Sonic the Hedgehog ~ [Complete] [ Remake ~ Dedication ]
Y'aaallll! I'm baaaacckk!! Goodness gracious, it's been too long ;w;
And! I'm returning with a longer edit this time, which is not only a remake of one of my older edits - ''Sonic - Miserable'' - but also a gift for my amazing girlfriend, @EnchantedNebula, on our anniversary! ^w^ And thiiiss particular remake was made because this was one of the first videos of mine that Enchi saw and through which she found me, and she had suggested remaking this about 2 years back, and now this project has finally seen the light of day, after being worked on for quite some time x3
To Katie:
By now you have already seen this video, and i'm very happy that you really liked iiiit!~ ^w^ And i had time, so i was able to tweak it as well ;3 And i'm happy you liked the other gifties i got you tooo!~ :D can't wait to receive the one u have planned for me ;D uwu
Honey, I wanna let you know that memories, even little ones, from me visiting you late last year still come into my mind on a nearly daily basis, and not a single day goes by that i don't think of you 💖x33
The joy and inner peace and happiness that i feel around your presence is so immense and pure, and i cherish every moment we get to spend together x33 As i mentioned to you, you're the most wonderful treasure, and you mean the world - the sky, and all of the stars combined - to me; you're the brightest sunshine of my days 💖💖 uwu I'm extremely excited to continue our journey through life together, and may these following years continue to bring us happiness and bring us even closer together - i love you with all my heart! ❤️❤️❤️ cx lots of hugs and cuddles from me to you hehe :D 💖
About the video itself:
BOOIIIII while this was 2 years in the making, frankly, the actual time it took to edit this was much less - it did still end up being some weeks straight of editing :o
i didn't wanna reuse every clip, bc imo some clip choices of mine just don't make sense in the original - so i experimented with a new clip flow; re-set some clips in 2022, then uuuhh- didn't edit this for 2 years after that i think ;w; legit, i think i came back to this project in around march-april of this year and finished setting the clips, and then decided that i want this to be my gift to Enchi this year for our anniversary c: however, i was still struggling with the next thing after clips - the style, the look, the feel - everything else. had no clue what i wanted this to look like for the longest time ;w; eventually, it struck me that i could try to show the irony in the lyrics by making my effect choices ironic - mixing together unreadable text, randomly flying 3D/2D shapes and text, moving lines. It was pretty chaotic. As i got to editing, i quickly realized that my idea was a bit Too chaotic to remake and Still be Visually understandable. So i decided to minimize the amount of stuff i wanted, and went with mostly readable fonts, overlaying text with different sizes, colors and blend modes (that was so fun btw uwu) and some light 3D elements. I made nearly every spinny shape at 0:06 manually in Vegas, and lemme tell ya, it was CLUNKY, so i stopped trying that after that attempt and just made overlays in AE instead ;w;
Used a lot of the lighten blend mode here, which i don't use often! Cool transparency effects with that one c:
And by the time this was done and i was watching back the comparison, i thought my remake was lookin' like one of those company de-brandings where they lost their personality and identity lool XD
The only not-so good part about editing this was that i was quite hung up on making it perfect in my own eyes, which tired me out so much. Eventually, i beat out perfectionism and i still feel happy with this video - it makes me even happier that Enchi likes it c:
Some fun facts about the original edit!
I actually tried to match the clips with the lyrics somewhat, or how i understood them! Used dramatic clips and tried to capture the irony in the lyrics too.
I originally edited the video, and lots of my other old uploads, in 4:3! But back then, i didn't think 4:3 videos would've gained much attention, so i re-rendered my videos and stretched them to 16:9 exclusively for Youtube back then, and then also added my watermark to them. I also had no clue what ''disable resample'' was, hence why there's ghosting on my older uploads ^^'' But i think 4:3 videos get more appreciation nowadays c: So now y'all get to see the video in its original quality and resolution!
That shall be all now!~ I hope you all enjoy this remake! :3
Oh and i'll be back in just a moment, trust me XD
I hope you all have a wonderful day/night, and that something brings a smile to you today ^w^
~
Song: Lit - Miserable
Media: Sonic the Hedgehog
Programs: Vegas Pro 18, After Effects CC 2021, Photoshop CC 2020, Blender 4.0
Layers in Vegas: 84
Time taken: in total, around 2 weeks and 3 days (3 separate days in previous years for setting most of the clips, 2 weeks on-and-off most recently for everything else)