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Wedding Edit I Co-Produced

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WillStart
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So in July I filmed a wedding with a few other videographers. It was my first wedding I've ever filmed, but we wanted to make it more like an edit than a traditional wedding video. I had seen the work of Orange Wedding Films, Michael Wong, and Vinny Minton, and was super impressed.

We wanted to mimic that style to some degree, and we were super stoked on the way it turned out and I thought I would share it with you guys since a lot of people haven't seen wedding films in this style. Ours obviously isn't as good as the ones by professionals, but we thought it was decent for our first try:


Here are a couple of my favorites, I think they're actually pretty fun to watch because of the amazing filming and editing:

Sep 27 2010 2:25AM
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WillStart
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help with embed? not sure why that didn't work
Sep 27 2010 2:25AM
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jibbinc.
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Emelie & Reuben's Wedding Trailer from Will Start on Vimeo.




such an ill video will!
Sep 27 2010 2:27AM
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jibbinc.
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Emelie & Reuben's Wedding Trailer from Will Start on Vimeo.

Sep 27 2010 2:27AM
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1337
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Came out super well man! Fantastic job
Sep 27 2010 3:07AM
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Static
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how much did you guys charge?
Sep 27 2010 4:58AM
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WillStart
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to be honest i'm not totally sure what the total cost was, I was kind of a last minute recruit. I got $300 because I just had to film for a day and do a little editing and all the color grading. The other kid got I believe $600 or so because he filmed all day as well, did a lot of editing, and has to put together the full length video of the ceremony. The other 2 filmers only got somewhere around $50 each, we didn't end up using any of their footage anyways.
Sep 27 2010 5:01AM
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Dustin.
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Love it man, awesome job!
Sep 27 2010 10:15AM
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salomonskiier12
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that edit is wicked good!!!
Sep 27 2010 10:50AM
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myw
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im proud.

that was kick a$$ for a first attempt...
Sep 27 2010 6:18PM
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miroz
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Hello again!

Yo Will, I dropped you a comment on Vimeo - I saw this the other day. Very well done, if I do say so myself, I loved it. Good stuff :)
Sep 27 2010 6:38PM
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Bryan*
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dude that was sweeeet!
Sep 27 2010 6:57PM
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shane.
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that was real sick man. i need to take some cinematography classes and get some more practice. i would like to shoot stuff like this in the future. I liked it a lot
Sep 27 2010 7:03PM
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.jr
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Who else was ready for them to strap into hellbents and drop some powpow..

crit- overuse of filmburn/dolly and not sure white apple tree was the best choice.. kind of contradicted the bride crying..
Sep 27 2010 7:34PM
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MANDER
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really liked it!
Sep 27 2010 7:51PM
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WillStart
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yea i agree that the film burn was somewhat overused. the other kid was in charge of the editing and he was the one who added the film burns, so it was basically his call. i'm a fan of film burn and i use it a lot, but i thought this was a little over the top, especially the double film burn.

but i actually thought the song was pretty fitting. if you listen to the lyrics they fit the tone of the day very well, and the song is kind of poignant but happy at the same time, which is how a wedding is
Sep 27 2010 8:07PM
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.jr
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Im sure I could find a little wayne song whose lyrics could match a wedding, but Im still sticking with that the song didnt fit with me. When I think wedding video I think sappy love song, not a song with bass that has been used in skiing edits.
Sep 27 2010 8:10PM
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WillStart
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that's probably a stretch. I can see what you're saying though with the sappy love song, but most of those wedding films are boring to watch, aside from the really really well made ones.

the point is, we wanted to do something different. the fact that you've seen it in a video could also be skewing your opinion. plus the couple flipped out when saw it and they were both unbelievably stoked on it, and that's all that really matters, right?

also, you might want to watch this. this is a video by professionals that didn't use a sappy love song by any means and still turned out awesome

Sep 27 2010 8:21PM
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.jr
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Few things, yeah it was different, and yes maybe having prior experience of the song leads me to the way I feel, but Im still sticking with it.

As far as that video, lol they may be professional by definition, but I wouldnt go so far as to call them that. Its never a good thing when I find myself bursting out laughing at them during the video. Also, that wasnt a 'wedding' video, more or less a pretty wedding prep party..

