Meet Tori & Brad. They came to Lifetime from Sara & Brad an amazing couple we worked with in September. “I really didn’t budget for a wedding film” Tori told me “But after I saw what you do, I have to have it”. Her conviction and enthusiasm was so strong, I just really wanted to make her day incredible. Tori and Brad put together the Cincinnati wedding vendor “Dream Team” with the spectacular Hall of Mirrors as the backdrop.
This is just a small preview of things to come.
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I can not stress how important audio is in your wedding film. Here at Lifetime, we have a separate audio specialist who’s sole job is to capture audio at both the wedding and reception. We then come back here to our studio and re-mix it before adding it to the video footage we have shot. Adding your voices speaking to each other through either letters or just conversations on your wedding day adds a whole new level to your production. Meet Lisa and Brent. They both wrote letters to each other the night before their wedding. I then mixed different segments of both, having Brent’s opening and then let Lisa close. There was plenty of emotion during the entire day (which make our job easier).
The Lifetime team really enjoyed ourselves at this one and are looking forward to shooting Lisa’s sister Lindsay’s wedding in April.
Your emotions can run wild sometimes on your wedding day. Crying because you’re happy happens a lot. As it did on November 14th for Kristen as you’ll see. We’re having a lot of fun putting this one together.
Kristen and Andy, this is just a preview of things to come.
On my birthday a few years ago, my wife bought me a beautiful leather bound notebook. “What’s this for,” I asked? “It’s to write all these ideas you have down, so you don’t forget them” she told me. What a gift it was. I have a lot of ideas in my book. There’s a few that have been in there for a long time and may never come to life. Others ideas, like the letters I like to have the couples write to each other the night before the wedding, I use all the time.
I had an idea for an epic movie trailer, but didn’t feel like I had the right backdrop. I needed a location with ornate architecture and a feeling of grandeur. Then Sara Ranson called from Viva Bella Events to ask if we were open for a wedding at Plum Street Temple with the reception held at the breathtaking Hall of Mirrors at the Cincinnati Netherland Hilton. I had what I needed and the idea has become a reality.
Meet Amber and Michael, who’s wedding was amazing. Everything is coming together and we still have few more weeks before we finish. Here’s a little preview of things to come.
Sometimes I hear the words “Well, we really don’t have a wedding video in our budget”. “Why” is all I ask. Think about it, your wedding photos are going to be it, well that and what you remember. Nothing against all my photographer friends, they capture you day differently, one frame at a time. We really do work together as a team.
Which brings up another point, hired a great photographer, you’re only going to do this once. (There’s a few of my personal favorites off to the right).
A wedding video (or film as I prefer) is a time machine that takes you back to the movement, sight and sounds of your greatest day. The cool part of our job at Lifetime is to put the three together. I love to have the couples write a letter to each other the night before the wedding and have them read it to me right before the see each other the day of. In the clip you’ll see below, I just asked Teresa at question. What follows is an amazing journey of this couples day.
Think of your wedding budget as a pie and you have to cut out slices. Make sure you cut one out for the people that can take you back. You’ll have this forever and you might even show it to your kids someday.
Meet Teresa and Jeremy, one of my personal favorite couples of all time. They were nothing short of amazing to work with. We just clicked from the get go. We’re almost at the half way point and I know you’re dying to see what we’ve been working on. Here’s a quick preview. I’ll be in touch soon,
I love to chat with brides before we start editing their production. The reason is, I want to see what you remember from your entire wedding day. Beside your photographs and your memories, your wedding film is it. My goal is to give our brides a time machine to go back to this one day. I also love to ask “Do you remember what your husband’s reaction was”? “Kinda, but I couldn’t see him when I first started down the aisle” is the most common response.
Meet Dana and Stephen. Just as I happened to catch this stunning woman looking at herself in the mirror minutes before seeing her future husband. I told her “I guarantee he’s gonna cry when he sees you” “If she was in sweats he’d cry…” one of the bridesmaids replied. After I found this gem in time, I decided to build their wedding trailer around Stephen’s reaction.
He’s just in the right place at the right time as you’ll see.
Some of my great wedding friends and some of the absolute BEST wedding vendors in all of Cincinnati teamed up for this one:
Timing is everything. The rhythm of this toast was impeccable and the “punch line” was perfect. Courtney the MOH and the bride’s sister pulls off one the the funnest moments at a wedding reception I have seen. Katie and Logan we still have another couple weeks, but thought you’d enjoy a preview of things to come.
We capture absolute magic during some toasts. Katie’s dad telling her all his wishes came true that day was just some of that magic. This production is turning in to quite a nice showpiece for us here at Lifetime. As we went through all the footage we kept finding gold, just some incredible moments in time as you’ll see.
We’re putting the finishing touches on this one Katie and Jon. I’ll be in touch.
What gets me excited is music. Epic music that is seamlessly timed out to the visual scenes from a beautiful wedding. Meet Christine and Nathan, who had an incredible day as you’ll see here.
Nearly everyone but myself from the Lifetime team help put this latest wedding trailer together and I am so proud, this is great! Some fantastic shooting by Dan, Greg and Mark with Chris Joeken’s editing make this fast paced trailer so fun to watch.
One of the best parts of our job here at Lifetime is being in the right place at the right time. Capturing emotions the exact moment they happen. There are several here in Amy and Scott’s trailer, including Amy’s father speaking of his new son-in-law right before their wedding. Or Scott’s increidlbe reaction to seeing Amy for the first time (he mouths the word “WOW”).
Great working with some of wedding industry legends on this one:
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