P H O T O G R A P H Y , V I D E O G R A P H Y , P H O T O B O O T H S
C H I C A G O W E D D I N G & P A R T Y R E S O U R C E
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By Beth Kujawski,
Bride’s Guide
Depending on your point of view – and your budget – a
wedding video can be an essential or an extravagance. But
consider this: Your wedding day, the most important day
of your life, likely will be one big blur. A wedding video
provides instant replay, your chance to relive your wedding
again and again.
“I actually didn’t plan on having a videographer record
my wedding,” says Christine Klima, a Chicago marketing
professional who plans to marry her fiancé, Bill O’Connor,
this fall. “We were trying to keep costs down and didn’t feel
we’d really get much value out of it.”
Friends and family members urged them to reconsider.
“They had their weddings taped… and they were really
glad they’d done it,” says Kliman. The recent deaths of both
her parents also influenced her decision. “We decided it
was important to capture the people we care about on film,
rather than simply in photographs.”
Of course, a visual record of a memory that’s meant to last
a lifetime should be as perfect onscreen as it is in your mind.
So take care to pick a videographer who will capture your
wedding day in the perfect way.
CHOOSE YOUR STYLE
You’ll need to decide exactly what you want your video to
be. A straight cut, a chronicle of your day in real time, will
result in a finished product several hours long. One camera
captures events as they unfold, and there is very little editing
of the finished product.
A documentary-style video, containing interviews with
the bride and groom and friends and family, presents your
wedding as more of a story. You might choose to hire the
videographer to capture events surrounding your wedding
and incorporate the footage into the final piece. This
approach requires considerable editing, since the finished
product is typically no longer than one hour
You might also hear the terms “nostalgic” or “love
story” or “concept” when researching video options. These
collections usually center on your lives both before you met,
including childhood photos, and the runup to your big day.
Klima and O’Connor are having a video like this produced
before their wedding to be played at the wedding reception.
Afterward, it will be edited into the video of their wedding
Later for the star routine.
Orchestrating a video record
of your wedding calls for lots of
unglamorous planning
well before the big day.
Set the Scene for a
Successful Wedding Video
Lights, Camera. . . Action
