Geez, I'm sorry for not posting anything all February! Things have been quite hectic - which is also my excuse for not uploading much this year. Unless you count an MEP part, an IC, and a full MEP. No full vids, or even betas!
Though I do have exciting news! Kelly [KellliiiBellliii], Rhi [HopefulFlowerfield] and I are making a Phantom of the Opera studio! It's called "Tears of Hate Productions" [http://www.youtube.com/user/TearsofHateProducts] (Erika is making us a background! [00ProphecyStudios00] I know that a lot of you probably won't be excited at all for it, but the three of us are absolute psyched, so you should feel happy for us anyway, hah. Hopefully, the three of us will have audition videos up soon, but in case you want to start working now, these are the rules:
--Advanced programs ONLY (WMM, etc. - even experts - are not allowed, due to screen size and etc.) Sony Vegas, After Effects, etc.
--30 seconds and above. But don't go overboard. Try and keep it below five minutes. We'd much rather have a really awesome short video than a rushed longer vid. You will not be docked for the length of your audition.
--Yaoi/yuri is NOT allowed. Besides, for Phantom, it'd be strange anyway, considering the only thing you could really do is Phantom/Raoul. Unless you wanted to pair Firmin and Andre together, but that's also weird, because they're both married.
--Please either choose a pairing (Raoul/Christine, Phantom/Christine) or a character focus on one of the three main characters, unless you can highlight a minor character nicely (for instance, Madame Giry).
--PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 2004 MOVIE FOOTAGE ONLY. If you need footage, please contact Kelly, as she has clips that you can most likely use.
--NO hentai or anything that isn't PG-13. Don't know how you'd do it anyway, considering the footage limitations.
--NO slideshows.
--A new video is preferred, no older than a month from the released audition video that I will be posting.
--One entry per person.
--Do not watermark you videos, as we will only actually be looking at the editors after we have chosen the best videos. Being a friend to any of the three judges (aka, me, Kelly, and Rhi) will not improve your chances of making it into the group.
--MEP/WORMs ARE allowed, as long as they follow the other rules, including no watermark.
--Any song can be used (none with explicet content/language/rap. We have to be able to understand the emotion you're conveying with the video)
--Your own work. If we find you've stolen a video, we will remove and report your video immediately.
--List your first and second character rep. choices. Characters obviously must be from Phantom.
--Leader
--leecrew82 (Christine)
--Co-Leaders
--KellliiiBellliii (Phantom)
--HopefulFlowerfield (Raoul)
THREE members will be allowed in. We'll only be accepting people who actually LIKE Phantom. If you're someone who decided to edit it on a whim for this audition, you won't be accpeted, no matter how good you are. This studio is about PASSION, as is Phantom.
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As some of you may know, my back has been really bad again lately. I'm not allowed to sit up for very long at all, and I have tons of make up work. The second semester has been in session almost three weeks now, and I've only been to class three days. So, I have a lot to do to make sure I can pass all my classes this grading period. I'm doing all I can to get better again, but not much is helping, as the x-rays I took apparently show nothing is wrong with my stucture. We'll see. But that obviously means I won't be able to work on videos very often. I will be finishing my MEP parts, but I'm sorry if your birthday is in the coming months and I'm unable to make you something in time. I can almost guaruntee yokosen that her video will be late, because of the timing of my sudden injuries and her birthday being this week, and I'm really sorry. But I also promise that anyone's birthday that I miss due to my back, I will make it up to you in time. I just can't say that the video will be up on your birthday, or somewhere near, but I WILL make a video for you at some point.
I almost have a hundred and forty subscribers! I'm so sorry I haven't gotten anything for you guys yet, mostly due to my back, but I will make something! I know I've been saying that since I had like, sixty subs, but I promise you! I actually know what I'm making and I've started working on it, so please expect it soon. I'll let you know now that the video I'm planning will be a crack pairing - to the extreme (there's only one video for them so far, but it's not the reason I like the pairing) and the story will be LONG. I'll have it posted on a forum for you to read. I ask that you read the actual story, but I will also summarize the happenings as briefly as possible. The actual story will be MUCH BETTER, which is why I ask that you read it anyway.
