about us
WE’RE JON & REBECCA
who ?
If you’re going to invite a couple of relative strangers to the biggest day of your life you may want to know a little about us and Red Seats.
Things Jon likes: Cake. Puppies. Pizza. Coffee. Sunshine. My wife. Coffee. Cake. Church. Lens flare. Whiskey. Manchester. 80’s action movies. 90’s action movies. Blade runner. Weddings. Cake. Acting. Pina coladas. Getting caught in the rain. Volunteering with kids. Video games. Indian food. Italian food. Barbecued meats. Food. Cake.
Things Rebecca likes: Cake. Books. Tortellini. Exploring cities. Being warm. Church. Baileys. Tea. Love-Actually. Baking. Awful Netflix rom-coms. Dancing. Jane Austen books. Weddings. Glitter. Cake. Dogs. Restaurants that don’t put goats cheese in the vegetarian option. Cake.
We have two children as well. They don’t come to weddings with us yet. Also, childcare means that Rebecca doesnt shoot as much as she used to, so you’ll mostly be deling with me (Jon)!
Why?
Because weddings are fun. I like an adventure. I like to escape reality. I love people. I’m a creative.
I grew up doing all sorts of theatre, singing, dancing, creative writing, drawing. I was more gifted at some of these than others. I’m still happiest when I have some sort of creative outlet in my life.
I’m also an escapist. I like to take breaks from reality from time to time. Mostly through going to the cinema, or playing video games.
Wedding videos smash these two aspects of my personality together in perfect fashion. A wedding day is a little break from reality. Each wedding is like its own little world. Everything stops for one day. It’s all about you two. The rest of the world ceases to exist for that day. I get to come along with my camera and spend the day hanging around with happy people that want to have fun. Then I get to create something unique and beautiful out of it all.
Rebecca got into this becasue I kept telling here about all the fun I was having at weddings. She’s always loved going to weddings and got major FOMO. So I taught her all that I could. She excelled. Now she shoots alongside me… childcare permitting:-)
WHAT (to expect)?
In the run up to your wedding day we’ll be in contact with you whenever you need us. Any questions you have about your schedule or our involvement… we’re happy to chat. Just call or email. A month before the wedding we’ll meet up or videochat to talk through your schedule. Most of the time we just need a time and a place and we can mostly work things out ourselves. But the more info that we’ve got, the better prepared we’ll be for the moments that are most important to you.
On the wedding day itself we’ll come find you and say hi. We’ll chat. We’ll sing along to whatever is on the radio. But most of the time on the day you’ll not notice we’re there. We don’t want to draw attntion to ourselves most of the time. We prefer to be video ninjas working from the shadows.
Apart from the dance floor. I find it hard not to dance whilst I’m shooting. I may be a little more noticable then…
When we’ve got enough footage in the evening we’ll come say goodbye before trying to resist the call of the golden arches on the way home. Then when your turn for the edit comes around, we’ll drop you an email to get you all excited for your impending wedding film. When the edit is done you’ll get an email from us with a link to the client area and a password. Then it’s time to re-live your big day all over again… and again… and a few more times when you invite mum, Dad and Granny Pat over to watch it with you.
How (did you come up with such a weird name)?
Why not something cheesy like “Wonderful cherished love wedding videos”?
Sure, we could have gone with a cheesy name but that’s not what we’re about.
We don’t want to make films that are cheesy.
We want to make films that are cinematic in style and tell stories that elicit an emotion, be it joyous or sentimental. Like something you’d see at the cinema. Cinema seats are traditionally red… so… Red Seats.
…Also my favourite colour is red and my nickname at university was “two-seats” (long story)
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