How to choose the right movie maker?
There are a lot of people that know how to shoot a film. They will try to sell their ability telling you about their big experience and professionalism. If it’s possible, ask them to watch one oh their video records. That kind of test is almost only whereupon you can define is particular operator the one you need for your wedding perpetuation.
No always mark “professional” and statement “big experience” is guarantee for perfect wedding movie – also operator without big experience can make very good material.
Start to look for video operator duly and find best among bests – the one who will do his job from heart, not just for earning money.
Find out how long after wedding the movie will be ready. Remember that postnuptial feast is adopted to celebrate after one week.
Why you need to choose professional?
Find time before wedding and meet with operator to tell him about your scenario. Even if it is classical and is not different, any way there will be nuances and you need to inform operator about them duly.
Watch out! If scenario will be boring, probable good operator for whom money is not the only determinant will refuse from this work. Quality of this movie mostly is dependent on what is happening in the wedding – if there won’t be anything interesting, than there is nothing to film. Most often in that kind of situations has blamed operator. So gateway to success is interesting scenario and guest that you invite to your wedding. The more responsive and cheerful guest will be, the more interesting events there will be to eternalize.
Before you meet with operator, it is important to make out what kind of movie do you want. Desire knowing will help for the quality of film in creative and technical case. But if you don’t have any idea, operator will offer you some variants:
film and after wedding give cassette to you (quality of movie depends of operator experience, ability to improvise and that day feeling – cheap, but risky variant);
film, clean up and give you prepared potted film in wanting format (in this variant can put music and captions);
film with a few cameras and after that assemble (most expensive variant, but you can compare wedding movie with nice documentary with artistic trend).
You can also do like this: receive film material from operator and then, if your financial resources let, go to some firm where mount and record in necessary format with all disc print.
Video operator work at wedding. How to help him?
Filming in wedding is very difficult work. Not everyone can film in weddings similarly like not everybody can play some musical instrument or make wedding banquet. You need to have a good knowledge about technology that in wedding you don’t have to spend time searching for necessary buttons and for knowing what and how to do things better.
You need to know wedding scenario, know what comes after what that you can duly be ready and won’t “oversleep” some important moment. Operator with little experience can happen that he “tears off” some words, because he is missed cameras run-up, namely, he wasn’t at the right time at the right place in working order. There needs to be continuous attention and amazing memory from side of operator, especially, if there was an agreement about cheapest variant – filming without removing something. Filming in that kind of condition it is important to remember what the last film shot was so there won’t be that parents’ greetings is cut short.
Operator needs to have planning skills. He needs to think, where is better for him to stand, needs to predict next step for standing in right place while he is moving. In the same time he needs to keep an eye that no one don’t cover up camera so there is no unwished and so there is good sound.
Ushers or measures supervisors need to have contact with operator. Before responsible moments you need to make shore is operator ready for the action. If you notice that operator doesn’t film that no always mean that he doesn’t work. All the time there is oversight process and primary thoughts that are running into brains are: what’s going to happen now; and after that? There is decision making – to film or not to film.
In spite of that operator is at work, he is also quest and he needs to sit at table. Love comes through stomach! The better operator will feel, the more responsive he will be. If there are place cards in plan, place operator there where he can se newly-wed and other guests. Traditionally operator place has reserved in bottom of the table.
Editing and cleaning
Cleaning is unwanted stuff out throwing. Materials from cassette is set into computer, processed and set back into cassette. If client doesn’t choose this service, it is harder for operator – not everyone can manage this, because you need to think a few steps forward. If some guest stand up and want to make toast, operator needs to feel, is there sense to film or not. If film with thought that after that there will be cleaning, than it is easier to film making “black” material.
Montage is almost he same thing, just little refined. It is necessary if events are filmed with two or few cameras.
You can do it by yourself, if your computer is high-powered and you have knowledge in accordant movie cutting program (Adobe Premier, Pinnacle Studio, Ulead Video Studio and Power Director).
How forms the payment?
Answers to these questions make the price:
How long do you need to work? (filming, cleaning or montage, recording and other works till you make final product)
How many parts you need to film? (ceremony, wedding festivities, both together, night party, morning etc.)
Where the planning is planned? (transport expenses, expenditure of time on the way)
How to film? (one or several cameras)
Does material needs to be cleaned/mount?
In what kind of format will film?
