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34. Cemex Commercial

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2 years ago

33. CCBG Architect Commercial

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2 years ago

32. Chicken Boy

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2 years ago

31. A Saturday Snapshot (Brevis Test Footage)

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2 years ago

30. Friday, I'm in Love

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2 years ago

29. Road Trip 1965

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3 years ago

28. My Parents Wedding in 1964

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3 years ago

27. A Tetris Christmas

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3 years ago

26. 2008 Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest

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3 years ago

25. Video Tips # 1 - Patience

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3 years ago

24. Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

23. Halloween Highlights 2008

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

22. Little Miss C's First Lip Dub

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

21. Wishing You a Merry 'Vintage' Christmas!

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

20. LEGENDS - Turkey Bowl 2008

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3 years ago

19. Coldplay - Lost? - Competition Entry

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

18. Phoenix City

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

17. ARIZONA SKY

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3 years ago

16. Balloons for Nie

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3 years ago

15. 1979 Vespa P200E Vintage Scooter

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

14. My YELLOW 1980 Vespa P200E

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

13. Adoption Party

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3 years ago

12. Robot Parade

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

11. My Family Portrait 2008

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

10. The Power Struggle - A Super 8mm Film

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

9. Swing It - A Super 8mm Film

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

8. Lip Dub - ASK - The Smiths

by Jared Foster

3 years ago

In these tough economic times, who can afford to send Christmas cards to family and friends? In lieu of the standard card/photo combo, we decided to send this video to those nearest and dearest to our hearts..... plus the internet. :) We hope you enjoy, and here's wishing you an old fashioned Christmas.

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Joseph Mikos 3 years ago

came out great... cool idea as well.
rick fiduccia 3 years ago

This is GREAT ! You can feel the festivity – looks like you had enormous fun making this video!
Cameron Christopher 3 years ago

FanTASTIC.
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Your lip dub are also amazing. Your Lollipop one has always got me thinking about getting all my extended family involved in a bigger family lip dub. Also I really like your quiet emotional ones. Very cool.
Eva Schulz 3 years ago

Wonderful! We did something similar last year (it just wasn't THAT GOOD..) and gave it to our grandparents in one of these video frames - or how do you call it in English?! - because they do not have internet access. You should consider this!
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Yes, yours was very cute and what a great idea. Thanks!

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Gary Foster 3 years ago

Mom and Papadad just watched this video three times in a row and couldn't be prouder. What a beautiful family and snow in the house? You are so creative! All of our Foster family members have Internet access including Great Grandpa at age 92. Happy holidays!
Nathan L. Foster 3 years ago

YES!!!! Totally cooooool. Great video and I especially liked seeing all the verity.
Thaddeus Setla 3 years ago

adorable... Thank you for the smiles that brought!
Ashley Harrison 3 years ago

Great job Jared!
Yiğit Şener 3 years ago

enjoying fam. ! :D
Viperos 3 years ago

Jared this is the most wonderful card I've ever ever seen. Wonderful stuff, wonderful family MERRY CHRISTMAS to You. How How Hoooow
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Thank You! I want to see Christmas in Poland. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Lucasberg (Joey) 3 years ago

This was awesome
Raffaella Traniello 3 years ago

Very nice! Well made and entertaining. It's nice to see a whole family sharing the fun of videomaking.

Marry Xmas to you all.
And special video greetings for the kids (you are fantastic!):
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Brian Boudreau 3 years ago

Jared, this is simply Awesome! You even get a thumbs up from my wife :)

Merry Xmas to you and your family
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Thanks Brian. After watching your snow video I love Arizona even more. I did however live in the maritimes as I served my 2 year mission. I even spent the winter in Newfoundland. Now that was cold. I like your timelapses and will need to spend some more time checking out your videos. Good stuff there.
geo geller 3 years ago

i hate the commercialism and artificialiality humbug of xmas wih a passion but i love this - its brilliant and you should get it sponsored by some deptment store or company - even hall mark - keep dreaming
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Yeah ok. This video is available for sponsorship. Please send your Christmas checks to ... :0

If only I can figure out a way to make a living making films on Vimeo. Now that is a dream.
geo geller 3 years ago

well as a doc filmmaker i thinking making a living making films is long shot - but i think you might have something with ths one xmas piece - if you can find some national corp to jump into it - with a little product placement too - but in general as i tell most people being a doc filmmaker and even a filmmaker is having a death wish - there is no reality - you spend years working on something and there are so many filmmakers out there that they don't have to pay you fair price - but your film ha some interesting compelling aspects especially for families - so my advice is keep the dream alive and keep an eye on the money but don't do it for the money otherwise you run the risk of being mediocre and not media-ah-so - i would also put it up on all sorts of sites - youtube, blip etc and see what word of mouth - anyway gotta go to sleep but keep dreaming who knows you might make a good mistake
be well

geo
Marilyn Scott 3 years ago

Oh, Jared, I think you've definitely got a future here! (Target's ad folks would love to have the credit for something like this...hmm...sponsors??? They'd probably grab it right up. Hey, hit 'em up fast--only XX days until Christmas! Ha-haha. THINK of the IRONY of it...)
Yowda 3 years ago

bravo bravo bravo

sorry for discovering it so late... but you are really great

Has been a long time since we had such a great and nice lipdub !!! Five stars and more :-)
Jared Foster 3 years ago

I am so proud of my wife for being so brave and so adorable. Thank you for your kind words. I look forward to many more.

