New Fanvid - 'Exile' by SDWolfpup

That is really good. One of the better quality fanvids I have seen yet.

I would do some myself but I have to find the money to convert DVD video to a format that I can use in Window Movie Maker. Maybe someday.

There are tons of songs out there that fit so well in one way or another to Firefly.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 12:10 PM

Not sure whether I'll be able to play a Real file. I'll try. Don't suppose you could make an alternate format available?

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Monday, April 5, 2004 12:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lindley:
Not sure whether I'll be able to play a Real file. I'll try. Don't suppose you could make an alternate format available?

You can download and use Realplayer for free which plays Real media.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 12:52 PM

^Yeah, but it slso has the unfortunate tendecy to take over your system.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 12:52 PM

3OF19

Any chance of releasing it in a proper video format? Real Player is the Devil's Grandmother. Without the cookies.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 1:05 PM

SUCCATASH

I'd like to see your video but I don't use Realplayer because it's evil.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 1:30 PM

SIGMANUNKI

I must say that I agree that RealPlayer is evil mostly because I have to boot into Windows to view the movie (I like my OpenBSD

).

But, with regards to your vid. Very good. I'll be looking forward to you next one

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"If you truly love the memory, you must set it free()!" -Me
"Also, I can kill you with my brain." -River

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Monday, April 5, 2004 1:34 PM

I have never had a problem with Realplayer. What kind of evil things?

Anyways, there is always RealOne which also plays Real media.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 1:42 PM

Well, RealPlayer changes your preferences so that it becomes the default application for just about every media file you have.

I hate it when programs do that.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 1:53 PM

Ah, yes but that is easily fixable.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 2:19 PM

3OF19

RealOne is just realplayer with even more garbage tagged on.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 3:36 PM

SIGMANUNKI

Real is very closed. There was a program a little while back that could store streaming real content as a file on your hdd for later viewing. But Real decided that they didn't like that so they got the lawyers out and shutdown the project. I don't like companies that display that kind of tactics.

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"If you truly love the memory, you must set it free()!" -Me
"Also, I can kill you with my brain." -River

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Monday, April 5, 2004 3:56 PM

I found an older version of RealPlayer on my hard disk, and watched the vid.

Its very good-----there aren't many Mal/Inara vids, and this one is certainly a worth entry into that catagory. There were even a few scenes and dialog snippets that I couldn't immediately place, which is rare.

However, the Real codec still sucks. Its a lot more jerky than Divx, MPEG, or QT; its not even as good as WMV. Might just be the age of the player, but I don't think so.

There's also the fact that, at least in *this* version of Realplayer, there's no support for screens which are wider than 4x3. So its "full screen" mode leaves black bars on all four sides of the image on my screen.

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Monday, April 5, 2004 5:17 PM

SAINT JAYNE

Very skillfully done, and I admire that you did it with such limited resources (ie only a baker's dozen episodes). Kudos to you!

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Monday, April 5, 2004 5:18 PM

Thanks everyone for the feedback and comments, I very much appreciate it.

Lindley, I think it might be the age of the RealPlayer version you're using, as I've had no jerkiness problems myself and haven't had it reported back to me by others, either. Nonetheless, thanks for putting up with the media format to watch. :)

Since I was going to do it anyway, I hurried up the WMV format of the vid and am posting it to my site shortly (it will be right below the RM link when it's ready). Not sure if that's better for some folks, but it's at least another option.

http://www.wolfpupserenade.com/exile.html

Thanks again everyone!

"You did it to me, Jayne. And that's a fact."
-Mal Reynolds, 'Ariel'

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Monday, April 5, 2004 5:35 PM

ZAPHODB

Great vid!

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

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Monday, April 5, 2004 5:48 PM

SUCCATASH

Wow, great vid. Very excellent. Thanks for the Windows version.
More!

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Monday, April 5, 2004 6:08 PM

ORANGERFUL

Fantastic! I was starting to get teary eyed there for a minute. It may not be kosher to vid to Enya, but that was the perfect "companion" to those clips. ;-)

I actually wondered across your site awhile ago while in search of Buffy vids and now I'm trying to make my own! Any advice for a first time vidder?

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Monday, April 5, 2004 6:25 PM

SLAYER730

Sooooooo nice...I'm a sucker for Mal and Inara, and the music is so haunting and sad. Beautiful piece.

***Never judge a book by its movie***

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Monday, April 5, 2004 6:58 PM

SUCCATASH

So place your bets, will Inara and Mal have sex in the Serenity movie?

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Monday, April 5, 2004 7:34 PM

BEATLE

Thanks! I love the fanvids and this one is a great one.

I have no problems with Rp, when I install it I uncheck all media types except for .rm

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Monday, April 5, 2004 7:35 PM

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'm glad the WMV version worked for you.

Quote:
Originally posted by orangerful:
Any advice for a first time vidder?

Hmm...that's a good question.

