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Alternatively: “It all falls apart”

Miss Penguin here, two days before our wedding! I’d been planning a “surprise” slideshow since we first got engaged. By “surprise” I mean that, being a video professional, it seems like it would be ridiculous for me not to be making one, even though I don’t really mention it to Mr. Penguin. I started out slow and steady, putting fun blurs and painstakingly cutting out people to mimic movement on still pictures, but with less than 2 days left till go-time, I had about half the slideshow done and only an hour to finish it…so you’ll notice that unfortunately, it kind of falls apart at the end. I had the idea to split the slideshow into three parts, separated by song:

1. Us as kids (through high school)
2. Us in college with our friends
3. Us together

Well, 1/3 of a slideshow of JUST pictures of us is really, really boring. In the end, yes, this is our wedding, but at the same time, I think guests enjoy seeing themselves as well, and unfortunately, I just did not gather enough pictures from enough people.

I’m convinced no one will really notice, and if they get bored in the end, they can stop watching. I hope Mr. Penguin enjoys the show, though!

So without further ado, the Penguin Slideshow…

To edit, I used Adobe After Effects 7.0