Tips for a creative wedding video

As wedding season approaches we here at ShotClip realize what an important keepsake your wedding video is. It will be cherished by you for years to come which is why we think it should be as unique as you are!

Add some personality to your wedding video and get creative! Here are a few of our tips on how to make your wedding video special.

Record the preparation! 

The wedding day starts from the moment you get up and the excitement starts. Why not get one of the entourage to record some footage of the hustle and bustle of the morning of the wedding. Getting ready, flowers arriving, and leaving for the church. If you have a special message to your partner before the big moment this is the time to record it! With Shotclip it's easy to quickly edit your clips and have it ready for the reception where it can be shown as a trailer during cocktail hour to entertain guests.

A wedding music video.

This is becoming more and more popular, all you have to do is get a few of your guests to sing along to a few lines of a special song, (Examples!) and then with Shotclip you can easily later edit the music video! It's a great keepsake to later share with your guests! 

A Love Story Slideshow. 

Do you have a proposal video, or special moments you have shared together. Put together a slideshow of special moments, like holidays and events you were at together,  add a romantic song and you can play it at the reception for your guests!

Its easy to edit all these, you don't have to be a professional just follow our Guides on the website and make a great video for your special day! 

We also have a Pinterest board where we pin all our favorite wedding ideas!!  Check it out here! 

DIY wedding video? Use a storyboard!

Have you ever used a storyboard to capture a family wedding video? A lot of people probably don’t. If you’re not in the film industry, why would you? Or maybe you don’t know what a storyboard does and don’t see the benefits associated with using one.

Storyboards are an essential element in the movie making process. A movie, animation and even a play in a theatre won’t get produced without someone creating a storyboard first. It’s basically a series of images or pictures used to visualise the movie before it is made. The storyboard form that is in use today was actually developed in the Walt Disney studios back in the 1930’s. Gone with the Wind was one of the first live action films to be completely storyboarded. One of my favourite movies, it’s so dramatic! 

A good storyboard should include information on characters in the scene, what the characters are doing, if the camera should be close or far and whether the camera should be moving.

There are so many benefits to using a storyboard, even for amateur videographers. If you have a storyboard in place before creating your movie it helps to eliminate a lot of problems before they actually happen. It allows you to think of your video as a story and helps you plan the shots you’re going to take, the best way to take them and when.  With a storyboard you can also ask for feedback on your ideas before you take your shots which will eliminate time wasting and bad shots.

Storyboards can be drawn with pen or pencil, taken with photographs or even pictures from magazines can be used. Whatever you feel comfortable doing or whatever your artistic talent allows you! If you don’t have time to create a storyboard you can use the Shotclip storyboard. Shotclip describes the wedding video in seven scenes and each scene contributes to the story of the wedding. The storyboard has been developed by a team of professional film makers and wedding videographers so you know exactly what shots to get – before the ceremony, after the ceremony, the reception and even the dancing. You won’t miss anything and you’ll be left with a great wedding movie.

To find out more about the Shotclip storyboard check out www.shotclip.com or look at our video tutorials http://www.youtube.com/Shotclip.