JOURNAL: Jerrit Tenurb (Jerrit Tenurb)

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  • Illiterate? Write today for free help! 2005-07-31 21:39:03 So I'm not uploading the videos tomorrow. I'm uploading them Tuesday. Maybe even as late as Wednesday, if I get home late. Sucks, doesn't it? But them's the breaks...

    I have so many ideas. One of them is an idea I really want to do for a supercool Futerama action video. Pure style. I have all the Futurama DVDs, so it's possible... but I'm afraid the programs I have wont do my concept justice. It'll be quite a challenge, that's for sure. What's more, when I'm done I wont even be able to show it off. We can't post "nonanime" videos on the Org, apparently... and I doubt they would show it at a con. So as cool as the concept is, I can't help but wonder... is it worth it?

    Here's my stance on anime and other kinds of animation. If you took the average Japanese person, and showed him Teen Titans, he would call it anime. Not because it looks japanese, but because that's what anime is- animation. If you showed Dragon Ball Z to the *average* American, he would call it a cartoon. So what's the difference, really? They're two words for the same thing. We anime fans only decided to make a difference between them because we didn't want to feel like we were immature little kids watching Saturday morning cartoons.

    Blah. Doesn't matter, I guess. >.<' Fandom is a bitchy clique. 
  • Fuckin' Fernando. 2005-07-31 15:04:11 Well, Gloryland (Unmastered) is done and will be up in a few days. I wont put it up immediately, because I want to be able to skew the releases of it and Kwisatz Haderach. Y'know, for publicities sake. On that note, I'm trying to make Kwisatz look as tip-top pretty as possible, but I'm running into problems. The trusty guides recommend that I save the movie file as DV, and then do some special thing in Virtual Dub and blah blah blah. Problem is, whenever I try to save it that way it crashes at 92%. So the only way I can save it is in it's usual .wmv format, and VDub can't seem to open wmv files. Thems the breaks. I want my video to be sparkling pretty for all the world to admire... but it seems like I can't do any better than this. What's more, if I want to send this to a con (and I do), I have to figure it out. They don't accept wmv files at Nekocon. So how do I turn it into an avi... if I can't use VDub? I have no idea, and the guides aren't helping... I could probably ask in the forum, but I don't really like the forum people. Also, I've found that people in the forum have one basic answer to anyone having a problem with WMM2: "Buy Premier." Well, if it were that easy, I *would*. All of my money is already being put into college.

    I suppose I could find pirated software, but I don't know how and I don't really like the idea... ironic, isn't it? So many people with Premier talk down to WMM2 users... even if they *stole* their copy.

    Oh, yeah. The title of today's journal is an inside joke, if you're wondering. All laptop errors can always be blamed on a man named Fernando El Mio.

    Fuckin' Fernando. 
  • Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper... 2005-07-30 23:40:46 Well, I got all the scenes in place for my Gloryland AMV, though it wasn't easy. It's not a great AMV, but you know what? It's not a great song. So, so what? I still like it- it's got a sort of charm. Just like a slimy sewer-rat wearing a bowtie. And carrying a cane. And singing "Puttin' On The Ritz".

    So, anyway. I managed to take a 2:30 long song... and made an AMV that weighs in at 3:51. What is the moral of this story? I LOVE CREDITS. The ironic thing is that I devote that much time for credits... on an AMV that it isn't even worth crediting. I don't want people talking about this video in my obituary, if you know what I mean. Within a few days I'll probably hate it so much that I'll pretend I never made it. But it's got a certain charm to it... and it did teach me a valuable lesson: This song sucks. That, and never try to make a drama video on a flimsy concept. Never ever ever.

    On the bright side, I did learn how to image edit. Mostly, I learned that I don't like to image edit. And it still came out pretty bad. So... *coughs* ...well. In a few more days this video will be uploaded. If you read this journal, and think I'm a fairly interesting person, go ahead. Download it. You have been forewarned that it isn't the best Trigun drama video ever, and you are encouraged to look at it more as a parody video. But if you don't have a tolerance for crappy AMVs, and you aren't willing to watch a video that has an intro and outro that, combined, are practically as long as the actual song... then do both of us a favor and don't watch it. *Trust me.*

    Off to bed with me. Note to self: peach schnapps goes good with anything and everything. 'Til the morning, y'all. 
  • I am a bad, bad person. 2005-07-30 16:58:42 I'm looking over my Gloryland video, seeing how it looks so far. As you know (if you've read this journal recently), I can't upload videos yet, and I wouldn't upload an unfinished video anyway. So since none of you can see what my video looks like, I'll give you a preview:

    IT LOOKS BAD.

    Okay. The timing of things is decent, and the video quality isn't bad. The audio quality sounds pretty darn good. For one thing, this video features what is, without a doubt, the WORST IMAGE EDITING EVER. ...not the worst. I'm exaggerating. I'm being harsh. But does it really matter exactly how high up it is on the "Suxx0r Scale"? Bottom line is- it doesn't look good! It looks choppy and blocky and... well... just not good! Now, you'll be happy (or indifferent) to know that the image editing is not in the song itself. It's part of the outro. So in theory, I could delete it. But... I don't want to. It pokes fun at me. What better way to poke fun at myself than to do it with image editing... that doesn't look good? It makes perfect sense, when you get right down to it.

    Or at least, that's what I keep telling myself. 
  • Feel the love. I swear it's not narcotic. 2005-07-30 12:47:49 I've been working on my "serious" AMV. It's your typical Trigun drama video, mostly. I suppose, since I'm making it, I should be taking it seriously... but I'm not. I've seen a lot of drama Trigun videos, and I have no illusions here. I know this video is not going to cure cancer and reveal the inner beauty of Trigun. Frankly, if you really want to see a great Trigun drama video, I recommend Eden.
    ( http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=4569 ) Beautiful. So bearing all that in mind, why am I making it?

    A few reasons. Mostly, its for the challenge. The song is called "Gloryland", and its by Carbon Leaf, my Favorite Band Ever. However, Gloryland is by far my least favorite song by them. Most Carbon Leaf songs are full of life and pep and spirit. Gloryland is like a gospel. So I'll be taking a slow song for the first time... and a song I don't really like. Like I said, a challenge.

    Furthermore, Gloryland is a highly religious song. And I... am not religious. At all. I wont say I'm an atheist, but I'm at *least* agnostic. That means I don't go to church, but I don't sneer at people who believe in God. So it's hard for me to seriously make an AMV to a religious song. Not only that, I've never done a drama video. The AMV that I want to make the most will be drama, so it's something I have to learn... and what better way to learn than to mess it up the first time? This is all a learning process, after all, steps along the path to making an AMV that doesn't suck.

    But like I said, I'm not taking it seriously. And therein lies the reason why I'm able to keep working on this video- it's so un-Jerrit that it fits me. To fit me, I poke fun at myself in the video. Well, not the AMV itself... that is kept "serious". But the intro is no less than 43 seconds long and it amuses the hell out of me. There'll also be a (much shorter) outro, and at least two homages, to Elizabeth Kirkindall of Big Big Truck and Akimbo of More Than Toast. Because What The World Needs Now Is Another Wolfwood Drama Video (Like I Need A Hole In My Head).

    I'm also doing "Gloryland" because its Carbon Leaf. I may not like this particular song, but I love the song. Run a search for Carbon Leaf (you'll have to spell it Carbonleaf to find it) on the Org and you'll find *one* AMV. One. It's even a song I like... but if you look closely, you'll find that the AMV is 416 kb long. Try to download and you'll find that it doesn't really work. So really, there are no Carbon Leaf AMVs on the Org, and that's a crime. So to rectify that, I'm going to take their WORST SONG and put it up, so people who don't know what they sound like will get the wrong impression. I must be an idiot, but I'm an idiot on a mission.

    So. Shout-outs! I just realized that I forgot to wish Wedding Angel a happy birthday on the 26th. @_@' Sorry, WA! I don't really need an op for each of my videos, (and you already gave me my very first opinion ever!) but I feel bad about missing it. So happy belated birthday! Hope you get back soon! (And I hope that your laptop isn't seriously broken. @_@'' To lose a laptop is a terrible thing!)

    Also, a shout-out to Sub0, who loves me and amuses me. No matter when I log on, there's almost always a Sub0 entry on the New Journal Entries list. Gawd bless consistency. A shout-out to Mr.Panda, who never has struck me as all that bright or funny, but has an awesome name. Both real and invented. Sylvester Ng. Damned if I know how to pronounce it, but... Sylvester Ng. Damn. Now that's *cool*. A shout-out to JadziaDax, as well. Her name comes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! It was arguably the most original and least entertaining of the Star Trek series. ...well, that isn't fair, Enterprise was much worse. And I did like DS9, it just wasn't my favorite. At any rate, JadziaDax gets points for bringing back childhood memories of when I actually watched TV for things other than anime. Shout-out to Godix for being an awesome person in the chat, and for knowing about Sluggy Freelance. I know I said I didn't like you, but that's just me being frustrated with the way the system works. Upon close inspection, you really are alright. I don't approve of mindless editor-on-editor hate, but I have to admit- Sammy *is* an ass. And to be fair, Sammy... I read your journal, too, and I find the interviews very amusing. Shout-out to Darkmagic72, who, despite the dark nature of his magic, is a Sorceror of Light. (Which does beg the question- how come he had to cast Magic Missile?) Shout-out to Zarxrax, who has actually made videos that I've watched and loved. It's sad that I feel so hapopy having participated in the same conversation as a Master Editor.

    Why do I type so much? Sheesus. I should be getting paid for this. Or I should at least be getting laid for this. Well, I'm going to post this now before I think of something else and type MORE. Jerrit out. 
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