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Susanto Widjaja · May 14th, 2009, 05:57 AM

Hi guys,

Thought I'd share these with you guys. both of them were using our company's original prewedding concept "Imagine" which is basically the bride-to-be is sort of imagining what her wedding day would be like.

PreWedding Film Sela & Simi "IMAGINE" by Susanto Widjaja on Vimeo

Andrew & Lili Prewedding Film "IMAGINE" Same Day Edit Love Story on Vimeo

The second one was made with half SDE, we put in the wedding footage on the day and show it on the night.

Looking forward to hear some thoughts :)

Santo

Paul Mailath · May 14th, 2009, 06:46 AM

Great idea - takes some of the stress off the SDE, beautifully executed - I want to go back and re-edit my last one to make the music fit better now.

My only comment is with the first one , you used an effect in post for the dream sequences that looked 'dirty' - maybe that's not a good way of describing it, but I felt it took something away from a great video.

Susanto Widjaja · May 14th, 2009, 07:06 AM

Hi paul,

Thanks for your comments!

Not sure if I understood what you meant by "dirty" though..

Maybe the video was compressed poorly. I'm going to post a hd version of it soon. Maybe it'll be clearer :)

Santo

Mark Von Lanken · May 14th, 2009, 07:47 AM

Hi Santo,

I looked at the SDE first. It was so good that I watched the other "Imagine" clip. They were both very good.

I actually liked the second one better, but it may have been because I can just "Imagine" (pun intended) how the guests were freaking out as they watched the clip at the reception. That would have been a great SDE if you had been doing them for years, but for your first one, that was incredible!

We had a videographer from Singapore come to one of our workshops in Tulsa. He showed us many of the pre wedding games that they go through in order for the Groom to see the Bride and your video reminded me of that. It's so much more fun than American weddings.

Susanto Widjaja · May 14th, 2009, 08:39 AM

Thanks Mark!

Thats good that you liked them. the games are called GATE CRASHING where the groom has to bribe his way in to see the bride. Its very fun. My original culture doesn't have these sort of things but since I'm asian then I guess I'm forced to be familiar :P

yea doing SDE for the first "Imagine" would be cool... but last year I just sort of started doing these stuff, so I don't think I was up for it yet.

I hope to do more SDE in the future. Its fun and my business cards were going away really quick! :P

Santo

Steve Slattery · May 14th, 2009, 02:00 PM

Preferred the 1st one but loved them both. In particular syncing the movement of the bride between pre-wedding day and wedding day was a master stroke. Well done.

Steve

Travis Cossel · May 14th, 2009, 06:22 PM

What a fun and fresh idea! Both of those were great, although the first might be my favorite. They're different enough that it's hard to decide, lol.

Anyways, great concept and execution. One idea is that when you have the bride mimic something that happens on the wedding day, sometimes show the wedding day shot first. In the first video, when she wipes away a tear, I just started thinking how powerful it would be if you saw her wiping a tear away for real, and then saw the shot of her imagining it. I think once you break into the 'imagine state' it can be really powerful to show the real situations first, and her imagined visuals afterwards.

Top notch and very well done. I especially like the idea that it takes pressure off of producing a full-length SDE while also giving the SDE more meaning and makes it different from a highlights. Kudos to you!!

Eric Pasarin · May 14th, 2009, 07:09 PM

Simply amazing. Great concept, and executed quite nice. I especially like the second one. The fact that it was an SDE is great, but even without knowing that, it's still great. The music fit your edits great. Beautiful transistions of the bride's feet and as it pulls up, it kicks into the wedding.

What makes it too is how much fun the people of the wedding were having, especially the groomsmen! Great action shots!

Looked like a fun wedding, and it was shown in those vids. Kudos!

E

Susanto Widjaja · May 14th, 2009, 07:19 PM

Thank you guys for the lovely comments!!

Travis, I never thought of that... THANK YOU!!!! will try to implement that in the next one.
I gueess the whole fun at the wedding helped a lot in this video. these guys were really into the games, which is good.

Santo

Dean Morris · May 14th, 2009, 07:19 PM

It's great to have someone of your calibre on our shores.

Love the whole 'imagine' concept.

