This video is a montage to one of the best movies I saw in the year 2008, Dasvidaniya.
It was pretty hard to find a song that would present a complementing mood to a montage for this movie. Finding a song for such projects is the toughest, most time consuming part. But I'm more than happy with what I ended up with. It could not have been better, I think. People who have seen the movie may understand why.
Editing the video took over 6 hours for me. Others could have done it faster perhaps. Structuring a narrative within a montage is a tricky thing. You have to decide whether you want to go fully linear or fully random or quasi-linear? This video is quasi-linear. So all the time I spent thinking what a clip would mean at a certain point might not make any sense to others. What I have tried to make sure, though, is to go with the mood of the song as much as possible. After all, it is a montage.
I'm glad that I finished this project unlike my four or five others that are half or less done and kept in limbo for over a year. There are some minor editing errors that I have left out simply because I was tired of rendering 20 versions of the same song just to make little changes.
It was pretty hard to find a song that would present a complementing mood to a montage for this movie. Finding a song for such projects is the toughest, most time consuming part. But I'm more than happy with what I ended up with. It could not have been better, I think. People who have seen the movie may understand why.
Editing the video took over 6 hours for me. Others could have done it faster perhaps. Structuring a narrative within a montage is a tricky thing. You have to decide whether you want to go fully linear or fully random or quasi-linear? This video is quasi-linear. So all the time I spent thinking what a clip would mean at a certain point might not make any sense to others. What I have tried to make sure, though, is to go with the mood of the song as much as possible. After all, it is a montage.
I'm glad that I finished this project unlike my four or five others that are half or less done and kept in limbo for over a year. There are some minor editing errors that I have left out simply because I was tired of rendering 20 versions of the same song just to make little changes.
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7 comments:
Simply amazing.
I saw the movie last week and I was completely taken over by its simplicity and vivid emotions. Your montage has contained it so well. The song is so addictive in itself. I would have seen the video at least ten times already.
It seems like a beautiful film and definitely eggs me to watch it. I don't think I can compliment your editing any better.
going by your review movie seems to be loosely based on Akira Kurusawa's Ikuru and maybe The bucket list as well
Ben
Man! I just said a line about the movie, it's not a review. :))
But yeah, the movie's broader theme has resemblances with The Bucket List and a bit more closer with Ikiru.
sorry i read the review in wikipedia but came to know the movie through your blog. you should see Ikuru its pretty good . ben
Ok, it's Ikiru and I've seen it.
It is a well acted/ good character ensemble movie. Hindi/Tamil movies with the right cast is a rarity. Often it is caricatures that we come across not people who fit the role.
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