Vid speed challenge: Combat Honey (Tomb Raider)

[charmax]

Video Title: Combat Honey
Song Title/Artist: Combat Honey - The Wannadies
Movie: Tomb Raider
Summary: One geek's love for his warrior woman.
Length/Format: 2.28 (Xvid)
Notes:
I am a teenage boy in a grown woman’s body.

This vid came about because both myself and astartexx are in the process of heavy, time consuming vid projects and needed a way to let off steam. Yes, it's kinda weird to undertake another project with such little time to conceptualize/edit but I suppose that’s where half the fun is, just go with the flow and have fun! That's purely what this vid was about. It allowed me to just be frivolous and not be all heavy-thinky about it.

So the main points of the challenge were that we both exchanged various songs for various movies and gave a prompt for each. We had a full 48hrs from start to finish to get ourselves organized and to have the finished product ready. Oh and the vid should have been 2 mins or under but because the song I picked was just over that mark it seemed silly to edit it down just for the sake of it. I'm sure you don't mind, do you, Astarte! ;)

And did I have a good time making this? Yes, surprisingly I did. I feel good about it and I'm glad I did it. Heh maybe I work better with a deadline? *holds lids open with matchsticks*

I am seriously intrigued to find out what you went with for your challenge astartexx.

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Comments

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

It's fabulous, as always! Me and the S.O. give it two great big thumbs up. What a treat, to see a new vid from you. *saves*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I am *thrilled* you and the S.O. enjoyed it! :D Thank you so much Killa.

[sol-se.livejournal.com]

Yay! That was awesome & completely fun! It made me want to go watch that movie right now. Wow, I'm so impressed with you two & the 48hours challenge. Yay!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Heee I'm glad you enjoyed it cus it was a fun endeavour. There's nothing like a bit of Angie running around with guns to lift your spirits!

[astartexx.livejournal.com]

‘Combat Honey’ is such a feel good song and I hoped that you would take this one on and you didn’t disappoint in the ‘roundhouse kick and explosions’-department, even when you foiled the silliness. Is there something more adorable than geek love? Because this was pure unaltered ass-kicking fun – I’m loving it.

Your spin on the classic action vid was awesome, the soft edge you gave it with the sweetness of your narrator and that you had fun with it shines through, you did as expected an fantastic job under pressure and hey, who needs sleep, if you have a vid to finish? And we both cheated out on the under two minutes rule, so it’s all fine, it’s the one rule nobody minds breaking. Okay, I have a full house, I get back to you later, love, just wanted to let you know that you rule the universe in light speed! *bows to her Charmax shrine*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Astarte.

I don't think there is any love as pure and true as geek love and there is definitely a good deal of self mockery in there.

The song was a great gift and really let me go to town. I got to play in the shallow end of the pool which, let's be honest, is where I'm happiest.

This speed challenge was great fun. I even found time to do a tiny bit of obsessing about 16 frames that didn't look quite right. It wouldn't be vidding without that, right?

I nearly went with the "Lessons Learned" idea which I found really intriguing but my Kill Bill source has gotten corrupted somehow. So I think I'll hang onto that one and shelve it away until I have the DVDs. It would almost certainly have been beyond me for the speed challenge anyway so it's probably for the best.

[astartexx.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I felt the same way about some ideas I had with your options and I will soon get back to them, this is less demanding than doing a series, which equals more fun on my part. This speed challenge just had the perfect feel of 'Dive in and let the tide take you to your destination!' and I don’t think yours was the shallow end of the pool, my dear!

Plus doing a ghosting blend just because you can and the music fits is kinda shallow too. And obsessing is part of the game, I don’t think anyone will notice the single frames I put in there, but they are MEANINGFUL! *shakes fist in scary manner*

And next time we make it a threesome and let Xandra kick our asses!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It'll be interesting to see what else you use. It was definitely easier doing films so pretty and so short!

Of course you realise that if you vid Brad and I vid Angelina than when Xandra joins in that leaves her with Jennifer Aniston. eek!

[xandra-ptv.livejournal.com]

great job! you two will be speed vidders yet. and breaking time limits is all the fun.

so where you purposely vidding Brad and Angelina or what?

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it because honestly it's all your fault!! I even robbed that thing you do with putting the climax in the last third instead of at the end.

I don't think speed vidding will ever come naturally but at least now I know I can have a fair stab at it.

And the Brad and Angelina thing is just one of those weird coincidences that seem to happen whenever Astarte's involved. I suspect she has strange mental powers.

[xandra-ptv.livejournal.com]

yes, yes but i don't actually plan out my videos like that love, its all in your mind or an accident. Mostly i just sometime let the clips fall in some kind of story and hope for the best. Over thinking it what makes you crazy.

Damn i need to be in on your next Astarte joint activities.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Why am I having trouble believing that you are the vidding equivalent of an idiot savant? "I just throw the clips in the air and let them fall where they will", yeah, right!?

You should definitely join in the insanity next time. I don't know how you've managed to avoid it so far.

