Last week Elissa and I got our wedding DVD. We were totally excited to see it and were so happy that my dad had arranged to have the ceremony recorded. Then we watched the video. Like all things about our relationship, the video was a comedy of errors. Had the videographer taken a moment to look at the wedding bulletin, he probably would have been better informed. But it was obvious that this guy really liked to do things "in the moment". Most of the time he forgot to turn off the lapel mic that I was wearing, so when I would sing the hymns, it would totally obliterate all other sound and leave the recording with static...not to mention when I went to go and light the unity candle, it sounded like I was wearing a rubber tuxedo.
The only saving grace was that there were 2 cameras set up and one was NOT tapped in to my lapel mic. Had the video editor even had an iota of sensibility, he would have switched angles at the point where the sound was bad, avoiding the very unprofessional result that he eventually put onto DVD. After a couple of emails back and forth with the "editor" of the video (who was not the same guy who did the video recording...in fact the editor lives in OHIO), it was clear to me that this guy had no idea how to edit a professional video. I will spare you the description of the cheesy animation and horrible sitcom-like music that accompanied the beginning and end of the video to quote you from his email:
"until the last year or so, VHS has been the main way that people have watched video Media." Huh? Where has this guy been? VHS has not been the main media format for about 5-8 years.
So, now after about 3 hours of work in imovie (thank God for Apple), I have a video that looks far more professional and has become something that I would actually watch in the years to come. I just hope that we can get some money back from these guys...cuz it really isn't worth the DVD's it is burned to.
Anyone wanna watch a wedding video?
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