Effects done in Motion... Editing in FCP7... Color Correction in Color...

Ian R. Brown wrote:

Nice quirky video that tends to grow on one after repeated viewings.

Trouble is, I can't get that darn tune out of my head!

Will you be using FCP X and Motion 5 for the sequel?

It should be a quicker workflow as you won't need to export to Color !

Thank you Ian - I don't think I could have done the color correction in FCX... maybe - but I generally get better results out of Color. And I would have been slowed down with the effects since you can't roundtrip to Motion in FCX...

Ian R. Brown wrote:

Incidentally, the sequel I alluded to was the one where after everything goes swimmingly they suffer a reversal of fortune.

She loses her plaice in the pop scene and Poseidon is almost battered to death by the irate proprietor of a fish and chip shop.

I dunno - something about that plot sounds fishy!

Russ H wrote:

Reinforces the truism that there's no substitute for imagination…

Was the keying done with the stock Primatte keyer in Motion4? Or a plug-in?

Russ

Hey Russ,

Yes, I used the stock Primatte keyer in Motion 4. But I also did some Light Wrap and other tricks... I thought initially I'd do temp keys in Motion, then send to Shake for final, but I ended up getting everything I needed out of Motion.

David M Brewer wrote:

Loved the color!!!

Thank you, David - Color is my friend...

😉

Patrick Sheffield wrote:

Ian R. Brown wrote:

Incidentally, the sequel I alluded to was the one where after everything goes swimmingly they suffer a reversal of fortune.

She loses her plaice in the pop scene and Poseidon is almost battered to death by the irate proprietor of a fish and chip shop.

I dunno - something about that plot sounds fishy!

You know, Ian - I think I know what's wrong - that plot would flounder, it has no sole, so I won't blubber if they don't make it - but I won't carp about it anymore...

Ian R. Brown wrote:

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Did you have any input in the scripting/shooting or were you just commisioned with the task of editing?

If the latter, were you told exactly what was expected or given a free hand to follow your own ideas?

After I saw her F*ck Me, Ray Bradbury video, I contacted Rachel and said I'd love to work with her. We got along and agreed to work together on a project.

She sent me the script and the footage after they'd shot it and I put it together based on the script and the material and how I thought it should play out.

Once I got it in shape, I posted something for her, got feedback, made changes, repeat a few times. When we were close, we sat down together and edited for a few hours. Basically Rachel is comedian/actor/writer and considers her videos to be comedy skits set to music, so we worked together to refine timing and placement of some of the jokes, etc.

So, I guess to answer your question, while I did not affect the script or shooting, editorial was a collaboration...

Patrick

P.S. re the use of Blubber - hey - mermaids have at least a couple of mammalian characteristics...

Yeah - that's what I was thinking - Rachel has a lovely pair of... arms... yeah - arms.

I suppose it's best if we left the piscine wordplay behind... I believe we've punished our readers enough...

And hey - if anyone out there would like to follow the video link and give a thumbs up to my comment about "Auto Tuna" - I'd love to get into the top two comments and displace the silly question about why Rachel used auto-tune...

Patrick