Tuesday, March 04, 2008

MY FIRST YOUTUBE VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Here it is! Two minutes and twenty seconds long, it's my very first internet video! I just found it by doing a YouTube search on "Uncle Eddie." I can't believe it! I've finally lost my virginity in this medium!

It's a terrible film and I apologize for it. The sound is beyond bad and the clips sometimes have no relation to each other. That's because each shot was really an excuse to experiment with some different facet of the iMovie 08 program. Oh well, I'm glad I did it. Seeing it has taught me a lot about what works and doesn't work on YouTube, and I could only have learned that by putting something out there.






Thanks to the commenter who prompted me to look up this "Wacky World of Tex Avery" clip. Yeah, I worked on this title, along with Mike F., Glen Kennedy, and Mike Maliani. I had nothing to do with the title card that began and ended the clip.

The concept for the title was simple: Tex would do something right and the series villain would attempt to do the same thing and would botch it. The problem was that the time devoted to the title animation was compressed so things happened too fast and there was no time to make adjustments in the animation.

The thing I remember most about working on the titles was the difficulty of keying action in the film to the words of a song whose only lyrics were the word "wacky," endlessly repeated. You can't say to someone, "The character hits the ground at the start of the word "wacky," because every word in the song was "wacky." I can laugh at it now but it drove me nuts at the time. I actually ended up liking the song but maybe I'm a victim of The Stockholm Syndrome.

The series was done in a timeframe and for a budget that would make Clutch Cargo look like "Gone with the Wind," so any comparison with the original Avery cartoons is impossible.

36 comments:

Marc Deckter said...

Congratulations on your first YouTube video, Eddie!

Looks like you're having fun playing around with that iMovie08 program. I particularly like the split screen experiments.

Nico said...

I feel like we've just witnessed the birth on the next internet phenomenon, with this post here.

Eddie Fitzgerald unleashed onto YouTube? The world may never be the same again!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jim said...

Ah! Wierd

I didn't really think about you having an American accent.. and it sounds young too.

I imagined a wisened english bookshop voice (please don't be offended).

Was cool though!

Jim

Trevor Thompson said...

I can't find you on the 'Tube, Eddie. What's your screen name? I wanna subscribe to your channel.

- trevor.

PS: Great videos, mate!

Anonymous said...

Wow! You seem much younger in video format! Maybe it's your voice? Or your movements?

john said...

I really liked the scene of you walking down the street. The still image (from your previous post) of you driving in the convertible smoking was hilarious! You seem to be developing a very fun way of mixing spontaneous drawings with live action.
I look forward to seeing more !

Vincent Waller said...

With you looking at me and speaking so conversationally, I Suddenly realized I needed to go put on some clothes before viewing your first video.
Another great step forward by Uncle Eddie for we, the hungry masses.

Corey said...

Why do they keep pullling 'Worm Paranoia' off of Youtube? I thought you owned that?

Jennifer said...

*clap clap clap clap clap*

Very good. I actually liked the "chromakey" graphics experiments.

I can imagine the potential with your video essays. You are very articulate and you know how to present.

Anonymous said...

It was okay but try to do something more entertaining next time.

Ken Mitchroney said...

Well, there goes the neighborhood. Congrats Eddie. Now i really CAN have my Eddie tv.

Kali Fontecchio said...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really like the french oart- do a whole french one!

pappy d said...

It's true! You do look younger on video. Maybe your natural vitality comes across better.

You have great screen presence. That accent is annoying, though.

Anonymous said...

Joy! Philosophically challenging streaming video content!

I love it, I can't wait for more! :D

Anonymous said...

Everyone is trying not to say anything about the DIC "Wacky World of Tex Avery" due to the slimy aftertaste left by that series. You did a great job on all the main title posing, however. That insulting-to-Tex's-legacy concept DIC sold is certainly no fault of yours.

Chris S. said...

I have a pitch for you Eddie! You should be an internet talk show host! It would give you an opportunity to showcase your wide range of interests and friends (I, for one, would love to see you interview your friends in the animation/cartoon world). Build a retro set in your garage, maybe? Or you could even video conference w/your mac! Just a thought.

I know it's not a completely original idea, but you would make a unique and original show for sure!

diego cumplido said...

IT'S SO WEIRD to discover you're actually a human being, with a particular voice and the possibility to ...move, (and not mere a bloggish creature made of photographs and text).

Now I understand it all.

Sean Worsham said...

video was taken down :( I can't see you.

Mitch Leeuwe said...

Yeah that france part is cool!
And drawings in youre video are also nice.

Roderick said...

It's nice to put a voice to the face!

Great work Uncle Eddie.

David Germain said...

The message I got from your video is: Life is putting videos up on Youtube.

Did I just stumble upon the answer?

mike fontanelli said...

Whoa! I can't wait for the Lord Fauntleroy poetry readings. (Wanna borrow my velvet pants?)

Kali Fontecchio said...

Hey Eddie! On my blog I put up a youtube video of you talking about poetry!

Anonymous said...

Mhm. That gets the stamp of approval.

Anonymous said...

You sound very evangilical (is that spelled right?). "Is a minute enough? Is it that simples?" Sounds like you should follow it up with a "Yes it IS that simple. Just open your heart and let Jesus climb right in."

Awesome!

Ryan G. said...

Cool Eddie. I wanted to leave a comment on your Youtube page but the comments were disabled..

Barbasaurus Rex said...

Eddie YOUR what its all about!!!
I think future historians will look back on this day as the begining of true civilization.
The cosmos demand more EDDIE!!

Eddie Fitzgerald said...

Thanks, guys! I'm glad you liked it!

Jim: Accent? That's hilarious! It never occurred to me that English speakers in the UK would imagine me speaking in their dialect.

Booo: I don't know what a channel is. Is that something where they send you a link to new videos that people put up? Anyway, if you do a YouTube search for Uncle Eddie, you'll find me!

Corey: Is Worm Paranoia off YouTube? Son of a Gun!

Jennifer: Thanks! That's really kind of you!

Anon, Pappy: Younger on video!!!??? That did it, I've gotta do more videos!

Sean, Ryan G.: They took it down? It was back up last time I looked, but then everybody seems to get different results when they search for it. I wonder why that is. Maybe they were doing "periodic maintenance."

YouTube is weird. They disabled comments without me asking. I got a maintenance message so I can't change the settings.

Kali: French!? You got it! I already shot it and tried to upload it but I got an error message. I'll try again tomorrow.

Chris: Great idea! Many thanks!

Freckled: Ha! Thanks!

Taber said...

Yes! Eddie's on the tube! Finally something worth watching.

Bengo said...

Very entertaining!

I don't know who that actor is but you should get him to write your blog. ;-D

scartoonist

Brian Mitchell said...

Eddie,
Just about anything you do is highly entertaining.
I have a strange feeling that this is just the beginning.

Thad said...

That video changed my life. Eddie, you're amazing!

Lee said...

Loved it Uncle Eddie!

Can't wait to see what else you've got up your sleeve!

James said...

Uncle eddie, you made my day!

The Horns and the Hawk said...

i just about wretched when that chick (5 alarm hot) ate the banana peel. ick.

paul said...

Mr. Eddie Fitzgerald, I know that it wasn't your fault or Glen's or Mike F.'s or Mike Maliani's, it's just, as far as I can tell, that management Dic and the Network just didn't know what to do with it; They just launched other shows that were of commonplace in the '90s and they didn't handle them very well and they didn't keep the show on the air very long.
That's why with Youtube, you can watch any one of Tex's cartoons from all of his studios.

-Polyvios G. Christoforos
Paul329869@hotmail.com
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