Starcross'd Creative » news http://www.starcrossdcreative.com Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:33:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 \\\\ exeunt omnes http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/exeunt/ http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/exeunt/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:40:59 +0000 Chris Dumlao http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/?p=1481 In light of recent events internally within our company, I am faced with one of the hardest decisions in my life. After nearly 8 years of living and breathing wedding films, Starcross’d Creative will be closing it’s doors to wedding cinematography indefinitely. Through the years, I have been privileged to work with some of the best and most talented people ever in our craft, and have met some really great couples who have forever changed my life – some of whom I am now blessed to call my “friends”.  The blessings have been plenty, but the mounting pressures of conflicting schedules and creative differences within the staff have overwhelmed our production.

For those hoping to have had Starcross’d capture your wedding, I deeply apologize that we cannot be a part of your day.  However, I’d like to introduce you to a few friends of mine who are, no doubt, highly talented in their craft and generally good people:  Loyd Calomay Films from Orange County (voted one of the Top 25 Event Filmmakers in the World), and Omnistories from San Diego.

Someone once asked me what the most memorable thing was that has ever happened in my whole career as a wedding videographer.  The answer came to me easily.  With every couple who has ever booked with Starcross’d Creative, I have grown to be close to them.  We’ve met several times before their wedding day – sometimes filming other things before their wedding.  We’ve shared laughs, and shared stories;  we became friends… until the day came when I stood up near that altar – my camera in hand – and I witnessed my newfound friends vow to love one another for the rest of their lives.  What was the most memorable thing?  That moment right there.  It may sound cheesy, but it’s true.  How many of you can say that you get to witness that moment with new and different friends almost every weekend?  I can.  I had the best job in the world.

There is no doubt of my love for filmmaking.  And perhaps, one day, I’ll find myself again with a camera in my hands and new friends to share it with.  Until then, this blog will remain as a reminder of those who have given me the opportunity to share my talent with the world.  Thank you for visiting and viewing our videos.  I will forever be grateful to you all.

- Christoffer Dumlao
 Executive Director, Starcross’d Creative

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“Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick.  Don’t lose faith.  I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.  You’ve got to find what you love.  And that is as true for work as it is for your lovers.  Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.  And the only way to do great work is to love what you do…”

- Steve Jobs

]]> http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/exeunt/feed/ 2 labor day weekend \\ 3 SDEs + 1 concept http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/3sde/ http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/3sde/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:19:55 +0000 Chris Dumlao http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/?p=1117 sde workstation-eslao

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Labor Day Weekend.  What did Starcross’d do?  Why, we worked of course!  And not only did we just work and film three weddings, but we challenged ourselves and knocked out 3 same-day edits for each of those weddings, and also did a shoot for our next concept film on the 4th day!  Whew!  And we had a great time doing it.

Day 1 started on Friday with Heidi + Joe’s wedding at the Mission Bay Hyatt here in San Diego.  At the end of the night, our four-man crew drove up to Anaheim where we stayed the night and prepared for Day 2 with Kathy + Ruben’s wedding in Chino Hills, San Dimas, and finally back to Anaheim for the reception.  Day 3 took us up the California coast on Pacific Highway 1 where Karen + Mikey’s wedding took place in beautiful Santa Monica.  The night ended with fireworks, and we finally drove back home to San Diego, where Day 4 was filled with fun and laughter as we began principal photography for Lorelee + Leo’s concept film (premiering in October).

Odd as it may sound, but it was a great way to spend our Labor Day weekend!  The Starcross’d team reunited with some old friends and met a whole bunch of new ones.  And now, it’s time for me to upload all these videos online!

]]> http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/3sde/feed/ 1 vote for starcross’d! http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/vote-for-starcrossd/ http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/vote-for-starcrossd/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:05:24 +0000 Chris Dumlao http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/?p=1077 picture-2

We entered a video in a contest to win a FREE seat to Re:Frame San Francisco (a filmmaker’s workshop). As some of you might know, we’ve been attending these workshops to help improve our craft and talent as filmmakers.

