artisan wedding videos by studio msv

Introducing: Save the Date Movies

Introducing SAVE THE DATE MOVIES (aka SDM)

Why use MSV Save the Date Movies? The reasons are bountiful!

• Because movies are awesome - and starring in your own movie is doubley awesome!
• Because movies are the wave of the future! (You know YouTube but there's no such thing as YouCards.)
• Because it saves trees! I can post your video on your own special website and you can simply email your guests the URL without dowing a single tree!
• Because it saves on postage - which saves on fossil fuels. Do you hate the earth? >:-(
• Because it's different than the save the date cards your girlfriends got for their wedding last year (which makes your rad!)
• Because it saves money! At $550 per video, it can be cheaper than many Save the Date cards you'd get online (don't forget postage!)
• Because if you use Save the Date Cards instead of Save the Date Movies, you have to say "STD" instead of the less noxious "SDM" :-) hahaha! Just kidding!

So what does a Save the Date Movie look like? Here's one that I did for Thomas (of Thomas John Events) and his lovely fiancée, Melissa. (Yes, astute, readers! You're right - it's from my previous post here! Congratulations for remembering!)

Check it out:

Thomas and Melissa: Special Message from andrew msv or at the official "Save the Date Movie Page CLICK HERE

Contact me for more info!

BAPVA Tonight!

I'll be at at the Bay Area Professional Videographer Association tonight speaking on the merits of the Canon 5D MkII. If you're in the area (Santa Clara) or if you've always wanted to know about the MkII and how it can help improve your business, you should totally come!

For details, go to www.BAPVA.com and click on "meetings"

Look Model Agency

My last video, the Beltane Ranch photoshoot video for Brides Northern California, starred two models from the LOOK Model Agency based in San Francisco. Justin Thomas and Khrystyna K. were the two excellent models on our shoot.

Today I noticed that my video was posted on the LOOK Blog!

Check out the post: HERE

(Also, you can find Justin and Khrystyna on Facebook!)

Hacienda de las Flores, Moraga CA

Saturday was the first time I filmed at Hacienda de las Flores, a beautiful estate property in Moraga, CA.

The weather ws perfect; not too hot, not at all chilly.
The light was stunning; bright sun but we were in the shade 90% of the time.
The couple was gorgeous; Phil and Jen were perfect, fun-loving and destined for one another.

Here is a super short trailer I made of some of the shots I got from the wedding.

Jen and Phil's Wedding Teaser Trailer from andrew msv on Vimeo.

Photog: www.getcaptured.com
DJ: www.fantasysound.com
Catering: www.wildthymecatering.com
Venue: http://moraga.ca.us/production/moraga_hacienda.php

[for industry folks and tech geeks: the footage was shot entirely on my new Canon 5D mkII, edited with Canopus Edius Pro 3, no color correction. All the clips are straight from the cam.]

New Web and New Demo (Coming Soon!)

I'm currently slaving away on a new website and a new demo video for 2009! I will be launching it this Sunday... Stay tuned for the official unveiling!

Cheers!

Video Geek's Stocking Hangers

NLE = Non-Linear Editing

I am a video geek. Was there ever any question?

 

Why No Bloggy?

Here's a real-life account of the dialogue I had with my blog last night:

Me: Hey, blog. What's goin' down, vato?
Blog: ...
Me: What's wrong?
Blog: Nothing.
Me: Don't tell me, "nothing" - clearly you're upset.
Blog: Do you even care about me anymore?
Me: What?!
Blog: You used to pay so much attention to me. To the tune of four posts a week -- but lately I feel like... I feel like ...
Me: What?
Blog: ...you ... you just haven't spent a lot of time with me lately, that's all.
Me: What are you talking about? I'm sitting here every day for hours on end.
Blog: But you're never really paying attention to ME.
Me: I've been working OK? If you want me to stop working, there would be no reason to even keep you around.
Blog: !
Me:... sorry... I didn't mean that...
Blog: I don't even know who you are anymore.
Me: Look; I said I'm sorry.
Blog: Just go do what you have to do.
Me: Don't be like that. I've been editing client wedding videos; working on important marketing materials; a new video to launch my proposal videos; a brand new 'legacy video' feature; and a whole bunch of other things. Plus, I need to spend time with my family for the holidays! Not to mention the fact that I've hardly been sleeping because of the new puppy and I haven't touched a Playstation 3 controller for like three months!
Blog: Excuses excuses.
Me: Ugh. I can't talk to you right now.
Andrew's Fantasy Football Team: For what it's worth, Blog. I feel the same way you do.

Uber Amazing Blog Award

One of the coolest things about the internet is it's "viral" nature. The internet is unlike any other modern medium of information distribution because it has a unique way of disseminating news from one source to another that spreads faster and further than the usual news network or paper.

When, on the internet, one item becomes popular and is reported or spread around by others, that popular item becomes world renown in a matter of days. (Case in point: the "Chocolate Rain" music video that was posted on YouTube in April of 2007 and has since been viewed almost 31 million times! That's over 54,000 views a DAY! That's clearly more than just a youtube video - that's a phenomenon.)

Well, about a month ago a gal named Jade, who writes the blog MommaWannabe, started passing around what she called the Uber Amazing Blog Award for blogs that she thought were uber amazing. She simply asked each recipient to also nominate and give the award to at least five other blogs who were uber amazing. There's no telling how many blogs have been nominated or have recieved this award by now. Try Googling the term "uber amazing blog" and you'll see just how prolific this award has become!

I'm proud to say that my blog has been nominated as an Uber Amazing Blog by Diane Phillips of DK Designs! Thanks, Diane!

These are the official rules:

The Uber (synonym to Super) Amazing Blog Award is a blog award given to sites who:

• inspires you
• makes you smile and laugh
• or maybe gives amazing information
• a great read
• has an amazing design
• and any other reasons you can think of that makes them uber amazing!

The rules of this award are:

• Put the logo on your blog or post.
• Nominate at least 5 blogs (can be more) that for you are Uber Amazing!
• Let them know that they have received this Uber Amazing award by commenting on their blog.

Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.

I will be announcing my nominees soon!

Wildflower Linen Spotlight

I won't say too much... you can read all about it on The Wedding Chat. But remember when I posted about visiting Wildflower for a special project? Well, here it is...

Check out The Wedding Chat and Wildflower Linens!

My Friend Stacie on HGTV

My friend, Stacie Tamaki was on HGTV (Home and Garden TV - it's a cable network, people) a few years ago and they did a feature on Stacie and her amazing minature origami cranes and hand-crafted mini cherry blossom tree.

It's a pretty cool video but, if you know Stacie at all, you'll wonder why the editors of that piece edited the life out of Stacie's personality. Maybe she was camera-shy or maybe she was just really concentrating on her craft, but whatever the reason, meeting Stacie in real-life is a much more exhiliarating experience than what they depicted in the video.

Anyway... check it out!

You can see more of Stacie's stuff at www.tinycranes.com or her regularly-upkept blog, www.theflirtygirl.com (which is where I first saw this video, not coincidentally. Hat tip to Stacie. :-)