iHaTePiNk.com! - More Wedding Media Madness

Monday, July 09, 2007

2 projects this time. One full-on slideshow, and one mini slideshow in karaoke "MV" style (in Taiwan, they call music videos "MVs"). (Well, they didn't ask for it, but I thought it would be SO cool to do it that way. Besides, both the bride and groom and karaoke fanatics.)

Here are a few excerpts from the wedding slideshow:

Splash screen for the karaoke MV:

Snippet of the karaoke MV:

The groom's mods to the lyrics were actually pretty sweet. The original song is called "Man Slave". If you watch the original MV, it looks as though Nokia perhaps played a big part in financing the video. Ah, blatant product placement. [ original MV @ YouTube ]

Some stats regarding the slideshow and beyond

Programs used: Adobe Premiere 6.5, Windows Movie Maker, Sonic MyDVD 4.5 (authoring)

Songs used:
1. Bride's section: 一起開始的旅程 (Our Journey Together) by S.H.E [ YouTube ]
2. Groom's section: custom mix of Good Times by Chic and Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang [ mp3 download ] (they have the same bassline - never noticed / knew until I watched this)
3. Friends' section: Everything by Michael Bublé [ YouTube ]
4. Couple's section: When God Made You by Newsong [ sing along @ YouTube ]

Karaoke-making tutorial was provided here. I used Premiere 6.5 but only used Premiere's native titler, as mine did not seem to come with TitleDeko. It's simple enough but tedious. I wonder how the professional [English] karaoke bars get their karaoke songs ... ?

Challenges: working with Chinese input in Premiere and MyDVD; understanding the meaning of the Chinese song for the bride's section to better match photos with lyrics; audio editing / mixing right within Premiere to make songs shorter / longer.

All-nighters pulled: one

Warm Fuzzies:

The videographer complimented me, asked me for a copy to include in his final wedding video, and said that I'd saved the couple around $1000, since that's how much he charges for a slideshow like this one! Wow. Yay!

It seemed to be a crowd-pleaser, and the parents of the bride thanked me profusely.

Thanks to the bride and groom for trusting my judgement. They never saw the final product until their big day! :)

Bridesmaids coordination: Thanks to a post at echeng.com, I decided to try Basecamp. It was probably a little too technodweeby at first, but everyone adapted quickly. I thought the to-do lists were really helpful, I liked the centralized messaging with e-mail notifications and personalized avatars beside comments, and the whiteboards were great brainstorming centers. After the wedding, I added the bride so she could see everything that went on behind the scenes for her wedding and for her bacheloretty party. :)

Number of pictures I took at the wedding: ZERO. Now THAT'S a new record!!!!!

Monday, July 09, 2007 8:28:06 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

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Monday, July 09, 2007 8:32:02 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Can anyone spot me in that wedding slideshow excerpt? :)

Caro :)

Monday, July 09, 2007 2:07:35 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

is it the hottie that's feeding Crystal the cake? ;)

Good job on the slideshow and the MV, caro! I need to watch it again (this time, sober)

Monday, July 09, 2007 6:26:48 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Dude, c, you hit it right on!

Girl, you crack me up. I guess I was too busy freaking out about the slideshow or doing the Caro-boogie on the dance floor :)

Caro :)

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 5:57:56 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

i am still hoarse from all the laughing. my ab muscles are actually sore from non stop cracking up all night long. it was the perfect day :)

annie

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:59:57 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

annie- are you talking about the all-nighter? If so... yeah, that was pretty fun, other than all the slideshow-related problems I was having. :)

Caro :)

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:59:39 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Oh and c, I'll bring the slideshow next time we get together. Though we'll have to watch it first thing to guarantee our sober-ness! heehee! :)

Caro :)

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:38:56 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

hahahahah! that's right, girl! ;)

Friday, July 13, 2007 4:26:16 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

I thought you hated Adobe Premiere? Is there no substitute?

Donnie

Friday, July 13, 2007 8:49:54 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Well, I have tried Vegas, and actually got my start in slideshows using a cheaper consumer version of Vegas, but considering the time factor and how I'd already started working in Premiere and my existing skills with Premiere, it didn't make sense for me to start over in another program.

I always get to a point in slideshow creation where I hate Premiere for crashing incessantly on me. It's not Premiere's fault, it's very much my dying computer's fault. That I'm still forcing it to render stuff with Premiere is probably pissing the computer off even more.

Caro :)

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