Must-Ask Questions for your Wedding
Videographer?
Here are some the basic questions that you
need to ask when you are selecting your
professional wedding videographer. Questions for the Wedding Videographer:
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- How many years of experience do they have? How many
total weddings have they (or their team) shot?
- What's their wedding video style and approach in filming a
wedding video, i.e., interview-style, artsy,
documentary, short form, avant-garde? Do they
have a standard shot/set-up list?
- What form will your final wedding video take? Will
you get an industry-standard, chaptered
Wedding Video DVD with
thumbnail image menus? Will you get to select
images from your movie and have photo prints
created from them?
- How can you share your wedding
video? Can they deliver your entire
wedding video online in StreamingDVD format so you can
send friends and family to look at it for the
months and years
after your wedding?
- Can they transfer your video to
Video iPod or Zune?
- What type of video equipment will they use?
Do they use new digital video camcorders and or old and potentially obtrusive
analog camcorders?
Will they have backup equipment (such as extra
camcorder batteries, or
mini-dv tape) should something
go wrong? How will they edit the video (so you
get a feel for how technologically-advanced the
videographer is)?
- Who will actually be videotaping your wedding --
the person you're talking to, a colleague, or an
assistant? Will an assistant be on-hand to help
out, and will that cost extra?
- Do they have other weddings scheduled that
day or weekend?
- What kind of lighting will they use? If
you're having a romantic evening wedding with
ambient candlelight, and they need the lights on
in order to get footage, there could be a
problem.
- Has the wedding videographer worked with your chosen
wedding photographer before? If so, find out if they
worked well together -- and get the story from
both sides.
- Have they filmed wedding videos at your venue before? If so,
ask to watch the Wedding on DVD or
streaming video.
- How much and how do they charge for
services? Hourly? Project-based? Get a price
list -- often prices and packages will be listed
on their website, but you may have to call for
pricing in some instances.
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The events of your wedding will flash by:
your first kiss as husband and wife; laughter
and tears of joy; family and friends toasting
and dancing. Don't let these moments disappear
forever -- with a professional wedding videographer,
your wedding video can be preserve
your special day for you and
generations to come. Read on for our top tips on
how to find the videographer that will suit your
personality, your needs, and your style.
>> Read
How to Choose a Wedding Videographer
Here are some the basic questions that you
need to ask when you are selecting your
professional wedding videographer.
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Questions for Your Wedding Videographer
You've invested lots of time into
finding the
right wedding videographer for your wedding. Now, the
issue is deciding what moments you want to make
sure make it onto the final product. A
wedding
video is your opportunity to capture and
preserve your wedding day forever -- from all
the wonderful moments you'll witness, to the
moments you might not otherwise see. In many
ways, a wedding video is priceless; but in
reality, they can cost anywhere from $500 to
$15,000. Couples generally allocate 10-15% of
their wedding budget to
wedding videography, but it's
important to understand which factors shape the
cost in order to choose the technology, people,
and style that's right for you.
>> Read Wedding Video Budget
There are many different styles that a
Professional Wedding Videographer
may use to deliver your final edited
wedding video. If you aren't sure
what video style you want, take
a few minutes to research. Styles are diverse,
including traditional, video journalism, the
short form, and cinematic styles. You'll
probably know the right style when you see it...
your wedding video should fit your personality
like a glove!
>> Read Wedding Video Styles
You’ve had a great meeting, reviewed
online streaming video, found the right program for your
wedding video budget,
and heard glowing references from other
couples--in other words, you were able to
find
your wedding videographer. Now it’s time to sign on
the dotted line. But before you do, be sure
these essential points are included in your
wedding video contract.
>> Read Wedding Videographer Contract
Your wedding is over. You're exhausted
from your first week back after your honeymoon.
Your wedding day already feels like a long-ago
memory. Here are some quick ways you can
share video from your special
day.
>> Read Share Your Wedding Video Online
Do your want to share video
of your wedding as soon as you get back from
your honeymoon? How about after you've
added your honeymoon footage to your
wedding video? A wedding video
these days is no longer just a video keepsake of
your wedding. These days, your can
broadcast and share your wedding video
online, or let your friends and family
download video of your wedding
to their Video iPod. It's a
whole new technology for you to take your
special wedding video memories with you.
>> Read Share Your Wedding Video on Video iPod
You've invested lots of time into
finding the
right videographer for your wedding. Or
maybe a professional wedding video is not in
your budget, and you will handle your
wedding video production yourself.
>> Read Must-Have Wedding Video Shots
Browse our 50-state listing for StashSpace.com Partner Videographers.
>> Search for a Wedding Videographer
So hiring a pro isn't in the budget. Times
are a little tougher than you thought they would
be at this point in your life, but your
wedding will be magic, just the same. The
problem is, you're only getting married once.
Your life is a movie and this is the opening
scene. You had better make certain these
precious moments are still preserved on
videotape. If you can't have a professional
wedding videographer at your wedding, you MUST plan an
alternative and handle your wedding
video production yourself.
>> Read
Do-It-Yourself Wedding Video Production
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