Disneyworld Millennium Video

[dBugged]

We put together a video that we sent to our family so they could see what our trip was like last year (Sept. 2K). This isn't your traditional, "fall asleep watching it" video. It doesn't even have many pictures of us (other than the funny ones). I think you'll all like it. We're going again this September and are planning another cool video.

These vidoes are now available from our *new* Disney Pictures site. You can access them using the "COOL VIDEOS" link at this site:

http://www.wdwpix.com

If you have problems with the Media Player versions, try getting a copy of the latest media player from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp

[TwoOldPoohs]

That is so cool! I loved every second of your video. It must have taken hours for you to put it all together. I'm looking forward to the next one! :bounce:

[dBugged]

Glad you like it! We plan on taking more video next time. I'd really like to get some shots of the insides of more of the rides. The video took a couple weeks of free evenings to whip up. The hardest part was sifting thru the pictures and videos and picking out the stuff that wouldn't put our families to sleep. My family lives in CT and MN. My wife's live in OH. We use videos to keep in touch and give them an idea of what we're up to.

I also have about 400 pictures we took while we were there -- it's nice having a digital camera that is pocket size. We're working on a website to show off some of our favorite pics.

I'll post a link once we get it put together.

[snuggles]

How incredible!!! You are very talented. I felt like I was there the whole time! Thanks very much for posting. :jester:

[nutz4dzny]

Loved it! What a great video! It sounded great on my THX Surround Sound Altec Lansing Speakers!!! I cranked up the sound and it was just like being there!

Thanks again for sharing!

[dBugged]

Glad you liked it! Thanks!

[Dan Murphy]

Stunning, Rob, thoroughly enjoyed it. A work of love. Thanks for taking the time to share with all of us. The music was no too hard, LOL, 'Reflections of Earth' from Illuminations, one of the best! :sunny:

[Beth E. (NJ)]

Thank you thank you thank you for sharing your video! I can't even imagine the work that you put into to make it. I'm going to show it to my daughter when she gets home from school. I know it will bring back good memories for her.

[dBugged]

Glad you all enjoyed it. If anyone gets any errors trying to access it, please let me know. The site I posted it to has a 1GB/month transfer limit and I'll post a new link if the limit gets reached. Enjoy!

[Robinrs]

:earseek:WOW! :earseek:

Loved the images, makes it hard to believe I was just there a week ago!....http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/crying.gif

[Timon]

Fantastic video! Hubby and I just bought a new computer with all the extras and we just started to dabble in producing some videos, so I know how much work you put into that incredible video. I was planning on doing something similar and now that I've seen what a great job you've done, I am even more inspired!

Which video editor did you use? And how did you get it to be a streaming video?
:bounce:

[dBugged]

I used Premiere 6. It comes with exporters that will export to Microsoft and Realplayer formats (and a bunch of other formats). If you don't have Premiere, you can download the streaming conversion programs for free from Microsoft or Real.

We use the software with a Matrox RT2500, a great video capture card. I also used After Effects to do the opening part of the video (i.e. tickets and map) and Cinema4D for the gold spinning Mickey head.

I do a lot of this stuff as a hobby and also to keep in touch with my family. It's not too difficult, once you get the hang of it. The worst part is sifting through all of the video footage and pictures and picking out the best stuff.

[Mackey Mouse]

OK, the word BRAVO comes to mind.. I called my husband to the computer to watch it with me.. What a great job,, thanks so much for letting us share your video. At the end, we both applauded.. Amazing... absolutely amazing..

[wdw4us]

Simply Beautiful. We loved it. You have great talent and all your subject matters were really appreciated by all in our family.

Thanks so much for sharing.

denise

[Beanie]

What a wonderful video!! Amazing...thanks so much for sharing it with us!! :)

[Rob_b]

Please help.

It starts to stream at over 200kb. After the mickey stops rotating I get 37k and only music.

Help:( :( :(

[dizneenut]

That was awesome!!! I'm gonna show it to my dh when he gets home from work!! Great job!! Thanks for sharing!!

[BlueFairy]

WOW! I was really in need of an Illuminations pick me up and someone pointed me to your video. What a great job. I got to re-live my honeymoon! Thanks so much.

[Dan Murphy]

I do not call my DW, Marie, too frequently to look at something on the DIS, but I had to look at this again tonight, in less of a rush than earlier, and I called her in to look at it. Again, wonderful. :D

[dBugged]

Glad you all liked it! :)

[TinkTink]

Excuse me a moment while I wipe the puddle of drool off the floor!

B E A U T I F U L ! ! !

[dBugged]

Rob_b,

Give it another quick try and tell me if it is OK now. I had that happen to me yesterday once when the server was really busy. If you still have problems, I'll see what I can do about posting it again.

[Rob_b]

dBugged - Thanks for the memories. Your vidieo should tide me over until next year.

