Here is my second release for my new venture Popping TV. This is a video on the dance move called the Fresno, one of the basics of popping. I am really enjoying the way I am doing these videos and the whole process is becoming very enjoyable: the filming, the editing, the After Effects. I am enjoying watching the quality already improve and slowly but surely the videos will get better and better until they are the best thing going in the entire dance world. And it will all happen at a comfortable pace and in its own time.
Yesterday, I had high hopes for the day. I thought I was going to finish up the scripts for my popping lessons, do a lot of stuff in preparation for the move to New York, and make the intro/title sequence for the series of “How to Pop” videos.
Well. Sometimes that one thing takes all day. For the first time in many moons, I jumped back into Adobe After Effects, actually having to apply what I’ve been learning for the past six months. It was amazing how much I’d forgotten and how time-consuming it really is to do something when you try to do it well.
I learned from my partner Ace about actually tweaking something it until it’s really good. I have a tendency, and you’ll know this if you’ve seen any of my work, to just GO FOR IT. One take, that’s it, all done. But I always notice that when Ace does something, it ends up looking much nicer, much more polished than the things I do.
So I decided, ok, I’ll try that way. I’ll try polishing.
And there went the day.
All was not lost, because I did come out with a wonderful mostly finished intro sequence for my “How to Pop” videos. I am very proud of it and I think it will last a long time, which is what it’s intended to do.
Without further ado, here it is:
This was a brand new experience for me. I don’t know that I’ve ever really polished anything. I’ve always turned in term papers at the last minute after whipping off a single draft, I’ve always performed improvisations where preparation just meant going for it, and I’ve always had a tendency to leave things half-done. They looked like they had the POTENTIAL to be good, but who would know–it wasn’t done.
So let’s just call this a turning of a new leaf. Don’t know how long it will last, don’t know if it’s leading to anything, don’t know much psychology.
But I do know that I love you. And I know that if you love me too, what a wonderful world this would be.
Til next time, when I will discuss the recent conversation I had with the aliens. They told me that they are here, looking in, peering at us, waiting for us to open up the window–the window of course being our mind/perception/belief.
Hi! I'm Brit! I love God sans religion, breakdancing, design, motion graphics, adobe, men and women both, my mac book pro, g funk music, glitchy tweaky electro house, writing, making videos, elastic illusion, photography, vv, fractals, and google. Life is my art school. I believe that creativity is the point.
I am learning about going it on my own. Taking control, taking charge. Claiming knowledge, claiming ability. Be willing to stand up and be counted and say yes, I know what I'm doing. Put me in the front row. With tears in my eyes and vulnerability in my heart.