[xandra-ptv.livejournal.com]

well sort of. Sometimes things happen by accident that seem like they always should have.

sand it's because unless i keep getting emails about it i don't check old LJs anymore. I need to get better. So do your part and email me with links if you think i should get in on it. :wink

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Next time we do this, you'll be the third to know. ;)

[xandra-ptv.livejournal.com]

thats all I ask.

[bradcpu.livejournal.com]

Man, how cool was that?? (Leaving aside the fact that I so heavily identify with your inner teenage boy) It's also neat that the awesomeness of the motion and musicality is just an oh-by-the-way to the lighthearted, rib-nudging tone of the whole thing.

A few of many favorite moments:
-The motion of the robot fight in the opening! Whee!
-The shower! So perfectly sums it up!
-I love how you cut on each syllable of "com-bat-hon-ey" each time
-The whole bridge - beginning with the dogs and ending with the falling to that source electrical effect - was just amazing.
-The way it picks up speed toward the end without losing the smirk... and the cha-cha-cha-charmax. HA

I'm going to try not to think about how this was a quick "blow-off-steam" vid for you because that could get depressing fast.

Instead I'll just watch it again.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Brad.

I have to admit this is the most fun I've had with a vid in ages, the subject matter and tone of the song certainly didn't do any harm in that respect. Not having time to fret about every detail was very liberating I can definitely recommend it as good therapy for the vidding blues.

I'm glad you liked the end credits, I just couldn't resist.

[dahliablue.livejournal.com]

That was a blast to watch! My inner teenage boy really enjoyed it. ;)
The flow was perfect with the song, even down to the credits (very amusing). This is going in my "keeper" folder. :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Cheers! It's one for the inner teenage boy in all of us. It's good to know it's a keeper.

[fayzalmoonbeam.livejournal.com]

...just got here from the vidding comm :) Great stuff - really well edited, and I'm so impressed that this was done in 48 hours - you're very talented :) I love TR for a slightly different ship (Lara and Hillary!) but this vid made me smile a lot - Bryce is such an underrated part of the films, and he certainly has a real affection for Lara, whih is what you brought out here in a really fun and happy way :) I realy enjoyed watching this :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I love the films but I'm not really fannish about them so it's good to know I managed to capture one of my favourite aspects. I think the affection and warmth of this friendship really lifted the films and that's what I wanted to focus on.

I'm pleased you liked it so much and thank you for commenting!

[mranderson71.livejournal.com]

Finally gotten some more precious time to catch up on vids & other fun stuff.

How wierd is the timing on this one?

I have only just gotten my grubbies on the PC version of Tomb Raider: Anniversary (a spiffy looking update on the original Tomb Raider game that came out 10 years ago) & your vid comes along! So Im definately in the right frame of mind to watch this. :)

Impressive that you put something like this together without preparation in 48hrs & have it work so well! Love the spraying water in the tomb then the scene with Lara in the shower (though the perv in me missed seeing the naked back shot of Angelia where you can see part of her boob-age). And the smashing/mend it line worked well too! Working you name into the song for the credits was a nice way to finish off the vid.

Gaaaar-ooveh!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

This vid did make me all nostalgic for Lara and her infeasibly large boobs array of weapons. I've never managed to get on with playing action games on the PC so I guess I'll be grabbing the PSP version in a couple of months time.

As for the vid itself it was a lot of fun to make and if a fraction of that comes across then I'm happy. As for the naked back it was, naturally, one of the first clips I laid down but it got lost in a mad whirl of clip shuffling towards the end. :D

Oh and thanks for commenting!

[mranderson71.livejournal.com]

Its more of an exploration/platform game with some action elements - the main aim is to solve puzzles to get the artifact type thing.

The game is bringing back so many memories for me - its like catching up with an old friend whos got better looking with age!

[countessmary.livejournal.com]

LMAO... the cha cha charmax made me crack up laughing like you would not believe. Squee!

I loved the song! The video was fun and it looked like you had a chilled time making it. Right on!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Glad it made you laugh. Making this was such a lot of fun I wish they could all be like that.

[tallulah71.livejournal.com]

I finally got a chance to watch this today. My inner teenage boy thanks you and well, I thank you. :)

It's great fun and lots of action, kinda like the movie(s), only better. Knowing that you made it in 48 hours is both impressive and depressing.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

It was nice to be able to just use the parts of the film that I loved and leave out the tedious bits.

It was a lot of fun to make and the deadline was strangely liberating, less time for self doubt and indecision.

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

I have way too much fun watching this one. ;D It's like you've taken all the guilty pleasure from watching Angelina be a badass and concentrated it into a 2 1/2 minute drug. Y'know, if drugs could be minutes.

Plus as long as I have this, I can have all the fun without the boring parts. ;} Have I mentioned lately that I *adore* it when you vid action movies? :D

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

And the credits! OMG LOVE.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

This was just pure unadulterated fun, made very quickly with no pretence at deep and meaningful. It's just Angie doing her thing.

I love vidding action too but unfortunately with action comes fight scenes and I hate editing fighting. That'll be something I'll promise myself to work on next year when that end of year vidding meme goes around.

The credits are fun, aren't they? I just couldn't resist.

[(Anonymous)]

very good work

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Cheers. :)