Hi guys,

I've just finished editing rough cut for a prewedding film that we shot months ago for a client.

The film will be shown in their reception this coming saturday. I still have time to make a few changes.

Any comments will be much appreciated!

This is a password protected video on Vimeo
password: pc_jamesthao

Thanks in advance!!!

Santo

That was fantastic! Did you use any external lighting for the indoor shots?

Santo....

My vimeo player played the entire movie choppy... But it was so good that I didn't let that stop me from finishing it.

I would love to do something like that one day. You always have the best "sets" to work with. First a clothing store, now a bar/restaurant... There going to love it!

Steve

I'm also wondering, what type of camera was used for the opening scene, and what were the camera settings?

Beautiful Santo. It's going to be very, very well received. One of these days please try and film and share the guest reactions when one of these premieres.

Only thing that caught my eye is the opening title around 0:20. It should probably be "based on A true love story" instead of "based on true love story" - just a thought.

Is this all MK2 or did you mix it up with the letus?

Great job!

Matt.

Thanks for commenting guys!

kevin: yes we do use external lighting on indoor shots. you just need to have them in order to get proper lighting.

Stephen: its based on true story, so you just need to find the corresponding place to their story :P

mattt: we shot all in mark 2. Thanks for pointing out about the typo. The client also mentioned that. English is not my first language :P

so nothing jarring or anything that you guys think might need to be changed???

the groom said that he didn't like the jump cut of him opening the bottle and pouring the wine... he wanted a clean shot... hmmm... but I LOVE JUMP CUTS... :(

Santo

Yeah Santo - I did actually notice the cuts between the 2 pours - left and right and it looked a little 'not right' so you might want to look at that.

BTW - You've got a groom talking to you about jump cuts? :)

lol

matt, the groom was not describing the situation as jump cut.. but rather "odd" cuts..

I'll have a look into it :P

Santo

I liked it. I just think i would have liked it more if you had audio (the bride and groom actually speak) than just show sub titles when they did. I don't know if you chose to go with the sub titles because they couldn't act or if it was a choice in post production, but if you have the audio recorded try putting it in and seeing how it looks.

Hi Louis,

I storyboarded it that way because I think its more touching with the subtitle. also it is much harder for non-actors to act with dialog...

I think its a personal preference but now I don't have the clean audio so unfortunately can't really compare the two :P

Thanks so much for your feedback.

Santo

Susanto,

I love the color, the mood, cutting, the storyline, camera works and the proposal scene is excellent, but I have to agree with Lois in terms of the audio,

here is my personal comment though I was a little bit distracted on the conversation scene, a bit part of me would love to hear the voice as they have their little chat, it feels like something is missing, it feels like we as the viewer were driven away from the movie itself.

my apologize if I made mistake :) but overall your movie WORKS fine in communication your message!

Regards Bro,

Kuswendy

I think that adding the audio would have changed the whole vibe. I think its great as is.

I'm a fan of the subtitles as well... The audio wouldn't have done anything for me.

Santo... Whats the name of the text that you use the intro of most of your videos? Also let us know how everyone responded to your video at the wedding.

Steve

Kevin, Stephen: we have the same preference then :)

Stephen: the font is called function. I don't know where i got them. I think its from one of the font packs that I bought a long time ago.

The respond from the audience was great!! everyone loved the short film and most of them said they have never seen anything like it on a wedding reception. I guess its a good thing and we're very proud to be able to contribute in entertaining the guest in some way :)

By the way, the film is now replacing the old file on vimeo with no password protection anymore. I've done some minor changes on it including getting rid of the jump cut at the start. I think its much better now.

Thanks :)

Santo
Santo

Excellent work as usual, Santo! I loved the overall look of the piece - very nice color work. I also loved the rack focus you did at the bar - just the right use - not too much, but perfect for telling the story.

The subtitles were okay - although being an old audio guy I am partial to audio. Either way your story gets told, tho. I'm sure this will be treasured by the couple and their guests at the wedding!

Beautiful job. It's hard to believe you will get paid what you deserve.

The revised version is great also. How long did it take you to shoot and edit this piece?

@bill: the audio has been the biggest debate :P I will think about adding more audio on the next one. thanks for that.

@Rob: not yet, but we're on a good start with prewedding films. our price has increased more than double since the first time we did it and people keep on enquiring. slowly but surely.. :)

@Kevin: This was a one day shoot and one day editing + one day drafting (client feedback)
we try not to spend too much time as we would in a short film. budget doesn't allow :P but as a result, we have learned to work more efficiently.