I finnally had your video working at 11:30. Too many people on line.

[dBugged]

Glad it is working for ya. I didn't expect as much traffic as it got. :) I'm glad so many people liked it. I'll definitely put together another one after our two week trip in September!

[mofred]

Help!

I got the beautiful music, but no video-just the Windows Media symbol over and over!

The music is incredible, I'm dying to see the video! Can you help?

[cindy2939]

I only hear it - no picture- I want to see it, too!!

[yellowrose]

Oh my gosh! I'm still teary-eyed at your wonderful video. Themusic and pics/video was just awsome. Now I'm going to go drag out my video of our time there, and spend the afternoon with my memories. Thanks so much!!!!!!!

[Desnik]

All I have to say is WOW:earseek: I have tears in my eyes, the music worked so well with the video. It was amazing, great job!!

[jennybobenny]

Fantastic!!! Absolutely fantastic!!! Loved every minute of it - thanks for posting it! :sunny: :cool: :sunny:

[Cindy B]

I am so glad I saw that. Amazing is not the word for it. Felt like I was there the whole time, and the music was just the perfect accompianment...

What a wonderful job you did.

[jfulcer]

Now for those of us who can't justify to DW buying a $900 capture card (WOW , but it's a nice card), but have a digital video camera, a 1394 input card, and Premiere 5.5 do you have any suggestions? No matter what I do, I always seem to get choppy video. This is using Premeire or the cheap editing software included with the 1394 card.

Do you know of forums or places on the internet I can ask questions/research my problem at???

Thanks!

[laurenk]

Dbugged-

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I have chills. I just called my parents for them to watch it. We all arrive in 8 days, and that video just makes me forget all of my worries, and look even more forward to our trip!

The music was perfect for it!:)

[disneydreamerinny]

I'm not able to get it either. I have a cable modem too.
I just get music and thats it, nothing past the mickey ears and the "we must have your park tix"

[LIDisneyFan]

AWESOME!!!

That was incredible. I'm truly stunned!

[Tulirose]

Absolutely Fantastic!!!!
Thank you.

[mofred]

Does anyone know why I can't get this to show? I can only hear the music. I have RealPlayer, but I'm too computer illiterate to know what else I may need to download.

HELP!!!

[*Flower*]

Something this good shouldn't be so far down!!!

Fantastic show!!!
:bounce: :jester: :bounce: :jester: :bounce:

[dBugged]

First, thanks for all of the compliments. :):):):) I love them! :):):):) My wife also loves them since she made a few brief appearances in the video. I'm in there to, but so brief that you barely notice.

I guarantee that I'm going to put together another one after my September trip (hopefully the weekend we get back). I can't wait to go again. It's a drag having to wait until September -- but we're going for two weeks and will be staying at the Wilderness Lodge this time.

I'm probably also going to whip out some Disneyland video footage and see what I can do with that.

--- To answer a few of the questions:

If you are having problems with the video, make sure you have the latest Microsoft Media Player installed (version 7.0). The older versions and RealPlayer most likely won't play the video.

If you just get sound, try again in a few minutes. Sometimes the server gets a lot of traffic and cuts of the video stream. If this keeps happening more, I'm going to repost the video again. I'm also looking at posting another copy of the video that is half the size (i.e. smaller image) for slower connections. I'm going to do this over the weekend and will let everyone know when it is up.

For those of you looking into doing videos of your own, a good video camera with a firewire port and a firewire card in your PC with Premiere is just about all you need to get going. However, you'll need a modern disk drive to do your own videos -- since a LOT of data will be sucked onto your PC when you capture. All of the files that made up the original video filled 10GB (about 30 minutes of original video) of my disk drive -- although I probably used only about 4 minutes of it. The actual video, after I squished it down and shrank it for web posting, is only 10MB. So, you can see that a modern drive and a lot of space are musts. I'd be more than happy to answer specific questions, if you have any.

Once again, thanks for all of the compliments. I promise more video surprises in the future. This has even motivated me to finish up a Disney picture website that I've been thinking about. :)

[Patricia]

This is driving me crazy. All I can get is the sound. I can hear the whole thing through and watch the bar move across the screen... HELP!!!!!!

[dBugged]

:)

I updated my original post with links to a few other formats. Hopefully this will allow everyone to enjoy the videos. I posted a lower quality version and also a real player version.

Jump to the first post in this thread and you'll find links to all of the formats.

Enjoy!

[mofred]

WOW!!!!

What a lot of hard work you must have put into that.

I'll tell you one thing-I need to get a cable modem!

Thank you!

[TimNDansMom]

Just absolutely excellent!!!!! It brought back so many memories. I can't wait for our July trip to relive all this. You have timed the music perfectly and it's my favourite piece!

I had to view it through the second option as the cable one kept stopping but I'm looking forward to trying it later at night, when hopefully the server is not so busy.

I'm really looking forward to your next video after your September trip! Thanks so much for making this available for all of us. :)

[Ted and Holly]

WOW!!!

You made me cry!
Thanks for sharing! Keep em coming!

Holly P

[Banzai]

Wow! That was just amazing. Here is Ocser now! I loved it!

~Brad~

[Patabel]

I'm sitting here crying....your video w/music brought back such wonderful memories of our recent trips.

WOW Thank you soooooo very, very much for sharing.

Pat

[Taryn]

Oh good... so I am not the only sap who started to sniffle...!

Then your wife having to fix her fanny..... pack! *giggles* Then I was half in tears and half giggling. You have a great talent for timing...

Thank you so very much!

[Casey's mom]

I am speechless! That was so wonderful! How did you get the music to match the fireworks at the end (I am no tech wizard -- that's for sure!). I want to be there now. It looks like you had a great trip! Thanks for sharing this with us all!:D

[Rajah]

Wow! That was fantastic! :) :) :) I love how you got the fireworks and the music synched back up at the ending, too :)

[DixieDreamer]

WOW! That was spectacular... thoroughly enjoyed that trip report... GREAT finale too. (sigh) makes me want to go back NOW!

Thanks for sharing with us.

[JohnTBap]

May I speak frankly?

I am not sure what you do for a living,

BUT

I think that you could have a career at Disney

BECAUSE

that looks better than the stuff that they put out!


AWESOME!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[dBugged]

>>I am not sure what you do for a living<<

I write computer software for a living, mostly websites for a large insurance company. I also run a little shareware company. I've always thought about getting into computer animation and video making (perhaps with Pixar, Dreamworks or Disney Imagineering), since I love doing it so much. The very positive and enthusiastic comments I've received here is making me seriously think about my future and doing this full time. :)

I also have a few piles of footage from Disneyland that I've never done anything with, maybe I'll get creative this weekend and whip something else up for you all. :)

[Florida]

Hi

I must say that it is a wonderful movie you made..

I have 2 questions :

- Which CD did you get the music from ??

- Is it possible to download your movie because I just
bought a DV-Camcorder and are planning to make my
own movie when I get back in September from WDW.
I just want to use it as a guide/inspiration how to make
excellent home-movies.


Regards
Tommy

[dBugged]

>>Which CD did you get the music from ?? <<

It was from their Millennium Celebration CD. We picked it up in the park after the fireworks show -- it was pretty popular, everyone wanted a copy.

>>Is it possible to download your movie because ...<<

Currently, the only format that is downloadable is the real player one. The other formats aren't yet downloadable. We are working on our Disney site and will post a downloadable version there, once we're up. I hope to be up in about a week.

[holycow]

wanted to thank you too! Your video was amazing and I loved the Music...

My DD 2 sat on my lap and laughed and clapped the whole time...she was mad when it was all over lol

Thanks for the memories!
Holycow

[Figment78]

Absolutely wonderful!!! I loved it!! Great Job! :bounce:

[Florida]

Thanks for your quick reply!

What will your websiteadress be?
We will definitely be checking it out.

Regards
Tommy.

[Olaf]

I'm going to drag DH in here to see this. Absolutely loved it! Made me feel as if I were there.

[NurseKim]

I am in absolute awe! That was fabulous! The ending was great! Great job! :sunny:

[LindaBabe]

That was wonderful! My husband came and watched it through the whole thing - while the tears rolled down my cheeks! WELL worth whatever time it took you to create it -- thank you!

[dBugged]

Once again... thanks for the feedback! I love it! The only bad news is that I hit my bandwidth limit of the streaming site I was using for the high-quality version. The video was 10MB in size and the site was limited to 1GB per month of transfer. :(

However, don't despair, I have several lower-quality versions at my regular web site (both Media Player and Real Player)! :) See the original post for the new links to the lower quality versions.

Once July hits, my bandwidth limits reset and the high-quality versions will, once again, be accessible.

Thanks for all of the great feedback.

My Disney picture site (http://www.wdwpix.com) should open up later this month.

[Kama89]

dBugged,
Finally!! Thank You Thank You for the other links! I had to download the newer version of Media Player, but finally got it to work! It was well worth the effort!!!
I can only echo what everyone else said here... it is truly beautiful. While watching it, I'm thinking to myself: This guy needs to submit this to Disney! I had called my husband and son in to watch it with me, and through tears, my husband says: No Disney commercial ever made me feel like this.

Methink this video makes a good Dis mascot! ;)

[Saffron]

That is just absolutely stunning! The music goes with the video just perfectly! I sat watching with my mouth hanging open! Thank you so much for sharing!

PS I hope I heard right, I hope your wife got her fanny fixed! ;)

[Tuffcookie]

Rob & Amy, Your video is absolutely stunning. What talent you have! I have about 50 days left before I leave for a solo trip to the world and watching your video put me in the mood! Thank you so much for sharing!

