3 new Guardian music videos

[maidavids]

Alright for Now - Tom Petty
Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
https://youtu.be/tdtvF0m0JvQ
or
streaming off my site and downloadable
http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/guardian/video/Guardian-Good-Night-Baby-Alright-for-Now-Tom-Petty.htm

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Our Paths Will Cross - Josh Ritter
Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
https://youtu.be/XQ2cB1YJzBY
or
streaming off my site and downloadable
http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/guardian/video/Guardian-Josh-Ritter-Paths-Will-Cross.htm

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Superman - Crash Test Dummies
Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan
https://youtu.be/k8yBMESQ3Ac
or
streaming off my site and downloadable
http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/guardian/video/Guardian-Superman-Crash-Test-Dummies.htm

Comments

[trobadora]

These are great! And I especially like Our Paths Will Cross as a song choice - wow, that works so well!

[maidavids]

Consider yourself virtually hugged. I doubt I've been in the fandom for a week, but I have husband watching with me for my 2nd go-round. Absolutely obsessed. What an incredibly wonderful show.

Just started a more complicated piece that I really hope works out. White Rose by Melissa Manchester. I used it for Trek back in the mid 1980s, with the Enterprise being the White Rose. Problem here is that I can't yet see what the White Rose will symbolize here. But I can see most of the rest of the lyrics. But it will be fun trying.

[trobadora]

Oh, that sounds like a brilliant idea! I can't wait to see what you come up with.

[maidavids]

Well, you can see where I'm struggling. I'll take this down in a bit.

http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/guardian/video/Guardian-White-Rose-Melissa-Manchester-Partial-Ending.htm

[china_shop]

Aww, I love Crash Test Dummies, and that one was especially wonderful! Beautifully crafted, and a wonderful character piece for Shen Wei/Hei Pao Shi. (Though, hee, the ZYL side of things made me laugh; ZYL can definitely string more than four words together! *g*)

Your timing is amazing!

[maidavids]

You are kindness, itself. Many thanks for sharing it with me. Joy is when you glance to the side and smile with someone.

There's one just shiny, newly up that I hope you'll like, too.

White Rose - Melissa Manchester
https://youtu.be/EcJibE_-l7k

http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/guardian/video/Guardian-White-Rose-Melissa-Manchester.htm

One of my favorite songs.

[maidavids]

DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

White Rose - Melissa Manchester
https://youtu.be/EcJibE_-l7k

http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/guardian/video/Guardian-White-Rose-Melissa-Manchester.htm

[trobadora]

Oh! It's so good! :D

*sniffles*

[maidavids]

PERFECT reaction! Just what I wanted!

I've got 3 sad ones lined up, though not sure which I'll do. But I'll make an emotional break before making any of those - Last Day of Your Life, End of Days, Helpless - and try for something lighter first.

[maidavids]

As for timing, my historical page shows I'm up to 848 videos between husband and I. Mostly mine. I actually once found myself editing in my sleep. Back in the day, I used to teach fandom workshops in these things.

There are tricks. Of course, there are always tricks. One trick is that you have to do calculations to place the point of action on the emphasized note. Another is to end your clip with a completed action. Like landing weight on the forward foot. The most common - and the most painful for the editor - is that you have to rip THEIR clips completely apart. You remove anyone they cut to and keep ripping until you've got a reasonable continuous action. A clip that LOOKS continuous from the series, might be made up of 2-5 different pieces to get it to time.

[fangirlishness]

Oooh, wow, you were so productive again already! <3

You are making them faster than I can watch them!

I hope the interaction here with this fandom is to your liking and you'll stay a while. <3

[maidavids]

You're an absolutely great group and I enjoy everything I read. I got into fandom in 1984, and have never looked back. When I went to cons, I always had a great time and I truly respect the imagination and passion in the fans I meet, whether in person or online. I think fandom brings out the best in us and makes us push ourselves to satisfy our own creative needs, as well as to jump up and down with others. I learned to write and to vid from other fans, and went on to use those skills in careers. Fans help other fans. Can there be a better world than that?

I do have a bit of an obsessive personality. Big surprise. So when I get into something, I just stay there for awhile until I work out whatever it is I need to work out. I have a list of songs and I'll keep doing them till one day I realize I'm done. Not there yet. My style is as a storyteller, and I'm always looking for songs that let me show off themes and character traits. I just laid down 3 Dog Night's "I'm Not Going" for Chu Shuzhi. Fingers crossed.

My site now includes a page for all my Guardian songs, and I also put on it all my music videos of ancient Chinese Art. I took several classes in college and have an intense love and respect for the art of China.

http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/songvids/guardiansong.htm

I took a few years out of fandom and just worked on art videos, mostly thematic or taking a particular artist and demonstrating their style changes as their work progressed over time. The Good Omens TV show brought me back into fandom, and this show is even better.

Lovely to be here.