Cinematic Wedding Videography: A Memory to Cherish For the Lifetime

Every wedding is special and to make it memorable couples hire services of a professional wedding videographer as it’s the need of the time and the occasion. Cinematic wedding videography forms an important part of any wedding ceremony as it helps in getting the special moments of your life recorded so that you can cherish them later. Even though there are several cinematic wedding film makers available, every couple takes their sweet time to find the best for their ceremony.

The history of wedding videography dates back to early 1980’s, since then the technique is gaining popularity with improvement in technology. Although cinematic wedding videography is not everybody’s cup of tea as the training for this particular is expensive and requires investment in costly equipment. Apart from the money part, the cinematic wedding film makers need to be very creative and should have good knowledge about lighting, angels, etc. that enables a person to shoot a wedding video.

Once the videographer shoots the wedding video with the help of their wedding videography assistant, they send the raw copy for editing and adding visual effects to it. The technological advancement has made wedding photography so easy that cinematographers these days use portable video cameras to shoot candid moments to make a mesmerizing visual. The process and the equipment used for professional wedding cinematography is very expensive which directly affects the cost of hiring a professional cinematic wedding film makers.

You can ask your videographer to use different wedding themes like your family history, films, music videos, floral presentation, etc. to make the fantastic representation of your otherwise regular wedding. You can also opt for documentary style wedding shoot, wherein your videographer will focus only on natural and candid shoots without focusing much on sound quality, etc. to make the footage look real. However, most of the couples prefer having montage style videography fully edited with digital special effects, sound bites and more for complete dramatic representation.

Montage videos involves adequate video effects which makes your wedding memories beautiful compared to your regular wedding photography. If you are certain that you will be taking services of a professional wedding film maker, and then make sure you go through their sample work and check with their previous clients if possible about the quality of work they produce. Prices should also be determined beforehand to avoid any hassle latter and also clear on which all occasions you will need their services. To avoid confusions make sure you discuss the details of the venue and theme with your videographer in advance.

The author has written for a number of Wedding Films and Wedding Video London related journals and magazines.