How much should your wedding filmmaker and/or photographer be a fly on the wall? How inconspicuous should they be? How unobtrusive? Well, it all depends on you and your style. It depends on what you want the finished product to look like. Videographers can’t be totally unobtrusive, it just doesn’t happen that way. We have lots of big, expensive equipment. If we were totally blended in, we’d be sitting in the congregation, in the back, with a little tiny consumer camera, and you will get a quality of movie comparable to Uncle Bob, and he’s a lot cheaper. However, there are some definite steps we can take to work towards becoming unobtrusive.
Is your ceremony on the beach or in a church? If everyone at the ceremony is wearing a dark suit, you probably want your vendors wearing all black, instead of running around in a bright white short sleeved shirts, shorts and sandals. We wear all black for a reason, because most of the guest are wearing something dark. You, the bride, are wearing white, and most likely should be the only one that stands out because of it.
Is everyone wearing sundresses and short sleeved casual shirts, then let your filmmaker know that, so we can dress accordingly. It’s not our day to stand out, it’s yours.
And then you also have to decide if you want the most creative movie, the most cinematic shots, the craziest angles. Or do you want something a little more documentary style, something a little more low key, because that’s what you like. Just talk about those details with your filmmaker and photographer.
It’s just all about your style and us doing what you want. I can be 1000 feet away, with a big lens of my camera, and you’ll never know I was there, it that’s what you want. But the finished movie will also feel like I was never there. It will never have an intimacy that you want. You’ll never see the look in his eyes when he sees you walking down the aisle, and he knows you’re about to become his bride forever.
What I’m saying is just talk to your filmmaker and photographer. Let ‘em know who you are and what you want. Let them know the Priest will yell at them, during the ceremony, if they set one toe on the Altar. Let ‘em know the Groom is willing the wear a helmet cam and stage dive during the reception. (Hey, you never know) Just let them know what is your style, what is OK and what isn’t. And everyone will be a lot happier.
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