What else to look for in a wedding videographer

Here are some additional attributes of a wedding videographer that we beleive are essential to ensure the best wedding video possible of your day.

1)Effort & Energy – Feature Film length wedding videos are at their best when the 2 to 3 hours of footage included in the film, is a condensed version of all footage captured rather than being the original 3 hours of video filmed by your videographer. The more raw footage that is captured on the day the better, as the content of the film then becomes a highlights of special moments and subplot storylines, rather than a tedious documentary of every second filmed by your videographer. It stands to reason then, that your videographer should display a keenness for inputting plenty of effort and energy on the day and this is probably reflected in their manner during the meeting and booking process.

2)Physical fitness – Unlimited filming on your wedding day requires stamina, and to make that footage creative and interesting requires even more. Peak physical fitness is essential to maintaining drive and effort to be constantly altering angles and proactively seeking out new moments to capture. The aura of a wedding comes not just from the main action on the bride and groom, but is created by guests, passers by, scenery, tiny details and more… To capture all these elements during every scene on your wedding day is essential to a high quality wedding video, so your videographer should look capable of endurance.

3)Creative agility - the ability to think creatively for up to 12 hours continuously is only part of the job for a wedding videographer. The videographer must also consider technical components - lighting, framing, colour, focus, depth of field, frame rates and audio quality. A good wedding videographer will focus strongly on content – constantly seeking out candid moments to capture that have high interest value. Once these moments are caught, the videographer considers what other shots are required to accurately recreate that scene on film including detail, scenery, close up shots etc to frame the moment during editing. The videographer then must consider shot variety and style to assist in the finished DVD’s interest factor. In essence, your videographer needs to consider multiple concepts simultaneously if you are to receive an interesting high quality wedding video.

These are the concepts Harbour City Films adheres to for capturing the highest quality candid wedding videos possible.