I haven't done a "marriage engagement" J or a wedding but I do quite a few events so I'll comment from that angle. For a first wedding, it is actually good. For improvements, consider a lot of what Sune offered. By the way, I enjoyed the program itself and their focus on honoring God who instituted marriage in the first place.
1. Multi-camera shooting is important for stuff like this, as Sune alluded. I suspect some of your 2nd camera footage was from others? Nicely worked in, but many other places were screaming for that 2nd camera. 2. I always use tripods especially for events such as this. Put one camera on the quartet and leave it, walk over to the other to get a few close-ups, then frame on a pair or something and walk back to the wide shot camera to change its angle, etc. A lot cheaper than hiring a cameraman (but another cameraman can be useful in other ways). Minimize the use of zooms. 3. In your video do cuts between cameras. 4. The first major comment I find is apparent unwillingness to cut - there is a lot of junk footage left in. For instance, the three men at the podium spend time consulting among themselves - cut it. Sarah and Alex are introduced, cut their setup time, same with the roommate at the keyboard. There are scores of places cuts should have been made. 5. The second major comment is timing - people who watch the video do not want to relive the event in real time. One technique I'll use is to produce a 20 minute version as the primary, best workmanship version, then as bonus material offer about 50%-75% semi-raw footage (all junk cut out). Don't offer the bonus as one long video either; use sub-menus for each and every activity, speech, greeting, skit, song, etc., and identify each and every person on screen. Don't dwell so long on the opening shots of statues or environment or the group, etc.; cut speeches and greetings to a few salient phrases each, edit down the skit - there are all sorts of opportunities here. But you'll have to spend time at APPro to do this. 6. The third and final major comment is to develop a human interest sense. During the dinner or other audience shots look for interesting things, whether expressions, words, actions, whatever - make the video more interesting than the original to the extent possible. When recording random guests such as during the dinner make sure there is a shotgun on the roving camera to pick up comments and talk even if it isn't understood, because it gives the viewer a sense of the life and atmosphere at the party. Use the audio from the mixer board only as background. 7. To make things more interesting there could have been a larger quantity of close shots. I try to be up front where the activity is, not in the back of the room trying to zoom in. 8. Edit out the shots on the backs of people. Make that a personal rule - never ever show the backs of people. 9. The slide show at the end needs to be sped up. I think there was a video look to a couple slides (but they were too subtle to be effective) but they all should have pans and zooms going on, and rarely keep them up over 3 secs. That last one of tripling the photo is a good idea but it developed way too slow; it was painful to watch. However, if you are going into film most of these comments won't apply, since film is scripted. Hoping this is helpful to you. Lee From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DJ L'Monte Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AP] Rookie Hello all, I completed my first wedding the other day. I know there are some Oscar winner producers on here so dont bash it, but take a look at tell me how you like it. I am in school now and decide to put myself out there for wedding. I really want to get into film so I am still learning. Go to http://visualmemories.djlmonte.com/ next click on the "customer" page click on 8-30-08 Shibu and Liza to view the user name is "lizashibu" the pass is "engagement" Your Mixologist, DJ L'Monte ,___ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
