by On Bended Knee | Jul 4, 2011 |
After what has already been a long weekend, we now find ourselves at THE day of Independence. Thank you to all of our men and women of service out there. While we are cooking out, and celebrating an extra day off, you are out there protecting out freedom to do so, and I can’t thank you enough.
That said, I won’t be doing much extra celebrating today, as I plan on editing most of the day away, so that I can try and get completely caught up, before leaving for Sri Lanka next week. Hopefully I’ll find time to enjoy one of Nathan’s finest before the day is up, and maybe see a few fireworks tonight.
I hope you are all enjoying your day with family and friends, and as you should always, BE SAFE!
I’ll leave you with one idea….
Proposal Idea of the Week:
Okay at just about every wedding I film now, there is a photo booth. While I don’t necessarily suggest doing this at someone’s wedding, because you don’t want to steal any thunder from the bride and groom, find a photo booth at a mall or theme park. Disneyland or World would be a great choice. Take your girlfriend there.
YOu need to have 4 pre cut small pieces of white cardboard paper.
1- WILL
2- YOU
3- MARRY
4- ME?
Tell her you will do 3 sessions. She will go by herself, and take 4 pictures. Then you will, then both of you. You’ll get her 4 pics by herself, pre proposal. Then you, during your proposal, then the both of you, POST proposal. While she is doing her solo pics, make sure you have all of you pieces together, and have the ring handy, to pull out with the 4th card if you want as well.
I’d try and wait in the booth by yourself, until your pics are printed. Make up whatever reason you want. If you can’t pull that off, get out and stand behind her as she goes to grab the pictures. When she pulls yours out, and turns around in shock, there you will be, On Bended Knee.
The rest of you day in the Park will be a magical one.
by On Bended Knee | Jul 2, 2011 |
The past few days have been filled with hurdles and technical difficulties in getting my website’s email functional. The email was working, but the contact us form on the website was not. Now the contact us form is working, but the emails are bouncing. It all has to do with a GoDaddy issue with wordpress pages, and doesn’t seem to be easily correctable.
We are switching servers at this time, and in doing so, will not be receiving email for the next few hours. If you would like to reach me in the meantime, please email me directly at jeremy@1acerex1.com, or just call me at (818)613-5984.
I look forward to having this issue resolved soon, so I can enjoy an extremely rare Saturday off!
Have a great July 4th weekend everyone!
by On Bended Knee | Jul 1, 2011 |
So I just finished a rush edit for one of two dvds for an amazing couple, Lian & Dan. They had a wedding filled with a tremendous amount of energy and positivity that rubbed off on anyone and everyone. This was in part, due to their friends. At Lian’s request, I stumbled upon a new feature I am offering, the “Confessional Booth.”
Rather than offering traditional testimonials, where I either go table to table with a microphone, or have people come up to me in any given public area, I set up a private “booth,” for people to come talk in. At the Smoggeshop, in Los Angeles, they had a built in large closet that worked perfectly!
Long story short, it was a hit, and I am amazed at the difference in what people will say and or do without spying eyes all around them. BUT, that story is for another day…
There were still a large amount of standard, yet very sincere and heartfelt voices of congratulations. I got reflective myself upon listening.
I’ve been filming weddings for over ten years now, and I’ve always heard people, generally uncles and aunts, close friends, grandparents obviously… say that they have known you (the bridge and/or groom) since they were in the womb. That’s always blown my mind. Like, wow, that’s a pretty amazing journey to witness. I picture my young niece. As I thought about it though, I was like, “Wow, I am not too far away from being the guy saying something like that.”
It’s pretty amazing how fast life goes by. Another weekend. Another wedding. Another day filled with memories that will live on forever. We grow old, but we try to stay young. IN that confessional booth, the young twenty something, early thirty something crowd, is obviously a bit more lively and “crazy” then the slightly older crowd, with a few exceptions of course. Does it have to be that way?
Going off on a bit of a tangent, and lots left to edit before a big trip in just over a week, so I’ll wrap this up, before I confuse you anymore.
Bottom line, I’m so close to being that guy that saw his niece grow up and into a beautiful bride, but I still feel like the kid growing up into that person. Can’t we have it both ways?
And… If life was like a confessional booth, life would be quite a party…
by On Bended Knee | Jun 28, 2011 |
The new website went live today… FINALLY. http://onbendedkneefilms.com
It’s been a slow and gradual process, but since my decision to concentrate on filming weddings, and hence changing names, is going to pay dividends. 1AceRex1 Productions has been good to me, and I will forever use that name when and if I ever get back to making movies, but for now, On Bended Knee Films just feels right.
Now the question is, do I switch my name on all the bridal websites that have me listed as 1AceRex1 Productions. I’m leaning towards yes, but could it possibly be beneficial to have two names floating out there. I’m sure I could contact my past clients and garner a bunch of new reviews under the new name. Any suggestions?
That’s about all for now. Though I do want to tell anyone out there looking to get new business cards made, go to gotprint.com. I just got 1,000 new business cards, two-sided with color and UV coating for $11 and change. I am still in shock at how this place is in business, but they are amazing. They also do post cards, brochures.. etc…
That’s all for now, but since it’s been a while…
Proposal Idea of the Week:
Very simple. Remember the place? The place where you and your significant other had that first moment? That first moment where you started looking at one another a little differently? Maybe it was the first place you met… Maybe it was the site of your first date… Maybe it was where you work, or at the gym… Wherever it was, find a way and/or legitimate reason to take her there. Prepare a few words. Don’t worry about remembering them perfectly. Getting nervous is perfectly okay. Get her to a special place in that location, and point out a certain area that triggers that memory that you guys shared there. Put yourself in position, so that when she turns around, there you are, on bended knee.
by On Bended Knee | Jun 27, 2011 |
After a long day Saturday, there was no rest for the weary on a normally laid back Sunday. Nope, this because the annual Graduation ceremony for Burbank Edu-Care Pre school is on Monday… today. Compiling over 4 hours of footage from throughout the school year, it is now my job to break that down to 15-20 minutes of highlights, making sure every kid has their fair share of screen time. 😉
So after another late night, and early morning, I am finished. Of course, there is a problem with the frame size, being that I mixed standard definition footage with high definition footage on the same capture sequence.. but hopefully the kids won’t notice. I don’t have time to render it properly for the show tonight, but before the dvd is handed out to parents I’ll take care of it.
Yup, probably gonna be a lot of late nights the next two weeks, as our trip to Sri Lanka approaches, and a pile of weddings to edit on my desk stares back at me.
Hope you are having a great Monday!
