We’d like to thank everyone for their kind words and feedback on our first short film. We’ve had an overwhelming response. In less than two short days the video has been viewed nearly 10,000 times and we’ve received countless comments here, by email, and through other means of communication.

The one question that has been asked more than any other, is what lenses we used for this film. In total we used four lenses:

• Canon 24-70mm f2.8/L
• Canon 70-200mm f2.8/L
• Canon 135mm f2/L
• Canon 85mm f1.2/L

We hope that clears up that issue, but please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any other questions, comments or feedback.

Cheers!

Marc and Justin

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Filming was quite an adventure. We were under quite rigid time and budget constraints (think the price of a meal), so we essentially had one shot to get it right. It didn’t help that there were intermittent snow storms and temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius during the time period we had available for filming either! Thankfully everyone was as determined as we were to make our first go at a video successful, and pushed through. Sure, we couldn’t feel our fingers and toes for hours, but doesn’t that make it even more interesting?

Aside from the camera and lenses, equipment was pretty basic. Actually there was no other equipment at all, aside from a tripod that was on its last leg (no pun intended).

The concept of the video is pretty simple, but you may miss it if you aren’t paying close attention! We weren’t just randomly changing clothing between scenes, though that could have been fun too. There are three couples in the video, as illustrated by the different clothing styles; the “urban professional” couple, the “punk” couple, and the “hippie” couple. The basic message of the video is that we all face the ebbs and flows of life, regardless of our status, lifestyle or upbringing.

All in all, we had a lot of fun making this video and hope our next one will be even bigger and better. Ideally, we’ll have more time (and maybe equipment!! Maybe? No? I’m being told no ) for our next video and we can really try and take it to the next level. Thanks to everyone who played a part in creating this film (there’s a full list of credits at the end of the film). We apologize for everyone we kept anxiously waiting. We hope the wait was worth it!

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Thanks!

Marc and Justin

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Copyright 2009, Marc Lantos & Justin Wu. “Giving Up” and “The Chain”, as contained in this video, are property of Ingrid Michaelson and are licensed for this video by Secret Road Music Services. This video may not be copied, or distributed without the written permission of all parties previously noted.