I produced this for a couple who had been trying to get pregnant for many years. They showed to their friends and family at a birthday party. It was a hit. Enjoy

http://www.savvyproductions.com/video%20samples/b5.wmv

Great work Jesse. I enjoyed the pacing and the overall flow of the piece. I also liked the various filters and AE work. I STILL have to learn AE...I keep telling myself that.

What camera(s) plus NLE are you using? Btw love the two Yorkies (I have 2 as well...no lie) and the inclusion of the True Romance track. It's a great tune for growing up montages as well.

Would love to see more work from you sometime. Thanks for posting.

thanks Glen.

Camera was DVX100a. Everything was done in Vegas with the exception the writing-with-light part and the "coming in may" - those were done in AE.

Glad you like the dogs. They were part of the "twins" theme. The couple was really out going and fun to work with. I wish i could say I came up with all the shots but a few of them were their ideas.

Wow, great work. That was extremely enjoyable. A ton of great shots and concepts in that clip...

I'm with Glen, I'd love to see more in the future. Thanks for posting!

Very creative thinking. I loved it.

Wow! very enjoyable. Just out of curiosity, how much time did you spend shooting and editing?

That was a lot of fun to watch ^_^ Thanks.

Ben Lynn

Total shooting time was close to 3 hours. For the first hour, we just walked around town and shot informally at any place that looked cool. Then we took a break to wait for the sun to go down to do the night shots.

Editing time - hmm, don't remember. Probably 6 hours total. But, with every project I do, I obsess with it for a week or so. So it may take me a couple hours to get the main edit done, but I come back and tweak little things for the next coouple days. And watch it over and over. Does anyone else do this?

I've found that if I have a solid idea to begin with the editing goes together pretty quick. Most of my editing time is spent playing with clips until I get a direction for something.

Awesome video.

I liked the feel of it very much.

That was really impressive work. It flowed nicely and it looked like the couple really had a good time while shooting it. It was nice how you guys played around the "twins" theme. Great Job.

What is the title of the music you used in this? It had a really catchy tune to it. Also, was the heart drawing done in AE using Trapcode's 3D Stroke? Thanks!

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I'm usually very good naming tunes but this one eludes me- however I do know it's from the Saturn ION commercial.

Jesse is very talented...and a Vegas user to boot.

Thanks guys.

The heart drawing was done with Trapcode Particular. I shot the couple as they waved around a little pen light. I then pulled that footage into AE, motion tracked the light, and applied the position keyframes to the particle emitter.

Good ear Glen. The song is by the group The Watchmen - "We've Been Had" They're a pretty cool band (from the UK I think). I edited out the verses so the singing didn't take away from the images.

Great job Jesse! It looked like a national spot like on Lifetime or A&E. You have a great eye for visuals. Maybe a pharmaceutical company would be interested for a spot about fertility aids.

that was excellent work, great flow and interest to it, supereb, BTW what software did you use to compress, its really clean for the size of file.????

Thanks

Thanks for the encouragement.

Video was compressed right off the Vegas timeline.

Hey Jesse,

Terrific job - nice camerawork, editing, and overall package!

How did you incorporate the AE work with Vegas? Did you work on just that one light-pen clip in Vegas, render out, and then just use that clip in Vegas?

Thanks Bill,

Yep that's pretty much what I did. I knew I wanted to put effects on specific clips so I brought those into AE first, rendered those out of AE, and edited them into the piece in Vegas.


Lately i've been using alpha channels alot with AE and Vegas. If I am creating text or an effect that sits on top of a video clip, I'll just render the effect out of AE with an alpha and then position it above the appropriate clip in Vegas. This allows me to change the video portion easily without re-rendering. Also saves a step of compression on the video.

peace
jesse

Editing time - hmm, don't remember. Probably 6 hours total. But, with every project I do, I obsess with it for a week or so. So it may take me a couple hours to get the main edit done, but I come back and tweak little things for the next coouple days. And watch it over and over. Does anyone else do this?
wow, guilty as charged. that's pretty much how i edit. i probably put about 30 hours of editing into a wedding dvd, for instance, but it's all spread out over weeks, and i edit in spurts.

excellent piece! it's very well done!

Jesse,

I'm glad you posted here. I have watched (and studied) every clip on your site. But this is my favorite. You do beautiful work man.

Furthermore, this particular clip gave me the inspiration for a personal video I did for the birth of my second son last month. Here's my chance to say thanks.

Thanks.
Jason

Jesse,

For the announcement video, there are two distinct "looks" to it - a warm, filmic look for the first 1:15 or so (which I loved), and then a very "video-y" look when they yell "We're pregnant!" Was the difference due to in-camera settings or post-processing color tweaks (or both)?

Bravo! What a great way to let friends and family know...keep up the great work and thanks for posting it.
Vin

Awesome work! That was great video. I thought it was a commercial at first.

You said the light drawing and ending were done with AE... how did you do the smoke at the end? I imagine it's easy, but I don't know. I've really been thinking about buying AE, and the way you integrated the AE graphics so they looked like part of the story, not added just because you can, impressed me.

Very nicely done!

Dan

Bill,

Hmm... I never noticed that before, but going back and viewing it again I'd agree... those "we're pregnant" clips seems a little on the cold side. A little CC would probably take care of that. I did this video a while ago so I don't recall why those particular clips got skipped with the CC.

Dan,
The effect you are referring to was done with trapcode particular. I tweaked a preset, threw on some blurs, added an matte layer, season to taste.

thanks everyone for the encouragement