Bella & Edward - Promise

 

July, 2022

Fandom: Twilight

Song: Promise by Ben Howard

 

Program: VegasPro 18

Coloring: Snow Storm by The Happiness Project

 

Description:

Ok but Twilight is unironically goated don't @ me. 

 

I sort of take their story chronologically across one of the most romantic songs of all time for me (if you can't tell I'm not a big eclipse fan so that doesn't get much screen time lol) 

 

But jokes aside, I still get a thrill from these films. I think, the first two films especially, are absolute romantic classics and, shot for shot, pieces of art.  

 

I address my thoughts thoroughly on the Twilight Saga and why I am unashamed to be a Twilight fan here: http://narrativemultiverse.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-twilight-saga.html

I believe I first started this video back in December during my Winter Break. From what I recall, I literally just imported files and stuck the music in. I think that was around the time my computer fan broke and I couldn't finish it.

So when I reopened the file about 7 months later, I was surprised that I actually had laid a lot of the groundwork already?? Yay past me! I have a process in which I tend to edit the audio first, shaping a storyline arc with the voiceovers before placing any video clips. I realized all of the voiceovers were already placed and edited for noise level, creating the foundation for which I could pace the rest of the editing as I take viewers chronologically through the story.

Aaaaaand knowing Twilight surprisingly well shot for shot, the process of editing the video clips took a total of one day... I actually love these films. The link above goes more into depth about why I am unashamed to be a Twilight fan. I then took another evening to add some overlays, coloring and other effects.

The choice for choosing the coloring is an interesting story. I used to be part of The Happiness Project video editing discord when it was still active, and we made some collabs. In the collab part I edited, I used some clips from Twilight. Because collabs have to have consistent coloring, we were required to use this particular coloring and I remember thinking, "Wow... Twilight looks REALLY good in this" and always wanted to use it in a full video. It's an icy blue coloring (hence the "snow storm" title) that does not dull or wash out bright reds. That's twilight's aesthetic in a nutshell.