Patrick + Chelsea | Highlights | Serendipity Studios

Patrick + Chelsea | Highlights | Serendipity Studios · November 16th, 2010, 06:21 PM

We couldn't have been happier that Patrick and Chelsea's wedding was one of the last we filmed before relocating to Miami, Florida. Both of them are just the nicest people and they are so into each other and had such a beautiful wedding day. It was our pleasure to be a part of it.

Patrick is a huge U of I Vandals fan and had the socks to prove. One of my favorite shots of the day was the shot of his socks. I also loved during their first meet when Chelsea chose to pinch Patrick's butt instead of doing the usual tap on the shoulder. It was all her idea, because it's something she does to Patrick all the time. How appropriate!

We also had the cottonwood trees in full pollination that day, which was a challenge on the sinuses but made for some spectacular shots. Enjoy!

Travis Cossel · November 26th, 2010, 07:16 PM

Sigmund | Thanks for watching!

Stelios | I've tried out a few different follow focus attachments but I prefer to just focus without them. I like to just focus via the focus ring on the lens. But then I also shoot handheld a lot and most people find they can't be steady enough. So I would say try it out and if it's not working for you then try out a follow-focus.

John De Rienzo · November 30th, 2010, 01:25 PM

Nice work Travis. Great use of the glidetrack and Merlin. Particularly liked the shot at 1min! Very polished throughout. Just one observation that I think would have made the piece even more engaging and that is more use of vocals throughout to hold attention, or maybe my attention span is not what it used to be!

Great work.:)

Cheers.

Dimitris Mantalias · December 4th, 2010, 01:54 AM

Beautiful work, but the amazing cinematography is definitely the strongest point for me.

Travis Cossel · December 7th, 2010, 04:09 PM

John | Thanks for watching and for the comments. That's a fair statement regarding the use of natural audio in the piece. Our core product is our short form, so with our highlights videos we try to really limit the use of natural audio. In fact, in the past our goal for the highlights was to be more of a 'music video' style.

That said, we are currently altering our editing style a bit to try and incorporate more natural audio into our highlights. The trick is for us to keep them distinct from the short forms, so we're experimenting slowly. We just finished up a highlights for a wedding at the Ritz in California, and it has multiple segments of natural audio and I think it works really well. We'll post it on here in the next couple of weeks and I'd love to hear what you think. I think you'll like it. d;-)

Dimitris | Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed the cinematography!

November 26th, 2010, 07:16 PM	#16
Travis Cossel Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,933	Sigmund \| Thanks for watching! Stelios \| I've tried out a few different follow focus attachments but I prefer to just focus without them. I like to just focus via the focus ring on the lens. But then I also shoot handheld a lot and most people find they can't be steady enough. So I would say try it out and if it's not working for you then try out a follow-focus. __________________ Black Label Films www.blacklabelweddingfilms.com

November 30th, 2010, 01:25 PM	#17
John De Rienzo Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London Posts: 313	Nice work Travis. Great use of the glidetrack and Merlin. Particularly liked the shot at 1min! Very polished throughout. Just one observation that I think would have made the piece even more engaging and that is more use of vocals throughout to hold attention, or maybe my attention span is not what it used to be! Great work.:) Cheers. __________________ De Rienzo Films www.derienzo-films.co.uk

December 4th, 2010, 01:54 AM	#18
Dimitris Mantalias Major Player Join Date: May 2009 Location: Arta, Greece Posts: 342	Beautiful work, but the amazing cinematography is definitely the strongest point for me. __________________ "A successful wedding videographer is the one that offers for viewing some excellent videos and some boring videos, and gets positive reviews for both".

December 7th, 2010, 04:09 PM	#19
Travis Cossel Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,933	John \| Thanks for watching and for the comments. That's a fair statement regarding the use of natural audio in the piece. Our core product is our short form, so with our highlights videos we try to really limit the use of natural audio. In fact, in the past our goal for the highlights was to be more of a 'music video' style. That said, we are currently altering our editing style a bit to try and incorporate more natural audio into our highlights. The trick is for us to keep them distinct from the short forms, so we're experimenting slowly. We just finished up a highlights for a wedding at the Ritz in California, and it has multiple segments of natural audio and I think it works really well. We'll post it on here in the next couple of weeks and I'd love to hear what you think. I think you'll like it. d;-) Dimitris \| Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed the cinematography! __________________ Black Label Films www.blacklabelweddingfilms.com