We recently received a request from a bride to see a “normal wedding video”. We were not quite sure what she meant so she explained that she understood everything didn’t go perfectly at every wedding and she would like to see a video that is just a normal product from us and not something that showcases the best of the best of what we have produced under ideal circumstances.

If you are a follower of our blog you know that we post video clips quite frequently.  In fact we post clips from just about every project we work on and hope that it shows our consistency in providing the highest quality of wedding videos no matter the place or circumstances.  When we received her request we immediately understood the validity of it as there are many wedding video sites that shows their best of clips on the site but when you actually receive your full product from that company it will not be a representation of what you saw in their “demo clip”.

With that, we introduce the first COMPLETE  WEDDING VIDEO ever posted to our wedding video blog.  When we received the bride’s request mentioned above, we were in the middle of editing this particular video and I couldn’t help but feel that this wedding fit the bill perfectly for what she was asking. Let me explain why. 

We found out early on that the church in this video had some strict regulations but were relieved to find that the church coordinator allowed us a small amount of leeway that we initially thought we may not have.  Even with this leeway we still had prohibitive restrictions placed on us. No shooting from the ground level or altar/choir loft and any of the processional shots had to be from the very cramped foyer area.  With these restrictions in mind, Marianna and I came up with a camera placement and shooting plan and pulled it off with the utmost precision.

Because of these restrictions, it did prevent us from doing some things that we normally would like to do from an artistic standpoint.  However, even with the abscence of some of our “Best Of” shots you will still see that the quality of our work and beauty of the wedding shines brightly in the video.

In addition to their MAIN WEDDING MOVIE which is featured below, on the actual DVD they also received some documentary style clips of their ceremony showcasing the original music and reactions, a 10 minute montage of dancing and the band from the reception, and some clips of well wishes from their family and friends.

Below is some additional info about this wedding:
The Couple – Elizabeth Skarupa and Donald Wynn
Ceremony Location  – Central United Methodist Church
Reception Location – Florence Country Club
Wedding Planner – Melanie Murphy - By Invitation Only
       You can see Melanie’s Blog post about this wedding by CLICKING HERE.

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Here is the introduciton to Kelly and Bradley’s wedding movie that we have created for them. It runs all the way through the “I do’s”.

Their wedding was held at Wintergreen Woods in Lexington, SC and it was an absolutely beautiful day as you can see in the video.

You can see Kelly and Bradley’s wedding trailer by CLICKING HERE.

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Here is the introductory segment to Trevor and Jessica’s Wedding which was held at Charleston Harbor Resort in Charleston, SC.

Trevor and Jessica chose to see each other before the wedding and this segment showcases how we handled that for them.

The clip ends abruptly after Jessica’s entrance into the ceremony. Sorry that we couldn’t let it run longer but we have a few other segments that will be posted very shortly and we needed to conserve our bandwidth that is alloted to us for hosting our videos.

Stay tuned for the other clips that are soon to follow!!

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Staci and Frank were married atThe Cathedral of St. John the Baptist catholic church in Charleston, SC. The exterior and interior of the church are second to none and we enjoyed every second we got to film there.

Staci and Frank’s reception followed at the Francis Marion in downtown Charleston where one of our favorite bands, The Mighty Kicks, kept the party going into the evening.

The clip below is Staci and Frank’s wedding movie opener all they way through the vows at the ceremony. Staci and Frank chose to have their coverage time start at the beginning of the ceremony with no preperations filming. In this piece you can see how we still unraveled the story in a natural and unique way even though we were missing that important preperations piece of the story.

In our last post, Hope and Tripp’s wedding video ending segment, we showed our unique way of blending parts of the ceremony over the entire video in order to maximize interest and maintain the emotional value of each segment of the wedding day. In this segment you can see some more of our signature style blending techniques.

If you have any questoins about the below wedding video segment or about our editing style in general please send us an email via our contact form or feel free to leave a comment on this post.

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Thanks to Nathan and Mell Bell of Richard Bell Photography for providing us with the above thumbnail picture and also for allowing us to use their photos for the Staci and Frank’s Case and Disc Artwork.

COMPARISON CLIP:

I also had Marianna cut a documentary version of the priest message.   The below clip is a straight documentary cut between all of the available cameras that we had at the wedding.  This clip is right at 7 minutes long and if you watch it you will immediately see that the priest point is all but lost because of the length of the message and overemphasis of some points. 

As you compare it to the version above (which his message was condensed to 2.5 minutes)  you will find that you dont miss anything but with the careful editing of the sermon his message is actually enhanced and more emotional.

Please realize that THE BELOW CLIP IS NOT OUR NORMAL STYLE.  This clip is provided for cross referencing with the clip above to showcase the drastic difference in what we do with our wedding videos.

Here is another wedding movie segment!! 

This particular segment shows a few various techniques that we incorporate into our wedding movies.
The first is ceremony blending.  Let face it.. Most of the time wedding ceremony messages by the preacher are not the most entertaining things in the world. Being in the postion that we are (listening over and over to many messages) we have noticed that many of them carry a powerful meaning but it is often lost because of length or other distractions.  In our editing we always try to maximize the meaning and emotional value of EVERY segment of your wedding day.

