Bejaw completes first time lapse!

Posted on December 12, 2021 by bejawv5_wp

Bejaw Video Productions Captures Their First Construction Project in San Jose

CamDo customer, David Manzo, owns Bejaw Video Productions in the San Francisco Bay area. He recently completed his first time lapse photography project for a local construction firm. They were building a high-tech campus featuring four towers and one parking structure, with a project cost between $700-800 million. Manzo got into time lapse photography almost by accident and he shares his amazing journey with us in this post.

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Onto the next time lapse

Hanging with the crew

Now that I’ve somehow made it through the first project, I got the unit right back out there on a new Student Housing project at Menlo College in Atherton, CA. After I get the camera up, I start collecting “Field-lapses” these are short time-lapses of a particular part of construction. These guys are the cement crew and they’re very excited to see the 45 second video of their 6 hours of labor pouring the flooring.

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What you’re seeing here is five hours of work for a crew of twenty guys. They’re pouring the floor surface with concrete from 27 trucks in the summer heat. Two hundred-fifty-six yards of concrete! Each truck emptied in roughly eight minutes. Theres no margin for error.

This one’s up and running… stay tuned

After learning the hard way, not to forget a single thing when you’ve got a crew hoisting you up in a box 35′ to a roof peak to install a time lapse camera. Man! it was a very hot day and my nerves almost got the best of me. Stay tuned for updates on this project.

How to build a love story!

Posted on July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 by bejawv5_wp

How to build a love story!

Betty & Don!

I got a phone call from a past client asking if I would be willing to do a video for her wedding. She was marrying her high school sweetheart 60 years on.

I was reluctant as I’ve pretty much put wedding videos in my rear view mirror. I still make Life Story and Memorial Videos but haven’t done a wedding montage in a couple of years.

She was one of my first clients, I did a Life story for her mother back in 2004 and I couldn’t say no. She had a very interesting story to tell but had no video or film, just photos.

No one wants to watch 15 minutes of photos to music on a screen. I wanted to build a real story, something that would hold the rooms attention from beginning to end.

Puzzle

I had a puzzle made from some of their photos and filmed them putting it together. I recorded them telling their life stories. I shot drone footage moving through their neighborhood. I wanted the drone footage to represent time.

Jigsaw

White board

I always draw out my story ideas on a whiteboard in a linear drawing. I can move the pieces around till it’s just right. I was amazed that my story followed my first storyboard almost without any changes.

White Board

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And it worked! The whole reception was glued to the little screen for the whole time and I got so many compliments.

I even had the video pre-loaded on my Youtube channel and had a poster taped around the reception with a QR code taking them right to the video. The poster was neatly designed as Homecoming Dance poster.

QR Bejaw

The newlyweds sent this nice thank you card.

thank you Bejaw

Here is the whole story if you would like to see it.

Let me know if I can help you tell your story!

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Betty & Don

BP_02 How I Spent My Pandemic!

Posted on September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 by bejawv5_wp

How are we still alive?!

What a year it has been.

For Bejaw Production, we had to build a whole new studio and learn how to do all video online. Luckily i time-lapsed the whole saga. Special sponsor videos too!

BP_01_ Get to know me!

Posted on August 31, 2020September 27, 2020 by bejawv5_wp

Get to Know Me!

I’ve talked about getting an updated reel up for some time. Now seems like as good a time as any to let people know what kind of video production that I offer. If you click on “other video services” on my website, it will take you to a video sample. If you’d like to see a family memorial video sample, please email me for a private link.

San Jose 2030 – At the half way mark

Posted on August 25, 2020September 27, 2020 by bejawv5_wp

San Jose 2030 – at the half way mark

I’ve been working on this project since 2010 and I’ve kinda kept it low key as development in San Jose usually moves at a snails pace. Well something has changed and even the pandemic hasn’t shut down the development pipeline. So I put together a little teaser about the project and if your a developer who would like to showcase your project, I could always use the help!

City View Plaza – San Jose CA Vlog

Posted on August 21, 2020September 27, 2020 by bejawv5_wp

San Jose 2020 – City View Plaza

Here is the first of my vlogs San Jose 2030 project – City View Plaza Removal.

What I usually do is I get on my bike and look for things to video. I’m heading down to my favorite routes in downtown San Jose. I’m checking out a project that’s about to start. Riding past the Adobe 4th tower to the City View Plaza which has been approved to be removed by a developer. It was one of the first urban renewable projects in San Jose built on the super block.