Wedding Video Edit

A “Wedding Video Edit” is my next challenge,  my cousin and her high school sweet heart got married a couple of years back.  She drove all the way to Montreal and had the whole event here; her hometown.  I know that she did it to have the whole family back together again.  That has been a goal her and I have been talking about for a long time.

I’m hoping to have the edit done by Christmas.  It’ll be my Christmas gift to her and her hubby, from Martin and I.   She already knows about it since I asked her permission to have DAS Productions to have full credits.  Her one condition was she could have a copy of it.  It was then that is was agreed.

I’m a little nervous.   I’m about to face my biggest challenge so far.  It’s a challenge because most of our editing jobs are scripted; we have an idea as to how it’s going to be edited and that’s really easy.  We get to look at the script to guide us through the editing process. This, this has no script to it.  It has the beginning, middle and an end.  It’s laid out like every wedding.  You go, you say I do, you get your pictures taken, you go to the reception and you have a bunch of comments from people.  There is no footage of her getting ready.  However, I am going to have to inquire about that.  The mark of their beginning. I know this comes across as very rude the way I worded it.  I’m just saying I want this wedding to stick out.  For people she shows be wowed by our work.  It’s already in order, I just have to cut it to make it look like the most flawless day of their lives.  With it being shot from 2 different cameras, I have this idea of going from one camera to the other throughout the “I dos”. I was there, so I have an idea of what went on.  It helps and I have some tricks up my sleeve as to how I’m going to do everything. I’m having trouble figuring out how I’m going to do the reception and the interviews to make it looks graceful and nice.  I may have to do some research online as well as dig out my mom’s wedding video for ideas or back up ideas.

If you are reading this, you are probably wondering, “She was married a few years ago, why are you editing now?”  That is a great question.  The answer is simple.  My cousin slash co-owner of DAS Productions, filmed with 2 cameras.  Martin, the co-owner of DAS Productions, filmed his sister’s wedding with our Uncle Gordon at the other camera.  I have over 5 hours of footage to play around with.  Martin didn’t have the technology we have today to be able to edit it properly.  With the investment we made in March 2007 of purchasing a laptop.  This laptop has a Movie Editing feature on it that allow us to edit to the millisecond.  I will be upgrading it in the future to have access to all the gadgets and tools that are available when you upgrade it.  It gets the job done, for now. 

I haven’t seen all the footage, I still have to go pick it up to refresh my memory as to what in detail happened. As reference I plan on writing part as a script to help me stay focus as I watch everything several times. I plan on asking some advice to my dearest friend slash cousin Stephanie. 

She’s been studying a lot about marriages.  She been planning hers for a while.  Picking everything out, which is a great time saver for when it does happen.  She at one time wanted to become a “Wedding Planner.”  Had she decided to go down that route, she would have made an excellent one.  Which is why I need her experience for a video perspective.

I haven’t told her yet, I was going to wait until Wednesday (October 28th, 2009) when were were going to meet for coffee.  If she reads this before hand then she’ll know in advance.  :)

This video will have a happily ever after …