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milla Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:36 PM+

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Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:36 PM

Short video at wedding

I went to a wedding once where they played a short video before dinner came out with pictures of the bride and groom growing up, family pictures, etc. which I thought was really neat. Is anyone planning something similar at their reception?

SomethingBlu Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:40 PM+

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Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:40 PM

Re: Short video at wedding

I'm not doing it because it would be too much $$ to get the plasmas (although they can do projection screens) but I agree that it's nice. Our DJ company does it...my fi loved it, I had to talk him out of it!

Laura1976 Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:40 PM+

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Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:40 PM

Re: Short video at wedding

yes, I'm planning on doing one!
It's going to be sort of a slide show played during dinner. It will start out with pictures of me and FH and our immediate family growing up. Then it will have pictures of all our friends and families. I'm hoping to have at least one pic of each person who is at the wedding.

Laura1976 Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:42 PM+

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Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:42 PM

Re: Short video at wedding

Posted by SomethingBlu

I'm not doing it because it would be too much $$ to get the plasmas (although they can do projection screens) but I agree that it's nice. Our DJ company does it...my fi loved it, I had to talk him out of it!

I think our hall has a screen for it and we just need to hook a laptop up to it. Thanks for reminding me, I have to double check on that.

milla Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:47 PM+

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Posted: Jan 22, 2005 07:47 PM

Re: Short video at wedding

how do you arrange for something like this..through a DJ?? How much extra is it??

chachou22 Posted: Jan 22, 2005 10:15 PM+

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Posted: Jan 22, 2005 10:15 PM

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I am still deciding if we are doing that our dj does it for $750

mcc101 Posted: Jan 23, 2005 12:39 AM+

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Posted: Jan 23, 2005 12:39 AM

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We're doing it........I prefer the projection screen b/c you can see better if you are sitting afar but FI wants two plasma screens......our DJ also shows bride and groom during the ceremony exchanging vows before we are announced into the reception room which is a nice touch for those who missed the church ceremony.

susieandsteven111905 Posted: Jan 23, 2005 09:28 AM+

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Posted: Jan 23, 2005 09:28 AM

Re: Short video at wedding

Posted by mcc101

We're doing it........I prefer the projection screen b/c you can see better if you are sitting afar but FI wants two plasma screens......our DJ also shows bride and groom during the ceremony exchanging vows before we are announced into the reception room which is a nice touch for those who missed the church ceremony.

We are doing the same thing. I fell in love with it at a wedding! Our DJ does it so we are getting it.. (no one can talk me out of it)

DaisyBride05 Posted: Jan 23, 2005 09:55 AM+

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Posted: Jan 23, 2005 09:55 AM

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We are doing it, but my DJ wants to show the pictures during the parent dances.
I had suggested during dinner and he said he has never done it like that before.
I felt the pictures would be a distraction during the dances and he said it gives the guest something to watch while we are dancing.
Need some feedback please!!

Summer Bride Posted: Jan 23, 2005 10:50 AM+

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Posted: Jan 23, 2005 10:50 AM

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We are doing it too. My DJ is providing the screens but I'm having the actual DVD done by a different company. The DJ is just going to play it.

http://www.retrospectvideoalbums.com

JBKempf Posted: Jan 24, 2005 11:06 AM+

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Posted: Jan 24, 2005 11:06 AM

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This is included in our DJ package. I guess I should go and hide all of the embarassing baby pics!!!

ckgmwedding Posted: Jan 24, 2005 11:21 AM+

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Posted: Jan 24, 2005 11:21 AM

Re: Short video at wedding

Posted by Laura1976

Posted by SomethingBlu

I'm not doing it because it would be too much $$ to get the plasmas (although they can do projection screens) but I agree that it's nice. Our DJ company does it...my fi loved it, I had to talk him out of it!

I think our hall has a screen for it and we just need to hook a laptop up to it. Thanks for reminding me, I have to double check on that.

Laura- Let me know if that is possible! That is such a good idea. Don't you need the projector as well???

amy&anthony Posted: Jan 24, 2005 11:44 AM+

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Posted: Jan 24, 2005 11:44 AM

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we do it for every wedding/birthday party etc. All you need is a projector and a white wall... Its so easy to make yourself too. All you need is movie maker and a bunch of pics either digital or scanned in :) A few songs for the backround and whoala!!

jesslangen Posted: Jan 24, 2005 11:50 AM+

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Posted: Jan 24, 2005 11:50 AM

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We booked it through our DJ. He just bought a new projection screen. And I've seen it done before, really liked it, so we booked it!

Chrissa Posted: Jan 24, 2005 12:31 PM+

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Posted: Jan 24, 2005 12:31 PM

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I wanted to do this so badly. I love the idea. But it was something like $600 through the DJ and not in the budget.

JPC1125 Posted: Jan 24, 2005 12:38 PM+

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Posted: Jan 24, 2005 12:38 PM

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FH says he wants to put it together himself...all you need to do is make a picture slideshow on a laptop...hook it up to a projector- which he will borrow from the comp engineering dept at our college and play a song on a cd player

its not fancy but it gets the job done and we can do it just how we want to