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

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It's a shame you didn't like the song. Personally I love it and it was quite liberating not having to worry about the lyrics (I'm usually very lyric orientated)

Beautiful was the one word I wanted to express in this vid. The original footage was so gorgeous I wanted to really put it centre stage. So that in a way the cinematography is almost a character in the vid.

[buffyann.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry if I gave the impression I didn't enjoy the vid enough. I got tired of the song cause it's very repetitive but it certainly doesn't take anything away from the amazing work you put into it. I really enjoyed your editing, especially since you didn't use "obvious" cuts and transition and yet, ti created something beautiful and I think you paid a great hommage to the original source. :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

The song is repetitive and intentionally so. Obviously it isn't going to be to everyone's taste or possibly anyone else's choice of vidding song but I love it and what's important, in my eyes, is it fits the source. For me there was no better alternative. The genre, era and subject limits musical selection down considerably, it's generally quite rare for vidders to approach this kind of song but it was an enjoyable challenge for me.

But anyway, I appreciate your comments on this, obviously not everyone is going to like everything every time - different strokes for different folks and all that. I'm glad you could see past the song enough to get some enjoyment out of the vid.