The Secret – Revealed…
Sorry for making you all wait so long. We’ve been working on many different things that are all going to lead to a very exciting 2008. The combination of all of these things equals ‘the secret’.
Top 25 Most Influential Wedding Cinematographers in the world - When we got a call from Steve Nathans-Kelly at EventDV magazine letting us know that Patrick had been voted by his peers as one of the Top 25 Wedding Cinematographers in the world, I’m pretty sure we all ran around the house screaming “Yeeeeah!!” – It’s so exciting that he really is getting the recognition he deserves from our industry. People have always commented on how great the work we produce is, but it’s wonderful to have it come one of the large international industry associations. Everyone here at StillMotion are so very proud of him. Also, a huge thanks to Michael and Tony who shot virtually every wedding in 2007 with Patrick and played such a huge role in this award and our continued success.
A New StillMotion HQ - This one probably isn’t as much of secret with John going around with a box on his head telling everybody about it. However, what we have built is so much more than just an office in Mississauga. With the grand opening being this evening, we can’t post any imagery of the diggs yet, but next week we will be doing a “blog post a day” featuring one of the cool rooms every day. From the theater, to the gallery, and the awesome new shooting space in the back- it will be very exciting to share it with all of you.
Four 4Ever Diamond Artistic Achievements Awards - A couple weeks ago at a video conference in Florida, we won 4 first place awards for our work in 2007! Unfortunately we were not able to attend the conference personally as we were so busy with ‘the secret’ but we are very grateful to have done so well. On May 26th, 2007 we filmed Amy + Alex’s wedding here in Toronto. Now, about nine months later, their wedding film has won a total of 4 international awards from multiple organizations, including 3 first place awards! For those of you who want to see their highlights, it can be found on the blog here. The Colaneri love story also won first place at the 4Ever group, giving it a total of 2 international awards.
StillMotion Bridal Network - This will consist of four main parts; a regular StillMotion bridal night, an online StillMotion bridal forum, greater accessibility to the wonderful vendors we work with, and guest blog posts written by some of our brides. Expect to see more about this in the coming weeks.
Premiere Night - Two big parts of the new studio are the gallery and the theater. We are going to use these together to allow you to bring in your family and friends for the debut of your wedding photo and cinema! This option will be available to all of our future bride at no additional cost. More about this when we can post pictures…
We finally joined the 21st century! - We now accept debit and credit cards. Sorry this one took so long but banks aren’t always the easiest to deal with :)
Our Own Customized Online Proofing System - John has been working hard to getting his one up in time and it isn’t quite there yet, but expect this very soon.
Online Gift Registries and Gift Certificates - With our new online proofing system and the ability to accept plastic, we now have an automated way to let you sign up with StillMotion as a gift registry. We think this one will be really huge!
We got the cover of EventDV magazine - A while back we had an interview about our studio and the Trash the Dress movement. The article recently appeared in EventDV magazine and Patrick was the first cinematographer to have his picture featured on the cover, something we are very proud of. The picture, while making him look like a muppet, is the same one you see below in the top 25 snippet. Come by our studio to check out the magazine.
SMART! - We got a new company car. The fuel efficiency of our hybrid is quite good, but the Smart is fun to drive and even better on gas. For all of our GTA weddings, it is great to have a car that can be parked on your lawn.
Our Friends at Canon – While we technically can’t talk about this yet, and will probably need to delete this portion by Monday morning, we just have to say in a very vague and convoluted way – ‘partnership’. This one is big (the lawyers just came in and shuffled John away…).
A big Thanks - Without our wonderful couples, we would be nothing- which is super true. All of this is because of, and for, you. Thank you for all of your continued support. The biggest and most exciting part of this whole blog post is that it will enable us to do so much more for you while also making the process more intimate. So there ya have it folks. We hope it was worth the wait. In typical StillMotion style, more coming soon. Oh, and we can’t wait to debut Stacy and Chiwei’s highlights for the first time in the theatre and on the blog – it is so cool, and coming soon :)
-Patrick, Amina, Michael, and John.
Patrick and the crew – congratulations. Great stuff!
Cat’s out of the bag! Congratulations to the still motion team!
Congratulations! You guys are absolutely amazing and so deserve to be #1!!!
WOW! YOU guys rock! Congratulations on all the AWESOME news! All of you and your work is very inspirational. Keep it up! you guys and gals make the whole industry stronger by constantly pushing the limits of quality! Keep it up! I love your work and I cant wait to see more.
~Casey Warren
MIND|Castle Studios
wowsa! sounds like you guys are taking the world by storm! congrats on everything, what a great team – you guys rock!
