Parfait Productions: Wedding QuestionnaireS
Please complete the following two QUESTIONNAIRES:
1: Vendor LIST
2: GENERAL QUESTIONS
WEDDING Tips:
COVID RELATED TIPS:
Parfait is more than happy to supply one mic stand, to ensure you are reducing microphone handling during the ceremony + speeches. Please let us know if this is something you would like.
Parfait will be wearing a mask at all times when indoors, and outdoors when distancing isn’t possible.
Parfait will be equipped with disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer gels for team use.
Consider having the windows open for fresh air + air circulation during prep and/or your ceremony/reception.
Highly consider providing easily accessible hand sanitizer to your bridal party, family and guests.
Highly consider providing masks to guests when physical distancing isn’t possible and you are not part of a household/cohort.
Highly consider asking your catering company/food provider what they will be doing to protect you and your guests. Buffet, family style and self serve food station will not be enjoyed by Parfait, should a meal be provided in this style. Individual boxed food/meals for your vendors may be a way to remedy this, in case you and your guests have a different comfort level for meal time.
Consider a pre screening quiz for your guests to complete leading up to your wedding.
Please ask anyone who is a part of the wedding to not attend if they are feeling ill, or experiencing symptoms of Covid-19. This may sound obvious, but people may attend when experiencing symptoms because they don’t want to let you down. Encourage the safety and well being of everyone in attendance of the wedding.
Parfait can provide one wireless hand held microphone, but if an additional microphone is needed, it would need to be rented or purchased to fulfill other requests. Please ask for quote. As not all microphones share the same quality and range. A variance in microphone quality/make can impact the audio recording/ film. Our services do not included the mixer or speakers, just the one hand held, one mic stand, numerous lav microphones (with internal recording, not meant for broadcast over a sound system).
Tips For Achieving The Best Wedding Film:
PREP:
If you would like detail shots of your shoes. dress, jewelry or other details, please have them gathered in one central spot. When we arrive the morning of your wedding, we can be directed to where everything is located. You don't need to worry about setting anything up or styling the items. We will do that for you! We recommend having your dress steamed before our arrival if it requires it.
We highly recommend you get your make up done in a room with natural light, near a window if possible. This means lights off- if possible. Mixed light isn't ideal for video. This way we can capture you in your true beauty! Being seated in a high chair or bar stool is ideal during the make up application as well.
Grooms! The morning of your wedding consider doing a favourite activity or hobby with your groomsmen if there is time. Maybe golf, basketball or gaming is your style?
If you decided to exchange a note/letter on camera with each other, please keep in mind, we will have the room cleared/music off for this, to avoid any outside sounds in your audio. We also recommend filming the letter/note exchange before getting into the gown. Grooms may be fully dressed for this.
Allow ample time for everything. You'll feel more relaxed!
Please eat and drink water the morning of your wedding! Stay hydrated!
Consider doing a first look to have more one-on-one time with your partner on the wedding day! (Not sure what that is? Feel free to ask us!)
Please allow our team 45 minutes to set up for your ceremony plus the time to arrive there from your prep location(s). This means all events in the bride/grooms room the morning of the wedding that you would like filmed, would need to be wrapped prior to our team leaving to set up for the ceremony. If you are doing a first look, there is no significant set up time for a first look, we will depart the first look location with 45 minutes of lead time to the ceremony.
CEREMONY:
When placing your bridal party at the front of the ceremony space, we don't recommend they be curved towards the guests. A straight line is best, as this ensures clear sight lines of the bride and groom for photos/video during the ceremony.
Write your own vows, or even just a line or two. They don't need to be long! If you forgo personal vows, we highly recommend exchanging notes/letters the morning of the wedding. Any audio to connect the couple is very valuable to your film.
Have your personal vows written out in a card, on card stock , on cue cards or vow books. Anything but regular loose leaf paper, or a cell phone! You might get a little nervous and start crinkling the paper...then the mic's will pick up the crinkles! (We don't want that, and neither do you!) Depending on the ambient light in a ceremony, a cell phone may cast a blue light on your face.
Portraits/photo session:
During the photo session, bring snacks and drinks/water for you and your wedding party.
Be sure to have your transportation arranged and locations organized in advance with your photographer.
For less manicured, or mountain locations, we recommend bringing comfortable shoes/boots to change into. More often than not, the best locations require some walking off a path, or through more rugged terrain.
RECEPTION:
A good rule of thumb for speeches is limiting each speaker to 3 minutes. In the event they go over time with the speech, 3-5 minutes should keep your guests attention. This will help keep your reception moving along, so everyone can enjoy the festivities!
Please try to avoid scheduling speeches/toasts between courses at the reception. The meal you've selected for your guests is important to you and we want your guests to enjoy the meal, rather than try to multi task. When the couple is eating/chewing, we will not film the couple. The guests doing speeches are often nervous, we recommend giving them the time and space to give their speech, rather than competing for attention with the steak dinner in front of them. If your venue won't permit speeches before or after dinner, we recommend the following: serve, eat, clear, speech. Please allow the staff to clear your dishes before starting the next speech, to avoid dirty dishes or servers in your footage.
Please notify your reception MC to speak directly in to the mic to record the best possible audio.
Please notify everyone is who going to be up at the podium/mic stand performing a speech/speaking that it is critical that they adjust the microphone for their height. Depending on your floor plan, someone from our team may adjust the mic stand for each speaker. We also ask that they speak directly into the microphone and remain at the podium/mic stand, to ensure the best quality audio can be recorded. (In the event that there is no podium, we will provide a mic stand to be used for speeches)
We kindly request dinner at your reception as per our agreement. In terms of seating, the best is a vendor table away from the action, but in the same room. This avoids us missing anything in the event there isn't anyone cueing each speaker.
Consider leaving your reception with your photographer/Parfait Productions for a brief time during sunset. This typically starts one hour prior to sun set. We are happy to provide the timing for this for you to include on your schedule. We can never predict if the sun set will be prominent, but if it is, this can make for beautiful footage. It's also nice to have a few moments away from the reception, to take a breather. We are happy to provide an estimate for when this best light may occur on the wedding day, just ask us!
Please be mindful and schedule in anything you would like captured within your collection outline. Scheduling an important event after 11:30pm should be discussed with our team in advance (such as a grand exit).
Most importantly, remember to HAVE FUN & BE YOURSELF!