TV wedding

[Uzoma]

Is it true that, unless they cut the scene short, it is possible that an acted marriage scene would 'officially' marry the people concerned?

[nungate]

Surely that would be only if the person acting as the celebrant/minister/priest was actually licenced to perform a marriage ceremony?

[Barmaid]

No, because you have to have an INTENTION to get married.

As an example I could show a room of students how to draw up a will, I could then go through the act of executing said will, however with the INTENTION to create a will the act is just that, an act.

[Barmaid]

Stupid me that should have said

"However WITHOUT the INTENTION to creat a will the act is that, an act".

I shoudl stick to playing the piano. Badly.

[Ann]

Maybe you shouldl do Barmaid LOL:)

[erin-x]

They would need a marriage licence as well wouldn't they?

[Messi_Ten]

It's happened before. The groom was gay and had to spend a year with the bride. It cost a lot of time and money to get them divorced.

He had to have counselling afterwards.

[Mattk]

Also the characters names are read out not their real names.

[Messi_Ten]

You can kill someone without the intention, but they're still dead.

[dzug2]

Most TV and films these days seem to be in 5 second (10 if you are lucky)soundbites and I doubt if they are shot in order. So until they are editted together there isn't a coherent wedding to be legal.

[andy-hughes]

As advised, ther person conducting the 'marriage' has to be legally sanctioned to do so, and the place has to be legally sanctioned for marriage purposes, and the people involved have to have applied for a marriage licence in their own names.

Any one of those three makes a TVr theatre 'marriage' invalid - most include all of them.

[EvianBaby]

Oh my god, can you read my mind???

Last night I was reminicing (sp) about how when I was a kid I always thought the reason they never showed the whole wedding on a tv show was because it would mean the people were actually married in real actual life. Not just because it's utterly dull.

Weird.

[crisgal]

evianbaby - i don't believe it - me too! It wa only a few days ago that I asked my mate if she did the same and she looked lat me like i was mental!

[EvianBaby]

Ha ha, how weird Cris! I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't really think that idea through too. :)