#denizenhardwick

For my first and only decree, I declare thou shall do something kind for thyself today, whether that be treating yourelf to a favorite food, engaging in a fun hobby, taking a nap, giving yourself a compliment, or any other act of self-kindness.

I shall send you a photo of my beloved cat Ellie upon the completion of this task and then abscond from my position.

Hello, My Dear Acolyte For A Day 💞

Unfortunately my options are extremely limited due to financial reasons. But I’ve been taking it pretty easy lately if that counts. Been playing Pressure and a couple other games with one of my Platonic Wives and our buddies during my very limited free time.

And I’m working on some of my favorite chains of the year.

Things have been… Rough, in the background to say the least. But I’m doing what I can to balance it out by taking care of myself too.

My current goal is to eventually save up enough funds in my PayPal to be able to buy myself a better computer. But that is definitely going to take a while.

Gonna allow myself to ramble and answer with two vids thanks to this double jeopardy lol

Vid you're the proudest of?

I consider Spring Awakening to be my most polished/some of my best editing yet. Not only did I really start to nail some techniques like light leaks and color correction, but I think it has a good balance of tight sync and thought-out structure.

Beyond just a romance vid, I wanted to make sure it was clearly a vid about a queer awakening, which did involve me having to bend Bloom Into You a bit (not bc it isn't that, but everyone's self discovery journey is a bit more complicated than a 3 minute vid can visually capture) but it was so satisfying when others picked up the whole flowers/nature vs. train/mechanical symbolism I had going on. I worked really hard to build up to Yuu and Touko getting "together" with verse 1 showing Yuu mostly alone and pining, verse 2 about being close but still no touch yet, until we get Yuu actually reaching out in the bridge, before the final chorus is like a victory lap of them being happy on a date and self-actualized

Then this has new vid freshness to it and new breakthroughs in mediums, but I am also pretty proud of To Have Without Holding, 2023 I really got interested in mmvs and I never expected to be able to put out a 3 minute one within a year's time. If you have been paying attention to this blog at all, you know I am obsessed with the series Aono-kun, so it was really great to edit out those feelings and convince a few more folks to give the series a read

Hardest vid to edit?

Due to the difference in medium, it is pretty clearly To Have Without Holding probably makes sense as a clear contender. But aside from mmvs just being slower bc of the composition work and masking that has to go into it, I would also say The Storyteller's Burden is up there as well

Rakugo Shinjuu is not the most visually interesting show to look at, and the song both has a lot of intense musical cues but each verse takes forever to say a complete idea, so I had to really stretch out every scrap of footage I could. The fact the song is so specific and I only watched 3/4th of s1 of the show added to the pain. Ultimately it is a vid that lives and dies by its storytelling, and there is still a lot I am unsatisfied about it, but I am glad I at least got it out the door and out of my head

How would you describe your vidding style?

A fellow editor describing their philosophy said that song is queen, and I totally picked that up as well. My first goal is to maximize as much sync as I can in any section, then I want to make sure the lyrics and overall themes of the song line up with the visuals as much as possible. For the length of the song I am dedicated to making sure these two sources feel literally made for each other, and I want to make sure it all flows together seamlessly enough the viewer never feels pulled to click away

For my first and only decree, I declare thou shalt do something kind for thyself today, whether that be treating yourelf to a favorite food, engaging in a fun hobby, taking a nap, giving yourself a compliment, or any other act of self-kindness.

I shall send you a photo of my beloved cat Ellie upon the completion of this task and then abscond from my position.

aewsrdtfjyguhjki WHAT IS THAT GLITCH???? AMAZING

all my writing fucks immensely and ideally I will get to do some of that at work today, stars willing

I don’t like Lord of the Rings. I keep trying and miserably failing. At both finishing and enjoying it. And I’m forever grateful for the fans who are like, yeah I get that, and don’t judge me for not finishing. 

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