Virtual Reality Proposal (with a Flash Mob and Mariachis)!

On March 8th, 2015 with the help of family and friends (dancing in a flash mob), Mariachis and some very generous businesses I proposed to my Girlfriend, Maggie, in the place we met using a Google Cardboard Virtual Reality kit. This is the video we made of the proposal! How did I do? Let me know in the comments section!

Look for the following hashtags on Social Networks for posts and images from behind the scenes of the proposal video:

#surpriseVRproposal #MnMProposal

Follow us for updates on our next design project together at:

My Website: http://mikeriosdesign.com

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikerealohs

Maggie’s Website: http://margaretjensen.com

Maggie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/maggie_jensen

Maggie’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/maggie_jensen

Booking and media inquiries: mikeriosix (at) gmail (dot) com

To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email [email protected]

A sincere thank you to my film friends for helping me produce this video (and my sincere apologies for incorrectly crediting them):

David Beglin, Co-Director & Co-Producer – http://cargocollective.com/davidbeglin

Joshua Scott Patterson, Co-Director, Editor, & Sound – http://noosphereportal.tumblr.com/

Stefan Silvers, Director of Photography – http://www.stefansilvers.com/

Thank you, Google and the Google Cardboard team

for supporting the proposal and creating technologies within reach like Google Cardboard, Photosphere, and Android that allowed me to tell the story I wanted to tell the way I wanted to tell it without breaking the bank.

More info on Google Cardboard, Photospheres and Android devices you can use to take and view photospheres through a Google Cardboard kit can be viewed at the links below.

Google Carboard: https://goo.gl/2RkLca

Photospheres: https://goo.gl/DAzgRv

Google Store: https://goo.gl/dSr7Sh

Thank you, Skullcandy

for supporting the proposal and giving us the beautiful Knockout headphones Maggie wore throughout the VR portion of the proposal to listen to the music mix I made for her.

More info on Skullcandy headphones can be viewed here:

https://goo.gl/rZCKft

Thank you, I AM Cardboard

for supporting the proposal and giving us the cool EV Google Cardboard kit Maggie wore throughout the VR portion of the proposal to view the photospheres we made for her.

More info on I AM Cardboard’s Google Cardboard Kits can be viewed here:

https://goo.gl/DQ6BUW

Thank you, Square Jellyfish

for supporting the proposal and giving us your awesome Spring Tripod Mount, without which the photospheres we took using my Nexus 5 phone for the VR portion of the proposal would have been impossible.

More info on Square Jellyfish Spring Tripod Mounts can be viewed here:

https://goo.gl/lIUEUv

Thank you, Flexion Direct

for supporting the proposal and giving us your invaluable Power Bank Card Portable External Battery Charger Pack, without which my Nexus 5 phone would have died long before we took all of the necessary photospheres we used for the VR portion of the proposal.

More info on the Flexion Direct Power Bank Card Portable External Battery Charger Pack can be viewed here:

https://goo.gl/E64Iqg

Thank you, Kate Szabone Jewellery

for making the beautiful bespoke ring I gave to Maggie. Your craft, professionalism, and patience were sincerely appreciated.

More info on Kate’s beautiful custom jewelry can be viewed here:

https://goo.gl/ffejfb

Thank you, Extreme Retouching

for expertly editing and retouching all of the Photospheres on my tight timeline, and even tighter budget.

More info on Extreme Retouching’s photo retouching services can be viewed here:

https://goo.gl/enYzU9

Music:

Thank you, Mariachi Romanza

for your professionalism, learning 2 non standard songs with little notice, and agreeing to take this gig on my shoestring budget.

Rodrigo Rodriguez (Vihuela and Vocals)

Rosalie Rodriguez (Violin)

Jacqueline Valderrama (Vocals)

Mona Seda (Trumpet)

Arturo Salgado (Guitarrón)

For more information on booking the tremendously talented Mariachi Romanza, please contact Rodrigo Rodriguez here:

https://goo.gl/cIMNOg

Songs I used in the video:

“Lavender”, Power und Beauty – Peppermill Records

“Hitmans Lovesong feat. Paola Graziano”, The Freak Fandango Orchestra

“Kiss the Girl”, The Little Mermaid – Disney Music Group

“You Got It”, Roy Orbison – Sony/ATV and Wixen Music Publishing

Please feel free to listen to the Soundtrack I made to accompany this video below which includes the above aforementioned songs and more:

https://goo.gl/mn4DFH

Location:

Thank you, One Colorado

for allowing us to come into your courtyard on two separate occasions, and the many courtesies you extended to my party and I to do everything we needed to do to execute the proposal.

More info on the retailers and restaurants found at One Colorado can be viewed here:

https://goo.gl/Bza8nd

First published on youtube.com.