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KACHOOO!!
2012-06-05 14:01:05
I suck at editing when I'm sick, which I've discovered I am. -_- No wonder I struggled with my video this weekend and got zilch accomplished, other than ruination of my grand plans. Feels like my brain fog or whatever is back again: memory is shoddy, attention span is nil, thought activity is just totally flatlined. I had a someone tell me once that I thought too much, apparently bordering on obsessiveness or something, and I got a little annoyed. What the heck am I supposed to do if I'm not thinking? What's going on when there's nothing going on upstairs? How is that even POSSIBLE? Well, many years later, now I know. It's kind of like being on Vicodin or something, without the perks.
This thread is so verging on deliberate trolling it makes me wonder if it's really fake: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=109560
Also, Lip Flapper #22: The Making of L.F.S. (or, A Journey into the World of Driftroot's Mind) http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=109569 -
So nice to be reminded of how much I suck at editing
2012-06-02 20:43:38
In the Key of D
Pre-edit: 4 hours
Edit: 4 hours
Post-Production/Special Effects: 0
The Good: It rained like heck today, so I had no excuse for not spending some time on this AMV. Didn't get very far, but I did experiment with some scenes I had not previously considered viable options.
The Bad: So my entire concept for this AMV has always revolved around one pivotal scene, which - when experimented with - proved rather dysfunctional. So now I have to take a radically alternative tact, which is just not my modus operandi when it comes to AMVs. One thing I have learned I enjoy about the AMV-making process is the editing surprises along the way, though, so I'm hopeful that some better future is in my future. Don't know yet, but if I don't keep at it, nothing's ever going to happen anyways. Ugh...just drives home how inept I am at this stuff. Ever want to be good at something you're really not good at? Yeah, that's me and AMVs.
The Ugly: At around 2:30 p.m. today my lidless travel mug of hot chai fell over, because I had accidentally balanced it on the edge of a coaster. It spilled right onto my desk, onto my keyboard and into my lap. The keyboard was the main casualty, so now I'm using my backup keyboard, whose keys are a little differently spaced and are causing me to make typos every seventh letter (ARGH!!!). -
Whew....made it again!!
2012-05-31 23:39:20
Anime Expo 2012 finalist! I wish I lived closer to the other side of the country, I've always wanted to go to that con and this year seems like it's lining up to be a really good AMV contest. This is probably it for me, too, which is another reason I'd love to go - I can't really see that I'll make another big AMV again (unless I'm suddenly inspired/motivated, and who knows, maybe I will be, but I'm not betting on it). AX is a good way to wrap up though, I guess!
Speaking of which...there's likely to be a rather large portion of the crowd who saw the Knights of Badassdom trailer premiere at Comic-Con last year. I wonder if this is going to be a good thing or a bad thing? @_@ -
Casshern Sins...again!
2012-05-28 21:43:10
Is one of my favorite anime series, mostly because it's one of the few that really transport me to another place. It's not the greatest thing ever, but it's just got this utterly immersive quality about it - in large part because it just comes across so self-confident. It doesn't really ever assume the viewer isn't totally captivated and on board with what it's doing, it just steamrolls right ahead with its own agenda. This steamrolling is one of the things I admire about it, you just don't see that in anime very often.
Also: I think I finished my Lip Flapper interview. Spent more time on that than I did one of my AMVs. I do hope it all works out. :| -
The 'Org: We Know Drama
2012-05-22 20:17:23
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Telling people who are passionate about something to stop being so passionate about it either is like throwing a bucket of water on a fire or a can of kerosene. Depending on how big your bucket is, they'll either just ignore you or simmer down, but the kerosene is always going to cause a flare up.
Hrm. Haven't worked on my AMV anymore, I've been quite busy lately. Went to my first lesbian wedding ceremony on the weekend, which was beautiful and one of the nicest, most heart-felt weddings I've ever attended. Being the analytical sort, I also found it an absolutely fascinating experience. Does that make me a bad person? I don't think so...I totally support an agenda which gives people the right to choose who they want to share their lives with, who they want to trust their lives to, and allowing them to offer that other person equal rights and benefits regardless of their sex. What I don't support are agendas which seek to force everyone to believe the same things about love: what it is, who it can be between and how it's expressed. We're all human, we all have the same ability to love and hate, to make good choices and bad choices, to be really screwed up and "normal," to get married for all kinds of reasons.
Ok, that's enough preaching for today. Sorry. Like I said, the wedding was quite a fascinating experience and I've enjoyed the opportunity to reflect on these issues more than I ever have before.
I wish I could record the AGGRAVATING TREE FROGS outside right now. I complained about this last year, too, it sounds like a wretched rain forest in my backyard!! While those frogs are cute for about a half hour, but they haven't STOPPED ...WHATEVER it is they're doing for a solid week. Singing? I guess you would call this frog singing?
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