Our Wedding Story video is included with the Plus and Ultra packages. The goal here is to get to the emotional center of the wedding and create a short film that preserves the day, not just video and audio, but the feeling of the wedding. We do this by taking the emotional highlights and putting them together with appropriate music in a free-form structure.
Every story has a beginning, a middle and an end. These do not have to be in chronological order however. A well written story also has anticipation, climax, and resolution. Climax and resolution are the key points that the video is structured around. Often (but not always) the climax will the vows. Resolution creates the ending, leaving the viewer feeling satisfied that the story has been told and is complete. We use voice overs from the ceremony and reception (toasts, readings, the sermon etc) to reinforce and build the emotional center. Music is an important part of this. We choose music that we feel will enhance the story as well as songs chosen by the couple.
In our Wedding Stories we may not always proceed from bridal prep to ceremony to reception. The video may end with the vows, or perhaps the first dance. It depends on what we have filmed, what we have as voiceover materiel, as well as many other factors.
Our clients often wonder why a short highlights video takes much more time to produce then a two hour documentary style edit. This is because we spend many hours discovering the story within and bringing it out through artistic editing. The emphasis is not on just stringing together the wedding ceremony and reception, but bringing the wedding day film to a higher level.
