Once upon a time, wedding videos were mere documentary mementos of your wedding day's happenings. Today, they are already considered as pieces of art.
Due to this evolution, you can expect your wedding videographer to do his best to give you just this. If you think it is all up to the person with the lens to make an art out of your wedding day, here's some news for you. You also have a role to play in order for your videographer to capture the wedding video that you will love to look at.
A wedding videographer can only capture moments in your wedding day. However, you are in-charge of what those moments will be.
So what can you do about it to give your wedding videographer a lift and be assured of a blunder-free video? Here are 3 simple yet smart suggestions:
1 Be sure that everyone in the bridal entourage attends rehearsals. Most wedding video packages include a full coverage of the bridal march. If anybody in the entourage lineup fails to attend rehearsals, he or she may totally wreck the moment on your actual bridal march. This wreckage will be captured on video, leaving your videographer no choice but to omit that portion of the march.
For most people, an incomplete footage of the march is an issue worth spending emotions to. If you see yourself as somebody who's like this, then do yourself and the person who takes your wedding video a favour - urge everyone in the entourage to attend rehearsals.
2 Don't hesitate to specify the do's and don'ts of your wedding day. This is especially when you think that there will be those who can't help but do their own "documentary" despite the presence of professionals whom you've tasked to capture your wedding video.
You can do this by including a short note in invitation cards that says:
"Taking of photos and videos during the ceremony is not encouraged. Please share the day with us and leave the documentation task to our friends from"
3 Be in full control of your wedding guest list. Kids do not enjoy a wedding as much as adults do. Tantrums can be thrown here and there and your videographer may need to contend with a cranky child and his bawling when editing a video. If you are short of luck, the bawling may even interfere with your videographer from getting a clean recording of your very wedding vow!
If you see this coming, better specify that your wedding day is an "adults only occasion" especially when you have friends who just can't control their children's behaviour.
Do your part in blunder-proofing your wedding day and surely the people behind the camera will render you an outstanding wedding videography service.
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