VVC 07 (ClubVivid) Vids: Boogie Wonderland, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

[charmax]

Here are my 2 Club Vivid vids for Vividcon this year. I have no idea if they were actually shown (yet!) These were both finished in May so I've been sitting on them since then. It's been killing me! Anyone who knows me knows patience is not one of my strongest suits. So finally here we go, YAY! I hope y'all enjoy them. Any and all feedback would be awesome, seriously.

Thank you so much killabeez for giving me your thoughts on Boogie Wonderland back in May, "Awesome vid!" from you made me incredibly happy and reassured. astartexx,  massive thanks go to you because, as always, your commentary, squee and insight was/is invaluable! colour_me_sassy, the feedback then and the feedback every time you give it is cherished. Without going too overboard with the cheez and the embarrassment - I love you all. :P

Boogie Wonderland was inspired by killabeez's "Puttin On The Ritz" (I'm a hopeless fangirl ;)) but I've moved the focused era on 20yrs or so.


Video Title: Boogie Wonderland
Song Title/Artist: Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind and Fire
Movie: Multi
The Rocky Horror Show
Saturday Night Fever
Staying Alive
Roll Bounce
Xanadu
Flashdance
Fame
Boogie Nights
Grease
Footloose
The Full Monty
Car Wash
Can't Stop The Music
Summary: Cracktastic. Glitter, sparkles and gratuitous crotch shots..
Length/Format: 2.21(Xvid)
Notes: Boogie Wonderland was the song I picked out of the list of songs given on the vividcon LJ. I hope whoever gave it as a prompt thinks I did it justice. The song was edited down and melded with another party type track to give it that extra Disco vibe. 
Yes, some crappy movies were purchased for the purpose of this project. That's how much I love vidding. I'm never quite sure if I should do notes or what details you would like to read so if you have any specific questions then please ask in the comments.

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Video Title: Don't Let Me Be Misundersood
Song Title/Artist: Don't Let Me Be Misundersood - Santa Esmeralda
Movie: Shrek 2 (Puss)
Summary: Puss in Boots wants your understanding.
Length/Format: 2.13(Xvid)
Notes: I have to admit I had forgotten how little screen time Puss gets in Shrek 2 which made the vid a very different sort of challenge from Boogie Wonderland with it's seemingly endless clip choices. Again, as with Boogie Wonderland, if you have any specific questions about this vid please fire away in the comments.

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Comments

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

oooh oooh I remember Disco - I was so there :D

And my favourite shrek character *rushes to download them both*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

For most of Disco I was a twinkle in my mothers eye. I do have painful memories of rolled down leg warmers and deely boppers though being an 80s kid.

I hope you enjoy the vids. :D

[buffyann.livejournal.com]

Boogie Wonderland : dude, that was so much FUN !!!!! I love disco and the vid is so fun and happy, it gave me the urge to dance even if I'm at work right now.
I loved the used of several source, which, if you don't know the movies, you don't notice at all. You melted everything very successfully. And I also loved that effect in the end with the split screens. really, so much fun !!!

Don't Let Me Be Misundersood: </strong wow. This one is awesome as well !! Your editing is incredible, I'm serious. *love* I love the humor in this one and the horse dancing rotfl !! Really awesome work !

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Haha, I'm glad you liked them both, buffyann. I do have great fun when I make lighter vids. I still angst when I'm making them but somehow I can forget it all when I've finished.

[bunnythenavia.livejournal.com]

The Charmax touch in Don't Let Me Be Misundersood is obvious. What is the Charmax touch, you ask? It's the ability to give a movie/tv series a magical feeling. You know, a sorta fairytale. And Puss is a fairytale, indeed.

Boogie Wonderland is pure joy. It reminds me of a VH1 80's music video. And I never cease to snicker when I see John Travolta dancing. He's so ridiculous!

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[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Zohar. What a lovely thing to say about the Charmax touch! Puss was such a great character and not unlike John Travolta with the strutting bravado. John Travolta is a god I tell you, a badly dressed hand jiving god.

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

SO wonderful - Boogie Wonderland had me laughing out loud!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

That's the kinda reaction I was hoping for. Cheers!

[crazywritinfool.livejournal.com]

Yep, they were at Club Vivid and they were wonderful! I especially liked "Misunderstood" -- what a neat idea for a vid!

