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A storyteller's videographer
I have a major addendum to my last entry. We booked our videographer! It is such a relief to be able to check this one off. It'd been sitting at the top of my list (and hanging over my head) for quite some time.
I'd done quite a bit of research and had a specific aesthetic in mind. It seemed like I'd finally found what I was looking for in a top Philadelphia-based company, but their prices were insanely high -- like way out there. I kept plugging away with the search, but most of the sample videos I came across seemed lame and their websites were cheesy.
What did I see in Branded Productions? The "about" on my chosen videographer's Facebook page says it all: "Because we believe cheese goes well with wine, not with video."
Aha! A company that gets it.
When I first spoke with Ed, Branded's owner, he said their cinematic wedding videos aim to take portions of the big day and string them together as a cohesive story. They would tell our story. That really resonated with me.
As a journalist, I am a storyteller. I absolutely love listening to people, learning about their experiences and then piecing together the tidbits they share.
To hear someone refer to the making of my wedding video as a form of storytelling meant a lot to me. I felt the same comfort in choosing my wedding photog, who began her career as a photojournalist. I see the same value of storytelling in her photos.
I'll often be having a conversation with someone and a red flag goes up at something they say (that's a story!). Or I'll be interviewing someone who shares a detail in passing, not realizing it's the very information they disregard that's interesting to others. I make sense of the world through stories.
In my search for a videographer I've actually enjoyed watching highlights of strangers on their wedding days. A glance, a pat on the back, a tear, a smile. They're unplanned moments caught on camera, and they say a lot about these people.
So here's a piece of Babbling Bride advice for other engaged ladies planning their weddings: A good wedding video tells a story.
I'd done quite a bit of research and had a specific aesthetic in mind. It seemed like I'd finally found what I was looking for in a top Philadelphia-based company, but their prices were insanely high -- like way out there. I kept plugging away with the search, but most of the sample videos I came across seemed lame and their websites were cheesy.
What did I see in Branded Productions? The "about" on my chosen videographer's Facebook page says it all: "Because we believe cheese goes well with wine, not with video."
Aha! A company that gets it.
When I first spoke with Ed, Branded's owner, he said their cinematic wedding videos aim to take portions of the big day and string them together as a cohesive story. They would tell our story. That really resonated with me.
As a journalist, I am a storyteller. I absolutely love listening to people, learning about their experiences and then piecing together the tidbits they share.
To hear someone refer to the making of my wedding video as a form of storytelling meant a lot to me. I felt the same comfort in choosing my wedding photog, who began her career as a photojournalist. I see the same value of storytelling in her photos.
I'll often be having a conversation with someone and a red flag goes up at something they say (that's a story!). Or I'll be interviewing someone who shares a detail in passing, not realizing it's the very information they disregard that's interesting to others. I make sense of the world through stories.
In my search for a videographer I've actually enjoyed watching highlights of strangers on their wedding days. A glance, a pat on the back, a tear, a smile. They're unplanned moments caught on camera, and they say a lot about these people.
So here's a piece of Babbling Bride advice for other engaged ladies planning their weddings: A good wedding video tells a story.
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