Lost Video Island

Hobbes · Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:38 pm Post subject:

PolarBear: thanks, and glad you caught that little smile of Locke's on the plane.

I loved how that scene turned out... It was the last one I did since I couldn't think of an idea on what to fill the space with.

Jaime: Now, I wouldn't say THAT

but big thanks anyway

Good thing you have a little winking face next to that "I suck" thing or I might have to slap you!

Don't you dare think that!

Laura: Yay! Good to hear from you Laur'! I hoped my beat-pimping skills would make you proud

Yes, those still&moving clips did take a while, but not as long as the procrastination did.

Thuis is why I take so many months between videos now

I try to do things that take forever, and I don't want to do them, so I procrastinate between them!

Glad I still have a Game fan, it's nice to still have one of my "oldie" videos stalked

Chose this song because I figured it would be a tough song to make sense of, and I wanted a challenge, and also since I could see a bit of Locke just falling into it.

Anyway, come around here more, we'll be waiting!

We all miss ya

Why didn't I use this format of response first?

oh well, this from now on...

dinergirl · Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 2 Location: arlington, va

ok. i just found the online world of vidding and this website a couple of weeks ago. and am obsessing over it. this video, hobbes, was so totally cool that i had to register on the forum so i could tell you that.

everyone's been mentioning the animation and everything, which was awesome. i particularly love the transitions...like locke falling out of the wheelchair onto the grass in the different scene-- seamless! i also loved the brightness manipulation you used...especially locke as the beam of light.

so beautiful! thanks for working so hard to entertain geeks like me!

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Lostaway · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:13 am Post subject:

Amazing. Heart-breakingly beautiful. Just....wow! It was like watching a dream....soooo beautiful! Life-changing! When Locke was on the plane and you could see the monster out the window, i was like "what?! did i miss that earlier?!" And then he smiles as if he saw it.....Oh, and the ending!!!! *Sighs* I gotta watch that again!
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Aislynn · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:18 am Post subject:

Oh...my...

I completely adored the animations but what really impressed me the most was the story. I don't think I've ever felt so much sympathy for Locke as I did during this vid!

You really matched the lyrics and clips up SO well, particularly at the start with the "How long before I get in?" and we see Locke crouching over the Hatch and looking perplexed. Then the "before I know what it feels like" with him watching the tour van pull away. But especially the "How long do I have to climb upon the side of this mountain of mine?" with him sitting there in his wheelchair, waiting to board with the other "special needs" passengers.

Just the way the music hit with those lines... I mean, I could just feel his quiet humiliation, the strained dignity he was trying to hold onto, then his frustration after being carried on the plane then he couldn't even reach a simple brochure on the floor right next to him... That really, really hit me, even more so than when I saw it on the show, I think!

There were a LOT of great moments, so I hope I can remember them all! I loved the quick cuts to Boone all bloody while the plane was falling out of the tree. Niiiiice!

And ohhhhh boy do I love those white bird animations! *insert heart smiley here*

They are SO FREAKIN' COOL!!! When they flew past Sawyer and Michael on the pontoon drifting back to the Island, then I realized they were flying to the light that was radiating out of Locke, I actually backed it up just to watch it all over again right at that moment! Wow. What an awesome visual moment!

Speaking of awesome visual moments... The black smoke crashed the plane! Now the truth can be revealed at last! I actually said, "No way!" when Locke saw it out the plane window beyond Jack, then it went over the wing and the plane started coming apart and Locke just has this "knowing" look...

SO COOL! And then the black smoke swallows everything up at the end... So awesome!

You know, I fully expected that whenever I saw this vid completed, that I would spend most of my review discussing the animations. And, admittedly, they're some of the most visually arresting and fascinating (and so thoroughly professional that I'm really trying not to feel all green with envy, I hope you know... J/K!

) animations that I've ever seen. But they would be just that, basically bells and whistles so to speak,

if not for the fact that there's a story with real heart to hang these cool effects on. Awesome Effects + A Story With Real Heart = One Killer Vid!

