The count down to my wedding has started and I'm in need of assistance. I have written my speech, that it seems was the easy part. Because I am a social retard and completely implode at the thought of delivering it in front of a big group of people I'm going to do something a little different. I want to create a video of clips from movies. These clips would be of one or two words all stitched together to make the speech/poem/rhyme thingy. And this is where I'm lost, is there such a thing as a movie word database or do you think I should take a couple of weeks off work and just watch random films in the hope of catching a word or two. If all else fails I might just record myself reading the speech and edit it with some cheesey movie effect like cloning or something. Help!?
It's not great doing a speech but people and practice can help! I can offer a couple of tips if you decide to go with the "traditional" method. I've been best man twice, both times with a groom that found it a bit difficult to speak out. I'm in the same boat, I don't do loud speaking very often and doing the speeches scared me to death, the first time was horrible, but I didn't prepare! For the second I practiced a lot, usually in front of a mirror, it sounds stupid but once you accept what you sound like and know what your going to say it becomes a lot easier. Your allowed to stumble a bit, it's your wedding for heaven sake! It's accepted and everyone (more or less) knows you anyhow, it's part of the fun. I find a written speech quite difficult and if you read into your notes rather than the audience you become softer and softer, I use cards for the jokes (I'm lousy at remembering punchlines) and highlights of bits to talk about. You've written the speech, that's the hard bit, get everyone out the house and shout at a mirror!
Thank Puk, will try some of those tips but maybe as a final final resort, like plane G or something I wonder if my Doc will give me some beta blockers. I have been the bestman once. It was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. I shake so much it's like I'm standing on a Vibraxis machine, oh and I got heckled by the grooms aunty..... Bitch!!
I think you have two options. A - Man up and just do it. I don't do any public speaking but I decided I would just make it up on the spot at my wedding and it worked. It's not a job interview, its your family and friends who are all there to see you get married. All your saying is thank you for coming anyway. B - Don't do a speech. There are no rules to a wedding despite what people will try and tell you so if you don't want to do it than don't do it. Speeches were optional for the best men and the father of the bride at ours. Pro-tip. Do the speeches before the meal. Everyone is still (relatively) sober and it gets all the formal crap out the way so you concentrate on having fun!
You could upload your speech and let the hive mind work away at it. You never know what might come of it, there are some movie buffs on these forums.
This ^^ We will be your movie word database! There's bound to be enough collective movie knowledge to get it sorted! Massive editing job though...unless all the words happen to be available in high quality Youtube clips.
Movie buffs is a bit of an understatement. There people here that can identify a movie with little more than a lousy description of golden men and tiger shaped burn marks. You need a word, someone will know the movies that have it.
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The thing to remember with speaking is whether you are speaking to one person, a few friends or a large group, it's all the same. Talking is talking, it's only different in your mind (You can read that last bit in Yoda style if it helps) It's your wedding, people are there to see you have the best day of your life. Half the people there are your family who will laugh at pretty much anything you say, the other half are people who want to like you because you are marrying one of their own. Most of them will be pissed. It;s hard to go wrong with a grooms speech, the things you need to say are so laid out, and it's the Best Man's job to do the funny stuff, yours just needs to come from the heart and flatter your bride to the max. Don't sweat it, just get it done, and if you can make her cry then bonus!
I'd make it hard and try to find all those words in pr0n movies... that's bound to leave an impression. Some of them should be easy: Bridesmaid, came, dad, etc... Alternately, try to find as many as possible in Arnie flicks...
Thanks countstex, it's easier said than done for me I'm afraid. That might work, some of the oldies and not so oldies might have a heart attack. It could be the sequal to Four Weddings and a Funeral. One Wedding and Four Funerals
I suggest you do a sample sentence or two that are quick and easy to achieve - I'm not convinced a speech assembled in this manner will be very audience friendly, you need clips of phrases, not individual words.