Please help us WIN this contest by VOTING for our video. All you have to do to vote is to leave a COMMENT here:

http://reframecollective.com/blog/?p=618

Each unique comment for our video counts as one vote. Multiple votes from the same IP address only count as one, so if you live with someone who would also like to vote for us then I recommend you leave a comment using a different computer somewhere else (work, school, iPhone, etc).

And after you leave your comment, then help spread the word by linking the site on your FACEBOOK/MYSPACE/TWITTER accounts and ask YOUR friends to VOTE for us by leaving a comment!

It’s a last-minute entry and the voting ends this Sunday on August 16th, so help spread the word!! VOTE FOR STARCROSS’D!!  Click below to view the video and leave a comment!

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]]> http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/vote-for-starcrossd/feed/ 2 featured on eventDV magazine http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/eventdv/ http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/eventdv/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 22:49:02 +0000 Chris Dumlao http://www.abecajudo.com/scc2/?p=346 eventdv-splash

Starcross’d is featured in the May issue of EventDV magazine!! And we were all so excited to discover that we were also featured on the cover (special thanks to Brian Abiva Photography for producing such cool photos)!

And a big thank you goes to Editor-in-Chief Stephen Nathans-Kelly for deciding to do this piece on our studio, and to Elizabeth Avery Merfeld for writing an awesome article. It’s a real honor!

Here’s a link to read the article:

Starcross’d Creative | Wedding Video’s Hottest Garage Band

To complement the piece, we were asked to create a short “how to” video on the making of our concept film, Sin City Love Story. So in the spirit of Robert Rodriguez, I created a 5-Minute Film School and an All Green Screen Version! You can view these featurettes on the above link or on vimeo here:


Sin City – 5 Minute Film School from Starcross’d Creative on Vimeo.


Sin City – All Green Screen Version from Starcross’d Creative on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/eventdv/feed/ 0 starcross’d re:framed http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/reframed/ http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/reframed/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:04:23 +0000 Chris Dumlao http://www.starcrossdfilms.com/blog/?p=59

A couple weeks ago, we attended a workshop in New Orleans called Re:Frame – where it was exclusive to only 50 wedding videography companies.  It was an incredible atmosphere being with some of the best in the wedding industry who share the same passion as we do for the art of storytelling through video.  We are constantly on the wave of reinvention and finding creative inspiration in different avenues; and New Orleans was definitely the place for all that - the birthplace of jazz, in the heart of the French Quarter!

As we approach the new year, we are excited to incorporate the new ideas that have inspired us from the filmmaking talks we had in New Orleans.  What is great about our job is that we are limited only to our creativity… and we have yet to discover those limits.

We are re:energized, re:invented, and re:loaded with fresh ideas!  2009 is going to be a great year.

]]> http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/reframed/feed/ 0 starcross’d 3G http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/in-the-union-tribune/ http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/in-the-union-tribune/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:42:45 +0000 Chris Dumlao http://www.starcrossdfilms.com/blog/?p=43 Last Friday, July 11th, 2008 marked a very important day in Starcross’d history – the day that we finally obtained an iPhone! We arrived at the Fashion Valley Apple Store at 6am to find 300 or so people already camped out in front of the store. The line moved at a snail’s pace as we waited 4 more hours until we finally made it inside the store… then another 3 hours for activation!

It was a long wait, but it was totally worth it. We’re loving our new iPhone 3G! We even made it in to the Saturday edition of the San Diego Union Tribune!

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Click the image to see the internet version of the article. 

UPDATE: As of Monday, July 14, Apple has sold 1 million iPhones, and is sold out in 21 states!

]]> http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/in-the-union-tribune/feed/ 0 our first blog! http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/first/ http://www.starcrossdcreative.com/first/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:02:52 +0000 Chris Dumlao http://www.starcrossdfilms.com/blog/?p=9 We’ve always been wanting to put together a blog – something that would allow us to post random videos that we’ve created in the past, or videos that we’re currently working on. We’ll post random videos every now and then. That way, you can all see where we’ve been and where we’re headed. So keep us in your RSS feeds so you can get updated to the next awesome thing we put together.Thanks for all your continued support! We’ll do our best to keep the creativity fresh! ;)

- Chris

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