Wedding photos are great but wedding videos provide an entire new dimension to your wedding memory. No, I'm not talking about a music video where it's just a bunch of wedding shots meshed w/ some tacky wedding music. I'm talking about a REAL wedding video that tells a STORY about the couple through creative arts. I'm talking about something that your family can watch in 10 years and still be just as meaningful and memorable. If u want to preserve a story and not just a video, give Media Blend a serious look. After all, every relationship is a unique story.
My wife and I are kind of OCD when it comes to organization/planning so we looked at over 20 videography companies around the DFW area. And when I say "looked at", I mean actually watching through 80% of each company's portfolio. In the end, Media Blend won us over due to their:
1. personalization to each couple through attention to small details
2. unique story-telling style of film making (not a cookie cutter "wedding video")
3. knowledge about filming and the use of high-end equipment
4. ability to ask the right questions to really get to know the couple
These are by no means their only qualities, just the ones that separated them from the rest of the pack. And the end result?
A M A Z I N G ! ! !
My wife and I can't even begin describing how happy we are with our videos. It's mindblowing how well the shots were combined and edited to tell our story. It's not just any love story. It's OUR love story. Even with just the highlight film, it was enough to wow all our guests. Our asian parents (who are super picky and rarely give compliments) loved the videos so much that they would play the disk during holiday parties and other events at their place. Media Blend is a young company. Chris, the lead videographer, is also young. But he's got some serious skills. The company might be young but they produce like high-end companies that charge over $8000. Just check out their videos on Vimeo. Their work speaks for itself.
For those that are interested, here's a rundown of our experience with Media Blend.
PRE-WEDDING
8 months before our wedding, we met up with Chris and Michael to learn about Media Blend's style and vision. They showed us more of their work (ones that are not posted on Vimeo) and explained their story-telling philosophy. After 2 weeks of deliberation, we decided to get their 8-hr package. We kept in touch through emails and they gave us a detailed questionnaire to fill out about ourselves. A month before our wedding, we met up with Chris and Shawn (our on-the-day videographers) to talk about... pretty much everything, from specific shots we want to on-the-day schedule. They really wanted to know us well in person. Also, even though we paid for the 8-hr package, they had no problem extending it to 10 hours (for free) in order to fit our wedding day schedule.
WEDDING DAY
Their on-the-day execution was FLAWLESS. Everyone dressed up professionally, all black, and ready to go. They brought their fancy equipments and had multiple backups of everything. Even though our package only included 2 videographers and 3 cameras, 3 people came with at least 4 or 5 cameras, some for special shots like time-lapses. They worked really well with our photographers by coordinating shots and not getting into each other's ways. On top of that, they were good at staying hidden, like ninjas, and helping us feel natural. To be honest, we didn't even realize they were there most of the times.
We've been to quite a lot of weddings over the past 2 years and none of the videographers even came close to Media Blend's level of professionalism. And unfortunately, the professionalism factor often gets overlooked when couples are choosing videographers. Camera in your face in the middle of the chapel? Sitting in the middle of the dance floor looking bored? Cussing? My cousin who's a "video enthusiast"? Yeah... I don't think so. You know you have the right people when your guests are raving about your videographers even before any videos were made.
POST-WEDDING
They kept to our initial time table and there weren't any surprises. We got married in Dec 2012. We got to see our highlight trailer in Jan 2013 (1 month) and our final film in May 2013 (5 months) on Vimeo. The final Blu-ray disks, which include the 2 videos and the raw footage of both the ceremony and the reception, came in June 2013 (6 months). We requested for the soft copy of the 2 videos (so that we can watch it on our computers w/o a disk) and they mailed it to us on an USB stick for free. They even edited the "raw" footages so that they're actually interesting to watch. Most of the other raw wedding footage I've seen before were literally unwatchable.
Overall, my wife and I are sooooo glad that Media Blend was able to capture our special day with such quality and professionalism. We would highly recommend them to any couples looking to capture their love stories in motion. read more