Matt Barwick · May 14th, 2009, 08:14 PM

That's truly an original concept and wow - what a great job you've done Santo. Totally love the idea - no doubt you'll get a few people 'borrowing it'!

I also like the idea of easing into a full SDE by offering a half SDE first. It's a good way to go about it and practice the edit under pressure. Must have got a wild response at the reception!

I think the 'dirty' look referred to in the first video is purely compression related.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean Morris

It's great to have someone of your calibre on our shores.

Ditto to that and well done!

Cheers,

Matt.

David Schuurman · May 14th, 2009, 08:54 PM

I loved that first one alot! Great job.

I kinda have to say the opposite of Travis here when I say that I thought it was more powerful to show the staged shot first THEN the actual shot from the wedding day. For instance when you showed the wrist movement in her dance, then showed the same movement in the dance on the actual day. Really powerful storytelling.

Susanto Widjaja · May 14th, 2009, 09:20 PM

Thanks Dean and Matt fellow aussies..

I guess having people borrowing the idea would be ok for me since I have learned a lot from seeing other people's work as well. At least now i have posted the idea first! :P

David:
Thanks for your comment, I think I'd try to mix and match the two ways together. we'll see how it would turns out. I have a feeling it will be good :)

Santo

Jason Robinson · May 14th, 2009, 10:03 PM

wow... that second one (I watched out of order) is absolutely amazing story telling! Fantastic job with weaving the past & present footage together!

Now i'm going to watch the first one

Susanto Widjaja · May 15th, 2009, 01:29 AM

Thanks Jason,

I thought you were gonna write a separate review for the first one hahahhaa.

Any more ideas to add to this concept guys (and gals) ?

Santo

May 14th, 2009, 05:57 AM	#1
Susanto Widjaja Major Player Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 622	The "Imagine" Prewedding Film Concept Hi guys, Thought I'd share these with you guys. both of them were using our company's original prewedding concept "Imagine" which is basically the bride-to-be is sort of imagining what her wedding day would be like. PreWedding Film Sela & Simi "IMAGINE" by Susanto Widjaja on Vimeo Andrew & Lili Prewedding Film "IMAGINE" Same Day Edit Love Story on Vimeo The second one was made with half SDE, we put in the wedding footage on the day and show it on the night. Looking forward to hear some thoughts :) Santo __________________ If a picture is worth a thousand words, what about motion picture? website: www.papercranes.com.au \| blog: www.weddingvideosydney.net

May 14th, 2009, 06:46 AM	#2
Paul Mailath Trustee Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Coast - NSW, Australia Posts: 1,606	Great idea - takes some of the stress off the SDE, beautifully executed - I want to go back and re-edit my last one to make the music fit better now. My only comment is with the first one , you used an effect in post for the dream sequences that looked 'dirty' - maybe that's not a good way of describing it, but I felt it took something away from a great video. __________________ Cheers - Paul M. www.perbenyik.com

May 14th, 2009, 07:06 AM	#3
Susanto Widjaja Major Player Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 622	Hi paul, Thanks for your comments! Not sure if I understood what you meant by "dirty" though.. Maybe the video was compressed poorly. I'm going to post a hd version of it soon. Maybe it'll be clearer :) Santo __________________ If a picture is worth a thousand words, what about motion picture? website: www.papercranes.com.au \| blog: www.weddingvideosydney.net

May 14th, 2009, 07:47 AM	#4
Mark Von Lanken Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 910	Hi Santo, I looked at the SDE first. It was so good that I watched the other "Imagine" clip. They were both very good. I actually liked the second one better, but it may have been because I can just "Imagine" (pun intended) how the guests were freaking out as they watched the clip at the reception. That would have been a great SDE if you had been doing them for years, but for your first one, that was incredible! We had a videographer from Singapore come to one of our workshops in Tulsa. He showed us many of the pre wedding games that they go through in order for the Groom to see the Bride and your video reminded me of that. It's so much more fun than American weddings. __________________ Mark Von Lanken www.VonWeddingFilms.com

