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Alyssa and Evan were so fun to work with on this Same Day Edit. It was a pleasure being able to get to know them while working with them on a Love Story (on the blog soon also) over the past few months.

The wedding took place at Alyssa’s parents’ house just outside of Eugene – a beautiful backdrop for a beautiful wedding.

We’re so glad they chose to do the Same Day Edit. Below is a shot of Alyssa + Evan watching the film, which played around 8:45pm last night at their reception.

It was great working with Anne & Paul of Anne Nunn Photographers and Barry MacGuire of BMAC Productions.

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Sandra and Nelson got married yesterday at the Inn at Fox Hollow on Long Island. We put together this same day edit for their reception.

It was great working with photographers, Jason and Matthew of Cly Creation, along with Michael of Eclipse Entertainment.

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After 10 to 12 hours of work on a Same Day Edit, there’s nothing quite like watching the bride and groom have a chance to sit down and watch their day unfold before them on the big screen.

Here’s a shot of Lauren and Nathan as they – along with their guests – watched their Same Day Edit last Saturday evening at the Brasada Ranch in Central Oregon.

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Yesterday we produced Lauren and Nathan’s Same Day Edit at the Brasada Ranch just outside Bend, Oregon. It was such a fun day, beginning with filming the guys playing golf in the morning, all the way through the showing of their Same Day Edit around 8:45pm that evening.

Brasada Ranch is easily in our Top-5 wedding venues we’ve filmed at. It was amazing. And it was great working with Katie at Posh Events, Stott Shots Photography and Brock Sound.

Thanks, Lauren and Nathan, for an amazing day – and for letting us be a part of it.

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We love hearing back from our clients and their family/friends when they enjoy their wedding film. We got lots of great response on Meredith and Mark’s Same Day Edit a couple weeks ago, here’s a couple of them:

Thanks for an awesome wedding video, it exceeded all expectations! Mark and I both truly enjoyed it! (-Meredith, Bride)

Um Ryan…that was the most amazing video…you are so talented!!! I am so impressed and wish that I had had you on our wedding day. Peter said the same thing! Great job! (- Lindsay, sister of the Bride)

Here’s a shot of Meredith and Mark watching their Same Day Edit at the reception.

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Here’s Meredith and Mark’s same day edit…

Same Day Edit: Meredith & Mark from Vivid Wedding Films on Vimeo.

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What an amazing day yesterday for Meredith and Mark’s wedding. It was a great experience and everything was beautiful, from Meredith, Mark, wedding party and First Christian Church to the reception at Valley River Inn. (I’ve heard rumor that the food was great also, but I wouldn’t know first hand as we were under the gun to get the Same Day Edit finished). 

Thanks to Brittney at the Valley River Inn, Elaine of First Christian Church and photographers, Aaron and Amber of New Morning Photography, for being great to work with.

Below, are a couple of stills pulled from the video. We’ll have the same day edit within a couple of hours – it’s encoding now. 

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How to do a Same Day Wedding Edit: Part One

This is the first part of a series of posts describing how Vivid Wedding Films puts together a Same Day Wedding edit.

One of the things we love most about producing wedding films is the story behind each couple. Good visuals, lighting and audio are very important, but if you can’t tell a story, then your film won’t add up to much.

We pride ourselves on being great story-tellers at every level of the production. It begins with the way we film – what you capture through your lens is much like the “ideas and words” authors use to tell stories. While filming, we’re already beginning to think about the edit and how we’ll tell the story – and without a doubt, each story is unique. Being able to see the story unfold before us is what separates us from a lot of wedding videographers.

Editing a Same Day Edit + Love Story is sort of like reverse-engineering the story – or edit. After interviewing the couple, we begin to piece together their story, while thinking about how it will integrate with shots from their actual wedding day. As you can see in the photo below, we leave “gaps” in the story for which images and audio from the day will occupy.

