I hope you are doing alright I have missed chatting with you in the last 2 days..boooo! <3

haha you silly man. Beep boop weep woop.

So..it said i was -258 some odd MB on my upload...so I didn't think I could upload it until tonight when my quota refreshes. But I remembered I didn't even use up 500MB this week....so I clicked upload and tried to anyways..and it let me upload....weird. So weird.

almost done converting!!! glad you had some space... can't wait to see it... waiting.... waiting.... waiting....

half-an-effin-hour for conversion (it was an hour when it started)? haha.

wha?

we can use the time to comment on things not in the video :) since we can't see the video yet... waiting waiting waiting..25 mins to go... :)

So yeah what are you up to today?

ahha
also I want to apologize in advance for the length....it's 6 minutes long....but worth it...maybe....haha i put my favorite shot at the end.

At the Park...people walking past: "uh what's that crazy girl doing by the tree?"

haha thanks. reading your comments always makes me giggle because you use my first and last name. Thanks Da vinci. :-)

I think that may be my favorite part too..that and the last shot. There is a switch on my Typewriter that is broken and from tweaking it a little I got it so that when you press the keys, it stops at a certain distance from the paper..so when you press it all the way...it won't...well can't....hit the paper. I was typing one day and after fiddling with the switch noticed how creepy all the little letters looked.

I feel like you can put almost anything to sigur ros and have it look way better. hahaha. that and I really like this EP because it doesn't have singing on it.


as for my workflow: here it is in completion...even though you probably are only interested in the end product (i figured i'd write it for any one else who was wondering)...

So I have a camera that only shoots 4:3, 4:3 letterbox and 4:3 stretch. I have a 16:9 adapter..but it has trouble focusing when things are up close so I opted not to use it. I shot in 4:3 stretch...then I brought the footage into FCP under 23.97(whatever number it is) Pulldown. After that I made a sequence in HD 1280X720 anamorphic. After that I go through and put the clips i want to use in an arbitrary order on the timeline and i let it render (4:3-HD 16:9)..it takes a long long long time. After that is all rendered...i then edit it to how I want it to be and cut it up within the timeline...then i render it again because it gets unrendered when clips overlap. After that I render it all...then i spend a couple hours color correcting each clip. Then i let it render again. Then I export it as a MPEG-4 under HD settings 1280X720 with a bitrate of 3000Kbps. ( I don't know why there are black bars..oh well).

After that it's a little over 100MBs.
the thing with vimeo is..it doesnt matter if you shoot in HD or not...as long as its over 1280 I think (it could be lower than that)..it recognizes it as "HD".

To get it under that, I use Sorenson Squeeze and use the Md.Quicktime compressor and it looks just as good but smaller..for sites like Youtube, Myspace, and Virb.

Color correction makes me so happy..almost as happy as shooting....you shouldve seen the original footage...blech...bleck bleck!!!

omg. that sounds like a LOT of work.

but lemme tell ya. QWERTY never looked so damned good. GREAT JOB!

Qwerty, the WYSIWYG kids, and the home row gang!

Too kind Tommy..too kind. Gotta love color correction <3

hee hee thanks mister anderson :-)

Oh YAY, it was super good. Love the voilet tones in the typewriter (hoorah colour correction!), and the crazy ass stamper things that look like... weird fingers or something.

Muy Bueno!

Robot Robot Robot


Stickam Chat:

"Hey guys I just spent the day with my typewriter."
*laughter*

speaking of which...
the weather is perfect today
come spend the day filmming with me.

Um, speaking of which, it was -5 here.

Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do.

It is the song "Ba Ba"

I think I may eventually do one for Ti Ki as well. So beautiful.

you're so kind with your words.

pinky poop
limey lit
purply wurple.
haha

color magic heart attack.

so many colors
so many pixels

i think we all need
to design karen a pink and green jump suite

thanks eugenia for the linky-link

re:Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do
there was a time when i let that e.p.
loop all through the night
cause it gave good dream

haha Ishan you're so great. Yeah it's so beautiful..its one of my faves by them.

*sigh*

Aww Rems..merci.

A bientot.

hhaha

*throws out random arbitrary french words*

Thanks so much John :-)

It is from the EP BaBaTiKiDiDo.

Its beautiful.

Thanks a lot michael

Life is always this beautiful.

:-)

Oh man you shouldve seen the clouds today...*sigh*

thanks buddy!

click click
type type type

"Dear Friends,
here is a letter typed up.
From,
Karen"
click click click..
haha

much of what i see through my eyes is a dream. haha...wow that was so cheesy. (well not always..most of the time..haha) I appreciate that you watched it...seeing as how it's kinda lengthy..haha. But I saved the last shot till the end so whoever stuck it out all the way through could get a little piece of sunset eye candy. haha. Thanks capucha :-)

it's ok to be cheesy sometimes :p I wish I could see the world like you do... Finding beauty in the smallest things is not given to everyone. This is why I love your videos (or Remy's) because they teach me to see the world in a prettier way :) so thank YOU ! (and it was not "long" enough for me , so I watched it twice haha)

Yeah..I think that even my best friend would attest to the fact that i find beauty in almost everything. I agree with your statement about Remyyy. Honestly, I think since I've been on vimeo he's one of the people that I can relate to on so many different levels. I feel like he's a male, french, more creative version of myself. haha.

Seeing the world in a more aesthetically pleasing way, helps you get through all the really bad things that exist in daily life. It's not a solution, but a means to enjoy life to the max.