May 14th, 2009, 08:39 AM	#5
Susanto Widjaja Major Player Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 622	Thanks Mark! Thats good that you liked them. the games are called GATE CRASHING where the groom has to bribe his way in to see the bride. Its very fun. My original culture doesn't have these sort of things but since I'm asian then I guess I'm forced to be familiar :P yea doing SDE for the first "Imagine" would be cool... but last year I just sort of started doing these stuff, so I don't think I was up for it yet. I hope to do more SDE in the future. Its fun and my business cards were going away really quick! :P Santo __________________ If a picture is worth a thousand words, what about motion picture? website: www.papercranes.com.au \| blog: www.weddingvideosydney.net

May 14th, 2009, 02:00 PM	#6
Steve Slattery Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lancashire Posts: 73	Preferred the 1st one but loved them both. In particular syncing the movement of the bride between pre-wedding day and wedding day was a master stroke. Well done. Steve __________________ http://www.wedding-video.co.uk http://www.cedarhouseproductions.co.uk

May 14th, 2009, 06:22 PM	#7
Travis Cossel Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,933	What a fun and fresh idea! Both of those were great, although the first might be my favorite. They're different enough that it's hard to decide, lol. Anyways, great concept and execution. One idea is that when you have the bride mimic something that happens on the wedding day, sometimes show the wedding day shot first. In the first video, when she wipes away a tear, I just started thinking how powerful it would be if you saw her wiping a tear away for real, and then saw the shot of her imagining it. I think once you break into the 'imagine state' it can be really powerful to show the real situations first, and her imagined visuals afterwards. Top notch and very well done. I especially like the idea that it takes pressure off of producing a full-length SDE while also giving the SDE more meaning and makes it different from a highlights. Kudos to you!! __________________ Black Label Films www.blacklabelweddingfilms.com

May 14th, 2009, 07:09 PM	#8
Eric Pasarin Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: city, ST Posts: 27	Simply amazing. Great concept, and executed quite nice. I especially like the second one. The fact that it was an SDE is great, but even without knowing that, it's still great. The music fit your edits great. Beautiful transistions of the bride's feet and as it pulls up, it kicks into the wedding. What makes it too is how much fun the people of the wedding were having, especially the groomsmen! Great action shots! Looked like a fun wedding, and it was shown in those vids. Kudos! E

May 14th, 2009, 07:19 PM	#9
Susanto Widjaja Major Player Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 622	Thank you guys for the lovely comments!! Travis, I never thought of that... THANK YOU!!!! will try to implement that in the next one. I gueess the whole fun at the wedding helped a lot in this video. these guys were really into the games, which is good. Santo __________________ If a picture is worth a thousand words, what about motion picture? website: www.papercranes.com.au \| blog: www.weddingvideosydney.net

May 14th, 2009, 07:19 PM	#10
Dean Morris Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 41	It's great to have someone of your calibre on our shores. Love the whole 'imagine' concept.

May 14th, 2009, 08:54 PM	#12
David Schuurman Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Hamilton, ON Canada Posts: 369	I loved that first one alot! Great job. I kinda have to say the opposite of Travis here when I say that I thought it was more powerful to show the staged shot first THEN the actual shot from the wedding day. For instance when you showed the wrist movement in her dance, then showed the same movement in the dance on the actual day. Really powerful storytelling. __________________ http://www.davidschuurman.com http://www.dsweddingcinema.com

May 14th, 2009, 09:20 PM	#13
Susanto Widjaja Major Player Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 622	Thanks Dean and Matt fellow aussies.. I guess having people borrowing the idea would be ok for me since I have learned a lot from seeing other people's work as well. At least now i have posted the idea first! :P David: Thanks for your comment, I think I'd try to mix and match the two ways together. we'll see how it would turns out. I have a feeling it will be good :) Santo __________________ If a picture is worth a thousand words, what about motion picture? website: www.papercranes.com.au \| blog: www.weddingvideosydney.net

May 14th, 2009, 10:03 PM	#14
Jason Robinson Trustee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 1,997	wow... that second one (I watched out of order) is absolutely amazing story telling! Fantastic job with weaving the past & present footage together! Now i'm going to watch the first one

May 15th, 2009, 01:29 AM	#15
Susanto Widjaja Major Player Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 622	Thanks Jason, I thought you were gonna write a separate review for the first one hahahhaa. Any more ideas to add to this concept guys (and gals) ? Santo __________________ If a picture is worth a thousand words, what about motion picture? website: www.papercranes.com.au \| blog: www.weddingvideosydney.net