Tonight's the Night the World Begins Again by Jesus_stick
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- "Tonight's the Night the World Begins Again" 08-17-2007Probably not the most original concept, but whatever! Basically about how the losties have become better and happier people while being on the island. Whenever I listen 2 this song, it reminds me 2 stay hopeful that things'll turn out ok no matter what, s
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Fandom: LostSong: Better Days by Goo Goo DollsVidder: Jesus_stickLength: 4:24 (18,570 KB WMV)Program: Windows Movie Maker
- Characters/Ships: Ensemble
That's how it always happens, speaking as someone who uses WMM exclusively - the video always plays better on WMM. A trick for future vids that seems to work is to clip at the next point (ie, seven seconds within the clip that you want to use, not directly when it changes to that clip or away from the clip). That way, you're sure that all your footage is from the shot that you want. As then you'll be left with a slightly shorter clip, there are effects to stretch the speed out to what you want: Try the effects at this board. I'll gladly help you upload if you have trouble getting the XML to work.
(And you're welcome for the avatar!)
Ok, thanx 4 the advice! When I played the video on windowsmoviemaker, the clips seemed 2 match better, but oh well. Thanx 4 the smaller avater^_^(and 4 commenting!)
For a first vid, this is good: Much better than my first, heh. You have a nice sense of pacing, and the song is appropriate for the show, so nice choice there.
A couple of quick critiques, though:
1) If the minute of 'Through the Looking Glass' at the end was intentional, it didn't add anything - it detracted, as it made the video seem longer, and didn't tell us anything that the song didn't tell us.
2) You have a couple of 'flash cuts' - cuts where the last scene before the clip you want bleeds onto the clip you want. Those are tough to edit, especially in WMM, but you can fix it through trial and error. Trust me; it took me about five or six videos to get it down, and even now I'm not entirely 100% at my technique.
3) I would have liked a little more story, or theme, to the video - going back to the same scene a couple of times, or making it somehow more together through edits/use of b&w or sepia/something would have made the video feel more unified.
Don't know if this helps, but there are my thoughts!
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"Tonights the Night the World Begins Again" 08-17-2007
Probably not the most original concept, but whatever! Basically about how the losties have become better and happier people while being on the island. Whenever I listen 2 this song, it reminds me 2 stay hopeful that thingsll turn out ok no matter what, s
Song: Better Days by Goo Goo Dolls
Vidder: Jesus_stick
Length: 4:24 (18,570 KB WMV)
Link(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppet9hd0CHY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppet9hd0CHY