A guy proposed to his fiancé by editing himself into the wedding scene of Shrek—a perfect way to totally surprise his girlfriend, and honor their love for the movie.
Carter Allen spent five hours adding a clip of himself seamlessly running down the aisle saying he’s ‘experienced true love, too’.
While playing the edited film for her at home last month, he left the room during that scene. He reappeared wearing the same suit he was wearing in the movie and got down on one knee to propose to Andressa Da Silva.
The young couple met four years ago on a class film set working on a project that Carter wrote.
The 26-year-old American from Georgia was predominantly a writer/director at the Georgia Institute of Technology, while she was an actress.
“When I met her I fell for her, and while editing the class film and listening to us mucking around in between takes, I fell for her all over again.
“From then on, we’ve always helped each other out and spent evenings watching films together.
“I always knew I wanted to do something film-focused, but also something intimate.”
Carter initially thought about proposing to Andressa in a movie theatre, but said ‘it didn’t feel right’.
“You’d be proposing during a film you’d never seen before, and what if it was bad?”
Instead, inspiration came from her suggestion for their next movie night.
“I started thinking about films we both have a fond memory of and, funny enough, she suggested we actually put Shrek on one evening,” he told SWNS news agency.
They ended up watching something else, but it gave Carter his perfect plan.
He worked on the edits while Andressa was sleeping—timing his appearance in the scene to just before Lord Farquaad says “the perfect bride”. (Watch the moment below…)
He was worried she might say no to watching it on the date he’d chosen—December 6. “You can only push so hard to insist on watching Shrek without raising suspicion.”
“When it actually happened, it was surreal.”
To propose to my girlfriend of four years, I edited myself into the first Shrek movie!
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By the time his edited cameo appeared on screen, Carter had slipped away to change into a suit and returned moments later, a ring in his hand.
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“I completely lost myself. I forgot everything I was going to say and just asked if she’d like to marry me.”
“I didn’t give myself enough time for the suit change. I nearly skipped the socks, but thankfully it all worked out. I should have done a dress rehearsal!”
Carter also scrambled to set up his phone across the room to record the special moment.
“I tripped on something on the way, but she didn’t notice,” he recalled. “She was absorbed in the film which I was thankful for.”
It also helped that he works from home so he could edit from there.
“I was humming the soundtrack constantly. I had to be careful she didn’t get suspicious.”
The proposal video went viral on Reddit, and the couple has been overwhelmed by the response—52,000 Likes and over a thousand comments.
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“People have even suggested playing the soundtrack at our wedding, I can’t believe it went so viral.
“It was private, personal, and very us, and I am so glad it worked out like it did!”
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