learning vidding motion from Spideman2

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I cannot get over how brilliant the last third of [the Spiderman2 Theatrical Trailer] is. I've been watching it incessantly since it came out last year and I'm still not tired of the thing. It's just so neat, the swinging and sweeping and turningness of it all, to operatic vocals! ::glee::

vidding and movement stuff learned from watching it:
1) left->right movement is more soothing emotionally than right->left movement, which seem somehow dicordant in comparison.
2) if you end a movement in the middle of the screen it's really effective when after an intercut you have the same character make a movement that goes center->outward.
3) the 'logicial' continuation of a movement matters more than if the two motions are from different scenes, ie. swinging off a pole rightward to diving horizontally (parallel to the ground) rightward
4) use every. goddamned. major beat. if it KILLS YOU.

Comments

[babyomlet.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's really a thought there now. What about those who read their language down?

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ooo, good point, because there's usually a negative connotation with that direction...would the cultures that have their words that way have an inherently negative view of the future? (one could propose that it works for Chinese culture; only recently have the language been written more side to side...and there's been a slight trend away from a fatalistic view of the future and more of a 'take advantage of what resources you can' mentality...)

[babyomlet.livejournal.com]

So if their outlooks on the future follow the way they read ... and they still read downward, does that mean they're never really moving forward? ;-)

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and they still read downward, does that mean they're never really moving forward?

heh, or maybe they're just not proactive about it?

[babyomlet.livejournal.com]

Sounds like my mother.

Oh, I mean uh ... ;-D

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XD

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heh, found this post again.

Saiyuki, I can say with assurance, has 'left' as future.

::grins and ducks out again::

[babyomlet.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha. The other day I was wondering if you fell of earth. Then I get this reply and I'm like what the fuck? This is ollllldddd! Hahah.

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XD