Not Your Ordinary Wedding Video
Expect More From Your Wedding Video
Your finished video is much more than simply a series of edited video clips with music. Your finished video will be a living memory of your wedding day.
Each video production we create is as unique as the couples who "star" in them. However, here is a general idea of what to expect in your fully edited video...
Quality
First off, all video will be shot with High Definition (HD) cameras and edited in sophisticated HD editing suites. These cameras have up to 5 times better picture quality than Standard Definition (SD) "3-chip, broadcast quality, digital" cameras that most area videographers still use.
Coverage
You will receive UNLIMITED 2-camera, 2-operator coverage throughout the day, beginning with pre-ceremony footage and not ending until there simply isn't anything left to shoot!
Vibrant Menu with Chapter Selections
When you first load your DVD into your player, you will see a beautifully designed, easy to navigate menu. This will make it easy for you to select the chapters that you wish to see. Our clients have been very impressed with the professionalism of our menu and have likened it to that of major movie releases.
Premium Credits with Enhanced Graphics and Special Effects
Words cannot describe how cool this stuff is. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then video is an encyclopedia. Please ask to see some of our work.
Introduction Montage
This first chapter will introduce the viewer to the rest of the movie. Usually it will include your wedding invitation, shots of your church & hall, as well as various other scenes throughout the day.
Pre-Ceremony Footage
Some of this footage is truly priceless. Feel the excitement leading up to the most important moment in your life. What was your fiancé doing, saying, and feeling moments before the "I do's"? This chapter includes your arrival to the church, extensive shots of the bride & bridesmaids getting ready, groom & groomsmen pre-ceremony activity, parents of the bride & groom talking to their kids, video messages from the bride and groom to each other, and much more.
Ceremony Coverage
You get 2-camera coverage using High Definition (HD) cameras for superior clarity and color. These cameras will be strategically and inconspicuously placed in the church to capture the entire ceremony. No obtrusive lights will be used so as not to detract from the event. Sound will be recorded using the finest wireless microphones so you won't miss a thing. You may choose to have this included in your final product as long or short form. Both are fully edited; long form includes every moment of the ceremony; short form is the highlights of the ceremony.
Post Ceremony Coverage
Relive your joy (and relief) as you first become "Mr. & Mrs.". This coverage includes the signing of your marriage license, video coverage of you taking pictures at the church and any down time you may have together.
Between Ceremony & Reception Coverage
Some couples plan an activity between the ceremony and the reception. It could be pictures in a park, a limo ride or a few drinks in a favorite pub. This is often very fun footage because you and your bridal party are relieved that the pressure of the ceremony is over and excited about the reception to come. Of course, it will be edited to be "family-friendly".
Pre-Reception Shots
While one camera operator is filming you and your bridal party, another will arrive at the hall before your guests. This is important footage for you because in most cases, you will never see how beautiful your room was decorated before being open to guests. You'll have a living memory of your wedding cake, the neatly decorated tables with centerpieces, etc.
Cocktail Hour
It is likely you will miss your own cocktail hour. This footage is the only way that you'll be able to see how it went, who was there, and what they were doing.
Grand Entrance
Most people will only receive one standing ovation in their entire life and this is it...the Grand Entrance into your wedding reception. Everyone that you care about will be in the room at this time and this will be a moment that you will want to relive again.
Cake Cutting
This and other wedding traditions will be captured and edited with music of your choice.
Toasts & Dinner Prayer
It's instantly classic footage and you will cherish this chapter for life. This is a perfect example of why video is so important. See and hear your best friends toasting your love. Often parents will speak; then in 20-30 years you'll find yourself watching this over and over. Same with grandparents or relatives who may be asked to speak or bless the meal. All audio is digitally recorded and is crystal clear.
Dinner
We will generally shoot some footage of your guests as they are seated for dinner. This is a great opportunity to ensure that each and every friend and family member that shares your special day with you is included on your video.
Bridal Dances
These moments will be some of your happiest, and you'll want to remember them. Includes the bride-groom, bridal party, father-daughter, mother-son and any other special dances you may want to include in your evening.
