New Vid: Memoirs Of A Geisha

[charmax]

Video Title: Birth Of A Geisha
Song Title/Artist: Song Of Birth - Eri Sugai
Movie: Memoirs Of a Geisha
Summary: This is a journey from girl to Geisha. Character study/film overview
Length/Format: 3.38 (Xvid)
Notes:
This was my entry in the Reverie style contest. Vidders were asked to submit anonymously and then members were invited to guess who made what and provide feedback before the vidders were announced. It was great fun and I learned a lot. Half the people who voted guessed me right. I suppose that means I must have quite a distinctive style.

About the vid itself, I don't know what the actual English translation is and all my research pointed to the artist using her voice as an instrument rather than specific lyrics. If it is hideously inappropriate at any point I'm sorry for that but I chose to edit it as if it was an instrumental piece. Memoirs of a Geisha is a beautifully shot film and I did my best to utilise that. I roughly followed the narrative of the film but I did take some liberties, perhaps the biggest of which was the decision to remove the fourth Geisha (Piglet) from the vid altogether.

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Feedback is extremely welcome.

Comments

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

This is just gorgeous. The source is sumptious and you did fantastic things with the movement and colors. And the overlays/crossfades you used. Makes my eyes ridiculously happy to watch it. :}

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Visually, this is one of the most breathtaking films I've ever seen and this was one of those rare occasions for me where a vid looks exactly how I envisaged it. The crossfades just couldn't fail.