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 "Movie Rental"-produced DVD?
To answer that question, we need to explain to you
the replication process by which we create your wedding
DVD, see below!
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. We burn each DVD by doing them one
at a time!
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.
You should know that your DVD player should be a
"progressive scan" player for best results.
For certain packages we offer, we even send you a new
"free" DVD player.....to keep!
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 WalMart 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.
We watch every DVD before it is shipped.
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