The soundtrack of your wedding video, and the way it works with the images and footage of your big day, can make all the difference to the final edit. The songs you choose for your wedding video should remind you of your wedding day and bring a tear to your eye. The various scenes in the video should change to the beat of the music for the best effect.

These five tips will help you choose some songs for your wedding video:

• 1. Including some of the music you had on your wedding day makes the video more personal, so try to include the music you walked down the aisle to, the song that you danced your first dance to, the tune that you heard as you cut your cake, and the music that played as you bid your farewells.
• 2. Although your videographer will record some of the music that was played on the day along with their footage, the soundtrack will be much better quality if you use pre-recorded versions of the same songs. Check out copyright law; you may need to buy a video recording license.
• 3. If you have a live band playing at your reception, try to get a CD of their music to use in your wedding video. As long as their songs all have a similar feel it doesn’t matter if you use songs that weren’t actually played at your wedding reception.
• 4. Try to mix modern music, or your current favourites, with a few classic songs. Hearing music that you loved at the time of your wedding will remind you of that moment in time for the rest of your life, but the classics will never go out of style and will make sure your wedding video doesn’t become too dated.
• 5. Choose music that you and your new husband love, and don’t worry too much about what the lyrics say and whether there are hidden meanings or messages. If there are songs that are special and significant to the two of you then include them and don’t worry what other people think.

Ten classic songs to use in your wedding video

• 1. ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ by Andy Williams
• 2. ‘Moon River’ by Frank Sinatra
• 3. ‘You’re My First, My Last, My Everything’ by Barry White
• 4. ‘How Sweet It Is’ by Marvin Gaye
• 5. ‘All You Need Is Love’ by The Beatles
• 6. ‘Lets Do It, Let’s Fall In Love’ by Ella Fitzgerald
• 7. ‘I Only Wanna Be With You’ by Dusty Springfield
• 8. ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ by Van Morrison
• 9. ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ by Harry Connick Jr
• 10. ‘Tonight I Celebrate My Love’ by Roberta Flack

Ten modern songs to use in your wedding video

• 1. ‘A Moment Like This’ by Leona Lewis
• 2. ‘If I Ain’t Got You’ by Alicia Keys
• 3. ‘Better Together’ by Jack Johnson
• 4. ‘Closest Thing To Crazy’ by Katie Melua
• 5. ‘Beautiful’ by Athlete
• 6. ‘Shine’ by Take That
• 7. ‘The Real Thing’ by Gwen Stefani
• 8. ‘She Will Be Loved’ by Maroon 5
• 9. ‘She’s So Lovely’ by Scouting For Girls
• 10. ‘Candy Man’ by Christina Aguilera

Many brides are unaware that there are varying styles of wedding videos. This can lead to an unhappy surprise when you view your finished wedding video. You need to know what styles are being offerred and which style you prefer. Wedding videos come in two basic styles – short-form (often called “cinematic” or “romanticized”) and long-form (also known as documentary or journalistic style).

A Short Form wedding video generally runs from 5 to 15 minutes and is designed to capture just the “essence” of your day. These generally have a small part of audio from your actual vows and a music track over the rest of the video. Short-form videos can be good to show acquaintences who may not care to invest an hour but can miss out on a few important elements from the day.

A long-form wedding video generally runs from 30 to 60 minutes, and is more of an actual depiction of what occurs on your wedding day. It should include most or all of the actual ceremony, the most important parts of your reception and perhaps your preparations, etc., and have much of the actual audio(clearly and crisply) from your wedding and reception.  It is really a extended version of a short form with each part of the day getting a equal signification rather than the highlights of the day approach. at BSG we generally create this form of DVD but we can do anything you desire

There are many style variations, so be sure and understand exactly what style your wedding videographer will use. Many people feel that it’s nice to have a short-form video to show neighbors and coworkers and a long-form for the couple and family. Chat to us about your best options when it comes to your wedding day

There are also additional features you may be interested in like “Bridal Elegance” or “music videos”, which can be discuss with your videographer.

What does it mean for you and your wedding videos, well some of the key features are

20 x Zoom 

We can now get closer than ever before to capture those magical moments

Better in low light 

With the exception of a few venues we can now remove our camera light for the majority of the Reception – reducing the interference to you whilst still obtaining a great wedding video

Shoots to Hard Drive 

No tape changes needed so no moments missed

Backups to SD card

No Concerns if the hard drive ever fails there is a backup of all your footage

So give us a call and find out if this camera is available for your wedding 

As you can see we have been updating our website a bit to include better and easier navigation and a blog.

2012 is shaping up to be a bit year with lot happening, I myself am getting married to an amazing and wonderful partner mid year and looking forward to the planning journey, and more importantly the big day. We have Choosen to tie the Knot on Mount Tamborine at the Tamborine Wedding Gardens – it is a fabulous venue and well worth checking out, Chat to Shay and The team thier, they are wonderful and have been perfect in the booking process.

But enough about me and my plans, 2012 is shaping up to to be a busy year with wedding videos for Blue Shadow group, We have begun offering a Blue-ray option for your Wedding Video should you be inclined, we have just Purchased a new set of camera gear that is better in low light, shoots straight to hard drives (with a backup) and better audio gear, all this should allow us to produce a crisper and better image in full HD.

We look forward to chatting to you this year to organize your wedding videography and sharing in your special day. So get in soon and make sure we lock in your date before someone else does.

For me this year is all about love, hope and dreams … and I guess starting a new journey with the wedding just around the corner.

I wish you all the best and look forward to hearing from you soon.