Masters of the Same Day Edit
2005 was a breakaway year for our wedding and event video services. At the lead of this growth in customer satisfaction and service was our mastery of the Same Day Edit (our Same Day Highlight as we like to call it).
A Same Day Wedding Edit (or SDE) is simply this:
Shots of the Rehearsal
Shots of the Pre-Ceremony (Bride and Groom Preparing for the Wedding Day)
Shots of the Ceremony
Edited together masterfully with no notable limit on care to image, quality, or F/X added
Simply Interactive has been offering the Instant Edit Package for almost three years and we do it a little differently than most. First, our Same Day Wedding Edits are approximately 10 minutes long of very tightly edited sequences set to music. We even slow the video down for the vows.
Our next step is to show it on our own multimedia screen with our own AV Equipment, including a rich PA System that we manage on our own.
All of this is included in the price of our package to keep with the goals we set forth with when beginning to offer wedding and event video/multimedia services. To not gouge our customers with surprise costs that keep adding up.
We do not charge for any of the equipment required to perform the duties of creating the Instantly edited Same Day Wedding Highlight the same way we do not charge extra for additional wireless microphones or additional unmanned cameras. We are not keen on making you decide on how well you want your wedding video to be captured. Instead, we take that choice on ourselves. Our goal is to give you a masterfully created wedding video that shocks and astounds.
See a sample of a Same Day Edit Here.
Rusty Worden
President
¶ 5:10 PM
10.18.2005
Wedding Video: Another Thank You from a Customer
2004 was really a banner year for our company. We have grown from a small event multimedia company into a true multimedia company offering a complete suite of services for any multimedia need.
To make this transition which has been our goal since 2002, we have built a solid stream of solid customers in the event video arena. Mike and Heqing were kind enough to comment on our services
Rusty, we want to thank you for the excellent job on our final video.
You did a great job of picking scenes and pulling it all together into an enjoyable mini-movie of our special day. We're looking forward to having a day where we can share it with our neighbors and friends to relive it in our home.
We appreciate the extra effort you made in improving the scenes we pointed out, we noticed the difference and feel it gave the whole video a professional look and feel.
Thanks again for your time and effort. We were pleasantly surprised by how smoothly things went that day, thanks in no small part to the skill and knowledge of vendors like you.
Mike and Heqing
We are proud to focus on customer service and quality. Thanks for noticing!
¶ 10:13 AM
10.13.2005
Wedding Video: A Thank You From a Customer
I always love it when we get compliments on our customer service. We focus very much on customer service in a dedicated, organized way. All of our videographers are instructed at every event, shoot, wedding, etc... that our job is not just a videographer. We are there to offer outrageous customer service. In fact, the customer service aspect of Simply Interactive is based off of the book "Positively Outrageous Customer Service: How to Delight and Astound Your Customers and Win Them for Life" by T. Scott Gross (Link goes to Amazon.com).
Recently we received this very warm letter from Rana, a 2004 bride:
Hi Rusty:
I want to thank so much for being so kind and helpful to me, Jacob and my family. You were a blessing to have as a videographer - you were a friend to me throughout this whole process, and that means a lot. I can see how passionate you are about making others happy when they see the video you make for them. You are gifted and I hope that your company and successes continue to grow as time goes on.
¶ 10:51 AM
10.04.2005
San Francisco Wedding Video: Bridal Show 10-08
SAN FRANCISCO
Event date: Saturday Oct 08, 2005
Show time: 12:00PM
Address: San Francisco Concourse 620 Seventh Street
San Francisco, CA
Click
here to purchase tickets for the show Directions
to the expo here
We will be exhibiting at this show and will be auctioning off a wedding video where the proceeds will be donated to assist those in need.
Busy Wedding Video Weekend
We had a busy weekend shooting wedding videos all the way up in Yosemite down to San Francisco, and the last wedding video in San Jose.
In San Francisco we enjoyed wonderful accommodations for Vendors at the Argonaut Hotel less than a half mile from Pier 39. The staff was great to work with and very supportive.
The wedding for Vanessa and Levi included a Same Day wedding highlight video. We shot and edited the rehearsal, pre-ceremony, and ceremony into a nice highlight video and showed it to the guests that night at the reception.
These gigs are always wonderful because, as an artist, it is always nice to see the response to your work soon after doing it. It is specially nice when it is received as well as it was on this night. The surprised crowd was stunned that we were able to edit together something so elegant, so quickly.
The next wedding video was in Palo Alto with a reception at Mings restaurant on East Embarcadero. Kent was the event coordinator there and he was very gracious to our team. This was another same day wedding highlight video and it was a much tighter time-frame for completion. The staff was great. The food was unbelievable, and the final product was engaging to the audience.
When we do same day wedding highlights, I always look at the audience's reaction rather than the presentation itself. It is so nice to see so many engaged individuals smiling, cheering, and whispering to each other in shock at how it was done so quickly.
