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Hurrah
2011-03-11 08:02:39
Can't say as I've watched all the VCA winners yet. Some of them I have, but can't remember, which is probably why I didn't vote for them. Didn't vote for anyone, actually, I had sort of kind of other things going on and didn't have time to watch tons of videos.
What did I come here to post, anyways? Hrm...oh yes, for some reason my Takeout video on YouTube is attracting all kinds of discussion. By which I mean a comment every other day or so for the past couple of weeks. People are intend on finding all the Easter Eggs, but there's two they haven't discovered and one which no one has ever told me they noticed. Makes me feel like the Wizard of Oz sitting behind the curtain, taunting people out of some twisted psychological need to feel mysterious. :|
In other AMV news, someone asked whether I would be making a full-length video out of my AMV Hell 5 clip...and I got to say yes, I'm already on it, except it's more like that clip came out of the full video, not the other way around. I can guarantee it's not at all what they're expecting, however. >:) If it ever gets made. Maybe I should shoot for AWA again, since last year backfired so badly.
Also: terrible earthquake in Japan! Terrible!! -
It's all done.
2011-03-07 18:00:08
Memorial Video
Pre-Edit: 14 hours
Edit: 38
My video came out pretty nice, made a few family members break down and cry (go me!) and kicked off my grandmother's memorial service in grand style. Everyone was quite impressed, though not a few people thought it was just a PowerPoint presentation (blaarghh!!). Tonight I find out my sister posted it to her Facebook profile before I could put it on mine...even when it's not an AMV people still do this stuff, family no less! I really had to restrain my righteous indignation for about a quarter of a second or so.
In any case, the main two things I've taken away from this editing blitz are a) I absolutely cannot edit after work...way too much time in front a PC, and b) what can matter much more than how we live is how we touch the lives of others. ♥ -
Look at me go!
2011-03-01 18:54:05
Memorial Video
Pre-Edit: 10 hours
Edit: 30
Look at that. 40 hours of editing done in about a week's time. This is a FIRST for me, a landmark moment if you will...too bad it's not an AMV. :|
Of course, if I had my way, I'd be spending a good 40 hours on the pre-edit stuff and at least another 20-30 on the editing. Unfortunately I have precisely until Saturday morning at 10:40 a.m. to get this thing done, and my back is totally going out on me. Too much sitting at a computer!! -
2011-02-27 18:31:05
Memorial Video
Pre-Edit: 8 hours
Edit: 20
This is the most editing I've done in a long, long time, but it goes to show I can do it with great energy when properly motivated. I'm learning some new stuff, too, which is good, but what amuses me is WHY I'm learning it. When I make AMVs, I spend so much time fussing with the video footage that using a lot of the editing tools and shortcuts is either unnecessary or aggravating. Now, working with just photos, I get to use them!
*goes back to work*
But before that, I never made a drama video and always kind of wondered whether I could. It will be interesting to see what kind of feedback I get on this thing, although it really bugs me that I have such a limited amount of time to work on it. Perhaps I should go knock on Ken Burns' door...he lives right down the road from me. @_@ It's fun to peek in the windows of his studio and see all that stuff set up!
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New Project
2011-02-23 18:52:03
Memorial Video
Pre-Edit: 4 hours
Edit: 0
I may not be Iron Editor material, but I believe I can put together a 20-minute video combining music and images for my grandmother's memorial service in approximately 30 hours. Doing this is reminding me quite poignantly of why I got into AMVing in the first place: a desire to create something which showed people what I wanted them to see and hopefully feel what I wanted them to feel. Thanks, Grandma, for always inspiring me to look for inspiration in everything around us.
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