Recently, one of my {amazing} Papery & Cakery customers told me about a new concept in the field of wedding videos. Instead of just hiring a wedding videographer for the wedding weekend, she was creating a documentary for her daughters big day. The plan was to preview the film for all of the guests at the wedding itself. The film is a documentary of the love story of the bride and groom. The Mother-of-the-Bride was giving this film as her wedding gift to the bride and groom. I was intrigued by the concept and took down the name of the company. Then, amongst a crazy week, I forgot about it altogether.
Flash forward to last week, when I found my little post it about Life Films and spent an entire night watching them with some Ben & Jerry’s and a box of tissues {oh so cliche}.
The concept is for Life Films to create a timeless keepsake. It isn’t just for weddings though. Life Films will create a documentaries for things like: the tale of how you met your significant other and fell in love; a celebration of your parents, or your family history, or even the first year of your baby’s life. Weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, engagements, birthday, family reunions, memorials, family history–you find the occasion or purpose worth commemorating and Life Films will document it.
But this isn’t just some cheesy montage video set to music {give me a little more credit… I was crying tears of joy for these videos}. Instead, the documentary includes personal interviews, footage and of course photos and music. Life Films will capture it all and bring it to life. They will travel to locations to do interviews {they came to Florida to work on this particular wedding}, and work with you to personalize the music, photos and footage. In the end, you are working with a team of artists–documentary filmmakers who will create this one of a kind memento.
I’m relatively certain that Life Films isn’t the only company who is offering this service. If you have documentary film experience {or a loving friend who does} it is definitely a concept worth looking into. I’d love to hear your suggestions and recommendations for other vendors.
What an amazing gift!
Happy watching {with some Kleenex and Phish Food}.
xoxo,
Niki
