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And for the second time I say: you can tell I'm editing again, because the journal posts are going through the roof.
2008-06-01 20:25:51
Takeout:
Pre-edit: ? At least 10 hours
Edit: Oh...I don't know, let's say 15
So the two of you out there who agreed (knowingly or not) to beta test my next AMV and thought that was XII, you've been spared a lot of angst and now will have to deal with the oddity that is Takeout.
In a fit of creative insanity, or insane creativity - whichever you prefer - this AMV has gone straight off a cliff at 90 MPH and is now headed straight for "What the heck is wrong with her??" land. I'm having a blast. The only problem is that I already made the mistake of spending several hours on experimental sauce that - although tasty - is not complimenting the rest the AMV. This can be haphazardly rectified by making the rest of the AMV the same flavor as the sauce...however I'm not sure quite how to do that.
OK, so!!
The Good: I had many, many good laughs when I was putting together 'Bustin. Takeout is also making me laugh...just in an "OMG I've got to be nuts," way.
The Bad: The only people who will probably find this AMV funny are crazy people. It doesn't help that I'm not a slick editor, so there's nothing pretty to watch while the roof caves in, as it were.
The Ugly: Once again I seem to be creating a video that is not my preferred editing style. AGAIN this begs the question of what IS my style, if everything I make I feel uncomfortable making. The answer is that the concepts behind my videos are, to quote myself, forcing my hand, which is what a concept should do. Heh, in any case, from what I've got so far (wait a second, I created 35 seconds of footage in less than 10 hours? @_@) I'd say people are either going to think that I know what I'm doing or that I definitely don't. Either way that's OK 'cause I'm having fun!
Oh yeah, and this AMV has officially been targeted by the AMV Gods, who inflicted Premiere with fatal errors not one, not two, not three or four or five but SIX times today, requiring an auto save to rectify the situation. -
oh. wow.
2008-05-31 20:58:00
Not sure when, but 'Bustin got onto the top 10% list. How'd I miss THAT??
So after doing a little happy dance tinged with disbelief, I go exploring and discover something that is just about the funniest/scariest thing I've seen around here in a long, long time. My AMV is fairly high on the list of all-time best special effects videos.
:|
I'd better not have a huge, flashing neon special effects sign hanging over my head now. The only thing I consider an "effect" in 'Bustin is the masking, and that's pretty tame. If I am toting around a neon sign, though, then all I have to say is that some people are going to be very disappointed in me...
Takeout
I need to dig up an old journal post that listed the hours I'd already spent on this. Um, add three for today! -
I want to do some editing this weekend. I WILL do some editing this weekend.
2008-05-31 10:23:02
I just realized that "The Vent" thread in the Donator's forum is basically a bunch of people who are posting what I post in my journal for mass public consumption. So the next time I have something to say that's got me breathing fire (and doesn't involve AMV.org) perhaps I should say it there.
Like that doctor fiasco. Part III:
Despite the fact the nurse promised to call me the same afternoon I had the bloodtest - since I was really irritated - and she hadn't called me 15 minutes before the medical center closes, I decided to make her day a little bit MORE uncomfortable and called HER. Eventually I get her on the phone and in a somewhat-out-of-breath-manner says she "just" called the lab and they said the results wouldn't be in until after 5 p.m. so I'll have to wait until Monday.
I got to use that dead silence response technique again.
After that, I asked with a tinge of false concern, "So what am I supposed to do about my prescription?" This goes back to the point that the doctor agreed to up my meds without bloodwork, but then found out he'd screwed up the new prescription because he hadn't read my medical records and didn't even know what my old dosage was and suddenly did a 180 on me and insisted I must have a bloodtest before he'd make a decision. This despite the fact that now that I'm on higher meds, the bloodtest probably will show no abnormalities whatsoever.
The nurse replies, "Oh, you can just keep taking the additional meds he prescribed."
:|
So basically...because my doctor screwed up, I had to cover his ass by taking a bloodtest that is going to cost me over $200. A test that, at the end of the day, was never required in the first place and will have made absolutely no difference in my treatment.
KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL
But anyways, more AMV news:
XII is now residing on my backup backup external HD. That means it's almost at the bottom of pile, in terms of getting around to making it. I was watching that nice Chocolate Starfish MEP last night and I get really, really depressed about my editing skills (or rather, lack thereof) and realized that I AM supposed to be having some kind of fun doing this and if I'm that unhappy about making that AMV...then maybe I shouldn't. I still have all the clips and stuff, of course, so it's sitting there whenever I want to take a stab at it...but let's face it. I'm not very good and that AMV demands excellence. If the payoff for me is being able to make the AMV that I want to make, then it's probably not a good idea for me to try and make an AMV that I know won't come out the way I want it to.
Now I get to rummage through the 100GB of clips or so I've got for other projects and figure out what I want to do. I'm going to take another stab at Takout, editing the music so far as been the biggest challenge, but if I can manage to do that, this AMV will be less than 2 minutes long. A nice, punchy, what-you-see-is-what-you-get comedy. Then, depending on whether I want to challenge myself with godix's genre challenge, I may do a drama/romance thingy, which unfortunately requires me to re-rip clips since that was what I tried and failed to do while ripping clips for XII. And then...well, it will probably be time to make next year's Anime Boston AMV, couple of possibilities there.
/me goes off to wrassle music -
Lookee here
2008-05-30 12:14:38
http://rootclip.com/
This is pretty cool. A real collaborative video effort that doesn’t depend on fancy eye candy to get attention. I know there’s a bunch of live video enthusiasts around here, so if they don’t already know about it, spread the word!
Also AMV related, but more personal: My doctor is begging to be sued. If his incompetence wasn't costing me so much money, I'd find it kind of funny. Whatever the case, that fact that he messed up my medication and now I've got to submit to all sorts of unnecessary bloodwork that my health insurance does not cover has pretty much guaranteed I will not be going to AX. Given that all of this is his fault, I should have pushed for the labwork to be done without charge.
I wish suing people for medical malpractice wasn't so expensive. Maybe I'll just write him a really long letter instead outlining my displeasure. I'm pretty good at penning righteous wrath. -
Drat you all
2008-05-30 07:30:48
99% of family and friends are insisting I go out to AX. I don't really want to, mostly because of the hassle it would be...essentially it would change what was supposed to be my first vacation in nearly two years from a relaxing respite into a money-gobbling, jet-lagged, crazed anime convention debacle.
I'm not going and that's final!! *cue famous last words music*
Oh yeah and that dessert cart has something really yummy on it that looks suspiciously like another Advent Children AMV. Why am I so inelegantly inspired by AC? Why do I have this burning desire to throw it under the bus (or in front a train)? I love that movie...just like I love Star Wars, Gone With The Wind and Mean Guns but I have no compunction to destroy any of those...or even mildly ridicule them. Well ok, Mean Guns has it coming, but it knows it's bad and that's part of what makes it so much fun.
The overall problem here was that if I wasn't so darned slow I could make many of these AMVs I want to make, but instead I have to carefully ration my time and try to make sure I get the most bang for my buck.
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