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A New Generation of Wedding FilmMaker is a series of articles we are releasing breaking down the differences between a modern-day wedding filmmaker and a wedding videographer. The first topic and probably the most controversial in the business is that of music. Read below to find out more!

1990's Wedding Videographer

Wedding Videographers have been around for as long as portable consumer video cameras have been around. When you think of videographer, you typically think of a boring video being filmed by a person lugging around a big camera, or standing in the back of the room quietly with a camera on a tripod. Thats pretty true of a videographer because the definition is someone who makes a movie with a video camera. That’s it!?! We still use the term videographer because that’s what many people search but in fact we are wedding filmmakers: meaning we use more than just a camera to make your wedding film. There are cameras involved, but only as a part of the big picture. We use “grip” which is basically anything that supports the camera to keep the film interesting. Sometimes that is a steadicam, other times a linear track system, and even monopods, tripods, and a jib/crane system. We also use location audio recording equipment and specific lighting to create the best environment for making a movie. All of this combined with a crew of talented, well-trained individuals makes for the short films you see on our website. Live events filmed to look like movies, but none of it would work without a soundtrack….

1990's Wedding Videographer

There has always been great confusion amongst wedding videographers over the use of music in their wedding films. What music can I use and what can’t I use. Well the real answer is, licensed music is the only legal way to go.  We would like to tell everyone a little more about this in hopes of educating those who might not know about it because we too were in those same shoes not long ago, but we have found a great option and its only fare we share it with you!  For the last few years there has been a slow but steady movement by music licensing companies to provide an affordable option for wedding and event videographers, but up until now the libraries weren’t worth spending the money on. Now they are. With the help of people actually paying for the service, a few companies have reached out to record labels and secured the rights to songs for use with event videos. Finally we can afford to use good, solid, soundtrack music in our wedding films. The company we have partnered with is called SongFreedom. SongFreedom allows us to license music for our wedding films in an affordable way. They were the first company offering a small library of popular music and have since grown into a leader in the industry. We couldn’t be happier to support them and all musical artists by paying for the ability to use their music. As filmmakers, we consider ourselves artists and wouldn’t appreciate others using our work illegally and that’s why now that there’s an affordable option, we are calling all other videographers to do the same and STOP the illegal use of music in their wedding videos. More videographers signing up with companies like SongFreedom will provide more resources for SongFreedom to go to the record labels and acquire more music for all to be able to use. On top of that, their amazing browsers give you a great option for finding new music by genre, mood, etc. which gives the ability to open your eyes to new music that you might really like as well as offering popular artists like One Republic, Colbie Caillat, Rob Thomas, David Gray, Jason Mraz, and the list goes on. (These artists are listed from SongFreedom)

What does this mean to you the couple who is about to be married? Well as you can see by watching a few of our trailers here on the front page, the music we are putting in our trailers is amazing and it will allow us to create a soundtrack for your wedding film specific to you!

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It’s easy to see why Monica and Carlos choose these two great locations. This couple looks perfect together, and their personalities couldn’t be a more perfect fit. Both unbelievably sweet, caring, and always doing their best (even on their own wedding night) to make sure their guests were comfortable and having fun. Monica and Carlos are the very definition of why we do what we do and we think it shows in their short film. Queen of Angels Chapel is located just outside of Austin, TX in a small South Lake Travis community called Spicewood. The area is some of the most beautiful terrain in Texas and begins what many call “Hill Country” or “God’s Country.” Towering above the tree line, Queen of Angels is a beautiful timeless chapel with a wonderful atmosphere for a wedding. The natural light that is allowed through the 20 foot tall stained-glass windows is the first thing you noticed, along with the dark stained wood work in every direction. Monica and Carlos first mentioned Queen of Angels Chapel in an early meeting but they didn’t go into much detail about Spicewood Vineyard! This was our first time at the Spicewood Vineyard and its simply stunning. Warm tones mixed with classy rock and stone make for a wonderful color palette thats there before you decorate.

Venue: Spicewood Vineyards // http://www.spicewoodvineyards.com/
Coordinator: Jenny Burton // http://www.spicewoodvineyards.com/
Photographer: finnrose Photography // http://www.finnrosephotography.com/
Floral Designer: La Fleur Vintage // www.lfvaustin.com
DJ: SoundSource Entertainment // http://www.soundsourceentertainment.com/
Band: Mariachi Estrella // http://www.austinmariachi.com/
Caterer: Sullivan St. Caterers // www.sullivan-street.com
Cake Designer: Sylvia Damuth
Slideshow Designer: Laura Llanes

Music licensed through http://themusicbed.com & http://songfreedom.com

You’ll receive your wedding film on custom designed DVD’s which are perfect for sharing with your friends and family to continue to remember and enjoy for years.  One of our favorite options is in what we call The Wedding Theater Vault, included with all of our packages.   In the digital age of video, no videography studio is able to keep archives of projects forever because of the amount of space video consumes on hard drives. To further serve our clients every client in 2012 will receive a hard drive with all the footage that we shot, as well as all the files we would need to make more edits down the road.   We are the only wedding videographers we know of, that are offering this, and makes it possible for us to make future changes to your wedding DVD, as well as make more DVD’s.

This reel contains a handful of samples of the work 1023media LLC produced in 2011. We wish we could share all of our commercial work but some is not yet released to the public or we just didn’t want to make the reel too long (its already pretty long) For the wedding sample, just 5 weddings out of 40+ 2011 weddings are shown. For more information or to see more projects please email us at 1023media{at}gmail.com or contact us through our website at 1023films.com

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One of the best features of the venue is in it’s owners.  The venue is owned by Mike and D’Andra Davidson, who opened the venue because of their experiences in planning their oldest daughters wedding. After searching for the perfect wedding and reception venue, they just hadn’t found what they were looking for.  They realized that the over 100 acres of land they had lived on and enjoyed for years was the perfect spot for weddings and receptions.  The owners will do almost anything to help couples design their dream wedding and proudly share this great location with couples and their guests as they celebrate new chapters in their lives.

Cadillac hosted a party for the Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, TX. Dallas was one of two locations in the U.S. to premiere the exhibit, with San Francisco being the second. Enjoy this sneak peak exclusively from Cadillac and 1023media.

filmed at The Highball in Austin, TX

This morning, we received a pretty exciting email saying we were featured on the Little Black Book blog, written by Style Me Pretty, a blog focused on the best wedding vendors in the industry.  Style Me Pretty isn’t just any wedding website.  To be featured on their site, vendors are put through an extensive interview process, that may take up to six months! Only the best vendors make it onto the site, giving couples a great resource to finding the perfect photographers, videographers, catering services, and all the other necessary vendors

Read the article on Kimberly+Josh’s beautiful wedding over at Style Me Pretty’s Little Black Book blog.