Skelter demonstrates why it's a bad idea to talk to the animals...

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I've learned to yoink clips off the internet!

It only took me... what... 6 months? :P

I use RealPlayer Converter, incidentally.

And now... the production staff!

Believe it or not, this is not a one-person operation. Anymore. I have enough people involved in enough of my video-making process that I can call them my production team now, and we're all cool with that.

So here's a video introduction to them, as well as to my two main characters who I play on-camera. There's no rhyme or reason to the organization of this video, it's just clips of my main staff that I had and stuck them together with some still shots and commentary.

It's like... part weird documentary, part home movies montage, part music video... But hey, the real point is... this is a look into what it's like makin' movies with Ven, and a brief introduction to some of the people who help me do it. Not all of their work has been featured here yet... in fact, my resident composer, Thursday, was just recruited about 48 hours ago... and some of them ended up unfortunately being sort of UNDER-represented... particularly Mouse, who has been my camera assistant, editor, inspiration, and overall support since the beginning... but whether you've seen their work or not, they've all contributed in some major way and will continue to do s in the future.

Yes, even the 3-year-old.

There are a few other people who aren't part of my production team but are still worthy of mention. I'm going to try to do a second video to give them some recognition, too. I have no idea how soon this will end up happening, but it's on my list of things to try.

Helter & Skelter's Bubblegum Boogiedown Showtunes Show Episode 1: GOYA

2 weekends of filming (largely because I am busy and prone to disorganization during the week, and have only REALLY late nights to use to film anything)... 10 hours of editing... 20 minutes of finished film...

This... is episode 1.

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I do apologize for the abysmal sound quality that persists for most of the first 2/3 of my bits in the boiler room. I had no idea the camera mic was picking up that weird background noise (which I couldn't even hear), and I couldn't speak louder than I was because literally about 15 feet to my right, albeit on the other side of a wall, was a sleeping 3-year-old.

...yeah, there are a number of technical problems with this video. I do see a lot of them and consider them learning experiences which I will probably have figured out how to fix by the next episode. But hey, if you want to point out what I did wrong, please do. I don't see EVERYTHING. ;)


Coming soon:
~Episode 2... subject undetermined as of yet
~An interview with Helter and Skelter, conducted by her loveliness Mouse La Jabraille
~Skelter Goes Grocery Shopping (if any of this footage turns out to be usable, I haven't had a chance to even look yet)