For us, this is the fun part: not knowing exactly how the story will unfold and being flexible enough to alter any ideas we had going into the day. As we lead up to Meredith and Mark’s Same Day Edit, June 19th, we’ll be passing along more insight into the process of “telling their story” using the Same Day Edit + Love Story.

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We just finished up shooting the Love Story portion of Meredith and Mark’s Same Day Edit. They’re getting married June 19, here in Eugene. It was great shoot and we had lots of fun interviewing both of them.

They did a great job sharing their story and it’s going to come across great as we weave it into the video that will play – along with footage from their wedding day – at the reception. Here’s a couple of stills from the video we shot.

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As we prepare for this weekends bridal show with the Oregon Wedding Showcase here in Eugene, we wanted to invite you to enter our special promotion for a great discount on Vivid’s best kept secret, the SAME DAY WEDDING EDIT. Please enter the contest here!

Go and check it out and be sure to enter by Jan. 30th. Or drop by the Vivid Wedding Films booth this Saturday and Sunday to say hello or enter the contest in person.

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We were invited this past weekend to showcase our films at a wedding show in Bend Oregon at the Tower Theatre check it out as a cool retro Bend venue for your wedding. Kerry & Sara at Events By Mint of course put on an incredible show, if you are in the Bend area, talk to Mint for over the top event coordination. We introduced the SDE to a lot of new brides and grooms and everyone was really into it. It was also great meeting lots of other Bend vendors at the show, thanks to all of you for making the Tower event a success….check out a few shots from downtown Bend.

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Stephanie and Andrew sat down to discuss their thoughts on the Same Day Wedding Edit.

Same Day Wedding Edit Promo from Vivid Wedding Films

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Here’s a look at Ross and Laura’s Same-Day-Edit from Saturday.

Ross & Laura’s SDE from Vivid Wedding Films on Vimeo.

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I just received an email from Andrew thanking us again for the Same Day Edit at their wedding: 

“Anyway, I really want to thank you again!  You did such an amazing job.  Steph has probably watched the video or shown it to someone everyday since we have been home.  People were really impressed with the wedding but the number one thing people have talked to us about is how amazing the video was.  So be proud of your work!”

 It’s been about a week since we’ve produced their same day edit. Both Andrew and Stephanie were in tears watching it and we’ve had numerous people tell us that the video was one of the highlights from the wedding. That got me to thinking: why are these Same Day Edits so powerful?

The main thing I came up with, in its simplest form, is that the SDE video allows the bride and groom 5-10 minutes to pause in the middle of a whirlwind day and reflect on what has just happened. And not only do they get to reflect, they get to see it and relive it just hours after it has happened.

The groom gets to see his new wife prepping for the wedding, doing makeup and hair and putting the final touches on her dress. The bride gets to see herself walk down the aisle, and to see his face again as she walks towards him. They get to hear their vows and see things they may have missed due to their schedules that day.

Add that to the fact that they’re getting to share ‘their story’ with their friends and family, and you’ve got for a pretty emotional, powerful moment.

Here’s a quick clip of Andrew and Stephanie watching their Same Day Edit. You can see the complete video here. 

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Learn more about our Same Day Edits

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What an amazing weekend it was! We just got back from the Portland area where we spent 2 days working with Andrew and Stephanie and their wedding film. We did a Same Day Edit for them that included a love story and short slideshow. You can view the finished version below. 

Their wedding, easily one of the top 5 weddings we’ve filmed, was at Garden Vineyards just west of Portland. Most of the pre-wedding events/getting ready took place at McMenamin’s Grand Lodge in Forest Grove. The couple put the entire wedding party up at the Lodge (including us – thanks!) which added to the weekend festivities. 

Once the ceremony was over, I headed up to edit (see photo below) while Todd took care of capturing the reception. Thanks to Shawn at Event Team Northwest for putting on an amazing event and also to Molli at Soiree for being so helpful throughout the day.

Below are some photos from the day as well as the Same Day Edit.

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