Viki and Niko (click here to play trailer)
February 15, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
We were in a real hurry to get a trailer done from this wedding. Everything about it was magical. The bride, Viki, was simply radiant.The groom, Niko was filled with joy. Friends and family surrounded and embraced the couple with love and exuberance.
We LOVED Viki's Pink Champagne Vera Wang dress; her angelic flower girls and junior bridesmaid in their red and peach tulle ballet dresses. The night at the State Room was filled with stars and Greek music as guests took their turns entertaining the couple with spirited Greek dancing. A of the high point of the night was when Niko danced just for Viki and Viki looked up at Niko with the most adoring look on her face.
Viki and Niko from GENERATIONS cinemastories on Vimeo.
Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Aren't we the luckiest couple in town?It's Valentine's Day, and after Jack brought me flowers yesterday,(my favorites - day lilies - today he brought me coffee in bed, and now we're about to head off to a sweet, intimate wedding in the chapel at Temple Emanuel in Newton Centre. Just closest family and friends in a beautiful little chapel with modern stained glass, a domed skylight ( gorgeous natural light - particularly on a bright and sunny day like today!) and curved seating for guests. The couple chose the temple as much for its stand on Equal Marriage as for its natural beauty and for one of its Rabbi's Michelle Robinson who will be officiating this morning - bringing all her joy and love and spirit to this couple's new marriage.
We thought we'd share a bit of ourselves this Valentine's Day with you. So here's a little of a romantic Naomi and Jack - not working!
Valentine’s Day CinemaCard
February 8, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
We're jumping up and down excited about our latest concept. The amazingly creative Tasha Bracken of SD Events was the inspiration behind this particular idea which we debuted at the Love and Learning Soiree' the other night at her intimate site in Newton. http://www.thesimpledetails.com/We think it's HOT. And, very FUN. Why send a plain, old, tree-killing card when you can send a greener, better, more outrageous, more original, CinemaCard? Thanks to Stephanie Rossi of SD Events for being our first CinemaCard subject!
(And Jonathan, we assume you're not reading this, but we can't wait to hear about your reaction on Valentine's Day when you see this!)
Click here to watch.
BTW, think of all the possibilities for CinemaCards...How about an original little love story with a "Save The Date" for your wedding invite? Maybe enclosed in an elegant or fun custom-designed envelope? Or, as a CinemaCard for a special anniversary? Or a "Thank - You" card for your wedding presents? We'll help you get creative and produce one just for you and any occasion or reason!
Catching Up !
February 5, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
It's amazing how many wonderful, gorgeous weddings we get invited to every year. One week ago we were sitting in Lucca's in Boston's North End getting to know John and Lynne's wonderful friends and family. The couple chose to invite about 30 of their friends to their fun and intimate dinner party - and we were lucky enough to be part of it. Lynne's dad, Bob, was the photographer for the night. Far from being a mere amateur, Bob started his professional life as a photographer- studying at NESOP and loving life behind the lens before he leapfrogged into a career in sales and marketing. From what we saw, it appeared that his first love was still very dear to his heart!We think rehearsal dinners are the perfect place for cinematography - and we've added rehearsal dinner coverage to most of our new packages. It's the best time to capture personal, often funny toasts and stories; and close friends and family are at their most relaxed and talkative before the formalities of the wedding day. At Lynne and John's rehearsal dinner we had guests approaching us with stories they wanted to tell about the couple, and the couple had the time to sit down with us to tell us the story of their meeting and falling in love. We also want to say a public THANK YOU to Lynne and John for providing us with a romantic table for 2 and a lovely bottle of wine which we enjoyed while the family ate dinner.
Lynne and her sister Lauren ( with a little help from Michael Boven at the Boston Harbor Hotel) planned the wedding together. The decor was all white and silver with 2 long tables topped with stunning, tall, rose, lily and stephanotis floral centerpieces created by the talented Dana Markos. I was delighted to discover that the roses actually smelled like real roses! (Dana - where did these come from? So many roses today look wonderful but disappoint the nose!)
The bride wore a stunning and unusual retro themed dress of lace with lace bolero jacket and sweetheart neckline. I have to say that Lynne was the most relaxed bride I have seen in a very long time - and for good reason: When we asked the couple what they saw in their future together, John smiled and said that he planned on spending the rest of his life making Lynne happy. With a new husband like that beside her, a smart bride ought to relax!
Thanks to Brian and Maria Phillips who, as always, were a joy to work with. We can hardly wait to see the pictures from the wedding!
Bride’s Choice 2010 Winners!!
February 3, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Boston, Massachusetts, February 1, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced GENERATIONS cinemastories has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Videography.The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.
GENERATIONS cinemastories is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.
“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”
We are happy to announce that GENERATIONS cinemastories is among the very best Wedding Videographers/Cinematographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.
We’re Moved!!!
