Your edited wedding can expand beyond the traditional ceremony and reception chapters. Many couples are adding items such as guest interviews, a love story and photo montage. A wedding video, in my opinion, should tell a story. Not only should it chronicle the actual wedding day - ceremony and reception - but it should also tell the rest of the story. The wedding DVD is a family heirloom - an historical document that future generations can appreciate and share with their children.
In addition to adding it as an extra chapter on your DVD, the "birth-to-engagement" photo montage can also be viewed during the rehearsal dinner. And many couples will elect to play it on the wedding day - just before the wedding ceremony or at some point during the reception.
Traditionally the photo montage include pictures of the bride and groom, from the time of their birth and early childhood, school experience and throughout the engagement. Its basically a creative "slide-show" (documentary) of their lives set to their favorite music. In addition to photos, the montage can also include mementos of significant milestones in your lives as well as video clips.
The wedding DVD should tell your story - the story of your lives. You'll be glad you chose to produce the montage and your children and future generations will thank you for it. You can also create your own slide show by incorporating the elements of your photo montage into a PowerPoint project or similar-type software. Just think of how wonderful it would be to view a slide show featuring photos of your parents, grand and great-grandparents.
Do it - your family, children and all of history will thank you.
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