dave and ebeth booked us on a bridal fair and from then on it was all dave (grooms today sure know what they want). he'll contact me for our multiple meetings, send me text messages for updates, call me for a little chat but he won't drop by our office at ten in the evening 'coz, well, let's just say he heard some belete drive stories. :)

reliable sources say that this couple had prenup pictorials in singapore, another in laguna with asteeg photog jayson arquiza and a couple of dozens with playback.

here's the story that led to one magical night of free starbucks coffee and unlimited tequila shots. :)

december 11, 2007 - santuario de san antonio
manila peninsula
manila polo club

a couple of weeks ago, it's just another five star hotel...then, trillanes shows up and suddenly, it's the 47th question on my future 4th grader's history exams. i was actually looking for some bullet holes but i was disappointed. little did i know that the war begins as soon as i step into the prep room.

i literally got kicked, verbally abused and tissues (in packs) where thrown at me by no other than ebeth herself. for every comment i had, the perky bride's got five. here's where the she-hulk gets her energy.

but once cecilio abad's gown was on, ebeth suddenly realized that it was her wedding day and it was the most peaceful thirty seconds of the day (how i cherish that moment). :)

at the end of the night i remember asking dave if he's happy and he answered"oo naman!". of course he is, i know he is, he just got married to one beautiful woman! i mean that, with all my heart...and fingers crossed (got you again, mrs. cenido).

here's the onsite video. what do you know? i'm a little bit country!

december 8, 2007 - our lady of guadalupe chapel
terrazas de punta fuego

another beach wedding, our third for the year!!! man, the stiff neck from that long drive is still bothering me, but i'll live. :) had the pleasure of working with kenneth uy and ems van goth.

the bride gave a new meaning to the term 'non-traditional' (even her name is spelled differently). check out her champagne colored bridal gown and her bridesmaids' dresses and soon you're gonna get yourself murmuring to yourself -- cool!

here's the onsite video of this gorgeous couple.

i was told that it's the next big hit. people are raving about it. i can even say it's 'controversial.' i'm not talking about kapamilya's piolo pascual-angel locsin upcoming teleserye, no-no. bigger!

for now, i'll tease you a little, but i promise, come the longer version, you'll be delighted. :) watch it now.

here's a hundred percent pinoy groom; some percent chinese bride (since her last name ---soon to be maiden name--- is 'uy', i'm assuming); wearing japanese school girl/boy inspired costumes; a korean themed video; mix 'em together and what do you get? ...'asian-novela!' is the word. playback comics is back baby, manga style!!!

kidding aside, i always thought of thet as the best thing that ever happened to us. she's actually the first w@w bride who signed up for our services. i remember during that time, we only had 2 weddings, no website/blog and a couple of crappy samples. how she heard about us, i don't know; why she chose us, i have no idea. one thing's certain, she's the one bride that saw us coming even before we started our engines.

forget my wedding of the year, russell and thet's wedding is coming up and perhaps, should i not get wed, december 22, 2007 is the wedding of my life. save the date! :) (ignore all the sentimental b.s. trust me, it sounds way lot cooler and a little less girlie than it reads.)

i had my first experience of doing the onsite video in two consecutive days...and since it's gonna take a little while until the next same day edit/my next post, well,i kinda delayed uploading these videos a bit...also to let the previous videos sink in a little. :)

this avp's one's one of a kind. i remember celine asking me to come up with something different...so...we sat down for a meeting, scribbled some ideas, talked about martin nievera songs, exchanged non-avp related stories of our lives, and then we came up with a script. the actual shooting ain't as easy as we thought it would be but it was fun nonetheless.

inspired by the movie down with love (i had to see it for research), watch this video and see how danz and celine wait for ultimate "date" of their lives.

