I had an epiphany today. Why always use different music when editing a video? Why not do it like they do in film and pick a piece of music each for both the bride and groom and use it as their theme throughout the video? And throughout the video when a moment involving one of them happens, use that piece of music for that particular scene? That’s how movies are scored- it’s their moment, so you use their music.
I think it’s a good idea, but unfortunately the practicality of it when doing weddings just is not there because it would just sound like you are using the same music over and over again. Not sure if that is something people would pick up on. I guess it’s the same idea as the first dance song. That’s the couples theme and when you hear it played, it makes you think of the couple every time. But using the first dance song in that manner in a video would not work. It’s an idea to think about though.
Anyway…
I know I have not been posting lately. Just have not had a chance for a number of reasons. One is that I recently got a new system, so I am now finally an Apple Intel chipset user. Burning disks and rendering effects are so much faster now. But I have officially returned.
This clip is from Nicole’s wedding. It is her coming out of the church after the ceremony has ended. Kind of quick. There is nothing really edited here, I just like the shot. Lots of flowers. I did do some very basic color correcting in the first 1/2 of it because it was night, so the shot had to be lightened up because they were too far away for my light to have any effect.
I am still sorting everything out and going through the footage (meaning trying to figure out what to do), so I am posting this before I have really made the first cut. It’s like they say, the first cut is always the hardest, mainly because when I start working on something I never know what am I going to do. I don’t just cut and paste or repeat everything with every wedding I do, so I really have to think about it when I work on something. But once I have the first 30 seconds or so worked out it starts to come pretty easily after that. That’s just the way I work because it works for me best. Sometimes I will hear a piece of music I really like and I will become inspired to pull something off really great and just cut to that piece of music. Sometimes I just start laying down shots one after another until something starts to form and just hack away and move stuff around until I have something I really like. That’s probably the purest form of editing.
Anyhow, I will be back soon with something that is actually edited.