Love Letters from our Couples: Stephanie and Pat

We have talked about Stephanie and Pat’s wedding a few times in our blog.  From their romantic Love Story Film, to Stephanie’s fantastic wedding blog posts and Coming Soon Trailer, we have been following the story of their wedding from the start.  This story is finally coming to a close because Stephanie and Pat received an email just a few days ago with the link to their completed CinemaCake film.  Our team could not wait to hear what they thought and Stephanie did not disappoint!  

“As soon as the email arrived in my inbox, my heart started beating rapidly, and the excitement was too overwhelming not to click the link immediately. I watched it one time through and was so elated, I couldn’t help but forward right away to our parents, my sister, and my best friend Emily, who responded:

• Best friend: “I made it four minutes in before I started crying. Your high five with Vicki made me loose it. Finally made it to the end! Worth every freakin penny! Cried like a baby. Laughed until I cried. Perfection. The outtakes were great.”
• Sister: “My face hurts from smiling so much while I watched it! I love it!!!!!!!! The “outtakes” at the end are probably the best part”
• Mother-in-law: “I love this!  I can’t stop smiling and laughing! and loving the beauty of this whole day (or many days). So beautiful and full of life just like the bride and groom and all who surrounded them this day……I’m off to watch it again.” She also left me a 3-minute message of just crying and laughing.”

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Photo: Susan Stripling

We were thrilled to hear that the couple’s family and friends loved everything, but we couldn’t wait to read Stephanie and Pat’s reaction to the film.  Here is the happy couple’s response:

“But I had to wait seemingly forever until Pat got back from a work trip for him to see it. I don’t think I could possibly convey how utterly thrilled we are with how you captured the best day of our life, but I’ll try. How cleverly and beautifully edited especially. A few of my favorite things:

• My flowergirls are certainly a highlight of the entire video and rightfully so. The shot of them walking up the aisle is so absurdly adorable. I love the shot from behind of my niece Aubrey catching up. Amazing! And actually had no idea that’s how it happened.
• I love how you used the b-roll of me and Pat’s father dancing post-somersault as Pat’s reciting his vows about wanting to goof around with me.
• One of the things that I think sets you guys apart from so many other videographers is your use of audio. Not only did you capture it brilliantly. It’s so crisp. But I love how it’s utilized throughout the video – from our vows, to our niece screeching, to my goddaughters laughing, to the groomsmen’s rather ridiculous getting ready conversations (which are so inherently them). I love Pat’s dad saying “keep pedaling, keep moving forward” with the moving shot of the ceremony – gorgeous and poignant.
• I love the way our first dance was filmed!
• The last section before the outtakes, 18:30ish, simply feels magical – like something out of a fairy tale. I feel like it’s our own major motion picture, our own Love Actually. The shot of us slow dancing is exquisitely dreamy. I adore the angle and the music as we walk back down the aisle. And I’m in the love with the concluding shot of us outside walking, smiling at each other – what a perfect ending.
• Everything about the outtakes is phenomenal! I love the music, I love the compilation of hysterical clips, and the ending of his grandfather dancing is just epic.

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Photo: Susan Stripling

I look forward to watching it over and over and over and over again. I, we, are absolutely in love with it. Thank you so, so, so, so, so much.

And I’ll now end my massively long email. I know when I’ve worked on my own video projects for hours, weeks, and months, simply, “I love it” seems a little insufficient. So I just wanted to let you know just how much I love and appreciate everything you’ve done. I think it’s fair to say that in the sea of wedding decisions I made, you guys were my favorite. I frankly can’t imagine our wedding without you.

Thank you so very, very much,

Stephanie & Pat”

Thank you Stephanie and Pat!  It’s letters like this that make our jobs worth doing and we hope you enjoy your films for years to come.  For all of our readers out there, we reccomend you do yourself a favor and spend the next 22 minutes watching Stephanie and Pat’s CinemaCake Film!