I expect next time it wont take 2 days before you comment? :)
Yowda 3 years ago

:-) i will try hard to comment your goods lips dubs...
Clan McCloud 3 years ago

Good god you've been busy! I feel like such a horrible father, husband, and family member now. Thanks a lot! ;-)
Jared Foster 3 years ago

This seems to be what all the women are saying as my wife posted this video on her blog, "I wish my husband would do that, but I know he never will."

I am so sorry to all the men out there getting mean looks from their wife. Who knows a few guys out there may surprise her when he agrees and makes their superstar lip dub. If nothing else she will love you even more. You better get busy Clan. :)
Blake Whitman 3 years ago

what a cool family activity!
Christian Fitzpatrick 3 years ago

Hahahah! This is fantastic! Great job!
kateopolis 3 years ago

U made me sing along!
Massimiliano 3 years ago

yeah me too!!!! ^^
Thanks! I really really really love this video! Especially your boy expression at 0.30 :) So sweet!

Sorry for my poor english and merry christmas! ^^
Frankie Freitas 3 years ago

what a great video.
this seriously made my night.
i'm studying for finals and took a break from studying to check out what was going on around here, and found this video. incredible.
congratulations.
Jared Foster 3 years ago

You made my night as I was stuck in late meeting afterwork and I got your message. Now get back to studying! Thanks!
fernando corral 3 years ago

nice video, wonderful family.
Curtis Edwards 3 years ago

That was just wonderful, bravo. What talented family you have! Just heart warming and beautiful! Thanks! How much fun that had to have been to make, you are a blessed man!
Tim Chiavaroli 3 years ago

Thanks for showing this to Mike, so he could show it to me, so I can show others, too...Curt. Kudos to you Jared, fun stuff indeed!
Jefferson Graham 3 years ago

Really nice job! What filter effect did you use in the software?
Jared Foster 3 years ago

I used three filters in Final Cut Pro.

Desaturate
Color Correction (55mm Digital Film Tools)
Vignette

digitalfilmtools.com
Anthony Baumann 3 years ago

What was the camera you used?
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Panasonic Hvx200 with Brevis 35mm adapter.
airbil 3 years ago

Love it! Put that in the family time capsule;)
Rusty Rogers 3 years ago

Snow angles on hardwood! Fantastic.
Definitely my favorite version of White Christmas.
The title wipes are shizzam!
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Yeah I hate title wipes but so fitting for the times. My wife and I spent a good while on those silly titles.

Speaking of snow angles... Kids can be so creative and they just started doing that on their own. I had to capture it and add it to the film. It took forever to clean up that snow mess but totally worth it.
dibbv 3 years ago

Excellent job on the video and beautiful family!
scon 3 years ago

WoW
Joe Moya 3 years ago

Very enjoyable... nice editing....
Kyle Hance 3 years ago

How totally awesome! Definitely inspiring. Great fun!
shanna dipaolo 3 years ago

AMAZING! such a great way to get the whole family involved... and turned out so well!
roberto conti 3 years ago

Una figata incredibile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing!!!
Tony Robinson 3 years ago

Great job. I don't normally watch these things, but just couldn't get myself to stop. Looks wonderful too, with the 35mm adapter.
Jared Foster 3 years ago

I don't normally film myself singing in front of the camera and upload it for the world to see but somehow it made sense. So glad it caught your eye. I am loving the 35mm adapter.
Mike Dorsey 3 years ago

Excellent!
Cleo the Chicken 3 years ago

Great family work. What is the music you guys used ?
Jared Foster 3 years ago

The Drifters - White Christmas

or

Home Alone Soundtrack
Daniel Partzsch 3 years ago

Congratulation. really heartwarming and cute. What did you do in color correction? You certainly desaturated it, but the red is still so bright? is there some kind of bleach bypass simulation on it? Merry Christmas from Germany to you and your family.
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Thank you for your comments.

The original is very very yellow. I did not do a proper white balance. I used only three filters. I tried the bleach bypass, and three strip but nothing worked. These are the three I used.

