I’m constantly striving to be a better story teller. When you strip away all the technical stuff that’s essentially what I endeavour to do - tell better stories.

Stories of love.

Stories of precious moments shared between family and friends.

And perhaps most importantly the stories of the unique personality that every couple has.

At school, my essays were…hmm…less than impressive. The concept of a beginning, middle and end just didn’t work for me through the written word.

Then I discovered a knack for storytelling through filmmaking, particularly with weddings. Through motivated shooting and editing decisions I found I could authentically communicate not only the journey through a couples day but also their personalities.

Moving pictures can be such a powerful medium and there’s a huge array of different tools and methods at a filmmakers disposal to help better tell a story. Whether the techniques be done in camera - through inspired framing, subject selection, camera movements or focal choices or whether it’s done in post production - through editing decisions, text, voice overs, colour grading or music selections, each element plays a critical part in improving the narrative of any piece.

I had thoughts a couple of months ago of putting together something completely different - something that I’d never seen done before with a wedding. How effectively could I chronicle a wedding and engage the viewer with the couple as much as possible by removing what is essentially the major component in any filmmakers toolkit?

Yes. It’s a wedding video sans video.

Here’s the result - a completely different angle on Charlie and Nikki’s wedding…affectionately known as the ‘chikki’ wedding.

This piece is now a part of my journey towards becoming a better storyteller and it could possibly be something I look at offering in the future.

Obviously a massive thanks to Bushturkey studio for not only capturing and working such great images but also having belief in this vision. This collaboration piece has been through a number of incarnations and the support and fresh perspective offered has been invaluable.

What do you think? How well did you feel Charlie and Nikki’s wedding from this piece and how much do you connect with them from this 5 short minutes?

Any comments or feedback welcome…