When we got married in 2004, film was on the verge of being converted to digital almost completely. At the time, 35mm was still considered better quality than digital photography because of the limitation on the mega-pixels. The same goes with edited video footage of your wedding day.
I remembered my husband didn't even want video initially, but after a visit with a videographer, we totally changed our mind, and we are glad that we did the video, because things in motion are definitely different than things in stills. While great photography tells good stories based on the moment the pictures were captured, a movie transcends the mood and the tone of your big day with much more power.
With video, our 8-hour day was condensed to an one-hour movie which can help us reminisce our wedding day any time. At the time, many wedding day videos we've seen are mostly raw footage of the whole day, documentary style, so imagine our appreciation of a nicely edited wedding video that can be played like a movie.
Well, the past few weddings I've been to this year, I noticed a new trend has emerged, due to the awesome development of technology, and it's taking that wedding day video to a step above - it's call "same-day-edit," which is a highlight reel of your entire wedding day in as little as 3-5 minutes, mostly shared as a presentation toward the middle of the bride & groom's reception.
If your wedding day video is like a movie, then the same-day-edit is like the preview for the movie - it contains all the heart-wrenching scenes that makes you want to watch the movie!
Same-day-editing videos also makes sharing your big day online with friends & family that much easier.
Here are some samples of a same-day-edit, this one below is the work of Ray & Joyce from Still Motion:
yen+tom // the trailer from stillmotion on Vimeo.
Here's one from Ray & Joyce's wedding day, produced by Still Motion in collaboration with MindCastle:
joyce + raymond // stillmotion special edition sde // LA from stillmotion on Vimeo.
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