Abominable Productions Reviews
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Nicole A. Sent on 10/31/2023We are still speechless!
I truly cannot say enough great things about Abominable Productions! We are so glad that we chose Jim and Amy as our wedding videographers and could not be happier with our cinematic wedding film and documentary.
Amy and Jim were extremely professional, friendly, responsive, and easy to work with from the start. On the day of our wedding, they were very discreet but worked around the clock to make sure they captured every special moment of our day.
We are very grateful for all the time and effort they put into creating our beautiful wedding story. What means the most to us is that they incorporated ALL of our loved one’s readings and speeches (we had quite a few). We must have watched our wedding video dozens of times, but we still tear up, especially during my dad's speech.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much Jim and Amy for sharing your craft and giving us memories that we will cherish for our lifetime together.
I cannot recommend Abominable Productions enough! -
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Megan M. Sent on 05/22/2023Sooo happy we went with Amy and Jim!
10/10 recommend Amy and Jim as your wedding videographers! My husband and I are so impressed with our experience working with Amy and Jim. I've been a few weddings so far with videographers and one of things that I loved the most about Abominable Productions is that you hardly notice that they are there! They were not disruptive or intrusive at all and yet when we got our video back we were blown away with how amazing it came out. They captured every key moment that we asked for and produced such a stunning short video that we were able to share with friends and family. Our parents have cried multiple times watching it (and so have we)! The only thing I wish we had was a shorter version that we could share on social media. But aside from that everything was perfect!! Thank you so much Amy and Jim! We will cherish our video for always! -
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Isabelle K. Sent on 12/14/2020Amazing Experience All Around!
Working with Amy and Jim was such a joy! They were kind, flexible, helpful, and extremely discreet at the wedding itself. I would highly recommend working with them. Their finished product helps us relive our special day time and time again. You feel like you're right back at your wedding day going through all the emotions all over :) Thank you both for enabling us to share our day with all the individuals who could not join us & for bottling up all the most special memories -
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Ashley M. Sent on 07/24/2019What a vid!
Jim was such a great videographer. Communication was seamless, and it was so easy to have him around on the day of wedding. He was non-intrusive but somehow managed to capture everything (and more!) perfectly. Our video was truly special. He really captured the essence of our celebration and created a video that suits our personalities. We love it, and we know we're not alone...so many of our friends and family who have seen it have expressed the same sentiments. We're so grateful that we booked Abominable! -
User2501182 Sent on 01/10/2016This is by far one of the best investments that we made from our wedding. We originally were going to skip videography due to budget concerns. After being bugged enough by our family, we decided to hire a videographer after all. I am so glad that we did! The trailer and feature film are amazing. The film itself was artistically shot and the transitions in the film are great and obviously very well thought out. The quality of the film in also superb. We love going back and watching the film, as there are so many memories that pictures alone could not capture. They are truly talented videographers and I cannot thank them enough for beautifully capturing the moments of our wedding day. -
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Matt Sent on 01/21/2011I don’t even know where to begin with this review except to say that if I could award them 6 stars out of 5, I would. If you’re an impatient person who’d rather not read through a lengthy review then my advice is simple: stop reading this, get on the phone, and book Abominable RIGHT NOW.
Jim and Amy are some of the most talented videographers and digital cinematographers I have ever seen. And that’s saying something because my wife and I work in television production and we critique video, pacing and editing on a daily basis. Trust me, these guys get it. The composition of their shots, the texture, lighting and intelligence is phenomenal. I was actually able to take freeze frames of their video that looked like a professional still photographer’s work – that’s how well-framed their shots are. Their thoughtful preparation is unsurpassed. Jim and Amy showed up at our rehearsal the night before the wedding just to scout out the location! That was beyond unexpected, but paid off tremendously in the quality of their work. You will not see other videographers setting up elaborate equipment to do a timelapse that ends up as 3 seconds of video in a 45 minute. Yet these exquisite shots remind you why they’re worth every penny. It takes an intense amount of planning to set up, which means forethought goes into your wedding video. These are proactive videographers, rather than the type of person who simply reacts to what’s happening. Their focus is on making a movie, not simply documenting the day. That means they’ll set up multiple cameras for multiple angles, and use different types of recording mediums (I’m especially fond of the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR they use, which has such warm tones and a better depth of field)
It’s one thing to shoot well, but it’s entirely different to be able to edit well. They make a fantastic team because they take this plethora of amazing video that was shot and stitch it all together into an emotional and compelling work of art. We just got our 2:30 wedding “trailer” back and it’s been a non-stop hit. Fellow co-workers, videographers and photographers I work with, rave about their work. Other people describe the video as so well-produced and emotional it’s like a season finale montage, others say it looks like a Hollywood movie trailer. Most of this has to do with how they weave nat sound (i.e. people naturally talking, overheard conversations, ambient music or noises) with gorgeous video to cover (we call it b-roll) and multiple camera angles to keep the pace up. Then they use the emotional highlights, such as personal wedding vows, a toast or speech to give direction to the “story” which carries through and provides momentum for the movie. On top of this, they add music (of your choosing!) to give the whole thing depth.
