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QaF Vid = Not A Virgin.

  • Feb. 27th, 2006 at 9:39 PM
My Feet
I made a vid. It is my very first ever. There are still two parts I didn't like but didn't know what to do about, and hey, this was my learning experience. The next one should be better *cough*.

Not A Virgin. right-click-save.

It is approx. 16 MBs and it is a .mov file which means it can be played with either of these fine free players:

Quicktime
or
VLC

It is my ode to S1 Justin. The song is by Poe.

ETA: If you tried it a couple of minutes after I posted it, try it again. The permissions went wonky but they are fixed now.

Comments

[info]flamencanyc wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 05:59 am (UTC)
FYI...
The page seems to be locked. Rt click save yields "file doesn't exist.

Click yields
"BITCH, DON'T EVEN GO THERE
This is a private page.
Go away."

LOL!
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 06:23 am (UTC)
Re: FYI...
Ack, thanks, try it now. I don't know why it did that.
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 06:24 am (UTC)
Re: FYI...
*well, I do know why, and I fixed it, but I don't know why it uploaded with locked permissions in the first place, haha.
[info]tamalinn wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 06:52 am (UTC)
what a perfect song for s1!justin! i really like this. and the clips you chose are awesome. *beams*
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 06:54 pm (UTC)
THANKS. *beams back*. I've had this vid in my head forever and I just kept telling it "pipe down, I can't make vids", but when I finally broke down and got quick time pro I was like OMG I CAN MAKE VIDS and it was like being possessed.
[info]_alicesprings wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 07:26 am (UTC)
Woot! Slutty wee brave Justin, how I love thee.

You rule. God bless you for including the rimming, guuh.
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 06:54 pm (UTC)
:D :D I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. This is like, my outpouring of love for him.

Did you noticed where I put the rimming *waggles eyebrows* I amused myself endlessly with that part.*snickers*
[info]krcann wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 08:17 am (UTC)
well, i don't know anything about QaF, but i LOVE that Poe song. right on!
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 07:01 pm (UTC)
YES. It is such a good song. And since the first season of Queer as Folk is all about slutty seventeen-year-old Justin going out and losing his virginity and generally being a bad-ass, and defying his parents at every turn, this is like, his THEME song :D
[info]krcann wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 10:21 pm (UTC)
oh yeah- that's perfect!
[info]narnia06 wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 10:08 am (UTC)
Wow! That's a totally awesome vid. It cannot be your first vid! It's way too good, I'm totally jealous!

Song choice--excellent! But I'm sure you already know that.
The pacing is really very good. You really nail the beats. You pick clips that have just the right amount of movement and change them up at just the right pace. It's stays fun and uptempo, but I never feel frenzied, like I can't keep up.

I love the pattern you established with your choruses. The "I've been closed" and "I've been burned" taking on their own individual scenes.

Your clips also have some great story-telling going on. (Hard not too with the great song choice, but you really picked them very well). There were so many really amazing moments, I'll pick just a few of my favorites.
0:55 Justin's little smirky smile right on the beat! Eek, so nailed it.
1:06 "I don't think you want to start that shit..." That totally looks like that's exactly what he's saying in the clip too. It's amazing!
1:23 He's grin for "I think you wanna play" So cute, and then the flash of light right on the beat. Totally awesome.
1:46 Justin making eye contact with the camera for "I'm not a virgin". Just a great, sassy moment.
2:26 "Shit" Probably my favorite moment in the whole vid. The timing is perfect.
2:56 and 3:03 "I've been open" "I've been divided" Tehee. That's so naughty.
3:18 That paricular Justin expression is really sexy. Gonna have to remember that.
3:23 "Uh" Again with the great timeing. I love that stuff.

You have a couple stray frames. Getting rid of those is one of the best/most important things you can do. It's like spelling in a fic. It'll jar people out of the moment, and undo all your hard work.
If you don't have quite enough clip material to cover your beat without the stray frame, you can usually cheat a little, and slow down the clip an insignificant amount, just enough to cover the beat, but not enough to be noticible to the viewer.
There's one around 1:09, it cuts back to Justin's dad on the driveway for a split second before cutting to him inside.
Just before 2:02, there's a stray frame leading into the neck lick.
Just before 2:48. I think you may have been trying to interlace this neck lick clip, because it doesn't seem like it comes from either of the surrounding clips. But it's too short and so it comes across as a stray frame.

I totally loved it though. I hope you make more!
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 07:03 pm (UTC)
Oh my goodness, thank you so much! This was just the sort of thing I saved the editable vid for. I'm glad you gave me some ideas about how to fix those parts. I am going to do it just for my own piece of mind. And it makes me so happy that you recognized the parts I put in for each line :D :D I was afraid my love of the song was going to make me the only one getting those :D

You just totally made my day with all of your excellent feedback!
[info]suzvoy wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 12:04 pm (UTC)
Yay for S1 non-virgin Justin! Hee! The song was totally him :D

