Michelle & John
February 29, 2008 | Filed Under StillMotion | Leave a Comment
Michelle and John haven’t gotten married, haven’t done any kinds of shoots with us yet… but this blog post is just meant to highlight how amazing some people are.
Michelle is currently in med school, while John is completing his PhD in biomedical engineering. Tough enough without having to plan a wedding, right? But these two are not only doing all three at once, they’re doing it with smiles! –something that I couldn’t do, for sure!
A super interesting couple, they introduced me to a whole new realm of photography. Check these out for a whole new photographic experience:
Lots of May dates still open
February 29, 2008 | Filed Under Watson Videography | Leave a Comment
Hey Guys,
It’s been a very busy booking season for me this past January and February and the year is starting to fill out, but I wanted to let you know that for some reason, May is pretty free and clear. If you are getting married in May and would like to retain my services, there’s a good chance I’m open for your date. Give me a call or email me today so we can get you on the books!
Chris W
Cebu Pacific Sucks!
February 29, 2008 | Filed Under Jason Magbanua | Wedding Videographer | Leave a Comment
The story of flight 5J904, originally scheduled at 515pm, Feb 29 from Caticlan to Manila:
1. You cancel the flight without notifying us.
2. You rebook us for an earlier flight which eventually gets cancelled after you let us wait for 2 hours.
3. You give us nary an apology and wait at the 11th hour to inform us. You ASSURE us a plane is waiting in Kalibo.
4. You herd us into a bus to Kalibo for a 90 minute ride we wanted to avoid in the first place.
5. Surprise! After the 90 busride from hell - NO FRIKKIN’ PLANE BACK TO MANILA!
Cebu Pacific, you suck! If you can’t handle the Caticlan runway then don’t and save your passengers the torture.
Kristen & Emmanuel
February 28, 2008 | Filed Under Take 1 Productions | Leave a Comment
were married at St Hugo...but wait that's not all!!! They will do it again in France in April for Emmanuel's family. The reception was at Oakhurst Golf Club and it was wonderfuly decorated with crystals, snow flakes, blue lighting, and lots of candles by Corri of the Corri Design Group & Events.We met a new photographer, Mary Potts. She was great to work with. Also worked with TwoFoot Creative for the first time. Ana was on her toes all day coordinating the event.
Roman + Yaroslava
February 28, 2008 | Filed Under StillMotion | Leave a Comment
Rob and I had the pleasure of shooting Roman and Yaroslava’s big day back on September 27th. Yaroslava was so giddy in the morning that she was jumping on the beds, jumping across the beds, and then she got her wedding dress on and started all over again (you’ll have to wait for their highlights to see that though). Their energy was infectious and we had a blast hanging out with them all day.
While Rob shot the majority of the wedding by himself, I helped out for a portion of the photo-session and I think the images turned out really well. The second image down, shot by Rob right before the ceremony, has got to be one of my fav PJ shots from the year!
-Patrick
Charis Katerina Baptism
February 28, 2008 | Filed Under 2DG Style | Leave a Comment
Hey there Charis Katerina,
Back by Popular Demand
February 28, 2008 | Filed Under Mason Jar Films | Leave a Comment
I've received a lot of positive feedback about how cute Janice and Clay are in their elopement documentary. Many of my overseas colleagues are taken by the small town atmosphere and would like to see more of the people that Clay interviewed.
Oh yeah, there's more - enjoy these outtakes from Clay's man-on-the-street adventures.
Catherine & Richard’s Wedding Highlights
February 27, 2008 | Filed Under Cloud Nine Creative | Leave a Comment
Catherine & Richard had a beautiful summer wedding at Cecil Green Park and the Sutton Place hotel last summer. The colours and décor elements that these 2 chose to frame their wedding were some of the most vibrant and unique of the summer. Below is the video trailer that we put together for this wonderful Vancouver wedding!
~ Bruce
Catherine & Richard’s Wedding Trailer
February 27, 2008 | Filed Under Cloud Nine Creative | Leave a Comment
Catherine & Richard had a beautiful summer wedding at Cecil Green Park and the Sutton Place hotel last summer. The colours and décor elements that these 2 chose to frame their wedding were some of the most vibrant and unique of the summer. Below is the video trailer that we put together for this wonderful Vancouver wedding! If you’d like to see some of the stunning images in print, be sure to pick up the latest issue of WedLuxe, Vancouver & Western Canada.
What is Re:Frame?
