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De Novo Studio

De Novo Studio

Oakland, CA
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    Matt was awesome! He was very quick at responding to my many e-mails and very professional. We really love our wedding video, and can't stop watching it! He had great shots of all the little details and the music for our highlight film and wedding film were perfect. We're definitely happy that we picked De Novo Studio to capture all those special moments.
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    Kristina Sent on 11/03/2011
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    They did a great job at our wedding, staying out of the way of the events but still capturing all the important parts of our special day. I will enjoy the video they made for many years!!! Thanks again guys!
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    Valerie Sent on 02/06/2012
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    Matt did a great job! we cannot stop watching our video!
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    Sandra Sent on 12/01/2011
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    They did my daughters birthday a few months ago and I was really happy with the outcome of the final film. dvd looked really professional too. thank you!
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    Jessica Sent on 08/13/2016
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    Almost 5 months have passed and still no deliverables. Review will be revised when project is completed.
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    Kasi Sent on 10/30/2016
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    I am grateful to have had amazing vendors for my wedding day, except for Matthew Groza and Denovo Studios. Matthew is completely unprofessional, self serving, and dramatic. His customer service is appalling (see his responses to other poor reviews below - I cannot believe that anyone like him could run a business), and his responses (if you even get one) never fail to be superbly condescending.

    I hired Matthew and Denovo Studios for my wedding in September of 2015. One year later after countless emails and trying to get an update on my footage, Matthew lets me know that he will not be completing my video and will mail me the raw footage back. What was absolutely amazing to me was that almost one year after my wedding, he shot one of my best friends weddings in June 2016 and did not back out of his contract with her. He told me he "had to cut off his business somewhere," and I guess I was one of those he just couldn't handle. I could not believe how unethical his business practices are, to cancel your contract with someone who you are over 1 year behind on, but to still take in new business?

    The cherry on top of all of this is that he told me he would find a videographer who could put together a video given the raw footage for $700-900 but it would "take a second" to get a referral to me. Fast forward 2 months later and all I receive is silence from him.

    Not only does Matthew run a disgraceful business, but he is just a terrible person overall with no ethical standards or conscience.

    Stay away from Denovo Studios or any business Matthew Groza touches.