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

[spookysen.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this vid. Loved the song, and I agree about the voice as an instrument. *Glad you took out Piglet.* She was one of those bitchy people who are just about unforgivable. ;)

I applaud what you did at the parts around 1:01ish 2:15ish. And the end, lol. Good job, you rock. :D

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It's good to know you enjoyed it and thanks for picking out your favourite moments. There wasn't any room for piglet in this vid and she did turn out kind of unpleasant but I think that's understandable when you see how her dreams were quashed and how unimportant she was made to feel.

Cheers, Sen.