Sunday, October 19, 2008

Minor edit

Have to make an addition to the menu of upcoming projects:

I completely forgot that I have a half finished Robin video sitting on my hard drive. So it needs to get finished, and then I'll work on the other projects. I'm thinking "Home" will be next. It's been almost a month since I've done a "Rifleman" video.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

CURSES!!!

You want to know how much work I did on my videos since I posted last week?

None. Zip. Nada. Zilch.

Stupid me thought I could put off my homework until Saturday, and still get it done in time to settle into a major editing session. Stupid me didn't realize that college homework takes a lot longer than high school homework ever did. I was too worn out on Sunday to do much of anything except lay around.

Grrr.

My focus this week...GET HOMEWORK DONE AS SOON AS ASSIGNMENT IS GIVEN!!! I can't have my Saturdays eaten up with book work on a regular basis.

Stupid me learned a very valuble lesson.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

1 Smallville, 4 Rifleman

These are the videos I MUST get done before the new year. Hopefully, I'll have time to do more than this. But these are the 5 that have to get done before anything else:

1. Smallville - Clark and Chloe - I Promise

This is will be my 2nd remake of a video I did when I first started editing. The last remake was 3 years ago. I've picked up a few techniques since then, and I'm going to try them out to make a definitive version of this vid. I've already gotten over a minute completed, and it's coming along quite nicely, if I do say so myself.

2. The Rifleman- Lucas and Mark- Home
Everyone has probably heard the Chris Daughtry song by now. I mentioned this project about 6 weeks ago, and I've GOT to get it done. I've got a lot of sequences and ideas playing in my head. And usually when that starts happening, I know I'm ready to begin the edit.

3. The Rifleman- Micah- Sober
If you haven't heard the Kelly Clarkson song, or aren't familiar with the character of Micah Torrance, then you don't fully grasp how perfect these are going to go together. The song was MADE for Micah, I tell ya. This video will be part of my effort to branch out my subject matter for "Rifleman" videos. As much as i love Lucas and Mark, using the same source material gets monotonous after awhile, and the show is rich with other subjects I can use.

4. The Rifleman- Lucas and Mark- I'll Stand by You
Carrie Underwood did a version of this song that is much tamer than the original done by the Pretenders. While I love both versions, I'm trying to refrain from rock music as much as possible. Country music is much more suited to 50's western than electric guitar solos. (although I've ignored that before, and probably will again in the future. there is a Coldplay song I'm itching to use lol).

5. 'Til the Season Comes 'Round Again- Lucas, Mark, and friends.
This is how I want to close out the year. A Christmas video for my friends. Granted, there aren't any Christmas episodes in ther series (and you'd think they would've done at LEAST one in the entire 168 episodes that were made). But I think I can manipulate the feeling by finding captures that match the lyrics. Maybe no one will notice the lack of trees, ribbons, and gift wrap. lol.

So this is my official menu. Hopefully, time will allow me to sqeeze in a couple of more, but there's no way to be sure, especially once my college classes start gaining momentum.