Hi guys,

I have been a reader in this forum for quiet sometime now and have learned a great deal by just that.

I'd like to share my work with you guys who share the same interest and would appreciate any feedback received..

Paper Cranes Productions Wedding Showreel 2008 on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/3966556)

Thank you in advanced!

Santo

excellent, very solid camera work edited wonderfully to the music.

I really enjoyed that, I particularly love the whole picture vs motion picture concept and how you took those wonderful shots and made them come alive.

The feel was very cinematic, your shots backed this up. What steadicam were you using as I noticed a bit of shake, looks like from your footsteps.

Very solid all round.

terrific, I love the name and how you 'sell' the idea of the moving image - I really enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed that, I particularly love the whole picture vs motion picture concept and how you took those wonderful shots and made them come alive.

The feel was very cinematic, your shots backed this up. What steadicam were you using as I noticed a bit of shake, looks like from your footsteps.

Very solid all round.

Thank you guys, appreciate all the comments. The steadicam that I use is merlin. Thats probably why the shake happened. Sometimes its just too heavy to hold when I'm doing a swipe and I think the merlin already got a bit overused, its rock n rolling sometimes. I need to send it to be serviced.

PS: I love mintyslippers's reel. I'm gonna use that song for one couple's prewedding film to be shot next two weeks.

Santo

Hi Susanto,

Thats a really nice compilation of shots that you have put together with good music to compliment the visuals. A good eye for the creative shots, although I did notice the glidecam was not as smooth as it could have been in a few shots. That did not really detract from the overall piece for me.

Very nice.

Cheers,

John De Rienzo

Wow! Above all else you're clearly a remarkable 'storyteller'. You're 'unfolding' script is a magical combination of beautiful cinematography, brilliant editing, a lovely musical score and careful reaction to it and judicial use of special effects and mechanical assists.

I envy your skillset, your eye and your obvious passion for telling a story worth seeing.

Steve Pustay
Horizon Video

This is one of the best wedding videos I have seen. Just the composition of this is perfect. Great Work

Love the use of the text and the still frames unfreezing at the beginning. A couple of the slow motion shots were a little jittery to me but overall it's a very strong piece. I'd hire you :)

Susanto,

That was terrific, beautiful and original. What a exceptional eye you have. Your creativity is truly captivating.

Thank you very much for sharing.

GMan

Great work!
I enjoyed it a lot.
I posted a couple questions on the comment on Vimeo.

JJ

Terrific video! One question though... how do you get along well with still photographers? You seem to be exactly where a photographer wouldn't want you to be at the precise moment. Do you go ahead and get what you need to get by stepping in front of a photographer, or do you talk with the photographer about positions beforehand?

I believe he used Freeze Frame:)

First off.... wow!

I expected another "demo" but you have a very unique way to introduce your service which is had to do now days!

I'll just point out some of the things I though were completely cool, original, and stood out.

As noted already, the color pass effect combined with "picture vs movie" was a great way to demonstrate how moving pictures add depth to a scene unlike any other medium.

The musical score was fantastic.

I liked the combination of glideing / flying around all the different couples. A good idea that I have been working on myself! My problem is I only have footage on the glidecam from two couples so far, but once I had about 4 I was planning on doing something very similar where shots are combined from all of them into one reel.

The lineup of the bridal party where they duck out of the way was a great shot (2:20)! Very creative!

What a awesome idea. It shows the advantages of video over photos. Such a great work!!!

very well done!

Great idea and very well executed. I was able to watch the entire piece without being bored. Fantastic.

Terrific video! One question though... how do you get along well with still photographers? You seem to be exactly where a photographer wouldn't want you to be at the precise moment. Do you go ahead and get what you need to get by stepping in front of a photographer, or do you talk with the photographer about positions beforehand?

Thanks guys for the feedback.

I get along with most of the photographers.. I guess I would annoy the photographer when I'm too excited with shooting, but that doesn't happen very often. Usually I would take whatever I need as quickly as possible and make sure that I get out of the way to give enough time for the photographer to take shots. Its just like "sharing and caring", make sure you don't act like nobody else is there. The photographer will know when you're not ignoring him/her.. you just need to take your shots thats all.

Also, I find that photographers sometimes get out of ideas during photo shoots, so its good when we can fill in the gaps between each pose so that he can think about some ideas while I'm gliding away with the couple :P plus, he can also take candid shots then.

Santo

Shot2nya gokil bgt mas..
ngebasenya mmg udah di australi ya?
storilinenya ciamik..
dijkt msh susah adapter mas..

Please just Private message me for indonesian language :)

Others may be offended since this is an english forum.

But thanks though! appreciate it.

Santo

I think the language may have stopped other comments hahahahha :P

I wasn't offended by the non English language response. What is the translation?

I truly enjoyed your clip....watched it all the way through.
You certainly have command of your shot selection and cutting.
I liked the music too. Nice, happy, lovely music. Matched the atmosphere of the clip.

Thanks for sharing!

Hi Terry,

I stopped by your website and boy I love your showreel... well done... superb!

you guys must be having a blast with the whole family business thing. All the very best to you guys.

The translation is:

Shot2nya gokil bgt mas.. -> the shots are cool man
ngebasenya mmg udah di australi ya? -> are you based in australia?
storilinenya ciamik.. -> the storyline is very good
dijkt msh susah adapter mas.. -> its still hard to find an adapter in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Santo

Best I have ever seen.

Wow that's a big compliment. Thanks a lot walt.

Santo

hey Susanto,

that was great! sorry i didn't see that the first time round, but glad to have seen it now....

i esp. loved the little concepts, the variety, the branding follow-through on the text, and the attention to detail with matching the song to the footage

couples are gonna love it!

Thanks Richard.

Thats good that you caught the matching the song to the footage :)

Santo

I love your work...
Steve

Thanks Steve, appreciate it. I love my job too! :P

Santo