Party Footage
You can't be everywhere, all the time; and that's why you'll love seeing this footage. After their wedding, most brides will hear about fun stuff that happened and they missed. Video captures these fun moments forever. We will have a videographer positioned at the dance floor throughout most of your party and he will be in a perfect position to film everything fun and memorable that happens.
Video Greetings from Guests
You will LOVE this part of your video and it's the chapter you'll return to over and over throughout your life. Without being pushy, we'll invite your guests to speak to you into the camera. Because of the spontaneity of the moment, you will hear some very emotional and authentic things (not to mention funny!) from your closest friends and family members.
Highlights Video
Enjoy a recap of your day. This is a great way to introduce the video to your friends and family...it's quick and emotionally charged. Beautifully edited with music. A real tear-jerker!
Raw Footage of Entire Day (Up to 6 DVDs)
Your friends have said some pretty funny things on camera – not all of it may be appropriate for your finished product. You'll get to see everything that was said and done; even the comments that may be too racy for general audiences. We are the only company in Michigan that will give you all of the footage we shoot. Once you watch your finished piece about 500 times, you'll be interested in seeing "what else" happened. Although this is un-edited, raw footage, we still think you'd like to have it.
DVD presented in Keepsake Package
We will present your edited DVD in a black leatherette keepsake package. Some companies will go as far as copywriting YOUR video, making it illegal for you to make additional copies yourself. We think this is a rip off and quite frankly, unethical. We will NOT copyright your video, allowing you to make as many copies as you choose. Of course, if you would like additional copies in the keepsake packaging or standard DVD packaging we would be happy to make those copies for you at a nominal charge.
Keepsake "Family Heirloom" Packaging
Your wedding video will become one of your most treasured possessions. In fact, many clients choose to keep a copy in a bank safety deposit box for extra safe keeping. Realizing how valuable this living memory is to you, we will present it to you beautifully packaged with full color pictures, custom graphics and more.
Guaranteed 10 Week Delivery
Most southeast Michigan wedding videographers take 3-9 months to complete your video. They claim that since it takes 30-50 hours to edit the video, it only makes sense that it may take months to receive the final product! That's why we employ a full-time wedding videography team of professionals.
Mike Staff Production's Videography service is raising the bar in Michigan. We guarantee that you will have your video within 10 weeks* after your reception! In fact, our goal is to have your wedding video back by the time you return from your honeymoon, and with our full-time video staff, we intend to meet that challenge!
* If we do not have your edited treasure back within 10 weeks after your wedding day, we will pay you $100! All you need to do is make sure you have provided us with your music selections, pictures, etc. before your wedding and we will commence editing immediately!
Some other things that you can add...
While we pride ourselves in having the most value-packed, all-inclusive wedding videography packages in Michigan, there are still some extra's that you may want to include for an additional fee.
Your Love Story
Your kids and grandchildren will absolutely love this. Shot prior to your wedding day at a park or other beautiful setting, you and your fiancé will be able to tell the story of how you met, what your first date was like, when you fell in love, how he proposed, what you love about each other and more. Wouldn't you love to see such a video of your parents or grandparents? What would they look like and sound like when they were young? How did they meet? Do you really know their story? A keepsake your family will cherish for generations.
Plus, this is a great piece to show at your wedding reception (see below).
Musical Picture Montage
A great way to show your parallel lives as you grew up. Begin with baby pictures and continue through your courtship and engagement, and maybe even your honeymoon. All of this is professionally edited together, including superb graphics and set to your choice of music.
On Site Screening at Your Reception
Show your guests your Love Story or Picture Montage at your wedding reception. We will set up all the necessary equipment; screen, projector, speakers, etc. for the presentation. A great event to include immediately following dinner.
Extra Locations before the Ceremony
While our package includes UNLIMITED coverage beginning with the pre-ceremony shots at the church, some clients would like to include events that happen even earlier in the day. The groom & groomsman may go golfing, for example; or you may want to include the trip to the hair salon with the girls. We are available for you, just ask.
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