Desaturate
Color Correction (55mm Digital Film Tools)
Vignette (55mm DFT)

digitalfilmtools.com
PornoKing 3 years ago

Nice!
Bre Pettis 3 years ago

Great video!
ekai 3 years ago

Awwwe, makes Christmas fun again!
Robert-Jon Eckhardt 3 years ago

I almost forgot the 50's were so cute and sexy!!
This is just lovely :D
¡ǝnɹʇ 3 years ago

Excellent idea well executed. Merry Xmas to you and your family :)
Dan Valentine 3 years ago

Great work. Good family fun all round.
Cafe Dada 3 years ago

Lovely family and lovely video!! Happy Christmas!
Terre Britton 3 years ago

Outstanding. And a great injection of a positive, 'love-one-another' spirit that oftentimes goes overlooked at Christmas. And if we all love it... you're family is going to eat it up! Great job.
Gavin Owens 3 years ago

Man, thats so good. Needless to say, I will be plagiarising the idea as I live in spain and won't get back to see the family in Ireland.. I hope you don't mind!
As you said in your intro, these are tough times so
HD camera + Vimeo account = lots of festive greetings!
Well done and a very merry christmas to you and yours.
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Please send me a link as my wife and I would love to see it. Have a wonderful Christmas in Spain!
Gavin Owens 3 years ago

Not a touch on yours and I don't have such a beautiful family to complement it but here you go... vimeo.com/2513399
Feliz Navidad
James Reigle 3 years ago

Great job! You beat me to it. Too many projects, so many ideas. Your family are great sports. Careful though, I think mine are trying to unionize.

Again great job and Merry Christmas!!!!
bo turner 3 years ago

Bravo !
Max kegfire 3 years ago

!!!
Tom Dom 3 years ago

Great! really well executed
Wish I could do something that good..
femster 3 years ago

Great work! I love it
Gilly 3 years ago

Very Nice Video!
alex haworth 3 years ago

Ahh thats awesome, your family is wicked! I might persuade my girlfriend into doing something this year shes too shy though! :D

Cheers for sharing
al.
Jared Foster 3 years ago

I shot this 5 months ago and look at the support I got then.

vimeo.com/1223728

Getting out of your shell can be an amazing moment.

Have fun and please send me a link.
Jason Eberly 3 years ago

WOW...really enjoyed that! How did you compress this? I can't seem to get away from slight "strobing" when I compress my 720p to m4v (h.264). Yours looked clear and smooth.

Check out my channel for an old-fashioned noir trailer for my latest film. vimeo.com/lensflare

Cheers!
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Once I export a master Quicktime out of Final Cut Pro I use compressor. I followed these steps that Vimeo provided.

vimeo.com/help/compression
Ian McGlynn 3 years ago

This is really cute, clever and fun!
Aileen Alvira 3 years ago

You have a beautiful family. Your kids are all mini-me's of you guys :) The video is fantastic!! Great work! Thanks for sharing!
Kevin Dermody 3 years ago

great vid

guess who's getting a vacuum for christmas :p
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Can I send you some Arizona snow?
Kevin Dermody 3 years ago

I've been to Arizona before, no snow, but one hell of a pot hole
Notoriouz B.E.A.T. 3 years ago

thats fantastic
ingenious
GioSer 3 years ago

Great Video !! lips dubs are great !!.
A lot of snow to clean...but it really worth it!! :-)
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Were gonna have snow all year!
Dave Dever 3 years ago

Great Video! That Brevis adapter is sweet!
Tyler James Bush 3 years ago

Great Concept & Idea well executed!
Daisy 3 Pictures 3 years ago

Beautiful! Just finished reading personal stories about joblessness in the recession on the Huffington Post, which were just heartbreaking; this was just what I needed to see.

Remember this Holiday season, a lot of people are struggling; don't hesitate to donate to your local food pantry, homeless shelter and toys for tots.

Thanks again for a beautiful Christmas video!
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Absolutely Mark! Turn off your TV & Radio's and serve others to truly feel the spirit of Christmas.

Have an amazing Christmas!
Speldosa 3 years ago

Fantastic work! Cudos!
Durr Wise 3 years ago

Jared, BRAVO! I love that song and you did a GREAT job filming, editing, etc. Thanks. I am new to this video stuff and I must say that you have inspired me to do some study.

Durr
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Welcome to Vimeo and as you are a photographer you may enjoy what these photographers are doing here.

vimeo.com/groups/timelapse/videos
Ben Thietje 3 years ago

Best. Ever.
Nate River 3 years ago

So awesome...
Blair Dog 3 years ago

That was really cool, thanks for that! Merry Christmas!
Mackenzie Sheppard 3 years ago

Awesome alternative to a christmas card.
Sunny Thaper 3 years ago

Fantastic video, very beautiful family too!
Nate Lawson Photography 3 years ago

Totally awesome! Couldn't help but smile! Merry Christmas!
Brian Berneker 3 years ago

I like the old-school 2-pass technicolor color grading look. What technique did you use?
Jared Foster 3 years ago

These are the three filtres I used.

Desaturate
Color Correction (55mm Digital Film Tools)
Vignette (55mm DFT)

digitalfilmtools.com
noi leman 3 years ago

wow! this looks really amazing.
the old school color looks so good!!!