Wedding Film of the Year - GRAND FINALISTS!

Bloomsbury Films was voted one of the UK's top five wedding video producers at the 2008 Wedding TV / Wrapit Awards held at Claridges in London last week. I attended the awards with Iris after receiving our invitations from Wedding TV who have been running a programme entitled 'Wedding Film of the Year' on their Sky TV channel. 

My understanding is that around 100-200 entries from wedding videographers all around the country were initially whittled down to just 15 nominees selected by Wedding TV's producers. These nominees included some of the biggest names in the industry, who were then pitted head-to-head 'X factor style' before a panel of wedding industry professionals. The programme, which can be seen on Saturday mornings and will soon be available on Joost TV, has attract quite a lot of interest from both viewers and wedding filming professionals. I am pleased that Bloomsbury Films was selected through this process as a finalist, although I am yet to see the programme myself!

Our entry was Malene & Shariff a civil wedding filmed with two cameras in Greenwich and Eltham Palace, South London last August. Malene and Shariff were great clients, sharing our interest in making the best film we possibly could for them. I think their enthusiasm was key to our success, as good filming is a collective effort, requiring willingness and cooperation of all involved. Among the many things that made this film special was the fact that Malene and Shariff are a very natural couple who express themselves very openly - something which came across in their final film. As a wedding video producer, I have from the beginning set out to ensure our work has an honest, natural and spontaneous feel - I don't like the way others sometimes overuse effects to give wedding videos added 'meaning'. To me the most essential elements of any film-making are beauty and truth - Malene and Shariff has both.

I met some wonderful people at the wedding industry awards, companies and individuals who all bring equal passion and ideas to their respective crafts. You can see the winners on the Wrapit Awards website. I hope this event which is now in its second year, brings well deserved attention to everyone who made it through to the grand finals! 

Wedding Film of the Year

A marvelous coincidence occured yesterday when Shariff popped by to collect some extra copies of his wedding DVD Malene & Shariff. I had previously mentioned to Shariff on the phone a few weeks earlier the wedding video we produced for them had been nominated for the 'Wedding Film of the Year' awards by Wedding TV. Whilst briefly meeting him again for the first time since last Summer, we received a telephone call from Wedding TV to advise us that we had made it to the final five and would join the other National Finalists of the Wrapit Awards next week. How exciting! And what a pleasure and a coincidence it was for both us standing there then!

The invitation arrived this morning and I am thrilled within the short time Bloomsbury Films has been in business, we have attracted such commendation. Our videographers and editors put a lot of effort into the wedding videos we make so I am delighted our commitment has been recognised by an independent body. I shall be appearing on Wedding TV's wedding breakfast show again tomorrow morning in connection with the awards - I only wish I had Sky now so I could watch it!

The awards are next Wednesday 20th February at Claridges in London. I shall keep you updated!