ProjeKct Life

pen-pen2002 · Post by **pen-pen2002** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:36 pm

Bum: looking forward to it.

Kalium: Thanks.

Coffe54: I've been restarting a lot to try to fix a computer hardware problem (which I finnally got rid of by disabling advanced hardware acceleration) so the FTP has been down more then usual. It is on a laptop so it's not constantly active but it's on most of the time so you might just have to check back.

Jasper-Isis: A full length beta? Why'd you have to tell me about that? Now I'm all curiuos.

Yeah, there's a lot of good stuff. I actually tried my hand at some action editing using the first song.

All: If you are having trouble connecting to my FTP just upload to Kaliums server and I can get it from there. By the time were ready for the final HQ versions I'll have a reliable way to get them.

bum · Post by **bum** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:44 pm

Kalium wrote:Here's what I have.

I a hate it when people have beta's bigger than most things I can stand to download

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:31 pm

Kalium wrote:Here's what I have.

Kalium: I just noticed that the cuts in the last three or so seconds were a bit off-synch. Like for example, the shot of the clashing swords came in a little late. Can you check that section over?

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:10 pm

I got a beta for you guys! Except... I wasn't able to cover the whole song like I wanted to. There are two very sizable holes in the timeline, but I can fill them in soon enough. The entire track is about 60% done. I just wanted to get this out there, maybe give some of you more motivation to work on this project more.

Link [9.3MB] It'll remain on yousendit's servers until next Friday, as I uploaded it two days ago.

The storyboarding goes as follows:

0:00 - dreams, aspirations
0:12 - early stumbles*
0:20 - up, up, up
0:30 - success!
0:36 - fall from grace
0:41 - determined, slowly working up*
0:48 - setbacks*
0:52 - big setbacks, pain/angst/depression*
0:58 - revival!
1:05 - the final stretch

The sections marked with *s are the ones that I have yet to edit. Basically I made all the happy parts first, so now I have to fill in all the sad parts.

I still have a little bit of work to do on the parts that are already there - they're cut, but not polished. I feel that there are some beats that simple cuts and motion are not powerful enough to emphasize, so I need to add some more sparkle to those beats. Don't worry, they won't be of the seizure-inducing type.

Let me know what you think!

Coffee 54 · Post by **Coffee 54** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:41 pm

I really, really, liked it. Very happy. As a matter of fact, without any of the sad parts, too happy. Which means once their added it should flow very nicely indeed. The final stretch also needs some polish. I imagine those black holes in it are going to be filled with something or changed out or whatever.

Songbird21 · Post by **Songbird21** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:26 pm

JASPER- Do you want me to host it on my server? I've got plenty of room.

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:33 pm

coffee: Thanks for the comments! I think my challenge now is to prevent the "sad" parts from dragging, since footage-wise they're rather mundane compared to the happier parts. I'll also fill in those holes in the end. Originally I'd wanted the holes there on purpose, to match the (bass?) guitar of the music, as that's what I'd been doing that entire section. Then I previewed it and saw that it doesn't really look that great. xP I didn't have time to change it before the weekend rolled around, but it will be fixed soon.

[gripe] I wish that ADV would start releasing the second season of Kaleido Star already. From what I've seen in KS amvs, there's a ton of season two footage that would be awesome for what I'm trying to do here.

[/gripe]

Song: Thanks for the offer, but as this is a beta, I'd rather just let it disappear off the net after a few downloads.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:34 pm

Jasper-Isis wrote:
Kalium wrote:Here's what I have.
Kalium: I just noticed that the cuts in the last three or so seconds were a bit off-synch. Like for example, the shot of the clashing swords came in a little late. Can you check that section over?

OK, I think I fixed that. The only thing is, at the end of the musical section, the bass line starts to lose the dominant position, so I have to synch more with the treble.

bum · Post by **bum** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:32 am

http://www.globocide.com/hosted%20shit/liquidC.wmv

Thats my current beta. Thanks to penpen for hackng the globoside server and puting my vid up. Anyway, as ya can see its going bad, not BAD but not good. Right now I'm just stuck, with about 35 seconds left to edit and a mind thats fresh out of everything.

Oh and I bought Dream Theatre's album Awake. $10 = Teh cheap. Space-Dye Vest is a bloody awsome song. Now which album of theirs has when the water breaks?

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:21 am

Um, When the Water Breaks is LTE, not Dream Theater

I should be in editing shape within a couple of weeks, i.e. by may. So I hope to have something to show then