Thank you for your comments, I enjoy reading them, as I enjoy watching your videos...they make me laugh more than any one else's..those cute little french kids haha.

Hee hee Thanks a lot. You are a delight!

Thanks Mark. I hope that made it interesting. haha. "Make it interesting!!" oh man..gonna have to start using that one...

(film shoot)
"MAKE IT INTERESTING!" (damn it!)
hahaha

ha ha! definitely! thx!

That's a really really generous compliment and I am very grateful for it. I think when you start shooting for yourself in your free time (the very little of it that you have) and you aren't worried about the end product so much, you can make something that is more organic that you can work with in post. Thank you again. I read that and it warmed my heart. Have a great day :-)

Thanks sanddunes. It's amazing what you can do with one typewriter in a park...and a couple dozen odd stares from strangers.

it's definitely one of my favorite things to do because i can listen to whatever music I want ant just focus on the images. It makes everything almost 285.82% times better. If you go into editing with amazing images...color correction can only bump up your work even more..but it is also a huge life saver.

one of the things i LOVE about the typewriter is the sounds it makes...the clicking of the keys and also the ring when you get to the end of a line..when i made this i debated on whether or not to keep it in and decided to not..but that is one of the things i love about typewriters.

Hee hee thanks peika!

Sometimes...when I look through photographs i've taken, I'm amazed at how it is possible that colors that are so beautiful can exist in the world. I don't know what i would do if I was color blind...

That video made me want to tell my mom how much I love her.

You're talented!!!

I love you Pam.

and your butt
especially your butt.

hahaha

Aww Your relationship with your mom is so cute.

Thanks so much...haha I suppose now after you've seen this it's not that ridiculous when I told you I spent the day with my typewriter in the park filming him. haha. (he doesn't have a name yet...)

<3 <3 <3

Thanks so much for taking the time to watch this Linda. :-)

Your movie was absolutely brilliant! Your video looks just as good as if you had shot the movie in HD. You just proved, it doesn't matter what type of camera you have. It's the person behind it. You are so talented & gifted!

You know what..I COMPLETELY agree. Although it would be easier to have more beautiful things with a better camera...but that should NEVER stop anyone from making what they want to make. Your compliments are so flattering, I am genuinely thankful.

Thanks Paul that means a lot coming from you, I love your work. :-)

Oh wow, welcome to vimeo! I hope that I gave you a good impression of it...this is just the bottom of the iceberg there's a lot of INCREDIBLE things on vimeo...i hope you enjoy it as much as I do <3 Pleasure to meet you.

Thank you. Likewise! I do see soo many things that i'm gonna love...I'm sure i'm here to stay.

I am glad. welcome to our vimeo family

Thank you so much mister Taylor. I enjoyed your clip for this project as well!

Aw thank you so much Kelly

oh no, thank you for taking time to watch. Cheers!

it was a pleasure

Psh whatever elemen don't be jealous...i'm just a weird girl that has nothing to do but take her typewriter for walks in the park..."nothing to see here..just move along." haha :-) thanks man.

The amount of comments on ALL my videos is deceiving..it's usually half of that or less than half. I try to make sure i comment back on everyone's comments because I sincerely appreciate people taking time out to watch any of my dinky videos. People are really kind and I genuinely appreciate you all.

here i'm gonna draw you a cat:

^_^

meow!

I always reply to comments on my posts too... thanks for the cat silly.

Thanks a lot Lauralyn..you know what's funny I tried to look for a website for Olympia typewriters but I couldn't find one...I guess maybe it's out of date now....but I wanted to write them and share this video with them.

Typewriters are fun. I've had this one for a while but forgot about it. It had been in the closet for years, it belonged to my grandmother and my mom...I just remembered recently that it was in the closet next to my room so i dug it out and cleaned all the dust off of it. Now I can't stop using it. Sometimes when I type on my laptop, i press the keys really hard because my fingers get used to typing on the typewriter. haha. Thanks again!

maybe you should mail it to them? hehe, yellow pages or something. use the typewriter and write them a lovely letter. ;)

yeah I thought that exactly..maybe if his voice was a tad bit less whiny i wouldve used that song..hahaha i love that song. :-)

Aww thanks Gerardo..yeah it was a lot of work/time/love but I enjoyed it. Also I turned this in for a class assignment and i just got my grade back today...A!

i just watched this again and it's fucking great!!!

Haha Adam you're hilarious. For some reason when I read your second comment I literally laughed out loud. I think it's the use of three exclamation points. I really appreciate your feedback. I'm not so much going for the "HD" look as wanting to use HD on vimeo cause my video shows up BIGGER..hahaa. I won't lie though, if i had money, i would probably buy an HD camera..but it's just not in the cards for me any time soon. Especially since I just bought a 16mm camera.

Trying to revert back to film haha.

I appreciate you Adam. Thanks a lot!

i was going to ask you for a picture of your 16mm but then i decide to view your profile which led me to your tumblr and then i saw it. Sebastien is BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations

The fact that you referred to him by his name makes you cool in my book. All of my inanimate objects have names...that is really weird I know. But to a certain degree they make me treat them with more respect. My video camera's name is Hunter. He likes to shoot things...hahaha wow I am so cheesy..but I like the name Hunter...but the fact that it's my video camera makes it sort of dumb haha. My digital camera's name is Peanut Butter and his lens's name is Jelly. Haha I could go on and on but I won't make this more awkward than it has to be...haha.

aww thank you so much sunshine. Have a wonderful day!