Amazing, amazing work, Warren! THE finest Locke vid I've ever seen (with "The Game" a close second!

). A vid I'll watch time and time again. Most definitely worth the 33 MB and the hours it took to download!

Can't wait to see what you come up with next! No, there's NO rest for such an amazing vidder, I'm sorry to say...

~Aislynn

Well, maybe just a little rest, so you don't get all burned out or anything. Just not as long a "vidding vacation" as last time, hm?

Hobbes · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:20 am Post subject:

Mama Mia!

Dinergirl: I'm incredibly honoured that you joined the forums just for me, really, I never expected somethng as pleasant as that from this little ol' vid.

Thanks for mentioning the transitions and the beam of light thing! That wheelchair to grass thing was actually straight from the show, but I did cut it to fit the guitar beat

wanted a "weird" feel, since they were clips from the vision and all. that beam of light thing I just added on a whim, since it a) made sense since the sky was brightening in the next scene to change scenes, and b) it made Locke look just a little evil and greedy, which is what I was going for with those lyrics. "Every chance that you get is a chance you seize" Should satisfy the Locke haters like LC and company, I hope.

Lostaway: "life-changing"?

oh dear. Well, if this made you feel for Locke, then click the link in my signature!

Thank you for the monstrously kind review!

Stealth · Advanced Vidder Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 13

Holy crap that was good! Great job Hobbs. Definatly my favorite one that ive seen here at LVI and there are a lot of good vids. I realy loved him smileing when the plane started going down. Also, that was good how you ended it with the monster scene, i think your spot on with how it developed his character. Can't wait for the next one!
~Stealth

Hobbes · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:33 am Post subject:

Thanks Stealth! Yikes... favourite?

Stealth · Advanced Vidder Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 13

Well, to be fair I'v only seen, like, 10, but yes! Favorite!
Not counting my own and the other good ones of course

~Stealth

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fallen_angel · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:28 am Post subject:

well well well ..... I am honestly speechless

ok so I'm not gonna write heaps and heaps coz i agree with all of the above

and if I write more I think your head might explode

all i am gonna say is

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fallen_angel · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:28 am Post subject:

p.s i have no idea who those people are

^^^^^^^^^^
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Hobbes · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:51 am Post subject:

awww, but it's a good feeling when one's head explodes, I'm told

lostzilla · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:34 am Post subject:

Warren did your head explode yet? LOL
You see what i'm talking bout council member getting recognition now?
oh yeah? anyway..since your head already exploded i'll say it again. Awesome awesome vid!!

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Bearcat · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 14 Location: North Carolina

Hey Hobbes,

That was an awesome Locke video.

First off Scene Selection: Really really impressive. Even though there are a lot of Locke scenes I'm amazed you could do a nearly 5:00 vid with short scenes and no mouth movement and make every scene fit! Great job on that.

Theme: The theme was probably the best part of the video. You came up with a great theme and followed it all the way through the video which is something that I rarely see. Doing a vid from Locke's PoV about how the island is not evil but a kind of miracle was a great idea. You did an amazing job in showing Locke's sadness before he came to the island.

Song: I don't really like this song but it was a great choice for the theme and feel of the video and an original choice for a Locke vid.

Effects/Animations: This is what really made the vid special for me. You had some great fx like the white fades/flashes and the part where Locke was in there twice. Plus these were well used and didn't seem just thrown in there. My favorite one was the white transition from where they were looking down the hatch. The animations were the best though I've never seen anything like that in a vid before.

Those really made the vid special.

PS: Thanks also to Hollywood for giving me the link to this great video.

Bearcat

Hobbes · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject:

Nate: yep, it did explode, but only a little bit.

Council members get as much recognition as anyone! Besides, I'm working on a bit of coding for the site to rectify that problem

You'll like it.

Hollywood · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject: