New Fanvid - 'Exile'

POSTED BY: SDWolfpup
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 4, 2005 10:53
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YOUNGSPIRIT

Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:34 AM

This was a great vid! I like the clips and the music you chose, plus the short 'sound bytes' of Inara, all blended rather well. Congratulations of such good work!

TZEGHA

Saturday, October 16, 2004 1:58 PM

I saw the title to this thread and got all excited! Okay, not a huge Enya fan, but this song is one of the few that I adore. But that's not why I got excited. It was because of the lyrics that I knew matched Firefly so very very well, Inara specifically.

So, awesome!

And now that I've actually watched it, I can now say that was one of the most masterful FF fanvids I have seen yet!

If I'd had the computer capable of not crashing, I've been wanting to make a fairly similar themed vid using Portishead's "Roads". But alas, it is not to be.

So I'm very happy to see your own vid, cuz it rocks!

SDWOLFPUP

Saturday, October 16, 2004 4:10 PM

I'm so glad that it met your expectations for the song! I really appreciate you letting me know that you liked it. :) (And that goes for everyone - it puts a big smile on my face!)

TZEGHA

Saturday, October 16, 2004 4:29 PM

no prob! I know that feedback is like crack, and that specific and/or detailed feedback is nirvana, so when something good comes along, the creator deserves a little bit of instant bliss.

I had been intrigued before seeing it to see how you handled such a slow song, and see that you have the images (most of them) slowed perfectly. There were a couple that weren't, near the end, that jarred me a bit. But it was minor, really.

Loved how you broke up Inara's dialogue from the end of HofG throughout the vid.

I was, however, hoping that you'd end the vid with Inara saying

"Why would I ever want to leave Serenity" from the end of Shindig.

That woulda been a nice cap to it, and would help to stem the tears that were welling in my eyes.

...

So, planning on any more vids?

*bats eyelashes prettily*

SDWOLFPUP

Saturday, October 16, 2004 4:41 PM

Ah, bless you and your specific feedback!

The toughest thing for me about vidding slow songs is the feeling that I'm losing the audience by making the movements/clips too slow. I tend to be obsessed with hitting beats and using the energy of the song so a slow song kind of messes me up and makes me re-evaluate what actually fits. I'd be interested to hear specifically which clips you thought were a bit fast (you can email me directly if you want - sdwolfpup(at)hotmail.com). One of the best elements of the song is how much it flows very organically, like a river. I love that.

The ending of the vid was tinkered with quite a lot - at the beginning it had her actually leaving the ship and my beta waved a big red flag saying that was entirely too depressing. Heh. So I went with the slightly more ambiguous them staring at each other. But I'm sorry it made you sniffle! (Even though that was the point...I'm very conflicted!)

And yes, I do have plans for more Firefly vids. I love this show so much though that I don't want to mess it up so I'm trying to settle on just the right songs. :)

Thank you again for your wonderful feedback!

TZEGHA

Saturday, October 16, 2004 4:49 PM

bless your heart, you use a beta. Wonderful!

Question, from whence does your handle come from?

...

*emailing*

SDWOLFPUP

Saturday, October 16, 2004 4:54 PM

If we're blessing anybody here, it should be my beta. She's a saint. I love her.

The handle actually doesn't have any particular meaning, I've been using it for years as an email address and last year when I decided to vid I couldn't come up with anything else! Now of course I have lots of ideas. Typical. :) The SD stands for San Diego, the wolfpup is just because I like wolves. (Original huh? ;) )

How about yours? Also, you mentioned you know about the benefits of feedback, are you a vidder and/or writer?

TZEGHA

Saturday, October 16, 2004 5:09 PM

Are you a Simon Tam fan? If so, then your handle is highly appropriate, since at the Fvx OB and at Still_Flying there's a theory regarding Simon that can be summed up as "Mal as Simon: Alpha Mal vs Alpha Pup" and wolf pack dynamics is somewhere in there :D

I loooooove betas! And yes, I'm a fanfic writer of 1.333 fics, epic novellas, the .333 bit I fear shall never be finished. The first one is over at Fanfiction.net "Choices" http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1217106/1/. One day, when I'm old and gray, I'll rewrite it, *cringes*

And I wish I could be a vidder, gorram computer. Sadly, no.

My name is from a German-Eretrian exchange student from highschool. It was unusual enough a name that no one else had it on the Fvx message boards.

DOUBLESHINY

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 4:12 PM

I want to try vidding using Pinnacle Studio 9, does anyone know which is the best programme for ripping dvds?

www.alantudyk.net - it rocks

TZEGHA

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 8:33 PM

try DVDShrink 3.2 (or whatever the latest freeware version is).

and an invaluable resource is Videohelp.com, just don't let them know what you're doing if you post questions there :P

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