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Wedding Videography F/X Video Mixer Tricks
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Since many wedding
videographers incorporate their digital video mixer into wedding videos,
we’re going to provide several examples on how to add that little bit of
spice and a lot of romance to your wedding productions. (By the way,
many of these effects that we’re going to cover can be used for
productions other than wedding.)
To begin with, this first tip is ideal for wedding receptions: One of
which is the creation of a Picture-In-Picture that contains persons
being interviewed (giving their best wishes to the bride and groom). The
Picture-In-Picture resides on screen backed by dance footage resulting
in something other than just a “talking head.”
Another trick that brides love is interview the bride and groom
separately at the wedding reception and ask each what their favorite
part of the wedding ceremony was. As he or she begins to answer, perform
a slow dissolve to the footage of the ceremony that they’re referring
to. You might even want to add a slight touch of strobe and maybe make
the “flashback memory” scene black and white so that it comes across as
sort of a dream sequence. As the interview concludes, slowly dissolve
back to the interviewee.
This flashback segment also works great when interviewing the parents of
the bride. Ask the father of the bride, “What were you thinking as you
were walking your daughter down the isle?” As he answers, dissolve to
the isle scene of that great emotional close-up shot that you captured.
(When the parents watch this tape, the better have a full box of Kleenex
tissues handy.)
Another tip is, if you have a digital video mixer that has a dual
Picture-In-Picture mode, try running parallel scenes of both the bride
and groom getting ready for the wedding during your pre-ceremony
sequence. This to the beat of audio-dubbed music can make for a great
opening scene.
And speaking of Picture-In-Pictures, plan your shots ahead of time when
you’re shooting the wedding ceremony so that you can combine multiple
camera footage on screen at the same time. For example, the full screen
might be a close-up of the bride’s face as she receives her wedding
ring. The Picture-In-Picture can be a close-up of her left hand as the
ring is being placed on it.
By the way, if you do use multiple cameras to capture a wedding
ceremony, make sure that both cameras are recording continuously through
the ceremony (no pausing the camera at all, even if one camera operator
is changing camera locations). That way, when it comes time to edit the
ceremony, all you have to do is get the two tapes up, running as
synchronized and perform “soft takes” (dissolves) between camera tapes.
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