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Take 1 Productions | Leave a Comment
Since last October I’ve been working hard on a project with 5 other Top Notched studios in North America. Our goal is to raise the bar in event filmmaking thru inspiration, training, and sharing. It is a huge goal to undertake but we all love what we do and we all have a passion to move the industry forward. Here is an article from Event DV magazine that was published today about Re:Frame.This coming October, this group will be putting on a workshop/seminar in New Orleans. I’m just so EXCITED to be a part of this.
Client feedback
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Cloud Nine Creative | Leave a Comment
It’s always so gratifying to hear back from clients when they’ve watched their edited wedding film. We just delivered the final package to Lisa & Matt whose wedding trailer we’ve featured previously on our blog and who were also published in our magazine - WedLuxe . Here’s what Lisa said about her wedding film. Thanks guys!
“BRUCE!!!!! WOW!!!!! We LOVED the video!! It was absolutely gorgeous!! You did an incredible, fabulous job! We are so pleased. You obviously put tremendous amount of work into creating this video from start to finish - and it showed. All of the shots were beautiful and well thought out, and you really captured a lot of sentimental moments that we did not realize were filmed. The music you selected matched perfectly and we loved the outtakes section! The footage was edited together so well, it was like watching a movie! Overall, just a fantastic, professional job. Thank you for all your efforts to provide us with such a amazing keepsake. We are so excited to share this with all our friends and family and to have this incredible memory to look back on for the years to come!”
The Re:Frame Collective Officially launches
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Cloud Nine Creative | Leave a Comment
The Re:Frame Collective (a combination of 6 award-winning studios from across North America, including Cloud Nine) officially launched today, announcing plans for a conference in New Orleans in October of this year. If you are a budding event filmmaker or an existing studio interested in getting hands-on experience in an intimate setting of no more than 50 attendees visit www.reframecollective.com for more information.
EventDV Magazine also released a great article today which explains the concept in greater detail.
~Bruce
Workshops and Seminars.
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under StillMotion | Leave a Comment
We receive at least 2 emails a day from our colleagues in the industry asking us if we are able to do workshops and seminars, till now we have not has our business structured in a way that would allow for it. However, we’ve re-modeled and made some room for that possibility. As a result, we’d like some feedback on what people are most interested in.
Loading …-John
Re:Frame
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Take 1 Productions | Leave a Comment
Ok, the wait is now over!!!
Re:Frame 08 Registration is Open!
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Elysium Productions | Leave a Comment
For all of you wedding and event filmmakers out there, Re:Frame 08 registration has officially launched! This is going to be the best learning experience ever! This is the only other time I will be presenting a seminar this year, so I hope to see you in New Orleans Oct. 6-9th! To register, click HEREBTW... registration fee INCLUDES your stay at a 5 star hotel in the French Quarter.... pretty sweet! And don't forget to nominate a person to add to our lineup. See the website for details.
Re:Frame Website
ReFrame, Announced!!!
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Mason Jar Films | Leave a Comment
Re:Frame Launches!!!
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Mason Jar Films | Leave a Comment
Brrrrrr…!!
February 24, 2008 | Filed Under StillMotion | Leave a Comment
It’s SO COLD here, because.. we live in Canada and it’s the middle of winter, funny that.
I did an engagement session with Eric and Jennessa yesterday and we had such a cool (pun intended) time! They are great couple and I’m so excited that they’ve asked us to create their wedding imagery. The theme of the wedding is high-fashion, and they are doing some -very- unique things that I’m sure we’ll post after the wedding. Patrick also came out with me, so we can expect to see a really neat clip from him soon I think.
Enjoy!
-John
New Talent!
February 24, 2008 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
I don't know if I've introduced you to our crew yet. We always have half a dozen or so college interns working with us to keep us on our creative toes. Most are assistant editors who can't wait to get their itchy fingers into a real commercial project.We've had Travis from the Art Institute with us for a little over a year and can't imagine how we ever lived without him. Travis has done everything from creating a wireless network for all our computers; to filming and producing a piece for GENERATIONS videotories for Boston Weddings; helping design and redesign all our ads; working on our wedding film edits; and being technical director, camera and light person on many of our shoots. Travis graduates in a few months and although we suspect some fab company will snatch him up with a great offer, we hope we can do it first!
Adam from B.U. has been with us for only a short time, but has definitely made a quick impression. He took one of our Summer wedding films home over the weekend and surprised us by turning it into an amazing fast-cut rave of a music video. He wasn't sure we'd like it at first, since it's very different from our usual style, but Jack and I both thought it was really well- executed, had great energy, texture and color, and for the right couple (hey, any ravers out there getting married?) would be a perfect style.
Note: We film and edit in the style of each couple and wedding so we never know what the next project will look like!
