Timecapsules || The Importance Of Wedding Films

Why have a wedding film? I delve into this topic with the aid of a past bride who tragic events befell. A time capsule is an apt description of what we create in a wedding film. It’s a historic cache of good times, family, friends and love which I believe are the truest treasures of all.During a recent best man speech an American labour leader and civil rights activist called Cesar Chavez was mentioned. Intrigued by the unknown individual I took little time to research the man and in my educating found a quote that again is rather apt. He said “True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.”In mentioning the legacies we leave behind Cesar Chaves was right! For in film we have the ability to communicate through generations, to inspire those with the goodness in our lives, in the demonstration of love, of living and of celebrating those things.In my youth, as many do, I had a carefree attitude toward time. Perhaps this is an honest aspect of youth, to have a disregard, a naivety towards the inevitable end but as I’ve aged and my role in life turned to husband than of father I realise how cavalier I was.There seem to be darker tones which lingerie in my mind these days, it’s the juxtapositions in life, a fear found in the loss of the things I love because there are beautiful moments in life but equal pain that comes along with them.It is the reason I continue to create the films I do, to celebrate the joyous moments so to balance the sad.Not capturing my wedding day on film was certainly the spark that imbued Cinemate with life but as the years have passed and I have had the privilege of being invited into the fold of many incredible family moments, I have gained a certain perceptive of the important role I play for these family in the present and in their futures. It is an honour and a responsibility I hold in the highest regard.In pondering the importance our visual legacies have to the generations we leave behind, my mind pivots to the more selfish aspects of the visuals we investment in and capture. How do our own films affect us?There are many avenues I could write about and from a plethora of scenarios but I want to focus on those that personally strikes me as the most devastating and that I fear the most, the loss of loved ones.