Wedding Videographers

[Nexus]

anybody can edit badly, doing it well requires real skill. I'm not saying they're particularly good, I haven't looked at their videos but good video editing is far from easy.

I see, I thought you had viewed some.

The standard of their videos isn't what I'd call professional. They all feature the same iMovie style book opening and then freeze frames on key people at the wedding.

Just look at 16.35 on this video, the audio drops out for no reason during a transition, that's extremely weak for a 'professional' edit.
http://vimeo.com/26916015

To be fair though, I'm sure they have to edit with a whole lot of nothing and unlike a Videographer at the actual event, they have no 'outside' knowledge of what is happening in a scene or who everybody is.

You don't even get to see the video before they send it out, unless you pay for a first look. Which I'd also say is quite important given that their choice of music is questionable in places.... Gangster Rap for a skinny white guy getting out a limo... is that really how you want people to see your wedding day forever?

I agree with you Rexhuk that a Dragon endorsement means they will do well, it perhaps means they can actually hire some professional Editors.


On disposable film cameras... I was under the impression that it was still a pretty popular practise, especially given you can have them developed right onto DVD. We did it for my Father's 60th a few months ago and I've seen the same elsewhere.

 

[a1ex2001]

I see, I thought you had viewed some.

The standard of their videos isn't what I'd call professional. They all feature the same iMovie style book opening and then freeze frames on key people at the wedding.

Just look at 16.35 on this video, the audio drops out for no reason during a transition, that's extremely weak for a 'professional' edit.
http://vimeo.com/26916015

To be fair though, I'm sure they have to edit with a whole lot of nothing and unlike a Videographer at the actual event, they have no 'outside' knowledge of what is happening in a scene or who everybody is.

You don't even get to see the video before they send it out, unless you pay for a first look. Which I'd also say is quite important given that their choice of music is questionable in places.... Gangster Rap for a skinny white guy getting out a limo... is that really how you want people to see your wedding day forever?

I agree with you Rexhuk that a Dragon endorsement means they will do well, it perhaps means they can actually hire some professional Editors.


On disposable film cameras... I was under the impression that it was still a pretty popular practise, especially given you can have them developed right onto DVD. We did it for my Father's 60th a few months ago and I've seen the same elsewhere.

Your still missing the point about quality, marketing is what sells things there are hundreds of poor photographers and videographers making plenty of money. The consumer market is not driven by quality look at music look at domestic appliances look at furniture, why do you think that wedding videos would be any different?

 

[BloodyL]

I thought I recognised the lady who spoke very little, she just popped up in an Optimax advert... so that's where she got her "worked in the media" from.