New Vid: Once upon a pair of wheels (Leverage)

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So here we are. I made a vid. And it's not great. But it's done. And if you'll please ignore the blatant usage of 10-second long clips (I only really did that twice; the Parker one's a cheat), and that one time I made a montage of things blowing up, I'd be most appreciative. ;)

Also, I am not sure if the sound thing is my speakers or a quality issue.

*first vid butterflies*

Anyway, here it is on sendspace.

Once upon a pair of wheels from emily johnston on Vimeo.

"Process" being a very loose term for it.

I have a bunch of completely storyboarded vids. With little pictures and notes about timing and which parts of the music I want to highlight. This vid began on Friday morning, when I thought to myself "Dammit, self. If you don't do this over the weekend, what else are you going to do?" It was very fly by the seat of my pants, but it was nice to just DIVE IN and not have to worry about the perfectionist in me derailing the whole thing.

(Hey self? Your perfectionist called. It's cold outside and she'd like to come back in now!)

Anyhoodle, I have no idea where I am going from here. But I am probably going somewhere. At some point in the future. See you along the way!

For my next trick, I will file my own tax return.

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In totally unrelated news, the Ironic Closing Titles at the end of every episode of "True Blood" crack me the heck up.

Comments

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Hee! It was fun, and I enjoyed pacing it that way. Many of the explosions were unrelated to the characters I was using, but they were pretty. ;)

(Parker is the girl, she's the thief, Eliot is the first guy, he's a bruiser, and Hardison is the third guy, and he is a hacker.)

[world-of-blade.livejournal.com]

Very nice job! I love the mix of a slower song while fast-paced stuff is happening.

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I flirted with "Keep the Customer Satisfied", but the three panel arc of the song was just too appealing. Plus, everyone loves a good explosion! ;)

[sache8.livejournal.com]

The cartwheels!!! I LOVED THE CARTWHEELS!!!!

(Okay, so they were backflip thingies, not cartwheels, but 'cartwheels!' was more fun to scream like a fangirl).

This was awesome, Kate. You really got some energizing moments in here, and I'll probably go back and pick it apart in more detail later. I had no idea you were using "Baby Driver"! How fun!! *GG*

*scarfs down the rest of dinner and resumes sewing* I am kicking butt tonight.

But you kicked bigger butt big-time on your first vid. :-)

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks!

I totally aimed for when Parker (the little girl)'s house blew up, and for Eliot and Hardison coming around the corner to "What's my number?", but the cartwheels were HAPPY ACCIDENTS that required only minor tweaking (the bit with the pencil, which I don't like so much, is in there so that the cartwheels could stay on beat.)

Glad you liked! I have a few other songs on my "perhaps" list...but I don't know what I'll do next yet. I don't know if I want to tackle BSG, and I don't know if I want to go link hunting for Atlantis. We'll see!

[sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com]

OMG! This vid is so TOTALLY AWESOME AND MADE OF PURE, UNADULTERATED WIN!!!!! *twirls you madly*

So much fun! And I love the way you fit each part of the song to each character. And the 'splosions! You did a faboo job. \o/

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

THANKS! I had so much fun doing it!

[colej55.livejournal.com]

Wow! I would never have known that that was your first vid! The timing was great, I didn't notice any long clips, the story layout was well thought out and easy to follow, the explosion sequence was entertaining and appropriate for an instrumental bridge, and I've never seen Leverage, but your vid makes me want to watch the show. Very, very nicely done! You're a REAL VIDDER! Bravo!

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

It is so much fun! Leverage, I mean. Though vidding has its moments. ;)

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

FIRST VID FIRST VID! :D Great choice to go with Leverage; you really capture the atmosphere of Hardison/Parker/Elliot here. Happy and upbeat but...covering something kind of weird and a bit touching. The slower song and the action in the clips kind of hides some of the slow moments I think you were worried about, but that's also something you will find your footing with in time as you work out your own vidding style. It's always better to just jump in and get it done so you ARE A VIDDER OMG! and so the next one isn't half as scary to just jump into and get done. ;)

It's interesting to read about your "process". When I first started vidding I would be terrified of beginning it until I had the whole thing storyboarded and roughly written out; then I just needed it storyboarded in my head; now I'm like, meh, I have a few key shot ideas - LET'S GO! (And inevitably panic as I'm vidding because I don't know what I'm going to put on the next line, but it usually works out... I think... :p) It's always interesting to learn how other people work.

Can't wait to see what you do next.

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I think the reasons this was so successful were:

1. I had the house to myself for the weekend, so when I got home from work I could just turn on the TV for background noise and vid.
2. I had just finished mainlining the whole series, so it was fresh in my mind.
3. I just ploughed through a lot of things.

Next time, I don't plan to be quite so bullheaded about it, but I just wanted to get the first one done.

[mymatedave.livejournal.com]

Really liked this, very joyful

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Thanks!