And thanks to Darrel (shiva123989) for telling me where to get clips for my project.
As for group projects...
Less Than Three Productions (aka, Unknown Studios) is still hosting the Insanity MEP. I'm sorry to Shojappy for my lateness with my part due to my back. I hope that I can make it up to her and the studio.
Never Forgetting Memories had the Wedding Dress MEP. Danny and I haven't turned in our parts yet, due to personal reasons for the both of us. He's been feeling really stressed lately, so if you can drop him a note or something, it'd be great.
The AMV Maker Army's 'Fragile Strength' MEP is finally kicking off! I've handed out all the parts now, but as Danny was in the MEP, I'll have to contact him and ask if he still wants to do it, of if I should give it to someone else. Marc (MarcFirewing2) has already finished both his parts, so I hope he doesn't mind if I ask him to take over Danny's, worse comes to worst.
I'm in a new studio! Zodiac Studios is planning our first MEP, based on the Aries' sign. Hopefully, we'll have it out soon. It'll be feauturing mostly all our characters, as we're trying to make the videos as realistic as possible. Because our leader is the first sign, we're using her character, Lightening, as the main character for this MEP. I'm actually really excited for this group. And not just because one of my favorite editors of all time is in it with me, haha. I guess it feels more... real than other studios I'm in that aren't really doing anything, or the MEPs don't have stories and are just videos, while ZS is way different. Every video has a story and a meaning, and we're incorporating the signs in every way we can. For instance, our Aries' MEP will have a red theme, because the Aries' color is red.
I have an Leon/Aerith MEP part for remrem95 due soon... It actually has no due date, but seeing as I was given the part back in November, I figure I should finish soon, hah.
I'm also in the crack pairing MEP! My pairing is Tamaki/Namine, though I'm not sure if my Ouran clips still work, seeing as all my other .mp4 files haven't worked since I have my new Vegas (I've had to redownload everything), so I'll have to check and see if I have to redownload them, too. csstar7777 is the host.
Last, but not lease, I'm in Rose's Leona Lewis WORM. My song is "Bleeding Love" ft. Jesse McCartney. I'm not sure what I'm doing yet, but I have a month to figure it out, haha.
Random note:
Bittersweet Lullaby Productions has been transformed.
The new name is "Coded Deceptions". Rose and I decided the words 'bittersweet' and 'lullaby' were used too often in studio titles, so we went for a whole new angle. I'm hoping to have an audition for that out soon, as well, and I hope that you guys will like our new look as much as we do.
Sign up for yunarella's "This Is War" MEP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw0rky9BfIgFeatured Song:
Heartbeat - Scouting for Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgafVTYQF9A&feature=subFeatured Art:
http://elpinoy.deviantart.com/art/wetsuit-154461788Featured Video:
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Links for people/groups/songs I may have mentioned and haven't already linked.
http://www.youtube.com/user/KellliiiBellliiihttp://www.youtube.com/user/HopefulFlowerfieldhttp://www.youtube.com/user/TearsofHateProducts (twitter coming soon)
http://www.youtube.com/group/tohproductshttp://www.youtube.com/user/00ProphecyStudios00http://www.youtube.com/user/shiva123989http://www.less-than-three-proboards.com/index.cgihttp://www.neverforgettingmemories.webs.comhttp://www.amvmakerarmy.000a.biz/forum/index.phphttp://www.youtube.com/user/MarcFirewing2http://www.jjzodiac.ning.comhttp://www.youtube.com/user/remrem95http://www.youtube.com/user/ChasingReality2009http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_hXbSkI6Wohttp://www.youtube.com/user/cstar7777
