Starcross’d Creative and the Johnson Wedding

by Elijah Nicolas on Tuesday, August 18, 2009

With the technology that’s been trickling down over the last decade, same-day edits have become more and more popular among various wedding reception activities. Finding the right videographer who can produce a video in such a short turn around time is not too difficult, but finding the right one that can amaze, and shock and awe the entire reception is a whole different story.

Over the past weekend, a couple that I’ve known since their inception back during our  second year in high school finally tied the knot at the Immaculata Catholic Church in San Diego.  I had the honor of being a groomsman for Mr. Gregory Johnson and enjoyed the entire day hanging out with the couple, the bridal party and everyone else later that night.  Following their ceremony, we ended up taking pictures for a couple of hours around various San Diego sites, then headed to the reception where we danced the night away.  My job was simple and now complete but back in a corner of the reception hall was a video editor hacking, cutting, cropping, splicing and post producing various little snippets of film at a rabid pace transforming them into another masterpiece.  His name, Christoffer Dumlao from Starcross’d Creative.

Running around throughout the entire day capturing various shots of the event with his creative eye and Canon EOS 5D Mark II, he created yet another Starcross’d Creative Same-Day Edit exhibiting the entire day of the Johnson Wedding.  You can always visit their website, peep their other amazing films from full on scripted wedding videos to other multiple same-day edits as well as their new animated film // a true love’s story or better yet, sign up to have their exclusive touch grace your important day.

Here is their final product which was shown at the wedding that night from Starcross’d Creative: you fill my heart \\ melanie + gregory’s same-day edit

Melanie & Gregory \\ Same-Day Edit from Starcross’d Creative on Vimeo.

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{ 20 comments… read them below or add one }

Andrew Strauss August 18, 2009 at 17:26

Nice video…..the 5dII can produce some really cool stuff when placed in capable hands

Brian Krainock August 19, 2009 at 14:39

I gotta admit, its an awesome production…I’m even more impressed by the fact that they had a same-day turn around. I’ve been using Final Cut Pro since FCP 3 and I can only imagine what it would be like to try and turn something of that caliber around in that short amount of time. Hats off to Starcross’d!

Frederick Lumalu August 19, 2009 at 14:57

that’s a pretty damn good video..as if i was there!!!

Jerome Cartagena August 19, 2009 at 15:13

Wow! So awesome to see Greg & Mel tie the knot after 13 yrs. You guys rock!

hout August 19, 2009 at 15:32

Great video by the way.

Monica August 19, 2009 at 17:31

Amazing! Such great work by Starcross’d!
Congrats again to Mr. & Mrs. Johnson! :D

jo August 19, 2009 at 17:34

nice wedding for beautiful couple. Good job by the photographer for lifetime happy memory moments.

Dru Kelly August 19, 2009 at 17:37

Nicely done! Same-day edits is starting to be a commodity in weddings, huh? And congrats to Greg and Mel!

Joj August 19, 2009 at 19:55

Amazing video!

James August 19, 2009 at 19:55

This is a really nice video. Props to the editor for such a great piece of work.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Shawn Tydlaska August 19, 2009 at 19:58

Wow. Such a cool wedding and definitely adds to the excitement of the day. I know from just getting married that if there is one thing you don’t want to skimp on it is the pictures and video. I really think that they got this one right!

Princess August 19, 2009 at 20:12

I LOVE IT!!! I’d want mine to look like that, one day… one day. Congrats to the couple. It’s beautiful.

Daniel Co August 19, 2009 at 20:18

Wow. So awesome. I spent a whole day looking at the concepts and there were a bunch of tear jerkers. Starcross’d is really creative. I’m actually inspired to shoot more weddings now to pay for a 5d MkII. I think i’ll build my own Merlin Steadicam and Glide track though. Great scoop EJ!

Len August 19, 2009 at 20:43

That video is awesome! I now see you in the vid! haha. If I knew them then I would say it was magical and captured their love and happiness on that day very well haha. I hope you guys are able to book them!

Jack August 20, 2009 at 11:24

same-day huh? pretty awesome.

now I gotta find some cover from all this mushy business–everybody’s getting married and I’m feeling the pressure!

ryan August 20, 2009 at 11:31

cried a little watching that video. cereal.

Brian Krainock August 20, 2009 at 18:58

From one videographer to another…can anyone at Starcross’d tell me what you guys are using to stabilize your moving shots? They look incredible and I’m just curious what solution you guys are using to achieve such smooth moving shots.

Thanks.

Shelby August 20, 2009 at 19:10

WOW, nice work! I’ll have to look into using Chris in the future.

Chris Dumlao, Starcross'd August 21, 2009 at 0:52

Hey Eejay! Thanks for writing up this blog post! During the last hour of editing that day, I pretty much zoned everyone/everything out – also trying to be inconspicuous. I didn’t even know anyone noticed me back there. :)

BIG thank you to everyone for taking the time to watch this clip and leaving the nice comments! It’s very inspiring for us!

Brian, the tracking shots were done using a Glidetrack by Alastair Brown. In order to achieve those first and last shots with the ring, it’s necessary to have something like the Glidetrack, especially when using a Macro lens. The sweeping camera moves were done using a Steadicam Merlin – although I do plan on upgrading to the Glidecam 4000 soon (cheaper than the Merlin too). DM if you have any questions.

Camera specs: Canon 5D MkII, 17-35mm f/2.8-4, 50mm f/1.4, 90mm f/2.8 Macro
Other cameras used: Sony V1U & Z1U

Justin August 26, 2009 at 1:11

I’m impressed. Pretty amazing what technology and talent can do these days. I’ll be recommending that to anyone I know that might be interested.

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