First attempt at meta

[valoise.livejournal.com]

In this vid I've tried several new things:  it's one of my first with FCE, first use of LiveType titles, the first too incorporate historical source material, and the first to use fandom itself as a topic.  When the Peter Wingfield Fan Club announced the second live vid show they said one of the categories would be Texas.  Fine, except there is almost zero source material for Peter in Texas. 

So, I started playing around with outside material, found the Thomas Edison footage of Texas longhorn cattle and an old education film on Texas history, and remembered this Lyle Lovett song.  What I decided to do was make a vid about the con itself prior to the con.

I'm interested in comments, even if you don't know Peter, about the use of meta in this vid.  Sorry about the tricky aspect ration problems in the PAL clip and a few of the photos, like I said, this was one of my first FCE vids and there's a lot to learn.

Streaming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pnVzA3zXdo

Download
http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/34ftz6

Comments

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

Too bad there's no good footage from "Queen of Swords". Southern Calif could have passed for Texas (maybe).

There's not much to be done with sizes. But maybe you could have them as moving pictures across the screen which, while not making them fill the entire screen, might slightly mask the fact they are a smaller size.

And I love Live Type. I've been experimenting with it and trying to push it to do more and more.

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

I'd say that everybody's copy of Queen of Swords is Lo-Res.

But I'm still planning on vidding with it. :D