You can chose to have your wedding recorded in either conventional 4:3 picture aspect ratio or widescreen format. Please note that all copies can only be in one mode so that if you chose to have your wedding recorded in widescreen then all your copies will be widescreen. It will not be possible to convert the aspect ratio after the intial recording is made. It should be remembered that modern widescreen televisions will display a 4:3 programme quite well stretching the picture at the sides to fill the screen but most 4:3 televisions will not display a widescreen programme correctly and the picture will appear “stretched” vertically. (4:3 picture aspect ratio is not available with the HD (High Definition) option).
All DVD copies we supply are fully “authored” which means that they have menus which enable you to skip quickly to the place in the DVD that you wish to see.
These are the titles used at the start of the video. We will normally open the video with a still shot of the church or venue and put the titles over this. Titles can consist of just the Bride and Groom’s names followed by the date of the wedding and the location but more usually will also have the names of key wedding guests (such as the bridesmaids and best man) as well.
This is coverage of the bride getting ready at home before leaving for the church.
After the ceremony the photographer will want to take the main photographs of the day. We will cover this part of the day by recording the guests awaiting their turn, the group of people joking with each other and getting themselves into position and in fact anything and everything that the still camera doesn’t capture.
At the end of the video we place a short selection of moving shots taken from the video summarising the whole day in a few minutes. This is accompanied by a piece of music of your choice.
A sequence of still photos can be placed at any required point in the video. This is normally a set of photos showing the couple growing up (taken from the two family albums) ending in a few shots of the couple together on holiday for example or at an engagement party and will usually be placed just after the titles sequence and before the video proper begins.
This is a sequence of video clips where various guests at the reception come up to the camera and leave a message of goodwill for the couple. The sequence will normally be placed after the footage of the first dance and party and before the highlight sequence. It is important that this is organised properly at the reception. A room needs to be provided for the camera to be set up in which is reasonably quiet and where the cameraman and the guests won’t be disturbed. Guests need to be given a warning that this facility is being made available to them so that they can prepare what they are going to say and someone (such as an usher or the best man) needs to take on the responsibility of bringing the people to the room. Done well, the “video box” is a very good ending to the video and a wonderful keepsake for the couple.
End titles are useful if you want to record the names of a large number of guests (perhaps the whole guest list) but don’t want to force the viewers to sit through this at the start of the video. A long list of people can be scrolled up in a manner similar to the end credits of a feature film and this can be placed at the end of the video after the highlights sequence has closed.
With this option your video is recorded and edited using the latest High Definition (HD) equipment. You still get the standard 5 copies recorded in Standard Definition which will play on any modern DVD and TV system but in addition you will receive a copy of your wedding video on HD Blu-Ray disc for use on your Blu-Ray disc player and High Definition TV. Even if you don’t have High Definition playback equipment yet this option provides you with one Blu-Ray copy for use in future and it ensures that further Blu-Ray copies can be ordered at any time.
