Wedding slideshow

[GreenLantern]

Hey, I've spent a good portion of this morning googling and sorting through wedding slideshow programs/formats, figured I would ask the CP collective.

Have you made one? What software did you use?

[Huntingwhale]

Power Point

[kaisin82]

iMovie ?

[CubicleGeek]

Windows Movie Maker or as suggested above iMovie if you swing Apple.

[GreenLantern]

Simple, I like it. How long was your slideshow?

[darklord700]

Please don't make your slideshow too long. Ten minutes or less is the best more than that people will just be looking at their phones.

[GreenLantern]

Ya I was thinking closer to 5.. I've MCed a few weddings and attended many more.. the only thing more painful than a long slide show is a speech full of inside jokes.

[Stud_McCool]

Made a few slideshows with Sony Vegas. Good program, but takes some time getting used to.

[Clever_Iggy]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Ya I was thinking closer to 5.. I've MCed a few weddings and attended many more.. the only thing more painful than a long slide show is a speech full of inside jokes.

Whenever a slideshow comes up I can't help but groan/cringe. I think you have the right idea with a 5 minute max.

[GreenLantern]

If it was up to me I would go up to the front and say thanks for coming, everyone go grab a drink. But we all know weddings aren't about the groom.. I do what I am told.

[Tyler]

I recently had to sit through a 20 MINUTE SLIDESHOW at a recent wedding. A slideshow that was 90% focused on the bride.

Echoing what everyone else is saying - keep it to 5 minutes max and try to make it 50% bride and 50% groom if you can

Also, try and use pictures that aren't full of people drinking and partying.

[To Be Quite Honest]

You can go over 5 mins, but you have to keep it entertaining.

Throw some self deprecation in there and some romance. Tell a story with the pictures.

I tell many people to keep it below 12 mins. The longest I was forced to make was 23 mins and it was hard to keep people in their seats and I worked my butt off to keep it entertaining. That slide show was more about their ego than showing off their life.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

When I did ours it was one song. First verse her, second verse me, third verse us.

I don't think it was over 5 minutes. At the end we had a few one liners come up on the screen. It got a good reaction from the crowd.

[CubicleGeek]

The one I did for my friend was around 5 minutes as well, with 5 different songs and about a minute each chapter:

* childhood groom, applied an old film affect to it because we teased him as a cradle robber back in high school because his girlfriend now wife was so much younger at the time - played this old school nammer song since he was born in Vietnam.
* childhood bride, born and bred albertan so picked the most redneck and appropriate song - "Hurtin Albertan" as that theme song
* adult groom
* adult bride
* couple pics, with their song

Did it all in Windows Movie Maker. Super easy and turned out great. I did a mix of both funny pictures and nice pictures.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

I forgot to mention I used Windows Movie Maker as well.

Used the song "Ready to Start" by Arcade Fire.

[darklord700]

5 minute is perfect but the couple pays money for the screen and projector so they might wanted to show more than 5 minutes. The longest I've sat through was something like 45 minutes; it was torturous and painful.

Less is more when it comes to showing your photos.

[GGG]

Another option is to have the slide show playing through cocktails rather than as part of the program. By the end of the program everyone just wants a drink.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

As the wedding party was ready to come in and everyone was seated the slideshow started.

It transitioned into jokes to warm up the crowd then a friend of mine who is a professional sports announcer introduced us.

GreenLantern if you want to use my template to get ideas let me know and I'll tack down the video.

[vanisleflamesfan]

I am honestly shocked that anyone still does these things.

[calgarywinning]

The agonizing part for me is always been the moment where they go to present and the slideshow/computer/projector/operator don't know how to make it work for 10 minutes. Probably 9 out of 10 weddings i've been to. Just skip it, and let people browse a photo album if interested.