Words from Jenn, a Life Stage Films bride…

“After hearing horror stories from people about how awful their wedding videos turned out, I knew that I had to start researching right away to find the best! Well, it wasn’t that hard to find the best and fairly quickly…Life Stage Films came highly recommended by other vendors in the area and after watching their videos online, my mind was made (now I just had to save enough money to pay for it)!!!!  When I watched other couples wedding videos on Life Stage Films website, I felt like I had known these couples for years, when in reality only 4 minutes had gone by! I felt like I was watching a mini movie and thought to myself….this could be me…I could have this for my wedding day…AND I DID!!!!! Every look, every smile, every precious moment of our special day was captured on film and we will have this video forever, to watch and remember the most amazing day of our lives. I’m not joking when I tell you that I’ve watched our wedding highlights video 100 times since we received it! Crazy, a little but it’s so surreal that I still can’t believe it’s mine.

I loved everything about our wedding because it was planned with such love and every small detail was handcrafted. My mom spent almost 2 years making all of our shell centerpieces, shell champagne flute favors….pretty much anything that you see with shells my mom made (all with shells she found on North Carolina beaches)!!!!! The wooden signs (for the cocktail and reception) were made by Eric & I a few days before the wedding, which we still have and love! Our family’s love and support is what made this special day even possible. Without them we wouldnt have been able to pull off such an incredible wedding…and without Life Stage Films we wouldn’t be able to look back at all of these things that made our day so incredible!

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR BRIDES:   For those brides out there who just got engaged and are on a tight budget (like I was)…..don’t pay any attention to those silly budget calculators that tell you your videographer should only be 10% of your entire wedding budget!! Do Whatever it takes, cut corners on other things like flowers (that will die)….spend the money on your wedding video which will last a lifetime!

THANK YOU Life Stage Films (especially Matt & Amy) who made our wedding day so spectacular that even now (6 months later) our family and friends are still talking about it! Our wedding highlights video will be watched on every anniversary, every holiday….basically any excuse we have to watch it we will!!! Love you guys!

Jenn & Eric Castronova
Married May 21, 2011