Harsh Reality



Fastball - This is Not My Life
The Big O

play time: 03m 08s
edit time: 52 hours
premiere date: 04-01-2002
current revision: 1.11
[ 320x240 |  DivX  | 15.62MB ]
[ 352x240 | MPEG-1 | 37.13MB ]

Initially, I had planned to do a similar piece to The Smashing Pumpkins' "Bullet with Butterfly Wings." However, the song felt a little too long to me; it would have worked, but it didn't really appeal to me *that* much. More recently, I heard Fastball's "This is Not My Life," and I soon realized this song would work well with my initial concept. This piece took a good amount of effort to complete. Although this is partially an action video, the action sequences are completely different than those in my previous action video, "Renegade Megadeus." This is a more character-driven piece with dramatic elements, whereas "Renegade Megadeus" was all about fitting together as much high-paced robot fighting action as I could squeeze into 4 minutes. ^_^ As has been my pattern, some of the effects I use in this video are simlar to those in my past videos, but I attempted to do things differently enough to create a unique end-product. Of course, there's plenty of attention to detail and timing, as always. ^_^ You'll notice this piece is a bit visually dark. I think it looks good with reduced gamma. revisions in v1.11: * Adjusted gamma. * Adjusted one frame. * Adjusted credits. revisions in v1.10: * Removed two sequential stray frames. * Digitally removed image of Dorothy from one sequence. * Digitally removed blood from Roger's arm in one sequence. * Digitally removed visible dust/dirt from one frame. * Adjusted fading in one portion of one sequence. * Adjusted several instances of lip synching. * Fixed Roger's hair during one sequence. * Made Roger's lips look better during one sequence. * Corrected existing interlacing/deinterlacing effects. * Lengthened the end slightly. * Added some black space at the end. * Highest-bitrate file is now mpeg-2.