Love Letters – An Animated Proposal – v2.0

October 12th, 2009 | by admin |

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 of Maya free from the Autodesk website.

Duration : 0:5:9


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Tags: 3d, animation, engaged, jeff, letters, love, marriage, marry, natasha, perfect, proposal, romantic, shmoopie, short, tlc, wedding

25 Responses to “Love Letters – An Animated Proposal – v2.0”

  1. By JohnF30Music on Oct 12, 2009

    that’s why there …
    that’s why there are so many divorces nowadays. The women accept the proposals while being surprised LOL..

  2. By MDzyne on Oct 12, 2009

    Very good Video, my …
    Very good Video, my Video can help too, check me out,, click on MDzyne

  3. By teale77 on Oct 12, 2009

    ha ha! I love this …
    ha ha! I love this. totally creative, original, romantic and sweet. congratulations to you both!

  4. By hella21crazy on Oct 12, 2009

    oh my god. she’s a …
    oh my god. she’s a very very lucky woman!!! that was perfect dude! i loved it! :)

  5. By CRAZYERAGONLOVER on Oct 12, 2009

    Awwzzzz… adorible
    Awwzzzz… adorible

  6. By Babybluebird1 on Oct 12, 2009

    Was it really that …
    Was it really that hard to propose?
    wow , That makes it more beautiful
    Loved it!!! Give it 5 stars and more

  7. By tmmhaha on Oct 12, 2009

    That was amazing …
    That was amazing dude.

  8. By garra787878 on Oct 12, 2009

    it just says to me …
    it just says to me everyone deserves love….

  9. By ilos1989 on Oct 12, 2009

    OMG!

    i loved it …
    OMG!

    i loved it when i saw it on perfect proposal!

    just wanted to see it again and i got to see it directly from you channel. that’s so cool!

    haha, im making you seem like a celebrity. but seriously, what you did was the sweetest thing ever i’ve seen <3

    may you both are bless with a long, happy marriage!

  10. By ggglllllll on Oct 12, 2009

    nice vid please …
    nice vid please check out mine, and i hope you guys are forever to each other…. faithfully! *rocks out too*

  11. By KarlRuprectKroenen on Oct 12, 2009

    first, i never …
    first, i never thought there could be a cuter video than kiwi, then i saw this. then, i thought i wouldn’t see anything better than this, and i saw the video showing her reactions. that’s so sweet.

    jeff+natasha forever!

  12. By TheCuteSweetness on Oct 12, 2009

    You NEED To Make …
    You NEED To Make More, Jefferly! :D

  13. By 20SpiderPig10 on Oct 12, 2009

    XD
    i’m forever …

    XD
    i’m forever yours…faithfully! **air guitar**
    that was my favorite part

  14. By ylimesidric on Oct 12, 2009

    very cute….
    very cute….

  15. By chocofreeze on Oct 12, 2009

    aww cute!
    aww cute!

  16. By alexander28videos on Oct 12, 2009

    Hi buddy, hope …
    Hi buddy, hope you’re doing well. Please let me know how you create these characters or animations. Thankz. Alexander

  17. By magneticmuffin on Oct 12, 2009

    cool :D
    cool :D

  18. By worldofjeff on Oct 12, 2009

    yup.
    yup.

  19. By xxkingemo on Oct 12, 2009

    i dont exactly …
    i dont exactly think we actually have a word for that. goose bumps? thats not the hair, but thats all i can think of :P

  20. By knightsfairy23 on Oct 12, 2009

    that was sweet.. …
    that was sweet.. are you really a lefty?

  21. By worldofjeff on Oct 12, 2009

    We call them …
    We call them goose-bumps here. I kinda like “chicken skin” though…

  22. By ulovit1 on Oct 12, 2009

    awesome!
    awesome!

  23. By TAYLORRYAY on Oct 12, 2009

    this has got to be …
    this has got to be the sweetest, cutest, most thoughtful, creative proposal I have ever seen. I cant wait to get married :) i hope you guys are doing well.

  24. By DarqueBasylisk on Oct 12, 2009

    WOW!!! That’s …
    WOW!!! That’s really beautiful!

    I’ve got “chicken-skin”… that’s how we say it in german – don’t now if you say that too. ^^
    It’s when the Hairs on your arms stand up… or so.
    I’m not that good in english. *laughing*

  25. By hansenb1 on Oct 12, 2009

    well done.
    well done.

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