Wedding videos and videographers

Winning Wedding Videos

Four Things to Insist On to Get the Best Quality Wedding Videos

Some brides are happy to allow Uncle John to make his directorial debut filming their precious wedding videos. Some brides are even able to forgive his forgetfulness in removing the lens-cap, the wobbly close ups and stomach lurching zooms. However, if you’re not one of those brides than you’ll have to find yourself a professional videographer and insist on...

1. Viewing Recent Wedding Video Examples

Wedding video companies like to show couples their demo tapes which are snippets of their best work. Ask to view a few recently completed videos so that you see a cross-section of their work and are able to get a better feel of their experience and ability.

2. A Professional Membership or Industry Award

The primary association for videographers in Australia is the Australian Video Producers Association (AVPA). Choosing an individual from this institution means you can be assured of a high standard of professionalism and quality. This is because producers must submit their work for technical evaluation before an AVPA membership is granted. Log on to the AVPA website for more information.

For industry award winning wedding videos, consider AIPP triple award winner, Shireen Hammond from Field of Vision Studio.

3. Shooting Videos In DV

Videographers record in 3 formats – VHS, S-VHS and DV (digital video). The image quality of DV is far superior and DV can be re-copied over and over without losing that quality.

4. Digital Sound Recorders

Don't rely on the microphone on the actual video-camera to capture the sound at your wedding. The sound is always unclear and it picks up a lot of unnecessary noise that distracts from the wedding proceedings. Wireless microphones are a little better but they experience interference also. Insist a digital sound recorder is used. The sound is recorded digitally onto a disk and can be transferred to a computer for editing, resulting in videos with extremely high quality sound.

When you start viewing various wedding videos, you'll begin to see things subjectively (see weddings from their point of view) and instinctively know when the artistic and emotional style and matches your own. Visit Bride Online via the links below for listings of professional producers in your local area who'll be able to interpret the vision for your dream wedding video.