Development: encore

Another issue to be dealt with was how to make this accessible for everyone.

As both bride and groom pointed to me, some guests are not strictly Internet-literate, some of the older generations is not even keen on using computers.

Now, given it would be easy to burn a couple of autorun cds for everyone, I had to change the plan a bit.

As such I had to go back to the possibility how the only medium in which the movie would be accessed is through a domestic DVD player.

For this reason I went through a short course on DVD authoring (notably it was on a Mac so must have been either iDVD or DVD Studio Pro).

As it turned out (a valuable fact, or so it seems), the domestic dvd players cannot handle HD files.

So I had to go back to my project and render another version with lower settings applicable to PAL dvd players.

Adobe Encore allows for full DVD authoring, so I designed an intro splash screen (well, designed might seem a bit big, given that it was a rather not promising screengrab of the final product) and made a quick menu which would allow for playing on a loop.

Initial idea I had was to have subsequent chapters/dividers but in after consulting with the couple we decided not to include them as the content is relatively short and the breaks in between one sequence can get in the way more rather than help navigate.

Development: all together now

So, updated with two more sessions and the titles, here it is.

Development: next chapter + titles

We had  two more sessions to gather more footage.
The final length of the sequence was not important at all as it was aimed at the closest friend and family who would watch the entire full length feature as long as it featured the people so close to them.

As a result it did not shorten the song, more over added further sequence which was meant to summarize all the information in case it was missed during the message display thing in the chorus. In this way the information would appear for way longer than in the short music sequences.
As the invitation will also be sent to non-english speakers, I have to design it in a way so it is understandable for them as well.

Researching for more audio backgrounds, I came across a song written specifically for the Desigual clothing line

This track has been used throughout the Desigual campaign in 2011.

The track composed by Maia Vidal (also known as Your Kid Sister) has several language version and has been used in several videos advertising the clothing company.

Due to the 'light and emotional' aesthetic of the song I decided it would be a great addition to the invitation.

Development: first sequence

So we did shoot the first sequence.

Unfortunately I could not dig up the very first version with no film burns and raw edits but I have a hunch it looked awful.

This one was compiled after the first session:

Development: structure

As we accepted the model of displaying the information via the means of messages on paper, I decided to adapt this structure to the couple's song of choice.

In this case I would divide the song into segments featuring ordinary footage (verses) and then proceed to the informative messages over the chorus.