of weddings....and videos

a friend of mine is preparing for their wedding next year....they asked my help (did they ask or did i volunteer to help?....i can't remember really) in their preparations....first thing we tried to do was to look for a wedding videographer....we looked at a lot of studios but i particularly like two: smart shot and jason magbanua....let me give my impressions on the two....

smart shot: the wedding videos are very nice....you could really feel the emotions circulating in the air during the wedding as if you were there yourself....close up shots of the bride and the groom look very, very good....well that is expected because they were really made to look good for that they....but the close up shots of the guests are even better....even those guests who didn't come well prepared (i.e. no make up....disheveled hair....casual clothes....) appear to be taken straight out of the cover of cosmo or vogue....the way they present these pictures in the video brings out a certain kind of beauty on their faces....amazing....the 'engagement session' clips are also very nice....cinematic ang dating....its like you are transported to someplace really, really romantic....

jason magbanua:lupet....the videos are so nice it is hard to tell if they are real but appears like a well thought of and well made movie....or they are 'movies' well thought of and well made they appear so real....the kind of filters (is that how you call it?....or is there even such a thing) and transitions he uses are so unique you're are really going to get glued on the screen....and the shots that are seemingly so 'wrong' or at the very least 'unnecessary' (close up shot of the groom's(or is it the father of the bride's) tummy while he is buttoning his barong....or the close up shot of the bestman's hand while butting the sleeves of the groom) were used so well they come out very nice giving the video that mood that is difficult to describe....basta....his videos make you wanna get married right that moment (if only to have a video as emotionally charged as those that he makes) i particulary like the one i saw on youtube entitled jason magbanua award winning video....i also like the one entitled a jason magbanua video (wedding of cielo and jp....the music is an original composition of the groom....he sang it too)....the choice of song is also very commendable....

if ill be the one to decide on which videographer to get for their big day, ill choose jason magbanua....but i wouldn't mind smart shot as well....