Mathilde

FANVIDS MASTERPOST by Mathilde with an E Part 1/-

Um. I think I can die now?

Felt like sharing one of the best comments I've ever received. This was about my Jack and Phryne video. Forever humbled by people who take the time out of their day to write such wonderful things. I love fandom.

Today is a big day! My All Creatures Great and Small edit just reached 1000 likes on YT! What a lovely, supportive bunch of people you are! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a thumbs up or comment. It puts a smile on my face every single day.

Much love to all of you!

Warm and Kind

"I don't know why it is that I find it so very difficult just being here, on this Earth, but I can say with absolute certainty that you have made it much, much better. You make the world beautiful. And warm and kind."

Benedict Cumberbatch as Louis Wain

Hello my loves! 'Tis I, Mathilde. I am very very excited about this next project of mine currently cooking. A tribute, in all its beauty and sorrow, to the relationship between Ted and Rebecca from the show Ted Lasso. I named it Warm and Kind. Subject to change but for now I like it. I am using a monologue from the movie "The Electrical Life of Louis Wain" as a backdrop to describe what I see as a singularly profound connection. This one makes me emotional, guys. In the realm of tear-jerker videos this one is a doozy, as Ted would probably put it. A stark contrast to the last edit I made, which was all good vibes and sunshine. But I could not be prouder and happier with the result so far. I cannot wait to share it with you all.

To celebrate the success of my ACGAS fanvid, a little glimpse of what the video editor's life can be.

Thank you ever so much! Excellent question. Which I only took years to respond to. LOL 

The professional editors often put the lines of dialogues on the central track of a 5.1 sound mixing, meaning surround. This is designed for home cinemas, and is mostly the norm, nowadays. 5.1 means 6 different tracks to give the illusion of the sound coming from all directions. I think it goes as high as 7.1 now. I assume 8 tracks? All I must do is isolate that central track and remove the 5 others, which have the music on them. Premiere Pro has that as a pre-setting for me and does it automatically when I import any episode of a show I edit on. And magically, the music disappears and only the lines of dialogue can be heard. Which always amazes me even after all this time.

Some shows are only mixed in 2.0, meaning only two tracks, one left one right, for a stereo system. That always means the music is blended completely with the lines of dialogue, from my experience. When that’s the case, I can use various filters on Adobe Audition which isolates the dialogue, but that’s never very neat. I have to favour scenes which have originally been edited without music if possible. All Creatures Great and Small and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries are two shows I’ve edited on which had this issue, for instance.

Sherlock is blissfully edited in 5.1, as well as Doctor Who, Ugly Betty, Anne with an E, and Ted Lasso, from what comes to mind and I have previously edited about. 

A huuuuge thank you to everyone who liked and reblogged my video! (I changed the thumbnail to reflect the lighthearted tone) The reception has been nothing short of remarkable hehe. Thank you ever so much. It made me so happy. What a joy! Don't hesitate to share it anywhere you think people might enjoy it! What can be better than spreading the love for this gem of a show? 🥹🩷

Oh my word. I forgot that I had received this. My deepest apologies. Thank you ever so much! What a lovely thing to say!I’ve used several over the years but now I swear by Premiere Pro, from the Adobe Suite. Audition is also useful to me so I can clean up lines of dialogue if required. And After Effects for titles. I used to use Final Cut on Mac. My first ever software was Windows Movie Maker LOL

Many thanks for the question! <3