I look forward to watching again when I don't have a gajillion dancing bouncing heads between me and the screen. :-)

[Reposting--didn't realize I wasn't logged in--no coffee yet]

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Excellent, thank you so much for letting me know they were shown. I can stop with the nail biting now. :D

I'm thrilled you enjoyed the vids and I hope you still like them when you see them in the cold light of day.

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Just finished another rewatch of 'Misunderstood' - it's a pure delight Charmax and is definitely very 'you'. So fun and action packed - there was so much going on I was ooh and aahing along with Ellie :) I adore the sequence of Puss first apearance around 0.17 to 0.26 and the tapping of paw/foot as the stage rises at 0.52. And the horse at 1.42 LMAO !! I could go on and on....

A Lovely vid and it's going to be a firm favourite here like 'Truckers hat' is too. Back with fb on boogie wonderland later.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Glad you and Ellie enjoyed "Misunderstood" so much. I do love Puss and my lovely Bailey cat was very much the inspiration for this vid. He is the master of "puss eyes" which gets him out of all kinds of trouble.

And I can't believe you still watch Trucker hat! :D

Love

[culturevulture7.livejournal.com]

Boogie Wonderland -- love the song anyway and the cuts are great (gotta see Roll Bounce, I suppose). Of course, you had me at Saturday Night Fever ;-)

Misunderstood - love this song too and it works for Puss

Great stuff!

Re: Love

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks, for commenting.

I'm not going to make any comment about Roll Bounce except to say the skating is very impressive even if the acting isn't. I watched Saturday Night Fever for this vid for the first time in years and discovered a love for it I never knew I had.

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

I loved all the getting-down in Boogie Wonderland, but I have to say it was Don't Let Me Be Misundersood that really got me. Who was it that was saying how a really good vidder can just rely on cutting alone? ;D Both of these vids demonstrate SO MUCH mastery that it just takes my breath away. I especially loved the Spanish flavour of the song, which is quite appropriate given Antonio Banderas and all, and the green transitions are perfection. You, my dear, are most old-school hardcore and unbelievably good at what you do. Much jealousy and fear!

P.S. back to our regularly scheduled programming, "It's Time To Pick Charmax's Brain!" How did you do the moving layers? Still with the targa sequencing/photoshop as we'd previously discussed? Or have you found a better method these days? :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

All the getting down was just pure fun. There's nothing quite like John Travolta doing his thing. The pastey white British "full monty" arses always brought a smile to my face, my other half said it was the money shot.

As for Misunderstood, Puss is just my favourite Shrek character and so well observed in his cattiness, it was a homage to my boy cat, Bailey. The song seemed so obvious I was surprised it wasn't on the soundtrack, sometimes going with the obvious choice is the way to go.

The moving layers was done using the targa method but since I made this vid I have found a better alternative. You can import a section of avi into adobe Image Ready and do any masking on the whole sequence then export as single frames. It's way easier than the previous method. Of course, if I was any good at masking in After Effects it would be a doddle but I'm not as comfortable with the bezier curves and pen tool in AE as I am in PS. My method is definitely harder than it needs to be.

A dynamic duo of dance-ness!

[mranderson71.livejournal.com]

Boogie Wonderland: This is definately my fave of the 2 vids (if someone held a gun to my head & forced me to choose). I love a good multi-fandom vid & this one is just made of awsm! This is the sort of vid I can picture myself dancing to & having a blast just because everyone on screen seems to be doing the same! A definate trip down memory lane with all that source...it was worth it for that alone.

Lots of motion & lots of fun = 1 happy viewer! :)

Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood: This was just too cute (like Puss when he pulls *that* face). I can see how this would have been a real bitch to edit as you say theres not a lot of source to work with in the first place.

But you more than made up for it with great effects - loved the opening sequence & I liked the Green-Shrek glow transitional blurs...highly appropriate. This has got the Charmax touch all over it.

A truly unique vid!

Re: A dynamic duo of dance-ness!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Mr A. I guess we should both be grateful that nobody is holding a gun to your head. :D It brought back lots of memories when I was making Boogie Wonderland, none of them were the weird acid trip flashback kind, thankfully.

As for Misunderstood I just couldn't resist the transitions after all it's not often you can get away with that sort of thing.

[frivolity65.livejournal.com]

hehehehe, we were transfixed to Puss :D That was great fun, Babes hehehehee!