One way that we do this is ceremony message and prayer blending.  We have found that if careful attention is given to each prayer and segment of the message by the preacher that often you can enhance the impact of the entire message.  While storyboarding (planning the assembly) for Hope and Tripp’s wedding movie I imediately identified two sections of the message that I felt would create a stellar ending to the movie, so I sectioned those off and saved them for the end.  As you watch this piece you can immediately see how the blending of music, spoken word and visuals creates a very emotional piece.  On the flipside, if we had shown these segments exactly how they happened it would not have been as interesting or impactful because these portions would have been lost in the middle of a 35 minute long wedding ceremony.

By blending these segements of each video we do, not only does it make those portions of the message stand out but it also allows us to trim the actual ceremony portion of the video down to something that maintains maximum emotional interest.  For instance, in documentary (as it happened) form,  Hope and Tripp’s wedding ceremony alone would have been 35 minutes.  With the various blending techniques we used we trimmed the ceremony portion to 6 minutes (Processional, brides entrance, a short message, vows, ring exchange and the kiss).  However, the entire 35 minute ceremony is still contained over the entire length of the video.

If you have any questions about our editing style in general or for this video in particular feel free to leave a reply by clicking the link below the video, OR, you can also send us an email by using our contact us form.

AND HERE IS THE SEGMENT!!

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Amy and Kilby were married earlier this year at the Legare Waring House in Charleston, SC. This location is incredibly spectacular and we really enjoyed filming there.

Marianna just finished up the edit on their wedding movie and is finalizing all of the bonus material and disc creation. We wanted to post a segment from their wedding movie and picked the opening and ceremony portion. This segment shows just how different our editing style is. Not only for our smaller trailers, like are posted frequently on the blog, but also for the complete wedding movies/videos.

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Earlier this year we filmed Emily and Matt’s wedding in Charleston, SC, and were astounded at the love, emotion and just all around fun had by everyone that attended.

Their wedding was a 100% destination wedding to Charleston, SC. I don’t think that I met one person that was from anywhere even remotely close to Charleston and that in and of itself was an amazing thing as this was no small wedding!! Even the photographer, Gene Higa, came all the way from California

Anyway.. Back to the love, emotion and fun!! The entire time that we were around Emily and Matt it was overly appearant that this was definately the best day of their lives and they couldn’t wait to be married.

Anytime one of them talked about the other you could literally feel the sincerity deep down. They also did many sweet things for each other such as giving each other presents and notes. Matt even gave Emily a journal that he had been keeping the entire time that they were engaged!! Talk about emotional!!!

Their entire movie that we are creating shows the emotion of that day (actually days as we covered the rehearsal dinner too) and I would love to share the whole thing, but I picked their first dance segment.

Why…
Because Marianna edited the dances and when she was done I was blown away by what she had done. She edited the footage we had captured into a exact replica of the feeling of that moment and even though there are TONS of other segments from the movie that are great I just had to share it and I hope that anyone reading will join me in telling her what a good job she did!!

Good job Babe!!!!

BTW.. Their wedding was at St. Luke’s Chapel at MUSC in Charleston, SC and the reception was held at Boone Hall Plantation at the Cotton Dock.

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We have been tirelessly working on Scott & Amanda’s wedding movie edit for around a month now, and its only a few hours away from being completed.  Even though its been one of our longer edits we are also sad to be delivering it.

Scott and Amanda chose to have extended coverage by us which included the rehersal dinner and almost the full wedding day.  The edit was extremely involved and pushed our creativity to new limits.  One of the very unique things was that we had over 40 minutes worth of toast audio from the rehearsal dinner.  We took all of these toasts and blended them in a way so that they made maximum impact in the given segment of the movie that they played in.

At the rehearsal dinner Scott gave a toast toward the end of the night sharing his gratitude to everyone that came and exclaming his joy of becoming a part of Amanda’s family.  As I storyboarded the movie and was listening to everyone’s toast, I immediately knew that Scott’s toast belonged right before Amanda’s Grand entrance at the church. 

Below is a short segment of pulled out of their wedding movie that showcases our careful attention to detail in music and visuals and also our very unique style of blending various events to make the most emotional wedding movie possible. (This segment is centered around Amanda’s Grand entrance that I mentioned above)

Sorry for the abrupt beginning and ending of this segment from their movie!!  I tried my best to include as much as I could but because of upload restrictions I was limited to what you see.

Feel free to browse our blog to see the introduction segment of Scott and Amanda’s movie. 

Their complete movie from beginning to end came to be one hour and twenty six minutes.  We also have had many questions about the introduction piece of their movie that we recently posted and one of the main ones has been “is this really a part of their wedding movie or just a small highlight piece??”  Yes it is their movie and the entire production has the same feel of excitement and emotion, we provide the highest quality possible for the complete wedding movie.  Although it is fairly standard in our industry to provide a high quality and polished three - five minute piece Marianna and I pride ourselves in providing a complete production that will leave you in tears time and time again.

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