Wedding-Related: Videography

For months, we were undecided about getting a videographer for the SG Wedding Day.

With the KL one, we kind of agreed on not getting one right from the start of our planning.

But for SG, i've been quite torn between having, and not having one.

In the first few months, the ignorant 'lil me thought a videographer just kind of hung around taking random shots in the Morning when the whole Gate-crashing thingy took place, then putting together a 3-minute clip (aka Express Highlight), to be played during the Wedding Dinner.

 "I don't want to spend that kind of money!" i thought.

Then i found out that a good videographer would be able to capture much more on vidz than that Express Highlight.

In fact, when you engage a videographer, his/her charges don't normally include that Express Highlight! That normally comes at an additional cost! I've been quoted up to S$600 just for this O_o

So what does a good videographer do?

What does one actually get from engaging a videographer?

I did a fair bit of asking around for opinions on whether to get one or not...

Wah! Lagi confused. Dilemma max!!!

The usual videography package includes:

- Full day coverage of your Wedding events in HD by 1 videographer

- 2 (or 3) DVD copies

So that's what the deliverables are! The DVDs! Not the Highlight :p

And what goes into the DVDs?

Well, depending on the videographer, the DVD could include "interviews" with the Couple's family & friends, shout-outs, behind-the-scenes look at prep for the Gate-crash, moments not captured by the photographer from the Morning events, right till the Night ends!

"Wah, cool! Let's play around with our budget and see if we can get one too!" thinks me.

So... Research! Email for quotations! Ask lots of questions!!!

Team David

-- www.davidliu.com.sg

One of the first few we checked out.

Recommended by our Photographer.

Their works are nice alright, but waaaaaaaay out of our budget!

:(((

Next!

Simon Video (and Photo Service)

-- www.simonvideo.com.sg

Hmm... just wasn't impressed.

Derrick Yiu Videography

-- www.derrickyiu.blogspot.com

Not bad at all! Simple works of art. I quite liked and was almost going to go with him, but his (often) very slow respond to my emails did annoy me.

iStudio Video Production

-- www.iStudio.com.my

Another recommendation by the Photographer.

They were, however, already booked for Nov 12.

Ah well.

Fotowerke

-- www.fotowerke.com.sg

Read some great reviews for Celestine's works and were quite happy with what we saw.

But... money, money, money...

Then......

Mc Chia (aka our Photographer for KL)

He impressed us with his creative ideas... his genuine friendliness... his positive attitude... and willingness to accommodate us (and we all know i'm one picky princess/biatch [depending on mood] somedays. ha!)...

After we confirmed Mc as Photographer for KL, the Boy and i were still undecided about whether to, and who to get for our videography in SG.

Very many emails and much nego later, we've finally decided :)

Videography settled! YES!

Go look-see some of Mc's works @ http://vimeo.com/mcchia/