Category: Bejaw Production
So construction is set to begin, let all your vendors and clients see you break the ground with the golden shovel. Let everyone know about groundbreaking. Post to Linkedin, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram or Tiktok. We can even stream your event. Reach out for more details
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And it worked! The whole reception was glued to the little screen for the whole time and I got so many compliments.
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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.
The newlyweds sent this nice thank you card.
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!
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.
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!
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.
