Would a bride and groom like this?

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Rick P

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I am a wedding videographer, and I am considering making this a surprise feature for my clients, but I do not know if this would make them feel good or disappointed.

I would create their original wedding video, making it appear to be complete. But I secretly have plenty of extra footage that they would definitely enjoy to have in their video. What I then do is create a "bonus disc" with "Never before seen footage" and surprise them with it on their 1st or 2nd (or maybe even 5th) anniversary.

On the good side the couple might like it because it may feel like a whole new experience watching their wedding video, and it may bring back more memories of the day (they may get tired of the original video at that point). On the downside they might be disappointed, and would have wanted this to be included in their original video, and wished they had this footage sooner. They might feel like they didn't get what they paid for at first...

The goal of my services as a wedding vendor is to outlast the full effect of my competing vendors, and I am trying to find ways to make my services more unique, customized, enjoyable, and memorable.

I have a wedding project coming up, and I am currently considering doing this. Your straight-forward, honest feedback is most appreciated. Thanks for your help!

-Rick Phillips
 
that's a wonderful idea!
:D
it will be a surprise for them & take them back to that day :D

i would love to have that for my wedding
its something unforgettable & they will appreciate it a lot
you have really good ideas
:D
 
I think it is a wonderful idea. It helps remind them of how wonderful it was that day. I would love to have a gift like that because the details get kind of fuzzy after a year.
 
I like the idea of saying there is a surprise, or 1 year anniversary gift, included in the package.

But i would also say make sure your "extra footage" isn't things they would expect to be in the real video. Like you don't want to cut out all of them cutting the cake... and then put it in the extras part a year later. The first video needs to be a COMPLETE video of the wedding.
The extras part should be just like cute things the guests are doing (like if two children slow dance or hold hands, a shot of that) and maybe funny *blooper* type moments that seemed out of place in the complete wedding video.

I really like this idea though, and I would love to get this from our videographer.

I think it would make them feel like you really care about them, to get something from you a year or so later. Which will definitely build up your clientele!
 
That is an interesting idea, but the problem is, what are you going to leave out? If you are going to leave out the first kiss, then it is a bad idea... what if you leave out something that shows something in the background that you dont catch.. like Steve dancing with his sister sarah and they have not talked in 15 years... YOU dont know that you only see two people dancing. That one thing you leave out could have been the most important part of the wedding and you may not know it.

I just shot a wedding (Im a photographer) and I did a portrait shot of a husband and wife. As a photographer I was asked to take their picture. As a friend of the family (the husband in the picture was one of my teachers back in high school .. suprise ..) I knew that he had recently undergone surgery to remove cancerous tumors and that he had lost over 100 pounds due to all kinds of problems. So I knew the images to be of SEVER importants. Had I just been some photographer then I would not have known that and I would have maybe left that one out of the photo album thinking they can just buy it themselves online... instead I made sure it was in the photo album and that there were lots of shots with him in it.

Unless you know the family and its history you really cant cut things without taking a chance.
 
okay, so my mom just read this, and she is getting married in a few months, and she said that she would most likely want the video up front.

....but she also said that you could say somthing like the surprize package and charge extra and then do what you are talking about. (then no one could get mad....but make them sign a contract thing)


and do it on the 1st anniversary, some marrgies dont last that long...
 
That is a really terrific idea. It is something different. But, what if they do not make it to their first or second anniversary? You might give them the choice of seeing it now, or waiting. Good Luck with this.
 
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