January 29, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Some of you knew us back in our Newbury Street days - was that only a few years ago? Many of you learned of us when we relocated our studio to Brookline Village and attempted to co-exist with our studio, our interns and staff in a very small one floor apartment that grew smaller and smaller as we expanded. Now, we've finally moved into bigger, better, brighter space in the West Edge (more about that to come) with a whole second floor devoted to 3 big studios for GENERATIONS cinemastories.Right now we're still sitting among boxes on our way out to Lynne Zagami's wedding rehearsal and dinner ( yay! Lynne!) and tomorrow we'll be avoiding the mess entirely, having the delightful distraction of Lynne and John's wedding at Gates of Heaven Parish and then their winter wonderland reception at the Boston Harbor Hotel. We're totally excited about the wedding ( and the move, too!) and in a few weeks we'll be ready to invite everyone over for some champagne!
BTW, our new neighbors (thank you Jo and Dave for your support) are none other than the fabulous Jo and Dave of Allegro Photography. We're very lucky that they introduced us to our new place, and luckier still that they will be our next door neighbors.
A Moving Experience…Person+Killian Party 2010
January 15, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
It's getting close to moving day - which we've targeted as 1/28/10. Exciting, daunting, terrifying. The new house in the West Edgeis amazing; the task of sifting through our pack-rat accumulations of 8 years and choosing what to save, what to toss is daunting. And the idea of watching all my day to day stuff disappear into beige boxes is terrifying. SO - if there's a bit of silence on this blog for a few weeks, you'll know where we've disappeared to.
BUT - there's nothing like a good party to take your mind off things you'd rather not think about. Jill and Lauren (Person + Killian Photography) threw their almost-annual Thank-You party for all their industry friends and colleagues. We've been lucky to be both - and had a blast helping out. Jack was in heaven dj'ing and Trevor had a great time doing video projection.
Here's what it looked like to us http://www.vimeo.com/8771428 and for more details on the rest of the team go to:http://www.personkillianblog.com/
Lucky’s Love Story
January 8, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Here's where it all started: We wanted to create a little anticipation - kind of introduce the wedding to the SMP readers so they would begin to wonder "who is this Scarlett and Daniel couple? and where the hell is Lucky's? and what is this video all about?"Taking off on the retro theme of the Inspiration Board on Style Me Pretty, we - Jack, Scarlett, Daniel and I met Tasha at Lucky's and while I interviewed the couple ( and coached them) - Jack filmed - and we had ourselves a "welcome to our wedding" little video.
We wanted to show couples how fun something like this could be and how they might use it for themselves and we also thought it would create a playful introduction to the SMP Inspiration Theatre.
Let us know what you think!
GENERATIONS cinemastories: Style Me Pretty
January 8, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
GENERATIONS cinemastories: Style Me Pretty
Style Me Pretty
January 8, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
And here we come to Scarlett and Daniel's wedding day. We meet Scarlett picking up her parent's friend's antique roadster to drive to the wedding. Modern girl, indeed! Scarlett wears my fake Blackgamma mink coat with such panache. Over at The Loft on A Street, there are last minute adjustments to the decor; experiments in lighting; the band setting up; the maid of honor having her makeup done.A classic photoshoot in a great venue. There's something about a man in a black tuxedo leaning over a pool table. A white silk dress against a brick wall. There were amazing textures in the decor for this shoot. It is impossible not to be blown away by the singers in the band. Fabulous style. Fabulous music. Enjoy and thanks to everyone involved - it's a huge pleasure and honor to work with you!
Style Me Pretty!!
January 8, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
happened almost a month ago when we saw an Inspiration Board on the Style Me Pretty site, and pulled together a star-studded team including Tasha Bracken and Stephanie Rossi of SD Events; Jill Person of Person + Killian Photography; Rentals Unlimited decor and furniture rental; Faxon Green of Eco-Elegant Floral Designs; Siman Entertainment; Flair Bridesmaids; Jacki Norrie of Wedding Tresses for hair and makeup; East Meets West Catering; Shoes to Dye For; The Loft at 319A Street; and actorsScarlett Redmond, Chelsea Schmidt, Joe Ruscio, and Daniel Roach.
We started with a lot of conceptualizing - built a story a design around the inspiration board, filmed a pre-wedding love story at the very cool bar/restaurant Lucky's in South Boston, then filmed a "wedding" at the Loft.
