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This video came from an idea I had of a car going into a garage.  As it always happens, things got more complicated.

Half of this video was reshot because in the first shoot I didn't have a proper background and trying to paint in a background for every frame was taking forever and did not look good.  You can see part of the remains of that when the car goes by the house.  I would have reshot that, but it was months after the original shoot and the house was demolished by that time.

Looking at this now, I know I have to figure out how to make Lego people walk more smoothly.  I also now know I should wait a few days before I declare a project final, as I can see some frame rate/ pause issues when I have fresh eyes.

This was a huge music project for me.  I had to do a lot of splicing, use multiple tracks, and make sure everything was timed correctly.  Obviously, none of the music is mine, but I hope that others will agree that it fits in nicely with the video.  

David's Pacman Birthday

My best friend loves Pacman, so I decided to make this for him.  It started out as an idea to have Pacman going in a straight line, eating the letters that would spell out "Happy Birthday David".  Obviously, things got a bit more complex than that.

I knew I wanted the setup to be flat on the ground, so I had to figure out how to suspend my camera in air to take the shots.  With the help of a dresser, clipboard, and ruler; I figured it out.

The camera that I'm using isn't too great, so I had focus issues all throughout the film.  Also, the background is suppose to be jet black, but my camera decided it should be more of a dark grey.  I wish the words at the end weren't so jumpy, but the only way I could put words in the frames was to do it through Paint, which meant I was just guessing that they were in about the same place for each frame.

This is the first time I've used sound clips.  I had to do a lot of splicing and work to get the timing right, but it was a good experience and I think the music turned out quite well.