Visions Unlimited Productions, Inc.

videography and photography for all wedding & event budgets

Videographer & Photographer Checklist

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Pre-ceremony

  • Bride’s gown before she slips it on
  • Bride having her hair styled and makeup applied
  • Candid shots of the bride and her maids getting ready
  • Brides’ maids & MOB reacting to the bride in her gown
  • Bride heading to the ceremony site
  • Bride and her father just before walking down the aisle
  • Groom with his father
  • Candid shots of the groom and groomsmen getting ready
  • Groom heading to the ceremony site
  • Dramatic on-site landscapes (such as sand dunes & sea oats, lush woods, fields of flowers)

Ceremony site

  • Exterior and interior of the ceremony site before guests arrive
  • Guests arriving
  • Bridal party arriving
  • Musicians performing
  • Family members being seated
  • Processional and recessional
  • Bride and groom reciting their vows
  • Bride and groom exchanging rings
  • The couple’s first kiss
  • Bride and groom being introduced to their guests as a married couple
  • Bride and groom exiting their ceremony site
  • Receiving line
  • Bride and groom in their getaway car

Reception site

  • Exterior and interior shots of the reception site before guests arrive
  • Table settings
  • Menu and table cards
  • Guests signing the book
  • Food stations and bar setup during cocktail hour
  • Bridal-party table
  • Bride and groom cutting the cake
  • Wedding-party introductions
  • Guests seated at their tables
  • Bride and groom’s first dance
  • Toasts and blessing
  • Father-daughter dance & Mother-son dance
  • Bridal Party & Tribute Dances
  • Band or DJ
  • Guests dancing
  • Bouquet and garter toss, anniversary dance
  • Candid shots throughout the night
  • Bride and groom send-off

Close-ups

  • Bridal bouquet
  • Boutonniere
  • Shoes
  • Details on the bride’s gown
  • Details on the groom’s attire such as cuff links
  • Jewelry
  • Ceremony programs
  • Centerpieces
  • Hors d’oeuvres
  • Specialty drinks
  • Wedding cake
  • Party favors

The Ritz-Carlton’s “Vow to Help Others”

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When you’re busy planning your wedding, it’s easy to forget about the less fortunate. But I feel so strongly that if you can incorporate a meaningful charity into your wedding, it makes it all the more special.

A good one is the Ritz-Carlton’s “Vow to Help Others” program, which enables couples celebrating their marriage at a Ritz-Carlton Hotel or Resort to donate five percent of the total food revenue from their wedding to a charity of their choice AND to The Ritz-Carlton’s “Community Footprints Fund.”

“A Vow To Help Others” is applicable to wedding events booked prior to December 31, 2009.

by Leslie Harris-Senac of Visions Unlimited Video Productions, Inc. of Sarasota

~Excerpts from WeddingWire.com

Professional Videography is an Art

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Sunset Wedding on Anna Maria Island beach

Sunset Wedding on Anna Maria Island beach

The Value of Professional Video

When you choose to invest in a professional videographer you’re honoring the importance of your wedding day. Only a trained and experienced wedding videographer is prepared to capture the details of your special day, from the rush of preparations at the beginning of the day, through the emotional moments of the ceremony, and the excitement of the reception. Afterwards, creative editing will polish your tape artistically and professionally to produce a video (or DVD) that not only documents your day, but is fun and entertaining to watch again and again!

Because your choice of videographers is so vital to the memories you will have after your wedding day ends, WEVA International along with top bridal consultants, advises brides to get an early start in the process of selecting their videographer, and to shop based on quality. Placing videography at the top of your priority list also ensures the best chance of securing your first choice, as todays videographers are booked far in advance.

Just like professional photography, pricing for professional videography varies widely, even within the same geographic region. Talent, technology, and time are three key factors which will affect the pricing of your video.

For example, you may find professional videographers in your area using cameras and editing systems that are similar. But it will be their skills, experience, style, and techniques in both shooting and editing that will immediately capture your attention and be the distinguishing differences you will notice in their work. This is why it is virtually impossible to shop by price alone when selecting your videographer. Professional wedding videography is an artistic, not a mechanical medium. Videographers shoot and edit video differently.

Video editing styles and quality can vary tremendously even within the same community. In order to make an informed decision about the distinguishing differences, and be sure that your videographer can match your preferences, it is best to see actual samples of work produced by the videographer who will be recording your event. When you stop by to see samples, you will also have an ideal opportunity to discuss your wedding details and style preferences before making your final decision. See great samples of wedding video by Visions Unlimited Video Productions, Inc. on-line, at my sister website:

www.SarasotaFilmandVideo.com

by Leslie Harris-Senac, of Visions Unlimited Video Productions, Inc,, Sarasota, FL

Member of WEVA (Wedding and Events Videographers Assoc.) International

~Excerpts from WEVA.com

Your wedding day goes by so quickly.

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Why Choose Video?

Leslie Harris-Senac
Leslie Harris-Senac

Professional videography saves and protects life’s most precious and beautiful moments–as they actually happened. And what is more important to hold precious than the sights and sounds from the most important day of your life–your wedding day! Because the event goes by so quickly, capturing all of the activities, your ceremony and reception, on video will mean your wedding will be preserved for you and your family now, and most importantly…for all the generations ahead.

How important is a professionally-produced wedding video? Suppose a friend told you they had in one hand a book of professional photos of the day your grandparents were married, and in their other hand a professionally-produced video of that same day, in full color, with stereo sound, but that you could only choose one to view and keep as a family heirloom. Which would you choose? Today, thanks to new developments in digital technology and the advanced skills of professional videographers, your choices in professional wedding videos are unlimited!

Only video ( now on DVD) will allow everyone to relive your wedding day as it actually happened‹to see you walk down the aisle, to hear your voices as you exchange vows and rings, to hear and see the toasts, the music, your first dance at the reception…and the chance to preserve the complete story of your wedding. This wasn’t possible in the past.

Even today, you have only one chance to be sure your wedding day is professionally captured….just one chance to be sure all of the emotions, the love and laughter are preserved for you to share again and again. Today professional videographers have become as natural a part of the wedding as the photographer.

by Leslie Harris-Senac with Visions Unlimited Video Productions of Sarasota, Florida

~ Excerpts From WEVA.COM