There were a few stray frames but most of the time your editing was good - especially for a first vid :)
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 07:04 pm (UTC)
YAY thanks! It is the perfect Justin theme song. I'm going to try and fix those stray frames before I move on to another one. Just so I know how :D
[info]msjudi wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 02:38 pm (UTC)
You did a great job! This is one of my favorite Poe songs, too- very appropriate for Justin (at least, I've always thought so)!
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 07:05 pm (UTC)
I'm so glad you love this Poe song. Among all of her great songs, this one has been one of my favorites, too. Thanks for watching my first attempt--hey just like with QaF fanfiction! ♥
[info]paddies wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 04:32 pm (UTC)
Ooooh that was great! "Little" Justin is indeed not a virgin anymore... and you showed it perfectly! :-)

Great song for a very entertaining video!! *loves*
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 07:06 pm (UTC)
HEEE. THANKS, GIO :D

Oh little freshly-devirginized Justin, how I love you. ♥
[info]shadownyc wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 05:42 pm (UTC)
I can't believe that was your first vid. It was great and really "told" the story well!
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 07:07 pm (UTC)
Thank you soooo much! I'm glad the storyline worked for you. I was worried I'd be sitting over here giggling to myself :D
(Anonymous) wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 05:53 am (UTC)
Holy crap!
Where is that icon from?? Looks like Brian...that isn't hardly Justin though...
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 07:46 am (UTC)
Re: Holy crap!
It's from [info]gay_icons. There are lots of very pretty ones :D
[info]flamencanyc wrote:
Feb. 28th, 2006 08:16 pm (UTC)
Very nice vid! Love the song too -- hadn't heard it before. Perfect for Justin. I love his S1 sexiness and ballsiness and you captured both very well! Thanks.
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 07:41 am (UTC)
:D thanks. Poe is awesome. All of her other songs are good, too.
[info]carr0ts1979 wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 04:30 pm (UTC)
Well I rather enjoyed that... Liked the song thought it fitted in well with the whole concept of the vid :D
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 05:58 am (UTC)
Thanks!
[info]mirror_mirror wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 11:34 pm (UTC)
Haha! Brilliant. My favorite part was about 55 seconds into the song, Justin's smug lil' smile. Perfect song for Justin.

There were some parts were the editing was a bit off, as in, you left it a bit of another frame, not just the one you wanted to use? Don't know if that makes sense at all. Anyhoo, I also did it a lot when I started making vids, but with time and practice you get better at catching that.

But aside from that, you get an A. :D
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 05:59 am (UTC)
YAY Thanks Junie!

The extra frames are bugging me. I will do it without them or die trying next video :D
[info]mirror_mirror wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 11:20 am (UTC)
BTW, I didn't read other people's feedback before commenting or I wouldn't have mentioned the extra frames since it had already been pointed out. Sorry!
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 08:15 pm (UTC)
Eh, it makes me realize how noticeable it was:D
[info]kitkatbyte wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 01:07 am (UTC)
First vid! YAY.

I'll tell you what I liked. You kept it going. The pacing was decent. You didn't linger too long on a clip before moving on. And it's a medium-speed song, so that's important.

I also liked when you had Justin with that bratty expression at "yeah right". That was cute.

Some things to maybe work on... (since a first vid is for learning, after all! :) You started with early season 1 stuff, which was ok... but it never moved on. It kind of felt like you didn't have any other clips so you were trying to fill in the rest of the vid with subject matter you had already covered.

I like the idea of Justin turning from virgin to hot little sex kitten (hee!). I would have liked to see a little more footage that showed just how much of a "big queer" (Justin's words, not mine...) he became in just the short timeframe of all of season 1. Like, even up to 110, when he was all *licks Brian and gets fucked like crazy in a New York hotel room*.

I would also avoid trying to shove characters into unnatural roles in the song. I like that you tried to have Justin talking to Jennifer, but the "I thought you should know honey before we begin" part seemed a little off and unfitting for Justin/Jennifer. It might have been better to focus on how that line is really saying, "you may think I'm innocent, but I'm about to prove you wrong".

Little Justin... so cute. He is a great subject for any type of vidding. :D I'll be interested to see what you do next!
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 06:02 am (UTC)
Wow, thank you for all of this advice. It helps a lot.

You started with early season 1 stuff, which was ok... but it never moved on. It kind of felt like you didn't have any other clips so you were trying to fill in the rest of the vid with subject matter you had already covered.

That would be because I only had 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 :D But now I have more. I mean, some of the repetitions of different bits of scenes were deliberate, but some were from lack of other things.

I'm going to do the most sappy song next. Mostly because I know no one will ever do it for me due to the extreme sap factor!
[info]kitkatbyte wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 01:20 pm (UTC)
Ooooo, I love sappy vids! I am not allowed to do them anymore, so I'm glad someone is! :D

If you need a beta, I am always game ;)
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 06:04 pm (UTC)
YAY thanks!

Believe me, this is the sappiest of sappy. If it weren't perfect, I'd be ashamed of myself.
[info]on_the_ground wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 02:36 pm (UTC)
gonna dl..thanks!!
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 06:07 pm (UTC)
YAY!
[info]machiiina wrote:
Mar. 5th, 2006 04:50 am (UTC)
Okay, I just watched it and OMG it is so good! The song choice is excellent and some of the clips you used fit the lyrics so well.

I'm going to go watch it again!
[info]darksylvia wrote:
Mar. 6th, 2006 02:19 am (UTC)
THANKS! :D I'm so glad you liked it. I just couldn't stop myself because of the perfection of that song.