Archive for August, 2009

OK, I admit it, I’m knackered. Yesterday, we filmed the last wedding of the summer season, complete with Same Day Edit. Today is the first day off our time off, well kind of… supposedly…
But I couldn’t possibly leave you for a while without putting that Same Day Edit on the blog. So let me quickly tell about Claire and Paul. Claire and Paul are a wonderful couple fromYorkshire who tied the knot yesterday at Allerton Castle in North Yorkshire (that’s one of our favourite venues here up north). It was a beautiful day, although at times somewhat on the chilly side. The wedding video was very important to them, they are part time videographers themselves, so decided that for their wedding, only the best would do. Well, that’s us! We showed their Same Day Edit just before the first dance and they loved it (as did all the guests), so mission accomplished. Thanks to Jon from Exclusive Entertainments everyone was gathered around the screen to enjoy it.  By now, Claire and Paul should be on their way, half way around the world, for a fabulous 3 week holiday in Australia. But for everybody else, here it is, Claire and Paul’s Same Day Edit!

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As I mentioned above, we’re taking a little bit of time off. So if you are trying to reach us and don’t get a reply straight away, please don’t worry! We will get back to you as soon as we can (if you need to reach us, it’s best to email us). We’ll back in the office on 23 September.

Jane and Richard’s wedding took place on a beautiful summer’s day back in July at St Augustine’s Priory near Ashford in Kent. The wedding was lovingly themed in a vintage style, with birdcages, shades of pink, plenty of flowers and Jane’s dress was positively dreamy. The fabulous string quartet Stringendo played during the ceremony and reception (they have some really great arrangements, really enjoyed their music) and a witty French magician provided some light entertainment, while a guitar player set the right mood during the wedding breakfast. Then in the evening, they danced the night away to the music of the band Coast and the guests were all given Chinese wishing lanterns which looked enchanting as they floated away in the night’s sky. And all the while we had a great time working together with their photographer, Nikos (you can see Jane and Richard’s photos here) and their toastmaster Graham Beacom.
The newlyweds then took off for a very relaxing honeymoon in the Maldives, having seen their photographs, it looked AMAZING!

Anyway, without further ado, here is the trailer to their wedding film.

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In a few days time, we will be taking a few weeks off. First of all to relax a bit after a busy summer of filming plenty of weddings, but also to go to the biggest videographer’s convention in the world in Orlando. We’re very much looking forward to learning plenty of new things and meeting up with some old friends. But don’t worry, we’ll keep you up to date on the blog and through Twitter!

Yesterday we were at Hazlewood Castle up in North Yorkshire to film the wedding of Jodie and Ben. Beautiful venue, gorgeous bride, handsome groom, very friendly vicar, fantastic fireworks, plenty of fun working together with Dave from 1Click Photography and pretty much perfect weather. What more can we ask for? In the evening, just before the Jodie and Ben’s first dance as husband and wife, we screened their Same Day Edit, as ever, it was a big hit. As promised, it’s online the next day!

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Ever After has again been shortlisted for an IoV Award for Best Wedding Day Film! Kelly and Wayne’s Fairytale Wedding Film is the one who made into the short list. Their wedding was shot at Allerton Castle. Last year, we won the Award for Best Wedding Day Film with a wedding film shot at the same location… Is this a good sign? Let’s hope so! The results will be announced on 14 October.

Now on a totally different note… It’s the middle of summer (not that you’d always be able to tell by the rather abysmal weather we’ve been having here in Sheffield lately). Yet go into a large department store, greeting card shop or just about any hotel with a function suite, and you are reminded that there are only a 136 days left until Christmas. Whoop dee doo… So I’m wondering if it would be too much of a crime to join in for a moment by sharing a clip of wedding we filmed around Christmas time last year??? I think I’ll take risk.

I’ve shared a trailer to this particular wedding a few months ago, it’s Alison and Leigh’s wedding. This time I’d like to share the highlights as they are a bit different. Rather than using a pop or rock song or a movie soundtrack as usual, these highlights are set to a piece proper classical music, Vaughan Williams’ Theme by Thomas Tallis. As Alison is a classically trained musician and music it teacher it made perfect sense to use this music. It did provide me with a few challenges but I think it worked out nicely.
Alison and Leigh at the Priest House Hotel in Derbyshire.

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