11.01.10 - 11:30AM
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Jay Hathaway

Was This iPhone-Powered Marriage Proposal Really a Viral Ad?

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At Urlesque, we love amazing and elaborate marriage proposal videos. Sometimes you have to wonder about the proposals that are a bit too perfect, though. One recent viral video, shot from several angles using an unnamed iPhone app, rings a bit false to us.

A girl named Kasey is tricked by a friend into showing up on a bridge in Central Park, where a band sneaks up behind her and starts playing her favorite song, as her boyfriend, Frank, rows up beneath her and throws her an engagement ring.

The whole time, a team with four iPhones and at least one Mac laptop is in position, shooting everything from various angles using a "special iPhone app." They never say the name of the app, but I wouldn't be surprised if this turns into a viral ad for it. As CNET's Chris Matyszczyk wrote in a recent blog post, there are plenty of things in this ad -- I mean, wedding proposal video -- that don't feel believable.

For one thing, Kasey doesn't notice the band sneaking up behind her with a hi-hat and a huge bass. For another, someone is filming the iPhone screens of the friends who are recording the proposal. Why would anyone put an extra camera on those iPhone screens, if not to show off the app they're using? It doesn't add any art or romance to the proposal.

Frank and Kasey have an engagement website -- FrankAndKasey.com -- but there's nothing there yet except some photos of the couple, which were suspiciously all taken in the park that day. I'm guessing it won't be long before that site redirects to the homepage of the iPhone app that was used to shoot the video. Maybe I'm just cynical, though. Maybe this is really just a happy couple in love. What do you think?

link:// FrankAndKasey.com
link:// CNET - An 'iPhone Apps' Proposal
related:// Guy Proposes to Girl With Choreographed Dance Routine

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11.01.10

By Sarah L.

Neutral

Hard to tell. In New York who notices all the stuff that happens behind you? So, I could see why she didn't notice the band. The only reason I think it's real is because there's a "My proposal is bigger than yours" thing going with guys these days. This one's pretty cool. I vote REAL.

11.01.10

By Sarah L.

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BTW, love that iPhone app too. I think it's enabled by the new Eye-Fi SD cards.
Apple's Keynote can also be viewed and controlled remotely on your Mac using
your iPhone via wi-fi. Same principal here.

11.01.10

By Stephanie

Neutral

I think the reason it looks a little fake is because the geeky buddies tried to make it look like some kind of Mission Impossible video. The proposal seems very real to me.

11.01.10

By Siobhan Miller

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I got divorced 3 months ago by a jerk whose proposal was almost as impressive (sans the iPhone application and camera crew). For this girl's sake I was hoping she dropped the ring!

11.01.10

By Nat X

Neutral

Looks fake to me

11.01.10

By Billyb

Neutral

hahaha....serious? This is sooooooooooooooooooo fake..not a doubt in my mind....does anyone really believe this? her Yes, yes, was so fake when she "accepted" his proposal....it's fake people

11.01.10

By Susie

Highest Rank

Completely FAKE. In 1 shot you see her brown bag on top of the railing of the bridge, then it is gone until she runs down the ramp to meet her "boyfriend" Also, what man, who just spent a few $1000's on a ring is going to throw it to his girl in hopes she is going to catch it???

11.01.10

By Jessica

Neutral

TOTALLY REAL. Are you guys serious thinking it's fake? They obviously just tried to spice it up with the geeks and their "mission" but the proposal is obviously real. So what if the bag is down or up? It's EDITED! geez. not everything you see is fake.

11.01.10

By Megan

Highest Rank

Fake. Why would they videotape the people videotaping it? However, that would be a spiffy way to propose to somebody. Great song too.

11.01.10

By Jimmy

Neutral

That was lame.

11.01.10

By Jimmy

Highest Rank

I agree with Susie. Her huge brown handbag seemingly disappears halfway through the clip and then reappears at the end again. Completely Fake... And Completely Lame.

11.01.10

By Krissy

Highest Rank

TOTALLY FAKE: AT the 1:33 min mark she has her brown bag on the edge of the bridge..at the 1:39 min mark it's gone and then she has it again when she enters the boat? Then I highly doubt he would throw the ring up to her, what if she had dropped it in the river? nobody would be that stupid..I think it's a fake!

11.01.10

By Phil

Neutral

FAKE!! Shots of the boyfriend tossing the ring taken from the bridge, then a cut to the girl friend catching it. Both shots taken close to the subjects. Cameraman in boat, then for the long shot, just boyfrien in boat? She didn't notice a camera stuck in her face? Shots of the other 'cameramen' taking thier 'shots' and nobody noticed? He's rowing a boat, she's on the bridge and she doesn't notice her boyfriend? Shots taken infront of the band on the bridge from floor level and no one notices? Just more junk for the 'Appleholes'!!

11.01.10

By Fake and Casey

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More info on who was behind this and why it was faked can be found here:

https://sites.google.com/site/fakeandcaseysite/

Yep, it's just more viral marketing crap. Take everything you see with a generous helping of salt...

11.01.10

By Pam Cheshire

Neutral

It is fake because he throws the ring across the water and on to the bridge. NO ONE would spend that much money in hopes that the girl is going to be coordinated enough to catch it.

11.01.10

By Mark

Neutral

Unless you're my friend Alan who won't date a girl who can't catch... Who's gonna throw a engaugement ring, worth possibly thousands, to a woman standing on a bridge over a lake... "Here Honey catch!" "Whoops, hope that wasn't expensive...You bought two right?"

11.01.10

By Phil

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At 2.03 in the video there is a shot of the bridge from afar. Pause it and look to the right. You will see a gentelman with a dark shirt holding a PRO VIDEO CAMERA!! More crap from 'Crapple'!!