How to plan the perfect wedding As a bride-to-be myself, I know first-hand that planning your wedding can be a fun but stressful experience. It can be hard trying to bring your vision to life while also trying to please everyone and pick the perfect suppliers. To help, we’ve spoken to some local experts and asked for their top tips. HOW TO CHOOSE A VIDEOGRAPHER Let’s face it, your wedding day may take years and months to plan, but it goes by so quick! How will you choose to remember and capture all those emotions and the people that come together on what is, for most of us, one of the most important days in your life? The photographer is one of the first things you will think about when it comes to capturing your day, but a videographer is equally as important. A videographer will capture the day, in-between moments and audio that will help keep those memories alive. If you’ve started looking on the internet, then you may be feeling a little overwhelmed by the amount of choice available. There are different styles of wedding videos, different lengths and prices that can vary considerably. Perhaps the first thing you need to decide is whether you would be happy with a wedding video or whether you want a wedding film? Aren’t they the same thing I hear you ask? No, not necessarily. When I got married, many years ago now, we hired a videographer and received a two-hour-long VHS tape that was composed of long takes of footage of the build-up to the ceremony, then the whole ceremony and lots of people coming and going and eating cake. The finished video had more of a local news report look and feel to it and was minimally edited with very little post-production other than some music overlay that was very 1990s. Thankfully things have changed, and videographers now have access to better cameras and editing software and thus produce better-looking films. Some offer videos that are minimally post-processed aimed at those on a limited budget or who want a small amount of video content from their wedding day, and others offer wedding films. Films are created to have a cinematic feel or in other words, be movie-like. Here are three things that a cinematic style wedding filmmaker will look to include: The Film Look– This is achieved by careful shot composition and framing, use and manipulation of natural light and colour grading to give the finished film a movie like feel. They may also use a film stock grain to give the video a less digital look. This takes considerable time to edit and will involve adjusting hundreds of individual clips. Story – Your supplier will try to tell your story creatively. This is achieved in several ways; visual narrative by giving thought to shot choice in the edit to tell a story, but also through audio as a narrative, perhaps captured from your ceremony, speeches or readings. Music – This is the other essential part of the puzzle. Just think about your favourite films, where would they be without that music score? How would those films get emotional reactions from the viewers without that music? Music is essential to a great movie and is every bit as important as the visuals. A talented wedding filmmaker will spend hours finding the right piece of music to fit your film to enhance the visuals and story. Julian Voigt | Videographer www.julianvoigtweddingfilms.co.uk READY, SET, PLAN! www.julianvoigtweddingfilms.co.uk FLOWERS 55 PLANNING SO
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