Videography is expanding immensely these days and it makes sense. Our minds capture in milliseconds so when we want a replay of a favorite moment, video does it...almost. Nothing is as good as truly being there. Our minds can record even the smell and the emotion of that moment when we first heard that song as he said “I love you” or saw the new baby for the first time.
Good quality video is the next best thing to reliving the
great memories of our lives. With good sound (none of Uncle Bill passing gas),
just the best parts of the action (not Aunt Betty's snide remarks), good
transitions (like no bathroom trips), chapter marks and a great ending, you
have all the fixings of a short epic movie on a disk or flash drive to be saved
for all times. So how do you get something that looks like a Clint Eastwood
production within a real person’s budget, not multi-millions? Enter the
highlight videography.
Highlight videos are a series of the best parts captured in
high-definition video in the order they happened, shown briefly on the screen, that
lasts anywhere from 2 to 20 minutes total, depending on the opportunities and
the budget. Do you need to see every step the flower girl made up to the front
or hear the whole song played before the vows were spoken? Not really. Hearing your
daughter tearfully say “I do” and watching that smile on the groom’s face as
the couple turns to face the crowd is worth watching again…and sharing with
grandma back East.
Videography production is intense work, often taking 4 hours
to process each one hour of raw footage, with splice, fade, cut here and there.
With the intensity of the work, the price is determined, therefore videography
is generally more expensive than still photography but definitely
irreplaceable. Stills are vital for that large framed print on the wall but videos
show more of what makes us human, the emotion, excitement and fun, because they
include motion, flickering lights and sound. I personally recommend both for
any wedding if at all possible. I love fabulous wall art of my loved ones AND I
love watching those special moments on anniversaries to renew the memories of
the earliest days.
I wonder if one day in the future, video will also include
smells? Will that make it Smellography?
See some samples of video work:
See some samples of video work:
Brief
dancing clips at Grandpa’s 90th birthday party
https://vimeo.com/135019338
Slideshow of wedding stills
https://vimeo.com/125170760
Brief
promotional video with voiceover.
Highlight fusion
(stills and video blend) video of public event for organization’s website.
Fusion promotional
video made from hidden camera captures using natural sound in a very low-light,
colored-light setting.
Multi-camera video
with separate miked sound used for digital audition.