I liked your video way more than the 'professionals'
Sep 27 2010 8:35PM
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Blandct
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"Feeling like i know the words
Of a song I have not wrote
A song of love a song of hope
A song that guides me down this road"

Lyrics seem pretty damn fitting to me, and why use all the cliche songs seen in wedding vids.

Great song choice is all I'm gonna say.
Sep 27 2010 8:39PM
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WillStart
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Fair enough, my point was that you can't cite the song having been in a ski video as a legitimate reason for it not fitting the video.

Yea that part was a wedding prep party, but if you had looked over to the right you would have seen that each part of that wedding was broken up into individual edits; i only picked that particular video because of the song.

i appreciate that you liked my video more than the one i linked you too, but i think you're being a little closed minded when it comes to what a wedding film can be. i feel like they're becoming more innovative in style, filming, editing, and overall impression. to be honest, i would way rather have a wedding video like that instead of a traditional video with a shitty enya song.

i completely understand that you're not into this type of wedding video, it is a matter of opinion. but if you watch the other videos by michael wong or orange wedding films, you see that many of their clients seem to have quite a bit of money (based purely off of the fact that they have really lavish weddings). If even these clients are preferring videos like that, it seems to say that wedding videos are probably headed in that direction.

I don't want to make it seem like i'm telling you your opinion is wrong, i'm just saying that this seems to be a trend in wedding films right now and it's what a lot of clients are looking for
Sep 27 2010 8:49PM
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.jr
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Please make your arguments more cohesive.


You did tell me my opinion was wrong, and you said its wrong because your song fits into the 'current trend.'  Which I'm not sure how you can classify what the current trend in wedding videos is, seeing as you are a self proclaimed first timer..? Ive watched plenty of myw's videos, and he uses the 'sappy' love songs I am referring to (and they match the events perfectly), not some electronic band from San Diego.

Also what does his clients having money have to do with anything?

Sep 27 2010 9:22PM
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50in07
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Amazing.
Sep 27 2010 9:42PM
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Blandct
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It's not about the song. That last comment you posted had nothing to do with the song. You said the video was more or less a "wedding prep video" or something like that.

Soulcrew's response aside from the first sentence had nothing to do with the song.

He didn't really tell you that his opinion was wrong he more so stated his reasons for creating what you called a "prep video"again this had nothing to do with the song which you again bring up. He was talking about the edit and why he put it together the way he did.

Get over yourself...
Sep 27 2010 10:17PM
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WillStart
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no, i said that i felt like it fit the video well. that's my opinion. when you stuck by what you said, i said 'fair enough.' it's just sort of hard to take it as a serious suggestion when A. it's subjective, and B. the consensus among everybody else who has seen it or commented on it has been that it all worked well together and was a refreshing wedding video.

as for your point about me being a first timer, say somebody had never made a ski film before, but they notice that ski films are starting to use more and more rap songs. are you saying that just because they haven't made a ski film, they aren't allowed to comment on a trend?

and yea wong does use some slower songs, i guess i was imagining more sappy and traditional songs. plus the way that wong shoots his films and uses real audio makes it work. I guarantee that if most filmmakers used the same songs he did, they would be boring as hell. he pulls it off because he is so incredibly good. also i brought up the clients with money thing to suggest that people who can afford to get the best wedding films are opting for this new style.

Sep 27 2010 10:24PM
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.jr
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They can't fully understand the 'trends' they think they are seeing as they haven't been around long enough to make said judgments.

And so the rich are doing it, so we should follow?

Please don't make me read another essay, be concise.
Sep 27 2010 10:37PM
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WillStart
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come on man, you don't have to be a part of the industry or something to notice a trend in music/overall way that a film is made.

and no, that's not what i was saying. what you just said doesn't even make sense. what i was saying that i was following the lead of some of the bigger names in wedding filmmaking, who have more high-profile clients.
Sep 27 2010 10:46PM
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zisforzachary
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one little thing that i noticed while watching it with the sound off was that the contrast seemed to be just a little high, and the colors seemed to be a bit too saturated. other than that though, it looked awesome!
Sep 30 2010 12:25PM
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WillStart
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yea when I shot this I had my saturation & contrast boosted in-camera, so when I color graded it looked really high contrast and over saturated. since then I've started shooting with neutral settings so I can get truer colors out of my color grading.
Sep 30 2010 2:10PM
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