Last month, I got a call from Inah. It was surprising because soon-to-wed couples normally book their wedding videographer at least 6 months before the wedding. Soon-to wed couples today have changed their behavior not just towards wedding videography, but also in booking other wedding suppliers. Why? The wedding industry is rapidly growing and more and more wedding suppliers come around.

Before Inah called, she’s done her research already; she knows what she wanted for her wedding video. She watched my wedding videos including Former PNP Chief Art Lomibao and Jacky Tui’s wedding. You know what? Inah’s dad is the current PNP Chief of Caloocan City.

Khalil and Inah were among our few young couples with very minimal specifications for their wedding video, yet, very happy with the result. Watch the same day edit wedding video.

Khalil Catabay and Maria Cristina Santos wedding
13 September 2009
Wedding preps at the Crowne Plaza
Church ceremony and reception at the Fernwood Gardens

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Paul Caanic and Rhoda Alvarez wedding
24 June 2008
Wedding ceremony at Santuario de San Jose
Preparation and wedding reception at the Crowne Plaza Hotel

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D.A. and Kat decided to choose us to cover their wedding after watching our winning piece in the 1st Sony Wedding Video Competition, realizing that we could tell their story best through our Documentary-Reality TV approach of wedding videography.

Our entry this year had postnup, prenup, pre-wedding interview and post wedding interview. The postnup, showed the life of a typical couple after the wedding, every morning having coffee together and every evening from work having dinner. The prenup, reflected the couple’s bubbly and fun personality. In the pre-wedding interview, they separately shared their love story. And the post wedding interview, they told about their wedding experience and quoted their messages to each other from their favorite movie, PS I Love You.

As the wedding videographer, my objective was to show a new element in this wedding video. So, we decided to use chroma visual effects and graphics. First, we used chroma showing a skyline to reveal the couple having coffee in the dining area. Second, we used chroma to enhance the personality of the couple for the prenup scenes. And finally, we used chroma for the first dance during the reception. We took effort creating the lighting effect for the interviews. We also used camera stabilizers in shooting the make-up scene of the couple, from the face of the bride gliding down to the hand of the make-up artist following the hand of another make-up artist then gliding up the face of the groom and repeating the process. We also used crane for the opening and ending scenes. We had trial edits during the shooting to make sure we could achieve the visual effects we wanted.

For the wedding video story line, our objective is to show that after the wedding, it’s just the start of the married life, and what matters most is living your best life.

As for the editing, it took us three days to edit the chroma effects alone. Another day researching for music, two days for story editing and another day putting all the things together. And finally, a day for color corrections.

We are grateful that our wedding videographer friends as well as friends from the broadcast industry contributed talents, effort and resources for this project. Danny Ballesteros, Reality Wedding Video Videographer and a long time friend from ABS-CBN. Sonny Castillo, my cousin and also one of the key videographer of Reality Wedding Video. Gabby Cua, another friend from ABS-CBN, who took charge of the visual effects. Noe Dela Cruz, Albert Avendano and Noel Cua. Jio Villegas for the crane and also Garry Garza. Also our couples Greggy and Joanna, and Cedrick and Cathy. And of course D.A. and Kat who supported us all the way.

Cathy, my wife, for the admin support and believing in everything that I envision. Yael, my eldest daughter who brainstormed with me during the story editing.

To sum it all, we took a lot of effort, but, in the end, it always depends on the judges and the audience who participated in the voting process. Reality Wedding Video ending up with the top 4 finalists is enough reward for all the efforts. This wedding video is definitely a showcase of our wedding videography artistry.

D.A. Rulloda and Kat Reyes wedding
7 November 2008
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ortigas
Manila Cathedral, Intramuros, Manila
One Esplanade, SM Mall of Asia

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Using “One Love” as music bed for the same day edit wedding video definitely suggests drama in the edit. The messages of the couple for their family members, as well as their messages to each other complete a heartfelt presentation.

For the love story wedding video, we had location shootings in Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte. I love the pottery making scene in Vigan. Nice footages were taken in Bantay Church, Paoay Church and Fort Ilocandia. We also had shootings at the Glass Garden for the AVP’s opening and ending scenes. And finally at Greggy’s house in Quezon City for the interviews, rain effect scene and the reenactments.

Here is the Same Day Edit Wedding Video:

Greggy Adrian Abellon III and Joanna Chan wedding
18 April 2009
Preps at the Crowne Plaza
Ceremony at the Santuario de San Jose in Greenhills
Reception at the Glass Gardens.

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Carmelo and Lorelei wedding officiated by Cardinal Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, the current Cardinal Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila who is a close relative of Carmelo.

I have covered several weddings officiated by Cardinal Rosales and I can say that he is the best in the entire Catholic Church in giving homily for wedding rites. His powerful voice and gestures seems like an oral interpretation doing an effortless performance. There’s no way not to listen to him, even during the editing of the wedding video, you will not feel bored nor tired listening to the soundbites. I can also say that the wedding video becomes heartfelt because of his homily.

The interview with Lorelei after she was finally dressed-up and ready to go to the church also added emotions in the wedding video. The video would have been perfect if we got to interview Carmelo during his preps also. Well, that’s life in wedding videography, because situations are beyond your control and you simply do your best of it.

Watch the highlights.

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Watch the Greetings and Well-wishers segment.

Carmelo Borbon and Lorelei Cruz Wedding
1 February 2009
Wedding ceremony at the Sanctuario De San Jose, Greenhills
Reception at the Glass Garden
wedding Preps at the Crowne Plaza

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Reality Wedding Video is a wedding video that captures a range of emotions, touching the very heart of viewers produced by Buddy Gancenia, a wedding video producer and videographer in the Philippines.

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I was surprised to see so many familiar faces during the wedding of Gener and Dina. Dina is also from ABS-CBN. Unfortunately, we never got a chance to work together.

What I love in this same day edit wedding video is the ending part…watch and find out.

Gener Brugada and Dina Pacheco Wedding
10 January 2009
Preps at the Crowne Plaza
Ceremony at the Church of the Risen Lord, UP Diliman

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by Buddy Gancenia, a wedding video producer and videographer in the Philippines, is a wedding video beyond the traditional music video style production.

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Wedding Highlights

Roland and Kaye Wedding Videos were among the videos included in our DVD Sampler 2.

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Reality Wedding Video by Buddy Gancenia, a wedding video producer and videographer in the Philippines, is a wedding video with a documentary feel that emphasizes the realness of the events.

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DA Rulloda and Kat Reyes Wedding. 7 November 2008. Preparations at the Crowne Plaza, church rites at the Manila Cathedral and reception at One Esplanade. Another beautiful couple, beautiful wedding and a beautiful onsite wedding video! Watch out for the final edited wedding video, DA and Kat post wedding interview rocks!!!

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Reality Wedding Video by Buddy Gancenia, a wedding video producer and videographer in the Philippines, is a wedding video with a documentary feel that emphasizes the realness of the events.

More Philippine Wedding scene to watch.