Definitely pick a song that's very interesting to you and that you love, because generally you hear it enough times by the end of the vid that you want to throw your speakers out the window. And when it's a song you don't like that much to start with? That's murder. Trust me. ;) Also, the motivation of a song/idea you love will help you get through the phase where you go "wow, I hate vidding." I still go through that. Heh.

For my first vid I stuck with a single episode and a very basic structure and that really helped me, simply because it was easy to acquire source for one vid vs. twenty. Although only being able to choose scenes from one episode is very difficult in its own way, so maybe what I should say is: "stick with a fairly simple vid idea." Half the battle is learning how to put a vid together, both structurally and technically.

Finally, don't be afraid to take a little while to work on it, or to mess up, or even to chuck it if you finish it and don't like it. And there are various websites and email groups out there for vidders that are always great places to soak up information. Generally you'll find that vidders love to talk about vidding.

Hope some of that helps!

"You did it to me, Jayne. And that's a fact."
-Mal Reynolds, 'Ariel'

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Monday, April 5, 2004 7:37 PM

STATIC

Wow.

That was beautiful.

I bet a dollar that it ends up making Mahealani cry.

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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

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Monday, July 12, 2004 6:05 AM

KESTRELSEMPAI

Quote:
Originally posted by rklenseth:
I would do some myself but I have to find the money to convert DVD video to a format that I can use in Window Movie Maker.

I use a combination of programs to rip the DVD source to my computer, then covert it .avi format, and then import it into a Collection in Windows Movie Maker. So far it's worked really well.

The ripping programs is DVD Decrypter -
http://www.dvddecrypter.com/

Then use AutoGK (AutoGordianKnot) to convert the VOB files to .avi files. It has a very good tutorial that walks you through what to do.
http://www.autogk.net/web/

Hope that helps.

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"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
- Dumbledore, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
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Monday, July 12, 2004 7:13 AM

BRITCHICK

That was beautiful, thank you :)

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Monday, July 12, 2004 9:36 AM

PEACE

Wow-- this one's a keeper. It really worked. I never realized just how much subtext there was in the series between Mal and Inara-- the number of times they share a touch or exchange a meaningful look. And you put it together beautifully. Just goes to show that there's a lot of talent out there among fans. Now if I could just get some....

Thanks for the vid.

Oh, bugger! Now I have to wait for someone to wake up!

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Monday, July 12, 2004 5:49 PM

ANNIK

Beautiful! Thanks!

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2004 3:37 AM

RHYMEPHILE

That was really beautiful! And I think the Enya song worked perfectly. I find a lot of Firefly inspiration in Celtic/Irish music. How about another one? When when when?

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"Revenge!"

Vince in Rex the Runt

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Wednesday, August 4, 2004 3:54 AM

RAWDEAL

http://www.click-now.net/html/RealAlternative.htm

Here is an player that plays realplayer files, but it's not realplayer, but much simpler and it wont screw up your system like realplayer does

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Wednesday, August 4, 2004 4:32 AM

SHOTGUNSTEVEN

I liked it a lot, but I am a fan of both Firefly and Enya anyway. :) I think I would have liked it even if I were not, though. ;)

Checking out some of your Buffy and Angel videos now.

-ShotgunSteven

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Thursday, August 5, 2004 4:18 AM

Thanks to everybody for the comments. It really makes my day to see them. :)

RhymePhile, I'm starting work on a new Firefly one shortly - heavier beat this time, though, since I find that easier to work with!

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Thursday, August 5, 2004 4:40 PM

MILORADELL

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

That was absolutely...lyrical, is the only word I can think of.

It's amazing what depth of character our BDH's have, and they don't even have to say anything. But your inserts of Inara's words - wow.

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Thursday, August 5, 2004 5:13 PM

TIGER

Excellent! I especially like the way you used scenes that may have been humorous originally and turned them to something dramatic.

If I hadn't seen all the eps dozens of times, I might not have realized it only uses scenes from the series... I might think you used original footage.

Great job.

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Saturday, August 7, 2004 4:45 PM

SERENITYANGEL

Well, pooey! The only version I can watch is down on your site....when are you gonna put the real player version back up?

Zoe: "Take me sir, take me hard."

Mal: "Kaylee, what the hell's going on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

Book: "If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell, a level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."

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Wednesday, August 18, 2004 3:30 PM

When I get home from my business trip I'll put it back up, I had run out of space and had to take down the second version of a couple of vids. I'll put it up again this Saturday, though.

And thank to Tiger and Miloradell for your comments. They are very appreciated!

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Wednesday, August 18, 2004 3:34 PM

SERENITYANGEL

Quote:
Originally posted by SDWolfpup:
When I get home from my business trip I'll put it back up, I had run out of space and had to take down the second version of a couple of vids. I'll put it up again this Saturday, though.

And you officially ROCK! Thanks! Be there saturday!

Zoe: "Take me sir, take me hard."

