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| Freed; new vid from Jeanna | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 22 2007, 07:17 PM (703 Views) | |
| ekny | Mar 22 2007, 07:17 PM Post #1 |
In love with a prisoner
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Amaneusis mine, aka The Jeanna, is putting finishing touches on her latest, which I'm pretty thrilled about, so consider this... the red carpet: <unrolling thumpy preparation noises. llllmph! bump. lmphlmphlmph!> <discreet chinking of modestly-priced glassware. murmured instructions to caterers. etc.> After you, miss. <hand flourish> |
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| Jeanna | Mar 22 2007, 10:09 PM Post #2 |
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I said SIT IN THAT CHAIR
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OK...I can take a hint. I'm releasing it. Which is only appropriate. <G> New BG music vid: FREED http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSkcJq7z5oI *best viewed in the smaller window |
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| abzug | Mar 22 2007, 11:22 PM Post #3 |
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I know I say this every time, but you've really outdone yourself Jeanna. I especially loved the sequence of Helen-behind-bars images at the end. They are incredibly striking when viewed all in a row like that. I also liked the use of black and white. I was curious, though, because at first I thought you were using black and white to represent Helen's repression, and then color in the moments when she really allowed herself to feel and express herself. But as I watched the whole thing, that theory didn't seem to fit, so I'm interested to hear why you decided to use black and white for some moments and color for others.... |
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| Jeanna | Mar 23 2007, 02:45 AM Post #4 |
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I said SIT IN THAT CHAIR
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Thank you, darlin. As always. As for why b/w to color (I was influenced by Wizard of Oz at an early age? <G>) that was ekny's suggestion early on (b/w on the verses, color on the chorus) right after she sent me the song, and I gravitated to the possibilities of that immediately and that, and the song, made me eager to start right in on it. So the verses in b/w does represent the repression and the 'jumps' to color the desire towards the freer state (and towards Nikki as well, literally thru--and away from--the prison bars on the first transition) as when she runs towards Nikki (almost on instinct) in the very first episode, ironically, before she clamps down and represses further after having occasion to dwell on what it means. I love that a few bars later she is doing it in reverse and running from Nikki at her door. And then...I just sorta went all arty and expressionistic. ![]() The opening strains sounded totally Kurt Weill-ish to me and I was thinking of my favorite german expressionist cinema in glorious black and white. As for the musical (instrumental) break in the song...yes...I lost it, I admit it, and went "completely mad" for a bit there. I think poor Ellen thought so when I dropped it on her. But it is unexpected and almost a dreamscape fugue state of slightly distorted visual cues and double entendres (losing one's head, etc.) and the music taking that odd arabic sounding turn made me place my tongue firmly in cheek as I thought of the coincidental fact that both actresses happen to be part arabic as well. <G> The b/w returns at the end just...because. Alternating current. (And a restatement of the opening.) Tho I did deliberately 'bleed' color out of the shots of Helen outside the prison garden gate. Good song suggestion doncha think? Certainly inspired me. |
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| Lisa289 | Mar 23 2007, 12:51 PM Post #5 |
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Welsh Bad Girl
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WOW! That was amazing, Jeanna! I loved all the effects you used and I didn't didn't realise there were so many useful shots of Helen behind bars - it's awesome. ![]() And well done ekny on the song choice. It was great.
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| terriw1979 | Apr 24 2007, 02:16 PM Post #6 |
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once again you have outdone yourself. I love your use of effects and the song is a great choice! I really enjoyed this. |
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| ekny | Apr 24 2007, 05:24 PM Post #7 |
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Thanks for the kind feedback, I'm sure J will rep since it's for her but just wanted to say... I suspect the song's a little unusual for some folks to kind of get into... as J noted it's very Berlin-y 1920s-Kurt Weil-ish: the transitions are great but not 'usual' for any kind of 'popular' music-type song. And I guess the lyrics are hard to make out. But it really grew on me the more I listened, and it was just such a dead perfect fit for Helen after a few months I couldn't hold off any more & had to ask J if she'd heard it & would consider it for this Helen-vid I had in mind. We worked on this one differently, a more atmospheric thing, didn't do storyboards this time... anyway it was fun & interesting & I learn a huge amount each time Jeanna lets me work with her, she has a terrific cinematic/visual feel for movement, quotes, all that. And I already knew there was no one else who'd just sort of... *get* this song & do so nicely for Helen.
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| Lizi | Apr 26 2007, 09:40 AM Post #8 |
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G3 Curtain and Duvet!
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Well done! that video is mint! Well impressed!
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| liusi444 | Apr 27 2007, 01:12 PM Post #9 |
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Out of Dorm
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WOW!!! Very different video! And Amazing!!!
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| Xenaclark | Apr 27 2007, 11:23 PM Post #10 |
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Great. I loved it. I was just wondering how you actually make them. I have wanted to make one for the longest time, and I do have the time to make one but I'm not sure what kind of software is needed or the processes that it takes. I'm also curious about wallpapers if anybody knows how make those too. Thank you. Nicki |
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Nicki (Xenaclark) Helen – “Don’t make this any harder for me!” Nikki – “Yeah must be hard getting angry with someone you’ve snogged.” Helen – “Oh please Nikki, be serious!” Nikki – “I want to make love to you all night long…is that serious enough?” | |
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| Jeanna | May 1 2007, 12:32 AM Post #11 |
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I said SIT IN THAT CHAIR
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Just wanted to say thanks so much for the recent feedback. Wanted to grab ya by the lapels and shake ya with this vid. <G> And Xenaclark (fellow XWP fan) I hope the thread title How Does Everyone Make these Videos in this section will help. I just started playing around with Windows Movie Maker inititally until I figured it out and then bought a program called Roxio which works quite nicely. |
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| Xenaclark | May 1 2007, 09:48 PM Post #12 |
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Thanks. Roxio I will have to look into that. I work from home and have a lot of time on my hands and have always wanted to make a vid. I was a big xena fan ten years ago when I created the screen name and it sort of stuck. Its a combo of Xena and Terri Clark. Two beautiful women. I have read the thread and checked it out but I still will check out the Roxio thanks for the tip. Keep the vids comming. |
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Nicki (Xenaclark) Helen – “Don’t make this any harder for me!” Nikki – “Yeah must be hard getting angry with someone you’ve snogged.” Helen – “Oh please Nikki, be serious!” Nikki – “I want to make love to you all night long…is that serious enough?” | |
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