A while back, Chris emailed us and said that he wanted us to help him play a joke on his new bride.  It was before we had finished editing their wedding trailer, and Chris suggested creating an “alternative” version of the trailer once it was finished – by swapping out the song we intended to use – to a song he knew Melissa HATED.  Let’s just say that Chris and Melissa are two of the most playful people we know.

Sooooo… of course we thought this would be hilarious – as long as Chris made sure to let Melissa know in the end that this was ALL his idea.  For the “real” version of the trailer, the song we chose to edit to was Mutemath’s ‘Goodbye’ (sidenote: I drove the lead singer of Mutemath and his band at the time – Earthsuit – around metro Detroit for the day during my time at college!)

And for the “fake” video we used the song per Chris’s suggestion, ‘Don’t be Tardy for the Party’ by Kim Zolciak.

The crazy thing is, some of the cuts actually line up with the Tardy for the Party song – totally crazy since we just dropped the song in and didn’t try lining anything up.

Melissa was so sweet in her email to me telling me that she liked it. But when she found out that it was a joke, I’m not sure if she wanted to hurt Chris or myself more! Good times.

Perhaps you understand better how music can really dictate the look and feel of a video.

And just for fun, which one do you prefer?