Author Topic: My "farewell to the official servers" video is finally done. (Read 24606 times)

Leandro · « **on:** December 28, 2012, 12:59:43 PM »

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLtqCR6-n3Y

This video was supposed to be my "farewell to the official servers" video. On early November, I had the first minute and a half done. Then, my harddisk died, and it took 3 weeks to get a replacement.

By the time I got back to work on it, the servers had already shut down, and I had to rethink where I wanted this video to end. It still has some rough edges, but I am reasonably happy with the result.

Songs:

"Remains" by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon, from "Dollhouse" (episode "Epitaph One").

"Where do we go from here?" from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (episode "Once More With Feeling").

maxxrpg · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2012, 01:23:09 PM »

Wonderous

BobMc · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2012, 01:37:53 PM »

Another great CoH video!

Loved it

Globetrotter · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2012, 02:11:52 PM »

This is so perfect!

Thank you Leandro.

daveyfiacre · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2012, 03:05:47 PM »

amazing

Sparky · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2012, 03:17:26 PM »

That was incredible.

houtex · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2012, 03:22:37 PM »

I shouldn't watch these things before I go to work. :p

That was... horrible.

And then it was uplifting!

And seriously amazing. Leandro, you're pretty decent at this whole video thing.

Leandro · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2012, 03:35:18 PM »

Quote from: houtex on December 28, 2012, 03:22:37 PM

That was... horrible.

And then it was uplifting!

Your emotions, they are my playthings.

Link to download the video, if anyone's interested: http://leandro.cox-supergroups.com/cohtube/Remains.mp4 (thanks to Hyperstrike for hosting!)

I just cleaned out my working directories. The 18,000 screenshots used to make this video were using 9.5GB of disk space.

Cryfire · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2012, 03:51:01 PM »

Wow, that was amazing, had me smiling and sad at the same time.

blackjak · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2012, 04:14:55 PM »

Ack! A new Leandro vid and I can't watch it on my phone! Now I have to wait

Leandro · « **Reply #10 on:** December 28, 2012, 04:21:53 PM »

Quote from: blackjak on December 28, 2012, 04:14:55 PM

Ack! A new Leandro vid and I can't watch it on my phone! Now I have to wait

There's an MP4 download link, if YouTube is blocking it on your phone.

wei yau · « **Reply #11 on:** December 28, 2012, 04:53:39 PM »

Wow, that was just about perfect.

Thanks for sharing and thanks for all the hardwork and dedication.

I even spotted my SG leader in one of the group shots!

therain93 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 28, 2012, 05:46:42 PM »

Pretty amazing and, yes, uplifting too! Also nice that you pulled in not 1, but 2 whedonverse songs. ( ' :

Arachnion · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:12:08 PM »

Amazing. Beautiful. Incredible.

And more.

The Fifth Horseman · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2012, 06:53:05 PM »

Beautiful.

blackjak · « **Reply #15 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:40:20 PM »

Quote from: Leandro on December 28, 2012, 04:21:53 PM

There's an MP4 download link, if YouTube is blocking it on your phone.

I dan surely wait a couple more hours....maybe....so..much....goodness....must...resist....

Atlantea · « **Reply #16 on:** December 28, 2012, 10:11:19 PM »

Simply astounding, you are a mad, creative spark of genius!

And I must salute your persistence in the face of all that happened to slow down your progress.

And I too cried as well, in sadness, then later in delight to see the heroes rebuilding.

And to see my top two main characters, Cyberman 8 and Kara Skye, sitting and chatting on the corner of the Atlas podium at the end... I am amazed. I never even saw them in the same scene before even in my own head, but now you've given me a new way to look at them. Thank you!

Atlantea · « **Reply #17 on:** December 28, 2012, 10:13:00 PM »

Just one question - what is that bouncing box behind Castle?

blackjak · « **Reply #18 on:** December 28, 2012, 11:19:05 PM »

Quote from: Atlantea on December 28, 2012, 10:11:19 PM

Simply astounding, you are a mad, creative spark of genius!

And I must salute your persistence in the face of all that happened to slow down your progress.

And I too cried as well, in sadness, then later in delight to see the heroes rebuilding.

And to see my top two main characters, Cyberman 8 and Kara Skye, sitting and chatting on the corner of the Atlas podium at the end... I am amazed. I never even saw them in the same scene before even in my own head, but now you've given me a new way to look at them. Thank you!

I actually had the honor to meet myself the last day after a mapserve. Decided to alt and came back to where I was and my other toon was still standing there.

Freaky, but kinda cool.

FatherXmas · « **Reply #19 on:** December 29, 2012, 12:17:25 AM »

Any particular reason you choose two songs from Joss Whedon series to use as a soundtrack? Besides their lyrics and being somewhat appropriate?

Reason I'm asking was when 'ko used the piece from the last episode of B5 for her farewell to the game video, it already had been associated with great sadness of letting go of something that's been with you for years with me, even though I hadn't heard that piece or watched that episode in over 10 years, the connection was still there. The same could be said with your two selections, invoking a preexisting emotional response due to the context when we first heard them.

I just find the emotion brain hacking quality of music fascinating.

Oh, and the video was terrific BTW.

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