We finally received the DVD's of my cousin's wedding in the mail a few days ago. Thankfully, the package consisted of only 4 disks, instead of the 14 disks we received earlier, containing all the still pictures.
Indian Wedding videography has to be considered a form of documentary cinema, given that the camera is supposed to record every nuance, every face and every moment within the event. Miss one second-tier personage, performing some arcane rite or casually dropping an envelope of money into the bride's lap, and the poor cameraman will have to face the ire of both the families, as well as a considerable cut in his fees.
So, for the past couple of days, it has become my pastime to pop in one of the disks, plug in the headphones, fast-foward to the scenes of the ladies' sangeet, turn up the volume, and dance with abandon. I feel so disappointed not to have been a part of the celebrations, and I mildly envy all of those who were there.
Indian Wedding videography has to be considered a form of documentary cinema, given that the camera is supposed to record every nuance, every face and every moment within the event. Miss one second-tier personage, performing some arcane rite or casually dropping an envelope of money into the bride's lap, and the poor cameraman will have to face the ire of both the families, as well as a considerable cut in his fees.
So, for the past couple of days, it has become my pastime to pop in one of the disks, plug in the headphones, fast-foward to the scenes of the ladies' sangeet, turn up the volume, and dance with abandon. I feel so disappointed not to have been a part of the celebrations, and I mildly envy all of those who were there.
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