Modern Minimal wedding invitation video

What does Modern Minimal actually show?

Very little, on purpose. The background is ivory paper with a fine grain and a soft white glow in the middle. In the first two seconds two gold lines draw on: a hairline border close to the edge of the screen and one tall arch with a rounded top. A small gold lotus outline sits above the arch. That is the whole frame.

If the video opens with your initials, or the couple scene has no photo, two thin gold circles sit behind the text, one inside the other. A handful of faint gold specks drift upwards, far fewer than in the other designs. A light shine passes over the gold every seven seconds. Nothing falls, nothing sways.

The type does the work. Names are set in tall, thin display capitals in near-black, spaced wide, with a gold italic ampersand between them. Headings are small, widely spaced serif in a muted gold-brown. Hindi uses a book-style Devanagari in near-black, which looks calm rather than festive. The default music is Bach's Air for strings.

Who picks a minimal wedding invite?

• A small ceremony and a bigger party. Pheras or a registered marriage with 30 people at home, then a reception for everyone. The sample does exactly this. Our reception invitation video page has more on that split.
• Office colleagues and friends abroad. People who will open it on a laptop between meetings, or in another time zone. See the NRI wedding invitation video page for timing and wording.
• Two families from different communities who want one invite that does not lean towards either side. Pick whichever blessing both families agree on, or none.
• Couples who find most wedding cards a bit loud and would like their own to be the one people actually read.

It is also the design families settle on when the couple wants minimal and Mummy wants Ganesh ji. Switch the opening to Shri Ganesh and the kalash with ॥ श्री गणेशाय नमः ॥ appears on the ivory page. Both sides are happy, nobody has to sulk at the mehendi.

How should you write for a minimal design?

Rule of thumb: every line shows big and on its own, so every extra word is visible. Cut harder than you would for a card.

The closing line takes up to 90 characters, but on this design anything under 40 looks better. Four words in capitals and gold can say more than a paragraph.

Wording ideas for a minimal invite

Closing lines that suit the quiet look:

• See you there.
• Just us, and you.
• Bas aap aa jaiye.
• आपकी प्रतीक्षा रहेगी

If the home ceremony is family-only, say so in the message to colleagues, or make the reception its own invite. Everyone who gets the video sees every function on it.

What can you change in Modern Minimal?

• Can I add a blessing? Yes. It starts with none, so the video opens with your initials inside the two gold circles. Shri Ganesh, Bismillah, Ik Onkar and the Christian verse are all available.
• Can I write it in Hindi? Yes: English, Hindi or both.
• Can I add photos? Up to three. The first sits in a round-topped arch on the couple scene; two or more add a photo scene.
• Can I change the music? Yes: four built-in recordings, no music, or your own song file (it stays on your phone; use music you have the right to use).
• Can I make the gold line thicker or the paper white? No. Colours, line weights and fonts are fixed for each design.

You can also change the functions (up to eight), the hashtag and up to three RSVP contacts. New to this? Our step-by-step guide to making a wedding invitation video walks through each screen. Making and previewing is free; ₹499 gets the HD video and an e-card image.

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