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ou gotta love it when couples' siblings give awesome toasts at weddings. There's nothing that helps paint a picture of the bride and groom's personalities like stories from their first families. The thing I want to point out from this one: obviously the lighting wasn't ideal in that location. However, the dudes at Kashmir kept things visually interesting by getting some cool over-the-shoulder shots of the couple. I think when it comes to the speeches, we tend to think "Okay, I need a good close up of the speaker and a good close up of the couple." Most of the time, that's a great rule to follow, but what sometimes ends up happening is wedding films have these toast shots with no orientation of where we are. If the angles or backgrounds don't match, you just end up with talking head, listening heads. Here the OTS shots help us get our bearings. But even more importantly, by putting the couple and the speaker in the same frame, there's a relationship that's communicated. We more deeply feel the connection between sisters and brothers. Great job, guys!
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