And now for the last dance-at the start of the night???

[scoopd]

Videographer at a recent wedding asked me to play my last song 15 minutes into the night.He said "I won't be there at the end so it's best to film it now"
He claimed it's relatively common practice(maybe just for him). I've certainly never done it before and had reservations about asking the wedding party to take part in it too.

Have you ever been asked to do this? certainly not common practice for me and a little "flat" compared to the real end of night!!!

[Mark Wild]

Runrig 15 minutes into the night? wtf man, unless this was specifically asked for by the bride and groom, I'd tell him to get lost but thats just me.

[funksoulbrother]

Probably considering how much he is charging the B & G for him to video the reception, I would issue a biblical response..... "Go forth and multiply ".

Bet he hadn't mentioned that to the B & G in his meetings with them! And I would not presume to ask the question to them, let him do his own dirty work.

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Yep....he wants it, let him go ask for it.

What did you do BTW?

[Excalibur]

Runrig 15 minutes into the night? wtf man, unless this was specifically asked for by the bride and groom, I'd tell him to get lost but thats just me.

I'm not sure I'd be quite so tactful. I might be a little more forthright.

[Kernow]

15 minutes is nowhere near long enough for make-up & continuity to get everyone looking sweaty, dishevelled and bleary-eyed, with several laying unconscious on the floor.

[CRAZY K]

Videographer at a recent wedding asked me to play my last song 15 minutes into the night.He said "I won't be there at the end so it's best to film it now"
He claimed it's relatively common practice(maybe just for him). I've certainly never done it before and had reservations about asking the wedding party to take part in it too.

Have you ever been asked to do this? certainly not common practice for me and a little "flat" compared to the real end of night!!!

I dont recall a lot of Photographers hanging on much past the first hour and certainly never noticed them on the last dance.

Sounds like nonesense to me.

Both the idea and the idea of doing it after 15 minutes.

Runrig after 15 minutes

[Corabar Entertainment]

Never heard of it and certainly if it was my wedding I'd tell him where to get off: I wouldn't want anything so false. To my mind, the videographer is there to capture the memories - not create meaningless ones!

[JTRS]

I've had quite a few wedding photographers who have staged the first dance so they can get away early, I've never seen a 'last dance' photo in a wedding album.

I've always agreed to do it because the bride and groom have been happy to do it, and whilst it does give the photographer the chance to shoot as many pics as they want I always wonder about the background because the rooms were always sparse on guests at the time the photo was taken.

It always seems a bit odd to me that this staged first dance takes place just after I have got set up and only lasts long enough for the required photo's, and then it's business as usual until it's time for the real first dance, by which time the photographer is probably home/out on town.

JTRS

[Excalibur]

Never heard of it and certainly if it was my wedding I'd tell him where to get off: I wouldn't want anything so false. To my mind, the videographer is there to capture the memories - not create meaningless ones!

Angela, I don't know how to break this to you gently, but sometimes, they edit, splice, and otherwise modify video, so that what you see may not necessarily be cinema verite.