That same day in Yosemite at the Ahwahnee Hotel we had another event for Denise and Alex of San Francisco. This location was breathtaking and I simply cannot wait to edit their video because we were able to capture so many breathtaking shots of the two of them in this truly gorgeous setting.
Last wedding of the weekend was on Sunday. This was a wedding we did where all the proceeds paid to us were donated to nonprofit organizations (we still have more to donate from it and are thinking of adopting a family or two this Christmas).
Simply Interactive LLC strongly believes in supporting our community and therefore donates several times per year products or services where the proceeds can be then donated to organizations set up to help people. The great part of this is that typically the people who purchase the services are folks who would not have previously acquired video services and are doing it with the intent of helping others. At the same time, of course, they are getting a wedding video from one of the top companies in the bay area for multimedia and video production.
Talk about win-win-win.
The customer gets a video
Simply Interactive gets to give back to our community
People who need help get it
It does not get much better than that.
¶ 11:54 AM
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Wedding
and Event DJ Dot Com This is one of Simply
Interactive's favorite resources. This
site will help you find anything you
would need for your wedding video and
helps weed out the fly-by-night operations.
Wedding
Links Galore! This is a great resource
as well. Tons of links for different
wedding vendor types and broken down
by geographic theatre.
Party Pop
This is a
huge database
of tons
of wedding
service
providers
By Recommendation
Only
This is a
website that
lists vendors
ONLY if they
have been
referred
by
one of their
clients.
REFERR
US!
Approved
Photographer Links
Mark
Stagi -
Fine Art
Wedding
Photography
Mark and I have worked together several times and one
thing that stands out aside from his actual photography
skill (which speaks for itself on his website) is his
awesome, confident, calm and unobtrusive personality
and shooting style. Every time we work together I am
reminded of how cool and confident he is. Check out
his website - he's a great guy!
Anna
Myers Photography I
have worked
with Anna
Myers twice
and have
recommended
her for corporate
jobs as well.
Both times
I worked
with her
I was stunned
at her creativity,
her ability
to get stunning
shots and
work with
ct he bride
and groom
in a comfortable,
non-stress
inducing
way. When
I work with
Anna our
video work
and our synergy
together
to create
great shots
allows both
of us to
walk away
with some
extremely
glamorous
images.
Geoff White Photography While
I have yet
to work with
Geoff, I
have seen
his work
countless
times at
bridal shows
(our booths
are constantly
near each
other). Tremendous
quality every
time I see
his new array.
You can tell
how creative
this man
is by looking
at the effort
put into
his show
booth alone...
but once
you get sucked
into his
photo albums,
you'll likely
do everything
possible
to get him
as your photographer.
Jill
Johnson @ Insza Photography This girl was absolutely
wonderful to work with. She works very
well with everyone and even amidst the
mayhem of a wedding where an entire
TV crew was trying to muscle through
the hired service providers, she still
made sure she got everything the couple
wanted.
Darren
Wong Darren
and Simply
Interactive
have worked
together
on a couple
weddings
and has one
of the highest
skill levels
we have seen.
His compositions
and quality
are impeccable
-- matched
only by
his top-notch
equipment.
Approved
DJ Links
San Jose DJs DJ Earl is an excessively helpful
individual. His dedication to his clients means he
is willing to go above the call of duty to make things
flow smoothly.
Fog City Entertainment Russ Catanach is just plain
awesome! Every time I do a wedding with him he
is always prepared. He is smooth, suave, and professional
without being humdrum or frustratingly boring. He
reads crowds well, and guides the party along. I
could not recommend them more.
Carl
Mindling Music
This gentleman is a fantastic DJ - smooth, professional,
entertaining. Aside from his technical quality, this
was one of the most easy going and in-control DJs I've
ever met. I can only imagine how he would react under
pressure - with the same eloquence.
Approved
Venue Links
Nestledown
Estates
There are
no words
that can
describe
the beauty
and serenity
of this place.
We are proud
to have been
able to shoot
there.
Capital Athletics Club - San Jose Despite
the name,
this is
a beautifully
designed
building,
inside
and out.
Great Service
and wonderful
bar/pool
table/fireplace.
Great ambiance
with vaulted
ceilings
in a victorian
interior
decor.
Palmdale
Estates - Fremont Palmdale
Estates is
a beautifully
landscaped
spacious
venue location
that uses
beautifully
designed
two-story
halls for
the reception.
Ceremonies
are outdoors
on lawns.
Byington
Winery
- Los Gatos Definitely one of
my favorite spots. The ceremony area
is at the top of a set of brick steps
and surrounded by grape vines and gorgeous,
Los Gatos hills covered in hundred year
old forest trees. The reception area
is inside of a magnificent building
covered in ivy. Indoors are huge tanks
and an immense cellar houses hundreds
of oak barrels for aging wine. Great
stuff for video and photo.
Approved
Limo Links
White Hat Limo
I can tell
you this
about White
Hat Limo,
when it
came time
to hire
a limo
service
for my
6th anniversary,
White Hat
Limo was
the first
place I
called.
Reliability,
quality
and price.
White Hat
Limo is
exceptional
in all
areas.
