wow the musical arrangement is AMAZING! *snicker* the shots look great, Ran! BEST. SIBLING. TEAM. EVER.

Well done! Fun! The Turingan's strike again.

Great stuff Rannie. I'm slightly embarrassed to admit it but I teared up watching it.

Rannie - I liked this so much I posted it on my site too.

Linked from my personal and business blogs -- I belatedly realized that one of the stickers visible on my laptop is from an industry colleague.

I am not remotely embarrassed to say that I still tear up, and laugh out loud, each time I watch this! Thank You, Rannie, so much for being a part of the show this year.

A great idea, done really well. The music was perfect to tie it all together.

I hope you don't mind. I found this via Alyson Schafer's blog and it is absolutely stunning. I've posted it on my blog as well idyllia.blogspot.com

Great work, thanks for sharing it!

Congratulations... beautiful idea, beautiful execution.

Awesome. Really simple and beautiful. Nice music and editing work.

Brilliant concept and execution.

Thanks Rannie.

I love this so much. I saw it "live" at 20x2 and I just had to come watch it again. Rannie, this is beautiful.

That is simply awesome what a great idea and execution! :)

So beautiful... Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who teared up

I really like the way this turned out!
Great idea and I really love the way you put it all together :)

From a U.S. Perspective . . .

I think the problem here is ALL the couples. Gays are seen as undermining traditional values and then next thing you know you've got people with Master's degrees and people who believe in tolerance and people who have funny taste in couches.

This isn't what I think. But I really do think this is a considerable amount of the emotion behind people's prejudice. First come the artists, then the gays, it is said, and then the neighborhood (or region) is gentrified and pretty soon everyone wants to have film festivals or make videos for you-tube. Or talk about web 2.0 or something.

There's a cultural clash here and all those things are a threat. Strong women are a threat. Men who think for themselves and don't toe the "are you man enough" line are a threat. Men who drink wine and not beer are a threat. Gays are identified with people who have too much education, too much money, too much technology, too much art and come from the city.

It comes out as a fear of gay marriage because sexuality has always been a prism for U.S. society's issues. Look at the fear in the U.S. south of black-white marriages, and before that the exaggerated fear of black men raping white women.

Because the fact is most of us (in the U.S.) haven't come out of the closet as hetrosexual. So anybody who has come out of the closet (of any persuasion) is quite a threat.

Great!

each and every single one of them is so beautiful and sweet.
great project, moving and compelling.

(I'm in love with the bears, they're the sweetest ones)

Its Sad that there were more pets and stuffed toys than children in the pictures.

Couples with children have very little in common with those who don't. Its a door that you pass through and once through, there is no going back.

Played with this concept with Js
random images
nauglevision.com/0702rndCouch/indexcouch.html

I like the concept. Tried to imagine me and my life partner there - but I can only imagine us when we were young - 28 years ago...

this is the most brilliant little video I've ever seen! you have talent!

Ang galing mo pare! Pinoy ka ba? kulitkid.com is not up and running, bakit? Siyang!

Thanks to jpg mag I found this video through their e-mail link.

I also discovered your video thru JPG and found it delightful and moving.

I've just linked to it and the JPG couch couple photo challenge on my blog. Thanks :-)
placeinsun.blogspot.com/2008/05/were-jpg-couch-couple.html

great video!
It's very inspirational :)

No difference, zero!!!

Great concept and loved the music arrangement!!