ETC Magazine Wedding Show Event

Last night I attended a wedding show event organised by the north east-based magazine ETC (Everything That Counts) and for me this was my first experience at any event of this kind. The prime reason I was attending was to cover the bridal show for an assessed piece of worked issue by my university as part of our module coursework. The brief stated we had to record a two-minute long video covering a story of our choice with a news-based angle using a range of camera angles and shots with experimentation of voice-overs, interviews/voxpops and on-screen graphics too. Working in groups for the project we decided that the idea to attend ETC's event would make an excellent news story and thus we headed along to Sunderland Minster at 6pm to not only enjoy the extravagant event but also get some proper work done.

Walking in to what is the beautiful building of Sunderland Minster we were greeted politely and offered an ETC goodie bag and a drink on arrival. How very swish I thought! We were granted permission to film the event and interview the organiser and independent businesses that were showcasing their items and stalls at the event too.

Initially we did some panning camera work to capture the entire feel of the show, with the very talented event singer performing covers from the likes of Rihanna, The Weeknd and Adele.

We also got the chance to speak to the lovely Rachel Meadows who owns her local bridal business Katie's Garden who told us about her stall at the event and the background of her business "We're brand new and are opening next week in Sunderland. We're modern-vintage so we're trying to do something a little bit different instead of the stereotypical charity shop regurgitated sort of things. We source original vintage dresses and re-funk them by changing the shape of them and the style of them to make them more suitable."

Throughout the event we were approached by lovely waiting staff who offered us a range of savoury and sweet canape's which were definitely not rejected by any of us.

As the event went on we got shots of beautifully decorated cakes, a range of business stalls and their goods, the models showcasing the bridal/wedding outfits and managed to grab the events manager for an insight about the ETC event too. Here's what she said "ETC has been around for five years now and ever since the magazine launched we've been doing weddings shows. As well as wedding shows we've done lifestyle shows and Christmas shows but our wedding ones have always been the most popular so that's what we've always done them and are doing more.

"We held one last year in the Minster, as we are today, and it was heavily attended and it surprised us how popular it really was. So we've done it again this year and I think it's been even better."

All in all the show was a massive success and all that attended appeared to have a great time and left with smiles on their faces, as did I.

Well done to ETC for organising such a plush and spectacular show.