DJ in
advance.
Cocktails
It's nice
to have a segment like this in your wedding video just to have
a memento of who attended your big day and all the details that
you (and your planner) put so much thought and care into: the
ice sculptures, the chocolate fountain, the flowers, etc. These
are often moments that the bride and groom are too busy to be
around for, so the video helps them see what they missed.
First Dance 3
We love
first dances. For the shoot, steadicam-certified Kwoi goes in
handheld and moves along with the action, capturing the intimacy
and the spirit of the action in a single, fluid shot. It's like
he is dancing along with the couple so you really feel the grace
and movement of the dance. Most importantly, he gets the facial
expressions and smiles of the couple in close-up, something a
standard tripod shot just isn't going to get in this situation.
For the edit, Nishi mixes in the live natural sound (so you can
hear the crowd going "woooh!" and "aahh!"),
to preserve the excitement and the joy of the moment, with the
soundtrack music from CD for that extra bit of "oompf."
First
Dance 2
Tea
Ceremony 2
The tea
ceremony is a wonderful wedding tradition, full of special, candid
moments between close friends and family of the couple.
Ceremony
Montage (Bollywood Style)
We
shot this Pakistani wedding ceremony on a Friday night using two
cameras, because the bride and goom were in separate locations
for much of the night. When the couple were united, we switched
to a multi-camera shoot, which was ideal for a large wedding.
This clip was edited in one day and shown at the reception on
the following Sunday.
The
first challenge with this clip was we had to encapsulate an entire
night's worth of events into less than 5 minutes. We also had
the task of trying to engage the attention of a large audience
(over 900 guests!) with this clip. So our editor, Nishi went with
a pure Bollywood-style edit to entertain the audience and set
the tone for a night of festivities.
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