Love Letters – An Animated Proposal – v2.0

Posted on October 22nd, 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.

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25 Responses

  1. xXxkisserxXx Says:

    everytime i look up …
    everytime i look up proposals i always come back to this one because i think its the best of them all…

  2. PRT2142 Says:

    cool
    cool

  3. cbp889 Says:

    LOL =D
    LOL =D

  4. firewindice17 Says:

    aw that was really …
    aw that was really sweet and funny that was just a really great and imaginative way to propose

  5. trinilisa2 Says:

    I LIKE :)
    I LIKE :)

  6. AceBobcat Says:

    I’m forever yours.. …
    I’m forever yours…faithfully..ber ber ber ba na na nar
    lol I love that song!!
    Very clever!

  7. leilotica93 Says:

    haha that was …
    haha that was hilarious. plus it was sweet and cute. that was such a sweet thing to do, but yeah that was funny. i loved the part where you (well the character) sung the moulin rouge song, and then was just like: no that sucks haha

  8. nishantsuperstar Says:

    damn good man…
    good man…

  9. JohnF30Music Says:

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

  10. MDzyne Says:

    Very good Video, my …
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  11. teale77 Says:

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

  12. hella21crazy Says:

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

  13. CRAZYERAGONLOVER Says:

    Awwzzzz… adorible
    Awwzzzz… adorible

  14. Babybluebird1 Says:

    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

  15. tmmhaha Says:

    That was amazing …
    That was amazing dude.

  16. garra787878 Says:

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

  17. ilos1989 Says:

    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!

  18. ggglllllll Says:

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

  19. KarlRuprectKroenen Says:

    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!

  20. TheCuteSweetness Says:

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

  21. 20SpiderPig10 Says:

    XD
    i’m forever …

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

  22. ylimesidric Says:

    very cute….
    very cute….

  23. chocofreeze Says:

    aww cute!
    aww cute!

  24. alexander28videos Says:

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

  25. magneticmuffin Says:

    cool :D
    cool :D

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