- Hey guys, my name is Matt Johnson
and every month on my YouTube channel,
I host a wedding film review livestream,
where I watch and review wedding films
that have been submitted by many of you.
And I feel like every livestream has some
mind blowing wedding films that are being created
by wedding filmmakers that not many people know about
and that doesn't feel right to me.
I should not be the only one that knows about
these awesome wedding filmmakers.
So today, I want to share with you five wedding filmmakers
that I think you should be watching in 2019
and to be clear, I do not think that these are necessarily
the best wedding filmmakers in the world
or anything like that but I do think
that these wedding filmmakers are bringing new creativity
and ideas to wedding filmmaking
and I'm hoping that they will be just a little bit
more popular after you watch this video.
All right, in no particular order,
please keep that in mind,
the first wedding filmmaker that I think you should
be watching in 2019 is Derek Chan of Derek Chan Films.
He submitted a wedding film for me to review
in my livestream several months ago and usually
when I review films, I watch a minute or so at a time,
then I pause it and I give feedback.
Derek submitted this multiple day long, sick wedding film
and the visuals and editing were so good
that I didn't pause it for like half the film.
It was just so enjoyable to watch.
Usually multiple day weddings are so hard
to make flow well in an edit because there are so many
different moments over all the days
that you need to feature.
But Derek made this seamlessly flowing wedding film
that went from one day to the other and it was fantastic.
Up next we have Hayden Goldsworthy of Silverworth Films.
I still don't know why he didn't go with Goldsworth Films
because of his last name but I'm glad he's keeping
in the precious metals category.
If I had to describe his films,
I would say, what's a tier above gold?
Platinum, titanium, titaniumworth, yes,
they are that good.
Hayden also submitted a wedding film a few months ago
that I absolutely loved.
My favorite thing about it is that he not only
had audio of the bride and groom on their wedding day
but he also filmed interviews with both the bride
and the groom's parents and this really brought
depth to the story of the couple and to their relationship.
I absolutely love watching Hayden's films.
Anytime I'm scrolling through Facebook
and one of them pops up, I immediately stop scrolling,
I'm like, I need to watch this right now
and I am never disappointed.
Third on the list is a company that is actually
not that up and coming, they've been filming weddings
for quite awhile and they actually just won
a Love Stories TV award so you may have heard of them
but they're some of my favorite wedding filmmakers
and I want more people to watch them
so they get a shout out as well.
They are Grace and Andrew of Bottlebrush Films in Australia.
This duo wins the award for people that I would
just like to hang out with because their sense of humor
and quirkiness is so strong that their films
ooze with their funkiness.
I realize that sounds weird but their film are weird
in such a good way.
I feel like these two are so good at attracting couples
that are exuberant and reverent
and in editing their wedding films well
to show that humorous side.
And maybe it's just because they're from Australia
but I wish we had more couples in the U.S.A.
that were like that.
Bottlebrush, more like making Matt gush
with love and affection.
That was weird, okay.
Two more left.
Up next we have a group of wedding filmmakers
from a country that I never knew that I wanted to visit
until they submitted a wedding film to my livestream
and I realized, that country's beautiful,
I need a vacation there immediately.
From Poland, this company is called Best Friends Weddings.
They submitted a wedding film for me to review
on my livestream awhile ago
and much like how I reacted to Derek Chan's films,
where I just watched their film and loved it
and didn't even pause it because I was blown away
by their talent, they have some of the prettiest
GH5 footage I've ever seen
and I say that to someone who really likes GH5 footage.
Also, their music selection and editing
makes their wedding films so enjoyable to watch.
Thanks to them, I now want to visit Poland,
hopefully sometime in 2020.
Last, but certainly not least is a wedding filmmaker
and YouTuber from here in Texas, just like me.
Austin Black from Ocular Pop.
Austin submitted a film for my monthly livestream.
I watched it, enjoyed it and then afterwards,
I learned that he shot it solo
and I was like, wait, I know I was seeing multiple angles
of things happening.
How is he doing this without a second shooter?
Is he just running really fast or something like that?
Well, Austin is breaking new ground
by dual-wielding Sony A7III's.
Yes, one in each hand and I hear you now
probably thinking Matt, that's ridiculous.
But hear me out.
It actually works and it looks good.
I legitimately thought that he had a second shooter.
I did not understand how he could be filming
that wedding solo.
If you are wanting to see someone trying new things
in the world of wedding filmmaking,
I would definitely recommend checking out Austin's work.
He even has a video on his YouTube channel
where he talks about dual-wielding and breaks down
his technique for doing it.
So, should be pretty helpful especially
if you are a solo shooter.
I would definitely recommend watching that
because hey, maybe you don't need
a second shooter after all, that's pretty cool.
And that is my list of five filmmakers
that you should be watching in 2019.
I will be sure to link to all of these filmmakers
down in the video description if you want to watch
any of their wedding films.
Also, let me know what you thought about this.
Did you like this video?
Was this enjoyable for me to ramble about
wedding filmmakers that I like?
Should I make more videos like this in the future?
Also, what wedding filmmakers should I be watching?
Please leave me a comment and let me know below.
Lastly, if you would like to submit a wedding film
for me to review in my monthly
wedding film review livestream,
you can click the link down in the description
to sign up for my email newsletter and I will
email you whenever I am scheduling the next livestream.
I also just released a course
called Wedding Film Framework.
The details, my entire work flow for how I edit
story driven wedding films in Adobe Premier Pro.
I would love it if you would check it out
at weddingfilmframework.com.
Thanks so much for watching and have a great day.
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