VVC 07 (ClubVivid) Vids: Boogie Wonderland, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

[charmax]

Here are my 2 Club Vivid vids for Vividcon this year. I have no idea if they were actually shown (yet!) These were both finished in May so I've been sitting on them since then. It's been killing me! Anyone who knows me knows patience is not one of my strongest suits. So finally here we go, YAY! I hope y'all enjoy them. Any and all feedback would be

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[thedothatgirl]

Just finished another rewatch of 'Misunderstood' - it's a pure delight Charmax and is definitely very 'you'. So fun and action packed - there was so much going on I was ooh and aahing along with Ellie :) I adore the sequence of Puss first apearance around 0.17 to 0.26 and the tapping of paw/foot as the stage rises at 0.52. And the horse at 1.42 LMAO !! I could go on and on....

A Lovely vid and it's going to be a firm favourite here like 'Truckers hat' is too. Back with fb on boogie wonderland later.

[charmax]

Glad you and Ellie enjoyed "Misunderstood" so much. I do love Puss and my lovely Bailey cat was very much the inspiration for this vid. He is the master of "puss eyes" which gets him out of all kinds of trouble.

And I can't believe you still watch Trucker hat! :D

[thedothatgirl]

Funny I thought of Bailey and your lovely photos during the vid - we are usch a sucker for the 'puss eyes' eh?

Ellie loves vids so much but there aren't many suitable ones around that are good too, so when we find one we cling to it like a blankie...

[charmax]

Puss eyes never fails. Because Bailey's eyes are brown it makes it all the more effective, like this morning when he wangled his way into three breakfasts by playing me and Max off against each other pretending he hadn't eaten when really he was on his third dish. Greedy! Whilst we're talking about Bailey I'll definitely be coming to you for that picture at some point.

There aren't really that many vids for younger viewers are there? I guess we'll have to make them for her. :D

Love

[culturevulture7]

Boogie Wonderland -- love the song anyway and the cuts are great (gotta see Roll Bounce, I suppose). Of course, you had me at Saturday Night Fever ;-)

Misunderstood - love this song too and it works for Puss

Great stuff!

Re: Love

[charmax]

Thanks, for commenting.

I'm not going to make any comment about Roll Bounce except to say the skating is very impressive even if the acting isn't. I watched Saturday Night Fever for this vid for the first time in years and discovered a love for it I never knew I had.

Re: Love

[culturevulture7]

I'm not going to make any comment about Roll Bounce except to say the skating is very impressive even if the acting isn't.<./i>

Sounds like Drumline, which has great music :-) (and a plot anyone could write)

And Saturday Night Fever is one of my favorites I'm a Bee Gees fan
30th anniversary this year. I'm oooollllldddd....

[obsessive24]

I loved all the getting-down in Boogie Wonderland, but I have to say it was Don't Let Me Be Misundersood that really got me. Who was it that was saying how a really good vidder can just rely on cutting alone? ;D Both of these vids demonstrate SO MUCH mastery that it just takes my breath away. I especially loved the Spanish flavour of the song, which is quite appropriate given Antonio Banderas and all, and the green transitions are perfection. You, my dear, are most old-school hardcore and unbelievably good at what you do. Much jealousy and fear!

P.S. back to our regularly scheduled programming, "It's Time To Pick Charmax's Brain!" How did you do the moving layers? Still with the targa sequencing/photoshop as we'd previously discussed? Or have you found a better method these days? :)

[charmax]

All the getting down was just pure fun. There's nothing quite like John Travolta doing his thing. The pastey white British "full monty" arses always brought a smile to my face, my other half said it was the money shot.

As for Misunderstood, Puss is just my favourite Shrek character and so well observed in his cattiness, it was a homage to my boy cat, Bailey. The song seemed so obvious I was surprised it wasn't on the soundtrack, sometimes going with the obvious choice is the way to go.

The moving layers was done using the targa method but since I made this vid I have found a better alternative. You can import a section of avi into adobe Image Ready and do any masking on the whole sequence then export as single frames. It's way easier than the previous method. Of course, if I was any good at masking in After Effects it would be a doddle but I'm not as comfortable with the bezier curves and pen tool in AE as I am in PS. My method is definitely harder than it needs to be.

[obsessive24]

Goodness. I feel woefully inadequate to deal with all the tech stuff. However, I will trust your good advice as I always have done, and hope to god that I can be as competent as you one day. (Ha! One can always dream.)

[charmax]

Ha you jest! ;)

A dynamic duo of dance-ness!

[mranderson71]

Boogie Wonderland: This is definately my fave of the 2 vids (if someone held a gun to my head & forced me to choose). I love a good multi-fandom vid & this one is just made of awsm! This is the sort of vid I can picture myself dancing to & having a blast just because everyone on screen seems to be doing the same! A definate trip down memory lane with all that source...it was worth it for that alone.

Lots of motion & lots of fun = 1 happy viewer! :)

Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood: This was just too cute (like Puss when he pulls *that* face). I can see how this would have been a real bitch to edit as you say theres not a lot of source to work with in the first place.

But you more than made up for it with great effects - loved the opening sequence & I liked the Green-Shrek glow transitional blurs...highly appropriate. This has got the Charmax touch all over it.

A truly unique vid!

Re: A dynamic duo of dance-ness!

[charmax]

Thanks, Mr A. I guess we should both be grateful that nobody is holding a gun to your head. :D It brought back lots of memories when I was making Boogie Wonderland, none of them were the weird acid trip flashback kind, thankfully.

As for Misunderstood I just couldn't resist the transitions after all it's not often you can get away with that sort of thing.

[frivolity65]

hehehehe, we were transfixed to Puss :D That was great fun, Babes hehehehee!

I think B was a little worried at my squeeing at all the memories brought forth by your clips in Boogie Wonderland. It was a rush. Fantastic fun. Thank you. :D hehehee. Heck, disco in them days was mental. LOL! And I'd forgotten about rollerdisco bwaahhahahahaa

[charmax]

Cheers, Friv. Even you can't be the coolest mom in the world all the time. Rollerdisco managed to simultaneously combine hideous fashion with life threatening sports equipment how could you possibly have forgotten about it!?

[frivolity65]

Woah, you mean I was cool at some point!!! Why did no-one tell me *sulks* ;) hehehe! You're always cool XXXx
Wait till your offspring start making demands like; 'mummy can I have a Captain Scarlet video set to The The or some other impossible combo.

I think it may heve been a case of my brain having selective memory on the rollerdisco because I so detested the Gloria Gaynor 'I will survive' thing - oh the trauma from that one. LOL! :P But I luuurrrve the Bee Gees - tee hee!