- 12:01 AM,
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014:
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Since this video is
identical to Vienna's birth I figured I'd open
the entry with what I wrote then. It's spot on, why I
did this...
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- I've always
prided myself on the ability to edit video/film to
the perfect point of time vs. storytelling. It's
not about making it shorter, it's about improving
the storyline or maintaining the storyline in a
more concise manner. It's an art that I adore and
have honed over the past 20 years of editing going
back to the "2 VCR" days in the
90s.
- Every once
and awhile though, a story comes along that needs
the weight of time to work. You don't want to throw
in music to build suspense, you don't want to make
overt edits for suspense... you have to sit and
feel it. You have to watch the character pace. You
have to watch the character shake his legs and the
only editing device needed? Is a clock. A simple
tick of a clock and a sub-title saying how long
until the moment, and how long since the moment
passed.
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- After
loading all the footage, and cutting together my
own personal video for us... I realized it was the
only way to share it. And if you hadn't imagined,
the "Journey Videos" are almost always a snippet of
the longer videos I put together and share. I have
terabytes of archives of video for personal viewing
later... but in this case? The video is just too
stunning for me not to share. I have never seen a
birth like this. I have never known what happens in
the first 20 minutes of life, as it happens. It's
remarkable to me even if it wasn't my kid and man,
that Go-Pro fish-eye lens footage is so surreal. I
feel like I'm watching my memories.
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- It honestly is
that incredible to me. Of course it is long, and
I don't expect people to watch the entire thing
unless they're family, but it is stunning how much the
GoPro's fish-eye lens feels like a memory. And
how cool to have your first 20 minutes on tape, like
that uncut? So here's Cameron Michael's entrance into
the world...
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-
I'm considering
intercutting Vienna & Cameron's first 24 hours at
some point because it's downright surreal how
identical the scenes are. From the seat behind Talya,
to the ride to the nursery, to the same window...
except with Vienna seeing Cameron? Whaaaaaaaaaat? It's
just remarkable. These are simply the most precious
videos to me. Love it.
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- And tomorrow we
finsh things off with what is always the best of the
3, people finally meeting him and Vienna finally
getting to see Mama who she has desperately missed.
:-) Very sweet stuff.
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- Adam
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