Finalist A - Bessie
"Title: Sweet to Eat Concept: The way to a man's heart is through his stomach' We don't want to just trash the dress- we want to tell a story. Scene 1- FOOD FIGHT Shots: Great action shots and still poses of the bride and groom eating dessert very sexually Vibe: Fun, sweet, sexy and dirty Description: It takes place during the wedding reception- the hour where we decide to hit the perfectly laid out dessert table. The backdrop and dessert table is white for a very clean look but everything on the dessert table is bright, vivid, mountainous, larger than life and colorful. Every inch of the table is completely filled with: 5 tiered wedding cakes Chocolate sauce Whipped cream Gallons of milk Beautiful dessert trays with assorted sweets Colorful ice cream All types of sticky candies Powdered and colored sugar Sweet, colorful liquor bottles (Godiva liquor, champagne bottles, and flavored vodkas) Painted martini glasses FOOD FIGHT!!! Scene 2- THE AFTERMATH Shots: Great for facial expressions and for a sexy editorial Vibe: Hung over, grungy, completely covered in sweets Description: The reception hall is empty and the bride and groom are completely hung over and stuffed from the dessert. Either on the floor, with our clothes ripped off, half on and off- we're discombobulated with no recollection of what just happened; or in the bathroom stalls with toilet paper all over the place; or in the reception hall's kitchen, with dirty dishes piled up in a wet, soapy sink. It's really sexy and dirty! I'm so excited just thinking about it and I know you can make our vision happen!!! " |
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Finalist B - Shirley
"Inspired by "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" and the fact that my fiance is a martial artist, I would love to stage a fight scene where I fight off a ninja using ninja stars, swords and daggers (all of which we have access to since my soon-to-be brother in law owns a Tae Kwon Do gym in the Bronx). I envision some hot fighting scenes where my dress gets shredded little by little. We might even be able to do shots of me hanging from my dress which is pinned to the wall with daggers and stars. Not sure I can pull off acrobatics in my dress, but perhaps we can stage some shots of me doing back flips and running up a wall. In the end, when my dress is in shreds, I will unmask the ninja, realize its Willie, and we can close of the story line with some romantic (slash passionate) shots. It might be awesome if we can have the backdrop of an alley way in Chinatown (or something similar) which would have fire escapes and stuff for me to hang from. The black ninja against the white bride would be very Ying & Yang. " |
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Finalist C - Leah
"Forbidden Love Our idea involves the fight between good and evil, a man and a woman falling in love. You know what they say "opposites attract" We want to do a shoot where the bride is an angel and the groom is a demon or vice versa. The bride would be dressed in pure white, with large white wings; the groom would be dark yet classy and sleek with large black wings. I see the setting being outside in the woods, in the dark with moonlight, old trees in a secret spot. " |
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Finalist D - Eric
"Our vision is to trash the dress using graffiti art. A close friend of Nancy's is a very talented graffiti artist. We would like the session to start off with the artist creating an artistic version of a wedding ceremony. He can "tag" an alter, the church or hall scenery and create a painted version of a bride and groom on a backdrop scene made of canvas or perhaps plywood... something BIG. The scene will be rich with color...flowers, candles, stone and brick, with a fake bride and groom in the foreground. We can take some pictures of the bride and groom (us) pretending to "create" this scene all around them using the spray paint...after all, it is our love that created this day, so we can be shown physically creating the space (guided of course by the graffiti artist). Next, we can introduce the real bride and groom into the picture, replacing the painted figures in the foreground. The graffiti artist can paint us as if we were part of the picture all along. They will both be dressed in their wedding ensembles. We will then have the artist begin painting the actual dress, making the bride part of the graffiti picture, and telling a story with pictures on the dress.. perhaps he can paint a heart to symbolize how we first fell in love, some other interesting and relevant symbols, stories and pictures directly on the dress. At the different stages in the process, we can show the groom (me) painting these pictures on my wife. In the end, we will have a beautifully painted gown that will symbolize the love and art associated with taking a vow to spend our lives together." |
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