Mal: "Kaylee, what the hell's going on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

Book: "If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell, a level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."

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Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:11 PM

GOTKAYLEE

This was the first fanvid I stumbled upon in my search and I think it's ruined me for all of the other ones. I loved it...obviously. :)

"They were little geisha dolls with big heads that wobbled!"

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Friday, August 20, 2004 2:15 PM

GWENHARKER

.... That was incredibly beautiful. I really hope beautiful things like these bring more of the vids out of the woodwork. I've been missing them desperatly.

Now... to figure out how to rip my dvds into Windows Movie Maker...

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Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:34 PM

YOUNGSPIRIT

This was a great vid! I like the clips and the music you chose, plus the short 'sound bytes' of Inara, all blended rather well. Congratulations of such good work!

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Saturday, October 16, 2004 3:58 AM

I saw the title to this thread and got all excited! Okay, not a huge Enya fan, but this song is one of the few that I adore. But that's not why I got excited. It was because of the lyrics that I knew matched Firefly so very very well, Inara specifically.

So, awesome!

And now that I've actually watched it, I can now say that was one of the most masterful FF fanvids I have seen yet!

If I'd had the computer capable of not crashing, I've been wanting to make a fairly similar themed vid using Portishead's "Roads". But alas, it is not to be.

So I'm very happy to see your own vid, cuz it rocks!

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Saturday, October 16, 2004 6:10 AM

I'm so glad that it met your expectations for the song! I really appreciate you letting me know that you liked it. :) (And that goes for everyone - it puts a big smile on my face!)

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Saturday, October 16, 2004 6:29 AM

no prob! I know that feedback is like crack, and that specific and/or detailed feedback is nirvana, so when something good comes along, the creator deserves a little bit of instant bliss.

I had been intrigued before seeing it to see how you handled such a slow song, and see that you have the images (most of them) slowed perfectly. There were a couple that weren't, near the end, that jarred me a bit. But it was minor, really.

Loved how you broke up Inara's dialogue from the end of HofG throughout the vid.

I was, however, hoping that you'd end the vid with Inara saying

"Why would I ever want to leave Serenity" from the end of Shindig.

That woulda been a nice cap to it, and would help to stem the tears that were welling in my eyes.

...

So, planning on any more vids?

*bats eyelashes prettily*

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Saturday, October 16, 2004 6:41 AM

Ah, bless you and your specific feedback!

The toughest thing for me about vidding slow songs is the feeling that I'm losing the audience by making the movements/clips too slow. I tend to be obsessed with hitting beats and using the energy of the song so a slow song kind of messes me up and makes me re-evaluate what actually fits. I'd be interested to hear specifically which clips you thought were a bit fast (you can email me directly if you want - sdwolfpup(at)hotmail.com). One of the best elements of the song is how much it flows very organically, like a river. I love that.

The ending of the vid was tinkered with quite a lot - at the beginning it had her actually leaving the ship and my beta waved a big red flag saying that was entirely too depressing. Heh. So I went with the slightly more ambiguous them staring at each other. But I'm sorry it made you sniffle! (Even though that was the point...I'm very conflicted!)

And yes, I do have plans for more Firefly vids. I love this show so much though that I don't want to mess it up so I'm trying to settle on just the right songs. :)

Thank you again for your wonderful feedback!

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Saturday, October 16, 2004 6:49 AM

bless your heart, you use a beta. Wonderful!

Question, from whence does your handle come from?

...

*emailing*

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Saturday, October 16, 2004 6:54 AM

If we're blessing anybody here, it should be my beta. She's a saint. I love her.

The handle actually doesn't have any particular meaning, I've been using it for years as an email address and last year when I decided to vid I couldn't come up with anything else! Now of course I have lots of ideas. Typical. :) The SD stands for San Diego, the wolfpup is just because I like wolves. (Original huh? ;) )

How about yours? Also, you mentioned you know about the benefits of feedback, are you a vidder and/or writer?

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Saturday, October 16, 2004 7:09 AM

Are you a Simon Tam fan? If so, then your handle is highly appropriate, since at the Fvx OB and at Still_Flying there's a theory regarding Simon that can be summed up as "Mal as Simon: Alpha Mal vs Alpha Pup" and wolf pack dynamics is somewhere in there :D

I loooooove betas! And yes, I'm a fanfic writer of 1.333 fics, epic novellas, the .333 bit I fear shall never be finished. The first one is over at Fanfiction.net "Choices" http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1217106/1/. One day, when I'm old and gray, I'll rewrite it, *cringes*

And I wish I could be a vidder, gorram computer. Sadly, no.

My name is from a German-Eretrian exchange student from highschool. It was unusual enough a name that no one else had it on the Fvx message boards.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2005 6:12 AM

DOUBLESHINY

I want to try vidding using Pinnacle Studio 9, does anyone know which is the best programme for ripping dvds?

www.alantudyk.net - it rocks

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Tuesday, May 3, 2005 10:33 AM