Justine (or "Justine the Intern" - as Jack calls her) is also from B.U. and has taken on the task of keeping us organized. That's kind of like bicycling up hill on a sheet of ice, if you ask me, but she's determined and can be ruthless if need be.
At the very least she manages to erect large bright signs around the studio reminding us what needs to be done, and backs these up with frequent reminder e-mails. She also produces a fair number of Excel spreadsheets - to what purpose i have no idea, but for which I am thankful nonetheless. I should ask her about them some time.
Periodically in the pursuit of order, I will find my desktop reorganized or even worse, replaced by something else allegedly more useful. These experiences usually engender panic for me, since I am accustomed to locating things by familiar place, e.g., it's on the upper right on my desktop, 2 files down. However, once I regain my composure, I often se the wisdom in her attempts at logical and efficient systems.
Justine is particularly good for adding a touch of levity to our studio environment, since usually everyone other than me, is intensely focused under headphones most of the day. Justine tells stories, cracks jokes and forces us to eat handfuls of chocolate -we, very dark; she, sweet milk.
Josee' is not one of our interns. She is a real pro with a studio of her own, Twelve String Productions, but our studio would not be complete without her talents. She and I discovered one another on Craigslist when I advertised for a volunteer editor for a film project I was producing and directing on Equal Marriage. The project had enjoyed several wonderful editors by Summer 2007, but last Fall 2007, there was a last chapter that needed editing and I wanted a new editor. Not surprisingly, I received many wonderful responses to my ad, but 5 minutes into my first phone call with Josee', we both knew we wanted to do the project together. I'm thrilled with the film, "Legal at Last", and at the moment it's tip-toe-ing into few possible film festivals. We'll see. I'll keep you posted on the film's doings.
Josee' and I filmed our first wedding together in August. We actually filmed two weddings in one weekend, and knew then that we could film together as well as edit. As a video journalist, Josee; is used to live action and is always calm, quick-thinking and fun to be around. She also always gets the shot. We're honored and very lucky to have Josee'; working with us. She'll be filming with us again this Spring and Summer. In the meantime Josee' managed to win herself 2 Gold AVA awards in the International Audio Visual competition in the "Voiceover" and "Fundraiser" categories. You can check out some of Josee's independent work at her site at http://web.mac.com/jmlapointe/Site/Home.html
Emma, from B.U., will be joining us in Mid-March to assist with PR. She's a full-of-fire dynamo who has already successfully mastered her first challenge: to come up with a better, less cheesy name for our "Love Story" short films. Within a day of taking on the challenge, Emma offered "A Tale of Two Hearts" which we all loved!
You can have a look at our first Tale of Two Hearts - Julia and Matt, screened at the InterContinental Hotel at their wedding on New Years Eve 2008, on our site on the "Creative Choices" page. Julia and Matt introduced themselves into the ballroom on the film which was screened on 2 giant screens to 350 guests. We're sorry we missed seeing it but we were filming a New Years Eve party for 6 One 7 Productions at the Boston Cyclorama on New Years. We had a great time ringing in the New Year while filming 750 dancing revelers, a couple of aerialists, some exciting wall decor and ice sculpture. Jack and I admitted it was the biggest dance party we had ever filmed. We'll let you know when and where you can see the clip.
By the way, Legal at Last started when Jack and I had the honor of filming the first same sex wedding in Boston on May 17, 2004. We posted the clip on Youtube about a year ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p4WrEVUY9c and it's had over 1,700 views as of today. Filming Rob and Dave's wedding gave us a very different perspective on marriage and in many ways was the inspiration behind us creating GENERATIONS videostories. As a result of getting to know Rob and Dave, I was given access to the political world around the issue of Equal Marriage and felt compelled to make the film. Ultimately I'd like to use the film to raise money for Equal Marriage. If anyone out there has any ideas or connections as to how I might do that or feels inspired to help, please get in touch.
Lisa & Brad
February 24, 2008 | Filed Under Take 1 Productions | Leave a Comment
Being an event filmmaker is pretty cool!!! I get to meet a lot of different people and visit a lot of cool places thru the years. Every event is unique and special but once in a while I get a mushy feeling on an event. How & why I get this feeling I don’t know. Maybe it is from observing the couple’s interaction with each other, the way they talk about each other, the way they look at each other. I can’t really pin it. But I get a feeling in my gut that says…”WOW, these two are going to make it. They are going to have a good life together. They will be blessed.”One such event is Lisa & Brad’s. I would like share a portion of their wedding movie. The wedding was in Flint and the interview was in Chicago.
A note from Lisa's mom:
No WONDER YOU'RE THE BEST! Oh my word!!!!!!!!!!!! That is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see it!!!!!!
Beth