|  Why
do you shoot with more than one camera?
Additional cameras allow us to cover more angles as well
as different events happening simultaneously. It also
adds interest for the viewer. Can you imagine watching
a tennis match or football game taped by one camera?
Will bright lights and cables
distract from the atmosphere of our event?
If you are asking this question, then you have probably
attended a wedding where the videographer held a huge
camera with an even bulkier light attached to the top.
The cameras we use are ultra sensitive in low light. In
the darkest of situations we have a soft halogen light
so that you will still get a good image on the final product
yet not ruin the atmosphere. We also have extended life
batteries on our cameras with back-up batteries in the
chargers and ready to go so we are not tethered to the
nearest electrical outlet while we're trying to catch
the next event.
How
many hours of footage do you shoot?
A good estimate is that for about 8-10 hours of coverage,
we will probably shoot 4-5 hours of footage between the
two cameras. We have reached the level of experience where
we know which points justify filming and which parts are
just plain boring. We don't leave the tape running from
beginning to the end but we can usually anticipate when
to start rolling should something memorable start to unfold.
How does your DVD compare with
a "Hollywood"-produced DVD?
To answer that question, we need to explain to you the
replication process by which we create your wedding DVD.
Replication
Process
The DVDs you receive through us are produced through a
burn method, similar to the method by which CDs are created
on your home computer. This is in contrast to a DVD that
you rent from your local video store which is mass-produced
from master glass disks which are then replicated in a
factory by a stamping process. This is quite expensive
and most production houses have minimum order requirements
numbering in the thousands of disks. If you check around,
you will find that pretty much every wedding videographer
will provide a DVD produced through the burning method.
It is important to note that about
10-20% of the DVD players on the market do not play burned
DVDs -- most older players are not formatted to read such
disks as this type of technology has only been available
on the consumer level for a few years. Fortunately, upgrading
to a new DVD player is not very expensive. Just check
to be sure that your new player can read DVD-R/DVD+R disks
(we have the capability of producing either format, though
because DVD-R is the most popular of the two formats,
that is the way we usually go unless you request otherwise).
Labeling
We print our label graphics directly on the DVDs themselves.
We do not use paper labels. The use of paper labels tends
to unbalance the disk in the player and increase the likelihood
of skipping.
Skipping problems?
So your current DVD player will play our disks, but they
skip at various places each time you watch them. No problem,
you just need to clean your player's laser reader. You
can buy a cleaning disk at your local Best Buy or Circuit
City. Burned disks do not have the same protective coating
as "stamped" disks (the Hollywood kind, see
above) hence they are more susceptible to skipping.
If your DVD skips at the same
place each time or the audio has dropped out in one section,
please contact us. Something messed up in the burning
process. Just return the defective disk to us and we'll
send you a new one.
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