Cinematography

Remember my quest to look for a second photographer back in August 2009? We ended up hiring Kok from Beautyshot Photography because we didn't want to invest too exorbitantly in a second photographer. All went well until a few months back when Kok called and said he couldn't be there on 10/10/2010 as his own brother was getting married. Well, of course it was frustrating because we have paid the deposit, hence the dates are secured isn't it? Initially, we were ok with having him only for our 09/10/2010 event as we have Wilson (from Red Bliss) to cover for Marriott on 10/10/2010 anyway. Then it was left as such.

Last few days, I was surfing the net scouting for good videographers to create a pre-wedding MV (called cinematography). I didn't have the intention to actually hire one (really!), more of kay poh~ing and seeing what is new in the wedding industry.

And voila! ... I bumped into Hanzfoto Productions, a relatively new collaboration of professional photographers and videographers. They are now offering Cinematography Packages in full HD video montages (can put our new HD TV into full use already :p). However, their cinematography package comes with actual wedding day photography AND videography. Not only that, for the actual day Hanzfoto will send TWO photographers/videographers to shoot the wedding!


The package details are as follows:
- Wedding day Photography/Cinematography coverage
- Two (2) Photographers/Cinematographers
- Ten (10) hours coverage
- Unlimited still photographs exposures in JPEG format
- Fast edit (either photos/videos)
- DVD containing all photos in original hi-resolution JPEG
- Three (3) copies of DVDs containing videos

* FREE OUTDOOR CINEMATOGRAPHY SHORT FILM.
- One (1) day outdoor shoot
- One (1) cinematic poster
- One (1) cinematic teaser
- One (1) DVD featuring the short film

PRICE = RM1,800
Note: For events that falls on different days, a surcharge of RM500 will be imposed.

I went stalked through their Facebook account and saw their portfolio. It was awesome! And the videos are fantastic! Most of all, they are willing to experiment, be artistic, and is open for suggestions. In other words, they dare to be different! And above all, they are very flexible in terms of the payment.



Needless to say I managed to convince Bear and we terminated Kok's contract and decided to hire Hanzfoto instead. We will be taking them for the 09/10/2010 event only, unless if Bear suddenly decided to hire them for both days. I have been liaising with Jay (the principal photographer) and we will be meeting up with him soon (after I have sorted out some personal matters first). Meanwhile, I had given him a short storyboard to work on the MV and a sample on how I wanted it to be done. Believe it or not, he had came up with the beginning and ending of the story already!! *shocked*

Quite excited to meet up with Jay and his team actually to further discuss on the details and to put in our deposit. Hopefully there won't be much changes. *fingers cross*

Love;
The Bride-To-Be