Most weddings in Sydney are covered by professional videographers, often costing couples a few thousand dollars. However, 9 out of 10 times the videos are boring and dull thanks to tedious panning shots, awful transitions and horrible love music. So it is no wonder that watching your wedding video results in a headache. This is why if you're going to hire a professional wedding video person you should watch one of his videos keeping the below in mind.

It should be fun

Sydney is a fun place to live and your wedding is a happy occasion, so your wedding video should be fun too. The video should capture all the fun moments that you'll remember a decade from now. Everything from the tears to the dance floor and your best man drinking a few beers should be on there. You should be able to easily get through first 10 minutes of the video without falling asleep thanks to great close ups, well framed shots and panned long shots of your entire home.

A well edited video

Wedding videos whether they are shot in Sydney or any other city of Australia need to be properly edited. Professionally edited videos bear the hallmarks of a great documentary. The right editor will know exactly how to piece together all the raw footage shot at the wedding so that it appears to be one seamless shot with all the great parts one after the other. Each and every shot which is pieced together needs to have flow, rhythm, upbeat music, punch cuts, scene dynamics etc.

Color Grading

The final touch added to wedding videos is called €color grading'. Color grading is a very important part of the process and often times a color grader has over a decade of industry experience. The right color grading will give your wedding movie a look similar to what you'll see in professional movies like the Minority Report or The Matrix (both movies use a style termed as €Bleach Bypass€. However, wedding movies require a different type of artistic color grading treatment it is important that the service you hire has the best color grader in Sydney because the right touch will literally make your wedding video jump off screen with detail and pop!

Equipment

Before you hire a wedding video service in Sydney make sure that they have the right equipment. Many services may claim that they use the very best cameras and lighting equipment but this may not actually be the case. Nowadays, any wedding video service in Sydney worth its salt should use an HD camcorder i.e. record in 1020p. Professional cameras like the Sony Z1/Z5/Z7 and the Canon XH-A1 are some of the best ones around.

Hiring a wedding video service in Sydney will take a bit of work and knowledge. However, take