((PKG)) WEDDING MOVIES
((Banner: Sharing the Love))
((Reporter/Camera: Tina Trinh))
((Adapted by: Bronwyn Benito))
((Map: United States / New York / New York))
((ANIMATION W/ GFX, CAPTIONS, PHOTOS))
EXPLAINER: WEDDING MOVIES
US couples spend an average of $33,391 on their weddings
with $1,912 on the videographer
Some couples spend a little more
((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
Love Stories TV is the first and only platform for watching and sharing real wedding videos.
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With seven billion people on the planet, you two found each other. It was a miracle.
((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
We have thousands of wedding films from all over the world and they’ve all been contributed by newlyweds or filmmakers.
((JENNIFER THOMPSON, US Headquarters Director, NST PICTURES))
I’m the U.S. headquarters director for NST Pictures. We’ve been submitting videos since the beginning of Love Stories TV.
It’s really a great place to put our version of what a wedding story looks like out there.
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((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
They’re cinematic. They look like feature film trailers, produced with cutting edge equipment. After my wedding, I immediately regretted not having a wedding video. I could remember the feeling of the day, but it goes by so quickly. It’s about the love story. Inevitably in a wedding film, it comes up how you met, how you fell in love. During your vows you say what you love most about each other.
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((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
We want to feature all of the love stories. We have Muslim weddings that are bohemian-style. We have Italian weddings that are a gay couple. We have Jewish weddings in barns. We have every kind of combination you could ever think of, from all over the world. We have over 61 countries represented. The language doesn’t even matter. You just want to see, like, how do people arrange their day? How do people wear their hair? That is agnostic to country. That is agnostic to location.
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((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
We have every wedding budget, shape, size, religion, culture, gender. And we think that’s really important, and it’s a lot of what’s driving our success. Because people come to us and they say, I’m Sri Lankan, and I’m planning a wedding in California, and I couldn’t find any brides or grooms that looked like me on some of the other wedding platforms. And that’s really powerful.
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((JENNIFER THOMPSON, US Headquarters Director, NST PICTURES))
Those real moments that you had are authentic, and are what makes that film great, and made that day great.
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((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
Different filmmakers have different styles.
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((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
You walk away with just this overwhelming sense of joy and an interest in other people and their family.
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You mentioned that you didn't like sushi, and I remember it always.
((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
You’re watching these films like you watch reality television.
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You told me later, the first time I met her, I knew she was the one. That’s the truth.
((JENNIFER THOMPSON, US Headquarters Director, NST PICTURES))
We really want it to feel natural when a client watches their film back. We’re looking for soft, beautiful movement to our images, great angles.
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((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
People really care about experiences. And that’s why people are paying for a wedding film.
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In good times and in bad, in sickness and in health…..
((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
They’re saying what I actually care about is 10, 20, 30 years from now, my family being able to re-watch my wedding film with me.
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((RACHEL JO SILVER, FOUNDER, LOVE STORIES TV))
When people exchange vows and talk about why they’re getting married and why they love each other, that’s what you walk away remembering. These videos are changing the way people think about weddings and about love. Bringing the joy back.