Congratulations and wishing you guys all the success for 2008 and beyond! We can’t wait to see your new location next month when we pick up the video..counting the days :)
love to watch your success :)
oh my goodness, it was a thrill reading all of the news going on with still-motion! congrats on all your sucess and keep up the amazing work! i do hope i’ll get to visit the new HQ sometime!!
Just a quick note to let you know what a fantastic time Craig and I had at your Grand Opening! It was so wonderful to have the opportunity to meet fellow “Still-Motion” couples!
As for your list of accomplishments and awards – KUDOS!!!
Congratulations for raising the bar and finally getting the International recognition that we all know you deserve!
The Still-Motion Family is growing…it is a joy to be on this ride of accomplishments…can’t wait to see what lies ahead!
Congratulations on the Top 25 and AAA’s! You guys deserve all of it.
It was lovely to finally meet you two and your new studio space is awesome. Congratulations to Patrick and the well deserved awards! :)
Ahhh.. you bought a Smart Car! Did you get the Pure or Passion? Hard or Soft top? I’m taking delivery of mine this week. I bought the Cabrio and I’m wrapping it with a business advert.
Also, keep pushing ahead!
You all definitely deserve it! Hands down!
congrats guys on a job well done. what an awesome award series you were able to all accumulate this year, which makes you at the head of your game. it sounds awesome that you guys have found a new amazing space to work in and that you have a theatre to show those beautiful videos you do. i can’t even imagine how awesome THAT will be. keep up the amazing work in 2008. you guys all rock!
WOW! that was a whole lot of surprise all at once! Congrats to you all on the new location and awards – I wish we could have made it last night to check it all out! I’ll await the pictures this week!
As mentioned above, you guys do AMAZING work…can’t wait to see what else you guys come up with in 2008!
You guys are great! Congrats on, well, everything!!
Hey guys!
Congrats on all the acclamations! Your work is exceptional. You deserve the applause. I look forward to continuing to do beautiful and elegant weddings with Still-Motion in the future.
Congratulations on making awesome!
Congratulations you guys!!! We are honored and ecstatic that our wedding vids have received so many awards. From start to finish, working with StillMotion was our hands down best wedding experience. Totally not trying sell you with this comment – we just really loved working with you guys! And of course, top 25 in the world is a well-deserved honor Patrick. We expect many more great things from you all – no pressure!
Hey congrats guys! Glad to see you’re doing SO well …
Congrats!!
You guys worked hard and last night you had an awesome party .
It was cool to see all the videos on the huuuuuuuge screen!!! (:
Can”t wait to work again with you!
Julia & Phillip
Ummm … YEAH, DUHHHHHHH. We all knew already how much you guys ROCK!!! Congrats on everyone else finally figuring it out! :)
Congrats you guys!! We have been boasting about you guys since we met with you!! We show your website or point out the commercial to our friends, family, and anyone who will listen every chance we get!! We are soooooo looking forward to sharing our day with you guys!!
P.S. Hope your evening was a great one last night — something came up and unfortunately we could not make it :( But we will see you guys soon!!
Congrats to everyone for making last night such good times. It was great to see some Still-Motion brides and grooms (“celebrities”) in the flesh and in 3D. What an exciting year this is gonna be for everyone! I am really looking forward to saying…”Still-Motion, yeah they took my wedding shots…for real…yeah I know them…” because you have certainly made your mark in this industry and it’s only the beginning of more good things to come!
By the way, John-you owe me a pic of YOU for MY desk, lol.
CONGRATULATIONS on everything…it has definitely been a long and eventful couple of months leading up to this and I am happy I was able to come along for the ride in some capacity. :) 2008 will definitely be an exciting year!
Congrats on all of your awesome accomplishments!
Congratulations with the awards!
Very exciting developments, you guys have really been working your butts off to make a good company even better!
And congrats on the awards!
[...] I also wanted to give a quick mention about Patrick Moreau, who was named one of the Top 25 Wedding Cinematographers in the world. It is a well deserved honour, believe me. Patrick’s wedding videos are amongst the best I’ve ever seen. You can read the full details on Still Motion’s Blog. [...]
Congratulations! That is absolutely amazing. I’m now super duper (it was just super before) excited for you guys to come out here! You guys totally deserve this and more. Awesome!
All I can say is, WAHOO!!!!
(and that I think that Jen from Cali meant “really famous”, not “infamous”;) )
Congratulations on all your accomplishments! Your team was bound to become infamous world wide! I
Way to go guys! You have truly taken it to a whole new level and are clearly raising the bar. It is great that a local Canadian company can really make such an impact in this market. Best to you all.
Congrats Guys! Well deserved!
Hi guys!
Congratulations on all of your accomplishments! Your work is amazing and it’s so good to know that you’re getting rightly recognized…. internationally to boot! You totally deserve it! Kudos to the entire team. :)