I think B was a little worried at my squeeing at all the memories brought forth by your clips in Boogie Wonderland. It was a rush. Fantastic fun. Thank you. :D hehehee. Heck, disco in them days was mental. LOL! And I'd forgotten about rollerdisco bwaahhahahahaa

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Cheers, Friv. Even you can't be the coolest mom in the world all the time. Rollerdisco managed to simultaneously combine hideous fashion with life threatening sports equipment how could you possibly have forgotten about it!?

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

So. Much. LOVE.

I danced like hell to both of these, and I couldn't wait to watch the Shrek one again. Since I've never seen any of the Shrek movies, that's saying something. (: Hooray for ass-kicking cats! Hooray for ass-kicking vidders!

You just have to get to VVC someday. You are adored there, and rightly so.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you Laura! Ass-kicking cats rule the world or at least they will when they evolve opposable thumbs. I've avidly been reading all the reports coming in it sounds like it's been a blast. I'm so very jealous, oh well maybe one day... I don't think I'll ever be sitting with the cool kids, given my social ineptitude but you never know one day you might catch a glimpse of me lurking at the back. *g*

[zoerayne]

I'm downloading them, thanks!

I missed Boogie Wonderland entirely at the vidshow, and missed the first half of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, so I'm looking forward to seeing them!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Oh it's a shame you missed them on the big screen, hopefully somebody managed to see them! :D It's understandable giving all the frolicking, dancing things going on. I hope you do enjoy when you get a chance.

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! OMG how I miss Disco. And the 80's. *breaks out Footloose DVD* Would comment in more depth on both, but baby is wailing. Suffice to say, loved them both.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

HaHa, there's nothing like a crying baby to make you wish for your misspent youth. I'm glad you liked the vids anyway.

[millylicious.livejournal.com]

HEE, OMG, SQUEE!

Boogie Wonderland Is so awesome, I love 70's-dancing themed movies, and this was so crack-tastic, in the best way possible. I seriously love it.

Don't let me be misunderstood Awww, I mean, awwwwwww. Puss is the best character of the last two movies, he's just so full of win, so I really really loved this, the vid was awesome.

I love VVC vids, I sort of want to burn a bunch of them on a dvd and have a party here while playing them, but then people won't be dancing, they'll be staring at the screen all 'ooh, pretty!'

[millylicious.livejournal.com]

Meant CVV, not VVC

[countessmary.livejournal.com]

Absolutely LOVED Boogie Wonderland! GREAT editing there! Hey, do you mind if I use it as an example at dragoncon? It's such a great example of editing to beat rather than to lyrics.

Ttfn

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much Mary! I would love it if you showed Boogie Wonderland at darconcon! Cheers for asking me. I have the vid as an .m2v which will be better quality than the web version. Do you want that? How should I get it to you?

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

I adore Puss, and this really did him justice - great fun.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you thought I did Puss justice. It was a bit difficult to make a 2 minute vid about him because he has so little air time. It was good fun to chart the progress of his and Donkey's relationship though.

Thanks for commenting.

[kattahj.livejournal.com]

Both of these were really cool, though I think the Puss one is my favourite.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Cheers! Puss is such a superstar.

[chasarumba.livejournal.com]

It's ridiculously sad to admit that I haven't seen either Shrek movie yet, but I still couldn't resist downloading Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood -- seriously, how many vids featuring kitties are out there? There should be more (my two cats agree). Such a beautifully cut vid, and Puss in Boots can have my understanding anytime. I love how you build up to his arrival with the shots of mystery/intrigue and then *boom*, there he is! His arrival is my favorite part...the pacing there is perfect and he's utterly adorable. Um, fierce, I mean :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

How on earth can you not have watched Shrek?! Everyone has watched Shrek! :D

There should absolutely be more kitty vids. One of my own cats was definitely the inspiration behind this vid. I feel like my Bailey cat channels Puss an awful lot.

Thanks for saying you enjoyed it.

[6castor6.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I know it's been said a million times, but "Boogie Wonderland" is such a fun video. The editing is so clean, maybe it just happens to me, but sometimes it seems like one movie that was edited, it all blended so well. My only complaint is that it's not an hour long, I can watch that video all day.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Seriously, there can never be enough comments. It's always great to hear that a video is being enjoyed. I very much appreciate you letting me know that it worked for you and that you felt the movies were edited seamlessly. Maybe an hour would have been a tad extravagant though and it would've run out of steam, don't you think? Yeah, I think so. *g*

[legoline.livejournal.com]

I'll just be over here quietly bowing to your genius :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

And I'll be over here grinning like a fool. :D :D