Cinematic Wedding Film - where are u?

Kren Barnes · January 22nd, 2010, 10:23 AM

Way to go John! that must have taken quite the effort...it usually takes me about 10 hours (and lots of agony) to come up with a 3-4 minute highlight clip so this is the bee's knees :)

John J. Arnold · January 22nd, 2010, 03:46 PM

Thanks for watching guys!

Tom Sessions · January 24th, 2010, 06:13 AM

Hi John...good work. It appears from watching this clip you invested a lot of time to produce the final edit.
Can you tell us how much time YOU spent?
Is there a secret to pushing out this edit in a reasonable time.
I love the concept.

Simon Denny · January 24th, 2010, 06:33 AM

Nice edit mate. What camera did you use?

John J. Arnold · January 24th, 2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by John J. Arnold

You're right Kren, it is subjective. I used to just produce what I think of as a purely documentary edit, in addition to the highlights. But I've just started to offer what I call a cinematic feature - about 20 -30 minutes long. Really though, I think it's as much documentary as cinematic, if not more so. But since you asked, here's my first attempt at it:

Hi John...good work. It appears from watching this clip you invested a lot of time to produce the final edit.
Can you tell us how much time YOU spent?
Is there a secret to pushing out this edit in a reasonable time.
I love the concept.

Thanks Tom. I'm guessing I spent a solid 20 hours on it, maybe a little more. I'm not the fastest editor in the world, for sure. I basically choose the best sound I've got, roughly try to arrange it so that it forms some sort of narrative, and then build the edit around that, adding the shorter natural sound breaks and music montages. Not sure if this is the most efficient way; I'm still trying to get my head around this kind of edit and the workflow because it's so different from what I had been doing.

John J. Arnold · January 24th, 2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Simon Ash

Nice edit mate. What camera did you use?

Thanks for watching Simon. I shoot primarily with an HMC150, although I've got a few GH1 shots in there, and the second camera on the ceremony was an XHA1.

Travis Cossel · January 24th, 2010, 10:25 PM

As promised, we've shared one of our cinematic features in the samples section. Here's the link:

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/wedding-...ml#post1476822

John J. Arnold · January 25th, 2010, 11:31 AM

Hey Travis, Nice work! Liked how you handled the ceremony and used natural sound.

Travis Cossel · January 25th, 2010, 12:23 PM

Thanks for watching, John!

January 24th, 2010, 10:25 PM	#22
Travis Cossel Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,933	As promised, we've shared one of our cinematic features in the samples section. Here's the link: http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/wedding-...ml#post1476822 __________________ Black Label Films www.blacklabelweddingfilms.com

January 25th, 2010, 12:23 PM	#24
Travis Cossel Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,933	Thanks for watching, John! __________________ Black Label Films www.blacklabelweddingfilms.com

January 22nd, 2010, 10:23 AM	#16
Kren Barnes Major Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Posts: 415	Way to go John! that must have taken quite the effort...it usually takes me about 10 hours (and lots of agony) to come up with a 3-4 minute highlight clip so this is the bee's knees :)

January 22nd, 2010, 03:46 PM	#17
John J. Arnold Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Santa Fe, N.M. Posts: 55	Thanks for watching guys!

January 24th, 2010, 06:13 AM	#18
Tom Sessions Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 154	Hi John...good work. It appears from watching this clip you invested a lot of time to produce the final edit. Can you tell us how much time YOU spent? Is there a secret to pushing out this edit in a reasonable time. I love the concept.

January 24th, 2010, 06:33 AM	#19
Simon Denny Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,409	Nice edit mate. What camera did you use?

January 25th, 2010, 11:31 AM	#23
John J. Arnold Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Santa Fe, N.M. Posts: 55	Hey Travis, Nice work! Liked how you handled the ceremony and used natural sound.