One of the biggest compliments I gave Jim and Amy was that many guests didn’t even know we HAD videographers at the wedding. It’s my belief that vendors who are not intrusive and pose such little distraction as to become invisible are the best of the best. We’ve come a long way from Bar Mitzvah or Wedding videos you might remember from decades ago. No star wipes, no blinding light mounted on top of an enormous shoulder-carried camera, no getting up in people’s faces while they try to dance. Part of the reason they could stay hidden was the new technology allows them to shoot in lower lighting situations – so they could stay far away, or if they had to get up close it wasn’t with a bright spotlight.
So let’s get down to business. Unlike their competition they give you a wedding trailer, a full-length edit, multiple DVD copies AND a blu-ray. Other companies wanted to charge me $995 for a bluray. Are you kidding?! I could burn a copy for $10 on my own computer. Talk about a ripoff! But Abominable gives you all this included. I’m tired of wedding vendors trying to nickel and dime couples who don’t point out the overcharging. Secondly, I must have looked at 100 companies because video was extremely important to me (pictures can’t help you remember how your vows sounded when you want to show your kids) At most, 5% were worth contacting. Abominable’s work is on par with Dave Williams at CinemaCake, except his team uses actual steadicams (Jim and Amy use glidecams – almost the same effect but less costly equipment) and CinemaCake has a huge staff, while Abominable is just Jim & Amy. So CinemaCake has to justify all that and charges $5,000 to start. You could get Jim & Amy with bells and whistles for half the price. HALF! And yet their work is worth just as much, if not more.
So what else do you get by going with Abominable? Well – Jim & Amy are fantastic to work with. They’re smart, extraordinarily friendly and easy-going… all things much appreciated during the hectic photo shoots on the day of the wedding. And because it’s just a two-person outfit you get more personal attention… meaning everything from going over the style of shooting, special requests, what songs for the background, quick responses to e-mail and whatnot. And, you get the satisfaction of knowing you’re helping out a small business as compared to some of the more corporate feeling “we’ve done this a million times” video firms. I’ve watched ALL of Jim & Amy’s wedding videos (if you can’t tell… I’m thorough) and each of them are different. The quality is just as high on all of them, but my point is that each movie is tailored to the couple getting married and their day. There is no formula. I challenge you to find many videographers who will spend that much effort on each of their clients. It’s usually B.S. marketing but in this case they really do treat everyone as if they matter.
I could go on and on… I really feel that strongly about recommending Abominable… but I won’t because it would be tiring for me to keep writing and you to keep reading. I will tell you that literally the day I got our wedding trailer back we showed it to friends who are getting married and they called up Amy within minutes of the clip ending to book them for their wedding. Follow their lead.
I would also gladly serve as a direct reference so you can contact me and realize I am not a friend or family of Jim & Amy – just an extremely satisfied customer. I know it may come off sounding too good to be true, but seriously… these guys are the diamond in the rough. There is no other way to explain it. Go to their blogspot page and watch the videos. If you don’t “see it” by watching the videos then you’ll never get it and you don’t care about a good video anyways.
Here's ours: http://abominableproductions.blogspot.com/2011/01/vanessa-matts-wedding-movie-trailer.html
p.s. isn’t Abominable Productions a clever, cute, ironic name for wedding videographers?!
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