Well this saturday I am filming my first wedding. My cousins husband asked me to film his friends wedding and I agreed without thinking. I have quite a bit of experoience behind the lens, but not in this field.
So to those of you who HAVE filmed weddings and other live events. Give me some tips.
To start off. This is a mellow wedding. The ceremony will be outside at a farm property near a lake. Hopefully the sun is out for this and I can work my magic as far as the "pretty shots" go. Content though, the wedding, the special moments that cannot be relived. THAT is what scared me.
Camera wise I have an HPX as the main camera and 2x- t2i's for second angles and cutaway shots (my friend is helping with second angles as well).
I'm either renting a lav mic or my friend is letting me borrow his, hopefully that will be sorted out. I am not getting paid I don't think,I'd rather not lose money on renting the mic. If I have to, I'll drop the money because the groom needs to be mic'd up. How about the officiant? Do I need a lav mic on them as well? I'm hoping to have a shotgun microphone ON the camera as well for backup audio. AUDIO IS THE SCARIEST PART FOR ME. Most of the video work that I do requires very little focus on VOCAL audio so this is new territory for me.
I'm open to any tips, go ahead and tell me how fucked I am. I already know. Wish me luck and give me a tip that will save my life.
