Lynn and Travis’ Wedding: Cinematic Trailer

Filming a wedding is difficult. And I don’t mean documentary style videography, which itself can be challenging. No, I mean creating a wedding film. “What’s the difference,” you ask? Good documentary videography means getting to a shoot on time, finding a decent angle from which to capture footage, making sure you’re properly exposed, framing your shots well, and being reasonably conscious of what’s going on around you. But good videography, at least in my experience, is much slower paced than what is demanded for a wedding film. Among other things, whenever possible, wedding films combine the bride and groom’s perspectives to tell a story. When you’re shooting solo, the end result can be a bit limited because one person can only do so much. But, if the couple is staying at the same hotel, a good filmmaker can’t help but take advantage of those circumstances.

There are key events that happen on both sides during the hours leading up to the ceremony on both sides. The bride’s hair and make-up, the groom putting on his tie, cuff-links, shoes, writing a note to his fianceé; the bride putting on her gown, shoes, garter, veil, the bride receiving and reading the groom’s note, pre-ceremony toasts on the groom’s side, pre-ceremony toasts on the bride’s, and of course, the first meeting.

It means an incredible amount of running around on the part of the filmmaker. Add to that the need to impose a certain stylistic viewpoint, interesting camera angles/movement, and capture the overall arc of the day.

But, couples like Lynn and Travis make it worth it because they just have a great spirit, and it was reflected in everyone around them.

So, here’s their trailer. Shot for BrideFilm out of New Orleans.