***check out"the making" of this video from celina's blog! (with photos.)




november 17, 2007 - chapel on the hill
canyon woods
balay indang

remember rob thomas? the voice behind hit songs 'push', 'unwell', 'bent'? last i heard, he's doing some solo act and he's got this new song you just might want to add into your ipod. as for me, i got nothing else to do but make an onsite video out of it. :)

going back to don bosco batulao where we held our high school retreat brought back some good memories. i saw no major changes though, except of course the chapel and the cool name that it has now.

the film look, the time lapse, the first kiss, my money shot (when i caught celine inside her bridal car praying) and all the clips in between; this video goes into my 'favorite wedding videos' list. see for yourself.

NEW NAME COMING UP!

chester and i will be heading to different directions. this decision has been finalized last may. this is not a result of an impulsive decision. we are parting in very good terms, and are very supportive in each other's endeavors. please note that all events before april 2008 will still be under playback productions. all events after the said date will be under the new name. the new company will carry the name PHOEBEN TEOCSON VIDEOGRAPHY. along with this, i'll be announcing new packages, promos and a new website/blog. rest assured that the quality of our services and videos will still be the same. by the way, phoeben teocson is my real name. :)

for questions and concerns, email me at phoeben1@yahoo.com.

october 20, 2007 - st. james the great
i'm not sure what year it was, but i'm pretty sure that batman/superman/spiderman costumes are already available that time. by some kinda freak of nature thing, red chose, well, i dunno, i'm guessing the lone ranger? i'm still not sure...it's either that or the infamous pinoy action hero weng weng in disguise. i heard that during the 70s (is it?), weng weng was so big that every little kid back then wanna be like him...just trying to make you smile dr. red.

it took me two weeks. the longest and most agonizing weeks of my short video editing career. this one's something i haven't done nor tried before. i just saw one and told myself hey, i can do that. (though i told dr. ann on our last meeting that i've done one already...she'll never know i lied.) it wasn't as easy as i thought. still, i enjoyed doing it. i didn't know that they've been together for an astonishing ten years. did you just say wow!? i did too. here's another playback first, you guys, and if by any chance you think it's good, well...we've only just begun.






i saw an onsite video almost a year ago from the pinoy master videomaker himself and it blew me away. it changed my life. i knew i gotta get me one of that. i wanted it so bad that every time i was given the green light to choose the song to use for an onsite, it's the first song that pops out of my head.

i love this couple, ann actually sent me a text message to choose from a couple of songs that she likes to be used and told me that it's up to me which one. to my surprise, she gave me the top 2 songs on my top 2 list! from the kind of songs they've been giving me, sometimes i think that they may be the ones who found the ipod that i lost a long time ago (still hurting from that one.)

on the day, i'm still undecided. should i go fast or should i go furious. one things for sure, while i was doing it, the tension was so bad i wanted to cry just to release it. i went a hundred and forty clips per minute, almost as fast as my last speeding ticket. i was thinking that i may have bitten off more than i could chew; that i wouldn't pull it off. ann's last text message "we trust you guys naman eh..." started echoing in my head. but what do you know, i survived. huh! i was exhausted though, physically and mentally. this song, ain't in my list anymore, not even on my top 100. check out the glidecam's onsite debut. enjoy the video as i enjoyed my well deserved vanilla ice cream in fresh milk.




reviews:
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the bellevue hotel
the good: rooms; the lobby. it's all that matters.
the bad: we can't use the elevators without the key card
the ugly: traffic at the alabang exit. always. i should've taken the service road, i believe it's much faster. :)

st. james the great, ayala alabang
the good: the long aisle; the blue carpet; the amazing interior; the amazing exterior; as expected, no hunters nor homeless people around plus it smells good inside too! more like st. james the greatest. one of the best, if not the best, we've been to.
the bad: very strict and it's kinda difficult to get good angles of the couple.
the ugly: it's so darn good that it's so painful that i can't afford to get married in it.

the palms country club
the good: it's the country club of the rich and the famous, what else?
the bad: none at all.
the ugly: just me i guess.