In the words of the Brooklyn-based premier perfumer Christopher Brosius, “We live because we breathe, and with each breath we smell. This is inevitable. The sense of smell is our first and most immediate link to the world around us....
Any diamond will carry a romantic message to a beloved bride, but only one will set her heart on fire. A diamond that is so perfectly cut that it has all the classic elements of a diamond’s beauty—brilliance, dispersion and scintillation. A diamond that sparkles like a red-hot fire. A Hearts On Fire diamond.
Skip the never-ending search for the perfect favor and head straight to the valet! Surprise your guests with an old-fashioned donut cart stationed upon the exit.
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 Mama. Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away by Russell fowler Nearly every celebrity wedding is shot in either super 8 or 16mm film instead of high-definition video or 3-chip digital media. Why? One good reason, in my opinion: Film looks better. Plain and simple. If you can tell the difference between a motion picture and a television soap opera, in terms of photographic quality, or if you can distinguish good silk flowers from real flowers, then film is for you. No matter how “real” a silk bouquet will look, it will not have the life or the smell of real flowers. Some will argue that George Lucas and other top filmmakers are now shooting major motion pictures in video, but I think their choice has more to do with their need for special digital graphics effects than for pure picture quality. The vast majority of motion picture directors around the world continue to use old-fashioned film stock for their motion pictures. Of course, film is more expensive than video, but if you really want to look like a movie star in your own wedding film, that’s the way to go. Finding the cinematographers who will shoot weddings on film can be difficult, but we will include a few names—see box on this page. The cinematographers in these companies bring a motion picture background to the wedding industry. They understand film and they have mastered it. They are often imitated by videographers who claim to have a “cinematic style,” which means that they add grain, hairs and scratches to their video to give it the texture of film. It can be an effective technique, but it’s not the real thing and you will feel it.  Why does film have this unique warmth and feeling? Perhaps it’s because film is so rich in history. Since the introduction of “amateur” 8mm film in 1932 by Eastman Kodak, motivated dads all over the world have laid down irreplaceable memories on spools of film. With the advent of Super 8mm Kodachrome film in 1965, home movies became such a craze that Paul Simon wrote a hit song about its unique look:Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, Oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama don’t take my Kodachrome away Ironically, Kodak has discontinued the production of Kodachrome 40 Super 8mm film, though it is still available in 16mm format. But don’t be alarmed. Kodak continues to offer excellent Super 8mm film stock like the Vision 2 color negative, the Plus-X and Tri-X reversal stock, and third-party resellers in Europe, particularly in Germany and Czechoslovakia, cut down 35mm film stock, re-perforate the film and load it into used Super 8mm cartridges. There are labs all over the country that process the film, and both Standard 8mm and Super 8mm are readily available on the Internet. So while videotape, like silk flowers, is a fine option for many, if you prefer real flowers, you can rest assured that film stock has a long life ahead of it.
Cinematographers who use real film:
www.blissvideoproductions.com www.paradisefilmandvideo.com www.robertallenvideo.com www.fiftyfootfilms.com www.happydayvideo.com www.forever-studios.com and yours truly www.stellarfilms.net |
