Be THE Best Man You Can - Blockbuster Trailer

Here's a press release for our latest project!  The trailer's about to burst onto the scene this Friday.  The World is waiting with bated breath...

Local film production company, Gorgeous Media, has developed a brand new, very exciting product for the wedding film market.

On Friday 18th July, they will launch their idea with the trailer - "Be THE Best Man You Can". "The Best Man Speech film idea is very simple," explained Gorgeous Media’s Jonathan Patchett. "If you are expected to be a Best Man and the thought of standing up and doing a speech is giving you sweaty palms and sleepless nights, Gorgeous Media can ease the pressure by producing a film of your speech in advance, to be shown on the wedding day." Both Jonathan and Owen Warren have already tried and tested the concept, having already produced and presented Best Man Speech films themselves. "My Best Man's Speech film went down a storm," said filmmaker Owen. "We interviewed friends and family, added dance routines, special effects and even explosions! It was a complete surprise for the bride and groom."

Owen and Jonathan said that their respective films stole their friends' wedding days. "When you attend a lot of weddings,” said Jonathan, “you do become very aware of the same internet jokes being churned out. Best Man Speech expectations run very high, and we just want to give Best Men everywhere a bespoke, personalised, quirky film alternative". Gorgeous Media hopes that their new service will complement their increasingly sought-after wedding films. To find out more, check out their hilarious Best Man trailer at gorgeousmedia.co.uk or go to the Gorgeous Media Facebook page.

Production team members - Jemma, Owen, Janine and Jonny

Once in a while...

So now... last week we went south to film Adam and Jessica’s wedding at The Great Hall in Mains. What a lovely day - spring is gorgeous for filming - all of those colours seem, well, just so colourful.
http://www.thegreathallatmains.co.uk

Dee + Barry

I guess we can now claim the title of ‘International wedding film makers’! Last November, we threw the dog in the back of the car with cameras, glide tracks and tripods and with the Proclaimers playing at full-blast, we headed across the border to film Dee and Barry’s wedding in the fair city of Edinburgh.

Now Dee and Barry’s wedding film was a present from Shirley and Brian, whose wedding we had filmed in March (are you keeping up?). Shirley loves Gorgeous Media so much she has decided to make it her very own mission to bring us northwards to film things whenever she can. We love Shirley!

Dee and Barry were lovely. Their day was at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh. We stayed over at Scottish Margaret’s house the night before and got the train into Edinburgh on the Saturday morning. The train was packed and we were laden with equipment. However, people were so helpful and friendly and keen to help us, we were well looked after. A taxi ride later, we arrived at the Corn Exchange - always a relief when you are miles away from home and in foreign parts.

Dee arrived in style in her brother’s bright orange pick up truck. Barry and Dee had met through their jobs at Rentokil. They were lovely to work with. The venue was a bit of a challenge because they had this strange lighting set up which meant that the staff were intent on changing the colour of the room which made getting the colour-balance a bit of a nightmare. We spent a really pleasant day in Edinburgh and got back to Scottish Margaret’s to capture the footage over a dry white wine and Strictly Come Dancing.

Shirley reckons we are “Rather good at this videoing malarky”. We hope to go back up there soon.

Shelley + Dave

Shelley and Dave got married last weekend at Mitton Hall in Whalley. It is not often we go south, probably because we are so near so many amazing venue in the Lake District. First wedding in our new car - our rather swanky Aqua Blue Hyundai i30 (which I am sure looks like a BMW if you squint!). It felt rather good to swing into the car park of the Mitton Hall in a proper vehicle - I loved my purple Rover, but was beginning to feel a bit like a character out of The Young Ones (the 80’s comedy not Cliff Richard film). Note the way I always reference my cars by their colour? If I were a boy, I would know the engine size and who produced the subframe… totally irrelevant when you are a girl. Shelley and Dave love rallying, so I feel justified discussing cars in this post.

Saturday was a day of Daves - Dave married Shelley, Uncle Dave gave Shelley away and Dave was the legendary emcee at the Mitton. It was another gorgeous day for sure. Shelley and Dave weren’t going to have a wedding film, but this was a wedding gift to them from a couple of friends who were unable to attend. I think that wedding films for many people are something that they wish they had had, but that only dawns on them after the event. So, Shelley and Dave are in a win/win situation. I know I may be biased, but I think that a making a wedding present of a wedding film is a lovely idea you are giving someone the memory of the day forever and ever - when you think about it like that, it’s just a massive thing.