Time Shift Video, a creative technique
Well finally got one of my favorite videos posted on the website. The video of Katie and Chris under the Notre Dame Basilica tab. What makes this wedding one of my favorite, the first part is timeshifted. (yah I know not a word.)
Timeshifting is nothing new, it seems like every tv show sooner or later does a timeshift episode shifts backwards and forwards in time and does not follow a linear progression of start, middle and end. Originally this style of editing was introduced in the movies in such recognizable films as Momento and Pulp Fiction.
One of the great videographers David Robins introduced it to the wedding industry several years ago. Another videographer by the name of Loi Bahm, from Blue Core Media, really refined it from what David had introduced.
I love this technique, it opens up a range of creative possibilities when it comes to telling the story of a couple's wedding. But for the most part I have been gun shy in trying it myself and this video isn't entirely timeshifted. It opens with the reception and then moves to the beginning of the wedding day at the Basilica. I was having sever problems editing the cousin who did a song with the band. To me moments like this is why it is so important to have a wedding documentary created. Your cousin singing her heart out at your wedding is a once in a lifetime event and photos will just not do it justice. I wanted her song to pop out and be memorable and not be lost among all the other music used in the video. At the same time the opening was giving me headaches. Because of the time restrictions at the Basilica we never seem to get enough footage before the ceremony to make me happy and the opening was editing short.
So while beating my head against my keyboard looking for a way to spice up a clip that just seemed to drag I decided to open the video with the introduction of the soloist. I love the voice over credits or over black screen intros you see sometimes and the band leader introduced the singer just before she started. Moving the clip to the start, fading up from black and bam I had the opening I was looking for and now the performance stood out in the video vs the rest of the music from the day.
She has a great voice, really talented, wonder if she ever tried out for Idol.
But one of these days I'm going to have to timeshift an entire wedding day...
Brian
Timeshifting is nothing new, it seems like every tv show sooner or later does a timeshift episode shifts backwards and forwards in time and does not follow a linear progression of start, middle and end. Originally this style of editing was introduced in the movies in such recognizable films as Momento and Pulp Fiction.
One of the great videographers David Robins introduced it to the wedding industry several years ago. Another videographer by the name of Loi Bahm, from Blue Core Media, really refined it from what David had introduced.
I love this technique, it opens up a range of creative possibilities when it comes to telling the story of a couple's wedding. But for the most part I have been gun shy in trying it myself and this video isn't entirely timeshifted. It opens with the reception and then moves to the beginning of the wedding day at the Basilica. I was having sever problems editing the cousin who did a song with the band. To me moments like this is why it is so important to have a wedding documentary created. Your cousin singing her heart out at your wedding is a once in a lifetime event and photos will just not do it justice. I wanted her song to pop out and be memorable and not be lost among all the other music used in the video. At the same time the opening was giving me headaches. Because of the time restrictions at the Basilica we never seem to get enough footage before the ceremony to make me happy and the opening was editing short.
So while beating my head against my keyboard looking for a way to spice up a clip that just seemed to drag I decided to open the video with the introduction of the soloist. I love the voice over credits or over black screen intros you see sometimes and the band leader introduced the singer just before she started. Moving the clip to the start, fading up from black and bam I had the opening I was looking for and now the performance stood out in the video vs the rest of the music from the day.
She has a great voice, really talented, wonder if she ever tried out for Idol.
But one of these days I'm going to have to timeshift an entire wedding day...
Brian
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