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When you and your groom start researching and meeting with videographers for your wedding it's important that you understand the different styles as well as the terms associated with filming a wedding.

Here is a list of basic videography terms you should be familiar with before you meet with a prospective videographer for your wedding.
Cinematic: A style of wedding videography in which the footage is edited to tell a story, similar to a short film.

Digital video: Also called DV. Most wedding videos are now filmed and stored in digital format.

Documentary: A style of wedding videography (also called photojournalistic) in which raw footage unfolds to tell the story of the day.

High-definition video: Also called HD video, this high-resolution option allows wedding videos to be viewed on Blu-ray or DVD.

Outtakes: Footage that does not make it into the final video. This often includes "bloopers" or other missteps that can be fun to include in their own section of the wedding video.

Raw footage: The hours of video filmed by a videographer prior to any editing.

Same-day edit:
For immediate gratification, some videographers can compile highlight footage from earlier in the day into a video that is played at the reception.

Short-form video:
Most weddings are short form, meaning the length of the video is about an hour or less.

Streaming video: A continuous stream of video that is played on the Internet, rather than downloaded. To share highlights from the day with guests, wedding videos can be streamed on a couple's Web site post-nuptials.


  • elizabeth Beskin

    Great post
    theres a new term out there called vintage: these videos look like an old movie and have an editorial feeling. Some great companies are out there doing some beautiful pieces.

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