TC :cool:

[Leota]

Wow!!!! That was utterly Fantastic!!! Disney should have YOU do there web stuff - Far superior to what I see on their official site!
Kudos!!! I'm cheering madly for you guys....
Thanks for sharing that with us.

[Towncrier]

Thanks, I needed that. What a wonderful editting job. Just the right number of captions. Very smooth transitions. And you can't beat the subject matter. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I only wish that I had a faster internet connection at home so that I could show this to my wife. I'm sure that she would appreciate it too.

[Fantasia Girl]

WOW!!!!!!! :earseek: :earseek:

amazing!!!:)

[Mskanga]

All I can say is....WOWWWW , I'm still crying!! What a great movie!!

[kathymc]

Bravo! Bravo! I finally got it to work and it was worth the wait!

Thanks for sharing this with all of us - it was wonderful!

[nativetxn]

Oh my goodness gracious, how wonderful! How stupendous! How <b>magical</b>!

Could I adopt you?

[dBugged]

Thanks guys. I appreciate the feedback! Our new pictures site should be opening soon. We've been putting together a pile of pictures and windows backgrounds for everyone and may even whip up a few other surprise videos that hype up Disneyland and a few of the rides. I'll also post another note in a new thread, as soon as the site officially opens up.

The only downside to this video is it makes our wait feel sooooo long to make our next trip. We'll be there in September for two weeks -- which is still a little ways away. :(

Oh, anyone have anything or attractions they'd like to see highlighted in our 2001 video in September/October? I'll make sure to take some shots when I'm there.

Oh, our new disney url is : http://www.wdwpix.com

[phins_jazy]

WOW................WOW....................WOW!!!!! !!

[prtlee]

Will you ever get tired of the kudos? I cried too! We went in May 2001 and I didn't get to see TON so I loved that one shot! I am awestruck, I felt like I was there all over again. We took our digital video camera and I was so frustrated when I got back b/c it seemed so overwhelming to create a mailable video but now you've given me hope!!! It will be nothing like the quality of yours. We have Premier 5.5 but not the top of the line video capture card that you have. Can't wait for your picture site to get done!!! Thanks SOOO much for sharing this!:earseek: :earseek: :earseek: :earseek: :earseek: :earseek:

[Sandy Fisher]

Someone told me about this thread. I missed it when first posted. Wow, that video is super. Sure wish we had someone like yourself to go along and do ours. Thoroughly enjoyed it and saved it to disc. Thanks for a reminder of what we go to the World for!!:cool:

[hilside]

I am truly awestruck!! That was better than any of the "official" videos Disney puts out! Ok.. I definitely have to talk my fiancé into a Disney trip next year!! :cool:

[safcdl16]

Excellent video brought back loads of memories.

Loved reflections music. Can't wait to go back in March and will be getting our videos out tonight to watch again.

Valerie http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/multi.gif

[WebmasterPenny]

Fantastic video!

Truly truly wonderful - I wish I could be so creative...

I really enjoyed it and felt like I was right back there :D

Penny! :)

[UK~STU]

Excellent production.
Having done a few PC video's myself I know how much work goes into these, you deserve all the praise your getting from this thread.
I enjoyed your video more than the official Disney video.
Can't wait to see the High Quality video.

[Patrick IL.]

Oh MY, I got the chills watching that, the music is incredible! Absolutley amazing! I called my wife in to watch it, I think our eyes welled up with fond memories. I can not say enough about that:D

[dBugged]

Our new Disney video and picture site is partially available. You'll find the latest links to the streaming video of the Millennium video on our new site.

You can check it out at:

http://www.wdwpix.com

[MickDaddy]

Just had to write, I am truely inspired on the quality and your ability to capture the right moments of your trip. Although I had my video camera on my last trip, you just get lazy sometimes. But I can hardly wait until the next trip for a second chance at capturing some true memories. Great Job!

[dBugged]

I've had a lot of people ask how we made this video, as well as the tools that were used. I put together a nice page that outlines how we did it. Hopefully this will help anyone who is looking to put together videos of their own. I'm also working on a few pages outlining some video and digital photo tips as I've received lots of "how did you get those night shots with a digital camera" types of questions. :)

Here is the page that describes how we made the video:

http://www.wdwpix.com/VideosHow.htm

[becka]

That was just great!!!

WOW! Thanks so very much for putting together this incredible video. It took me right back to the World.

[Paul in CT]

Hi Neighbors,

Great job, Rob and Amy!! Thanks for sharing that tremendous video. I hope to be able to make something as good as that from my videos someday.

[dBugged]

Boy, you are just around the corner from us! If you ever run into us (you'll recognize us from the videos), be sure to say hi. We've got lots more cool videos planned in September. :)