I produced this animation as a way of proposing to my girlfriend (now wife) Natasha. I assembled a team of 20 animators to assist me, including co-workers, as well as students from my 3D character animation class at the Art Institute of California-San Francisco. We created more than four minutes of animation in just three months. When it was completed, I surprised Natasha by bringing her to the Parkway Movie Theater in Oakland, where they played the animation on the big screen in front of over 100 of our friends and family. The entire event was filmed for the TLC television show "A Perfect Proposal."Director's Note: I pulled a George Lucas and retrofitted the opening shot of the animation to show a photo of the Natasha design from "The Invitation" rather than the earlier drawing of Natsha I had done, which I was never quite satisfied with. Also, after receiving many a tersely written emails,I finally decided to listen to the fans and have completely removed all scenes with Jar Jar Binks.
FAQs:
Q: "What software program did you use to create your animations?"
A: All animation was done in Maya and edited together in Adobe After Effects. You can download a Personal Learning Edition ofMaya free from the Autodesk website.
That was so adorable! I loved the Moulin Rouge moments. Veeeeeeery nice.It woulda been cool to see Jar Jar in there, though lol.I'm glad she said yes! Congrats, man!
-Keely.
meemightymouse(November 28, 2008 at 10:41 pm)
wow. that was awesome! congratulations!
aatishoo(November 22, 2008 at 3:06 pm)
ha ha..very clever
HyperStrudel(November 21, 2008 at 1:08 pm)
Just awesome! Great, funny animation. :P I love the Moulin Rouge you snuck in there.
lilia551(November 20, 2008 at 8:39 pm)
wow so sweet!!
rockietree(November 17, 2008 at 12:46 am)
VERY cute!!!! :o)
iamchevi(November 13, 2008 at 6:19 pm)
omg... i got teary eyed. congrats, you two :) xx
gunpowderageboy(November 11, 2008 at 2:47 pm)
i like the part where he spins his head lol !!
lit0khm3rgirL(November 10, 2008 at 10:12 pm)
omgosh !how cutee !congradulationss
Kenzi1996(November 10, 2008 at 8:51 pm)
shut up that is mean or was it a jok? it better have been
Kenzi1996(November 10, 2008 at 8:50 pm)
i saw this on tv...my dad showed it to me...i was thinking "if she does not say yes she is crazy!!!!" im happy they are together
Douglet07(November 10, 2008 at 5:56 am)
Congratulations!! I have no Idea how I stumbled on to this but it was Amazing!
-Keely.