See all the pictures and clips at Style Me Pretty
January 3, 2010 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Click Here for our 2009 Cinemacard
December 31, 2009 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
There is so much I have to write about. 2009 has been the best year for us. We've worked with the most creative wedding professionals and the most wonderful, fun and loving couples. As I organize for The Big Move between January and February (West Edge here we come!) it's my plan to blog and post clips from the weddings I haven't yet gotten to. Like the gorgeous Greek wedding of Viki and Niko December 27 at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Boston with the reception at the ever-stunning State Room atop the city.The night was clear and the view was dazzling. The bride wore pink-champagne tulle with silver sequined bandeau across the strapless top. The flower girls and junior bridesmaid wore antique ivory tulle ballet dresses with red satin straps and underskirts. The stateroom was awash in red uplighting, balls of deep red roses and carnations centered the tables and Greek music kept all the guests dancing passionately as they rained dollar bills (symbols of good luck and prosperity)down on the couple. I watched the circle dancing from the balcony at the State Room and at times all I could see was one graceful, moving figure made of all the guests' bodies. It was mesmerizing.
I wanted to create a cinemacard to thank our couples and our studio interns and staff and our wedding industry colleagues for helping make this year so memorable.
Jack and I worked on this one which made us feel all warm and happy inside. We're so grateful to be doing what we do. Thank you!
http://vimeo.com/8480005
Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2009 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2009 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Ku De Ta at The Liberty Hotel
December 5, 2009 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Jack's always had a fondness for making music videos, dj/vj that he is; and Lauren and I have a strong affection for clothes and design; so fashion cinematography is a natural direction for our studio.Ku De Ta in South Boston found us through the Liberty and hired us to film their recent Thursday Night at The Liberty fashion show. The Lobby bar in the Rotunda at the Liberty gets packed around 10 PM, and while a dj pumped out the beat, models strutted the "catwalk" tiers circling the Lobby bar; descended and ascended mirrored escalators;mingled with the crowd; and posed atop the concierge's desk.
That and a big follow spot made for amazing film shots. Jack just put it all together today in 2 dazzling fashion film clips. You can check out the short version http://www.vimeo.com/8003877 or find the longer version below it on our Vimeo site. BTW check out the clothes for real at Ku De Ta in South Boston. Nicole and Heather are SUPER great to work with, and obviously the clothes are HOT!
*Naomi
The “Down Time” of my year???
December 4, 2009 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Usually those of us in the wedding business consider Winter to be the "down time" of our year. A good time to take a quick vacation. People I know are taking 2 weeks in Jamaica or an 8 night Caribbean cruise. Not here in the GENERATIONS studio.Just when we finish filming Fall weddings, we're busy editing trailers, highlights and full-length films of various sizes. Then we're filming Fall fashion shows and being offered all kinds of unexpected and interesting projects like the Style Me Pretty Inspiration Board #5 Project.
Our studio is growing as a tight, creative collaborative. Our former interns have become valued staff, and our part-time staff are now partners. There's something inherently energizing about spending days in a creative incubator surrounded by inspired artists. We all support each other's creativity and productivity. Our studio is a real expression of the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Joe, an outgoing intern, and incoming free-lance staffer, did a great job editing Angela and Evans. The wedding was at Rosecliff in Newport RI, created by our wonderful friend and colleague, Alexis Eliopoulos O'mara of Unique WEddings by Alexis; Photography by LifeFusion; Gorgeous lighting by Tony Ormonde. Angela and Evans were a totally fun, over-the-top kind of couple, who loved the camera and the camera loved them! We can't wait to start working on their full-length wedding film!!
*Naomi
http://www.vimeo.com/7985092
Tanya and Chris
December 4, 2009 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
Tanya and Chris' wedding at the Intercontinental Hotel was spectacular. Gorgeous decor and florals by John LaRoche of Blue Guava. Fabulous wedding dress. Great music by our friend and colleague, Greg Hodges of 5 Star Events. Once again, it was a total blast working with Marina and E from LifeFusion Photography.Tanya was cool, Chris was HOT, the party started late and once it got started it rocked! Actually, the first dance set the tone for the evening as you can see, with Chris really surprising the always-in-control bride Tanya with a surprise break-out dance number. I have no doubt that his groom will keep his bride charmed and entertained after a long day of work for many years to come!
* Naomi
http://www.vimeo.com/7972620
Style Me Pretty Challenge (click here to see Inspiration board)
December 3, 2009 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
EXCITING NEWS!!Event Planner Extraordinaire, Tasha Bracken of SD Events; our Fabulous Friends, Person + Killian Photography; Divine Floral Designer, Faxon Green of Eco-Elegant Floral Designs and GENERATIONS cinemastories are all part of the new Dream Team getting ready to bring one of the Inspiration Boards from Style Me Pretty's current challenge to life.
Yesterday, we all conferenced and picked The Board (check out SMP to learn which one) and starting today all of us will be generating exciting, creative ideas to put into action within the next two weeks. Here at the studio, we're gearing up to create a film that will be fun, different and ... stay tuned! (Naomi)
Gratitude…
November 28, 2009 | Filed Under GENERATIONS videostories | Leave a Comment
A dear friend (check out Lionheart.org) shared with me this thought that I wanted to pass along.GIVE THANKS FOR UNKNOWN BLESSINGS ALREADY ON THEIR WAY!
