“Who’s going to watch that?”
Videography is expensive. You’re not wrong and there’s nothing wrong with being on a budget and thinking you’ll pass on a videographer for your wedding day. I often hear, “I’ve been on the fence about video but I feel like I’ll regret it if I don’t” and you probably will.
Video is one of those things that you don’t always see its value until long after when the memory has faded. Video is something you watch and gives a deeper perspective on the day. Pictures don’t have the audio of your personal vows and don’t truly show the motion of just how twirly that dress was.
Audio
A professional wedding videographer captures clean audio. The videographer will hide a lav mic on the groom and have special white microphones for the bride that can clip to a garter around the her leg. The videographer will also mic the officiant or set up a recorder off of the pa system. They’ll hide backups at the podium when aunt Susy forgets to do her reading into the mic. They’ll capture clear audio of the audience roaring to see bride and groom enter the reception and they’ll grab a feed directly off the DJs speakers or board to capture every moment of the events audio in clear, crisp, and vivid detail.
Throwing up a camera and using camera audio may get a gist of what they are saying but likely you’ll get muffled audio you cant make out.
The certain things photos cannot not save and that’s audio. If you want to look back on your speeches and remember what was said a professional wedding videographer is going to record that for you.
Its all about the angles.
A professional wedding videographer will have multiple cameras some times 3-4 of them. weddings are wild. Here is a scenario...
You can’t always control uncle bill. The unplugged ceremony is just a suggestion to the man. He’s going to whip out that front facing camera and go full on tunnel vision trying to maneuver his phone, physically flipping it around because it’s a video of his face and the damn thing is just too complicated. (He misses when phones were simple) While he is doing that he backs up and centers his head in the only video camera forming a perfect composition of the bald spot he is been doing his best to hide.
Most wedding videographers will have at least 2 camera ops. So in the event uncle bill backs up into the lead videographer and takes him out, there is still another manned camera triumphantly capturing the first kiss.
“Ill probably never watch it “
A professional wedding video needs a professional wedding video editor. So if you will watch it, comes down to what’s going to be important to you 5-10-15 years later? It might be different for different people. Some might value a brief highlight video. Some might want to sit back and listen to their fathers toast or relive those written vows. Be aware that video edits can vary greatly so think what it is that would be best for you.
Timeline Visuals does professional wedding and event videography
Located Northern/Central New Jersey.
