Wedding Videography Companies Similarities and Differences
As a person looking for service providers continues their journey, after a short time all providers seems to be the same. Wedding videographers in particular. Very often I'll be talking with someone and they will get one of Simply Interactive's wedding video packages mixed up (understandably) with another company's packages. The differences are usually pretty subtle and after viewing a few sites I am sure they all blend together.
Here is a quick list of what we have really set forth with as our main differences.
We do not charge you by the hour
That's right. What you hire us to do will determine how long we need to be there. Most occasions we have enough footage within 30 minutes or so of the doors closing on the rest of your guests, and our start time is determined by YOUR start time. This means that if you start getting ready at 4 am (it's happened before) then we wake up at 2 am and get to you by 4 am.
We do not charge extra for different types of editing
That's straight from the mouth of a perfectionist who would be uncomfortable charging you for the effects and slo-mo and soft focus that make wedding videos beautiful. As a perfectionist, and the only person at Simply Interactive who edits ALL the videos we do, I would never let a wedding video out of my studio that I was not personally moved by.
ALL packages come with rehearsal coverage
We will not do a wedding if we cannot be there for the rehearsal. Why? Because this is a live event where we cannot exactly go and break up the flow of the wedding to get the shot we just missed because we did not know what was happening. Occasionally people ask us if they can get a discount if we do not go to the rehearsal and the answer is this: We go to the rehearsal mostly for our own purposes -- but because we are there anyway, we shoot video and add that to the finished product.
We do not put other companies down
This is an artistic and creative job and as such it is immediately obvious that our style and personality may not be what you are looking for in your wedding. That's ok. We do not have to try and slander our peers in this business in order to secure your patronage. We know our quality is on par with some of the best videographers out there. We also know that no matter what we say about our videos, once you see them you will make up your own mind so we do not try and put other companies work down either. There are hundreds of great wedding video companies out there. We let our demos speak for themselves and then meet with you to show you an entire wedding video shot in the Bay Area, Monterey and Coastal areas, as well as North and East Bays. Not only can you see a demo shot in a place the same as or similar to your chosen venue, but that's the time where you can see if our personality fits with your wedding.
