Best Wedding Video
You may have already seen the “Best Wedding Video” that went viral last month with over a million hits. What is significant is that while other wedding videos have hit the big time on YouTube or other sites, this is the first one to produced by one of the leaders in our industry, David Robin. David is known for his fantastic concept wedding and Bar / Bat Mitzvah videos. This was a huge challenge in that he had to pull it off at the wedding with very little time, unlike most of his concept videos which are filmed at the client’s convenience rather then on the day of the event. Here is more information on his blog:
Great job David!
Read MoreWedding Films
We made a slight change to our logo recently. Instead of BonnieBlink Productions, we now include the words “Wedding Films”. While our business name has not changed, we felt that the logo should reflect our specialty, that is creating elegant, upscale wedding films. While our product is captured and delivered on video, it is not “just” videography. That term too often refers to just recording the events of the day with little consideration to the artistic possibilities. Some couples want only a record of their wedding and there are many fine videographers who do just that. But many want a special remembrance of the day that goes beyond a mere record. That is what we do. The term film or cinema denotes an artistic approach and therefore describes our niche.
Read MoreNew article on video encoding
A couple of months ago I was asked by the publishers on Millimeter Magazine to write an article on video encoding as it relates to wedding videography. Since we use Sorenson Squeeze for encoding both web and iPod video, I described our work flow using that product. Here is a link to this article.
http://digitalcontentproducer.com/videoencodvd/revfeat/sorenson_media_squeeze_beta_1120/
We are always happy to share our knowledge with others, something that many wedding videographers do (not too many competitive secrets in this industry). I think that this is one of the main reasons that wedding videography has come so far in a few short years, the exchange of knowledge.
Read MoreOur new logo
In the past few weeks we have been working on creating a brand for BonnieBlink Productions. One of the most important elements is to have a professionally made logo. Up to now we have gone with nothing more than test on our masthead, and we felt that the time had come to have a readily identifiable “look”. Having a logo made by a designer can be frustrating and expensive. When working with a single designer you often end up with only one type of design. A better and less expensive solution (and one that has been used by a number of top wedding videographers) is to run a logo design competition, and that is what we did.
I opened an account at LogoSauce.com and started a 3 week search for a new logo. How it works is that during the competition designers from all over the world submit entries. The business puts up a certain amount of money to be paid to the winner. When the competition closes you then choose a logo from the submitted designs. We chose a logo by Thomas Gumball of Bristol England.
And here is our new logo:
Our new logo
We picked this design because of it’s style and how it represented what we do. I am very pleased that we have such a beautiful logo to represent BonnieBlink Productions.
Read MoreClip from an interesting wedding
First, this was not one of our clients. The clip below was done by GM Elliot Videography in Williamstown NJ. I was there however along with Darrell Aubert of Aubert Films as the videographers. Darrell and I were faced with a rainy day and a very dark church. As you will see from the clip, the ceremony came out well.
The reception was at the Franklin Institute, as fantastic location. Under Ben Franklin’s statue they had a fantastic evening.This is an excellent example of what is being done today by our top videographers. Great job Glen!
Allyson & Bill Wedding Trailer- Philadelphia, PA (The Franklin Institute) from Glen Elliott on Vimeo.
Read MoreBonnieBlink Productions profiled on Sorenson Media’s website
We were recently profiled on Sorenson Media’s website on how we use Sorenson Squeeze (a video encoding application) in our studio. For the past year we have produced all of our web video using Squeeze. In addition we also produce video for playback on the iPod and iPhone using this product.
Read More