Platinum Weddings Sunday, April 19th Episode is featuring a wedding featured in The
Wedding Chronicle. Summer Degado and Matt Gehrke were married at
The Four Seasons, Scottsdale at Troon North June 21, 2008.
Photographers were
Katrina Wallace and Andrew Mejia and edited
Hollye Schumacher. Amy Vandervort was the coordinator. The gorgeous flowers were provided
The Flower Studio and
Petal Pusher.
Ray the DJ was present.
The Spin was one of the live bands for the affair.
Tri-Rentals and
Kool Party Rentals provide much of the splendid decor. My friend Doug Johnston,
Avant Garde Limousines coordinated all the transportation. I can't wait for the show.
I recently expanded my cable selections in my office due to the superabundance of wedding shows. I can almost watch a wedding program every hour of the day. Unfortunately, my favorite show
"Platinum Weddings" on WeTV shows at 11:00pm on Sunday nights here in Phoenix. I am either too tired from the weekend or I manage to stay up for a couple of episodes and am cranky all Monday from lack of sleep. These are the top weddings with budgets over $100,000 and some go into the millions. I love the ideas, love the professionalism of the planners and love the fact that they
usually don't portray the bridal party in a negative light.
Some other shows are WeTV's "
Bridezillas,"
"Amazing Wedding Cakes," "My Fair Wedding" and
"Rich Bride, Poor Bride" or
TLC, home to "
Say Yes to the Dress,"
"Get Married with Collin Cowie on Lifetime, and even
"Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?," on E!'s
Style Network. Most of these can be seen in full episodes online as well.
Getting on some of these shows could offer you some services you might not normally afford but at what price? First, having your wedding selected is a lot like getting on a game show. You need to be very appealing! Having a good backstory (as it is referred to) meaning how you met. Did you postpone the wedding because your dog died and you were transported to Oz in a tornado? Great backstory!
Next, you have to fill out the questionaire very creatively! Send an scrapbook with all the questions answered with lots of visual embellishments. Send a video tape along with the questionaire. Do something creative and different to get noticed.
You have to succeed in the first two steps before you get to the Screen Test. Be obsessed or be crazy but above all be authentic in a high energy sort of way. Nothing is more boring than a groom that agrees with everything.
But be prepared to give up some of the control. You may not be able to pick the wedding date and when you do get a date the network can come tape, be ready to find a venue on short notice.
Be ready to have the worst of you and your friends and family portrayed. Although it doesn't always happen, it does make for good TV. The network controls all the footage. So don't say it, think it or do it if you don't want it aired. Be ready to be provoke for reactions also.
If all of this hasn't scared you away, you may be one of the lucky ones that is selected. You will get great video of your day. Your vendors may offer a little extra to show them off in the best light. And who knows, you may have something to share with your grandkids some day.
I can't wait for the show. Of course I will be cranky Monday morning.
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Every once in a while, I start reading blogs and following links. I found this image from a great photographer in Seattle, Gerald Pope. Nice way to start the day?
Enough of the bad news for a while! Some great news for a change. One of my favorite magazines is Bride and Bloom out of Torrance California. Imagine my surprise when reading an article about Wedding Videographers the names Darby Simon and Ande Martineau of My Wedding Film popped out at me. The article is about Hollywood style now becoming integral for wedding films. and Darby and Ande are some of the experts they quoted. Known for their cutting edge style, they taught me something new. Because Brides are used to watching television, the main wedding film is now kept under 25 minutes. Sure you can get the whole shebang and they give that to the Bride too. But the clever shorter production is what everyone else wants to see. I like it when our local artists are recognized for their expertise on a national platform. It makes me proud. Way to go girls, I am proud of you!
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