TSCC Fan vid: Lost Inside (Sarah)

[roxybisquaint]

My video is finished. Finally. What did that take me, like two weeks? Well, I hadn't done any video editing before, so I was learning as I went along. That tends to slow things down. Also, I'm a bit obsessive when it comes to creative projects (in fact it's killing me that after I uploaded this, I noticed one transition spot didn't turn out quite like I thought it had!!!!!! Heh. Oh well).

Special thanks to schmacky0 for pointing out my sloppy transition work early on and to sabaceanbabe for doing the full beta, which prompted experiments in graduated slow motion. And I've also learned plenty just from viewing their own vids.

The video is about Sarah (see, you might not know this about me, but I'm kind of a Sarah Connor fan) and the impact of losing her connection to John. It's set to Avril Lavigne's "Nobody's Home". This is my first fan video, but I don't think it'll be my last. I really enjoyed making it.

Watch it on Youtube.
Watch it on Vimeo.
Download it (46mb, 640x360 Quicktime movie).

On a personal level, this video represented everything I have been unable to do since I quit smoking. I haven't been able to stay focused on anything and I've had no creative ability. But Sarah Connor came through for me, as always. Somehow I latched onto this idea and was able to stick with it to completion. It's just a simple fanvid, I know. But for me it was a milestone and I feel like I'm back :)

Comments

[chaila43.livejournal.com]

Finally watching this at sabaceanbabe's rec! You used some of these clips and facial expressions very well, particularly that overlay of Sarah watching John sleep with John's empty room, and her devastation at realizing John is gone around 1:26 or so was really affecting. And kudos on selling me a bit on Avril Lavigne + Sarah, cause I wasn't sure it could be done. :)

[roxybisquaint.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I'm rather in awe of some of the fan vids out there (including yours) so now that I've gotten my feet wet, I'm hoping to get better at it.