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Martin Scorcese once said that music is emotional choreography and he is absolutely right. Sometimes it gets overlooked how much impact the right soundtrack can make to the emotional content of a movie. I remember as a kid I watched a making of special for “The Empire Strikes Back” where they show the scene where Han Solo gets frozen in carbonite without the music and then the same scene with the music. It was like night and day.
In that same spirit, I decided to upload an excerpt of a postceremony with the music track muted and the full clip with the music bed added…..
Post Ceremony without background music….
Now here’s the full clip with the only change being the inclusion of a music bed…..
Hope you enjoyed the clips!
Chris W
One of my favorite parts of the wedding day is the dancing. All the formalities are over with, people are letting their hair down, and it’s time to party. In a traditional wedding video, the dancing is presented pretty much as it happened and can last for 10 minutes, 20 minutes, or even 30 minutes. That’s good to see every once in a while but sometimes you want to just see the dancing highlights for casual viewing such as showing the video to friends and family.
The way I decided to handle that situation is to create a high energy dance montage set to one song for the main video and if you want to see more, it’s in the bonus features. Check out these dancing clips.
This first one is from Ashley and Matt’s wedding I worked on with Marcus Rollins. As you can see, he had no problem getting the crowd on the dance floor.
This second one is a variation of the dance montage using a live band. On these I usually pick one of their standout performances like this one from Carolyn and Troy’s wedding where I worked with one of the most talented bands in Dallas: Icehouse. But judge for yourself.
Hope you enjoyed the videos!
Chris W
One of the main things that I try to look out for is not to make the video TOO perfect. When I started doing wedding video years ago, I wanted every shot to be perfect and the wedding video to look like the dream of a wedding. While this approach worked well for me, I started to re-evaluate what I would want to see in my wedding video. What I came up with was a style of wedding video that celebrated the real moments while not being TOO real. I think we can all agree that putting on deodorant and your bridesmaids tugging up their strapless dresses are best left forgotten.
Reality sometimes gets a bad rap but I feel it’s my greatest asset as a wedding videographer. Posed and directed shots are fine but they can’t match the drama of when a bride has butterflies before the ceremony, or the depths of meaning when the groom loses his place while saying his vows because he’s overcome by emotion, or the spontanaity of a stolen glance. Part of why these candid moments hit home is not only because they are authentic but because they are rare. More than likely, that moment will never happen again. With video and photos, that moment is preserved forever.
To give you an example of the beauty of reality, here are two clips from one of my favorite weddings from last year….
I hope this gave you some insight on how I go about setting a certain tone with my wedding productions. See you next time.
Chris W
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