This one isn’t finished just yet. There is a lot of subtle timing that needs to be done before I consider it finished.
“Cassandra” by Thomas Bergersen + “The Smallest Empire” from Corridor Digital
Imagine a tiny empire in the palm of your hands, just like one in a video game. I set this award-winning short film from Digital Corridor to the epic music of Thomas Bergersen. Every other video I’ve ever edited has between a few dozen and several dozen cuts; this one has four. Serendipitous is the […]
“Airglow” by Mark Petrie + “Ouro” by Eva Jiahui Gao & Pierre-Jean le Moel
This delightfully dark short was created by students, believe it or not. Because of this, I had to tweak a couple of things with the animation to make it flow a little better. But thankfully the rest of it is beautiful and well animated. I don’t point this out because I think they had sub-par […]
“Ironbark” by Mark Petrie + Shadow Fight 3
It’s hard to believe that such a powerful trailer is meant for a glorified mobile game, but who am I to complain? The song and the video have nearly identical rises and falls, so they fit together nicely here. My favorite aspect of it is watching the ending slip into slow motion right as the […]
“Uncharted Realms” by Mark Petrie + “Fortress” by Dimitriy Fedotov
This haunting short film is a variation on another film by the same creator. It imagines the world after warfare has been completely automated for decades, and war machines are all that’s left of humanity. The soundtrack is equally haunting in its ethereal nature and almost lackadaisical meandering through what appears to be a melody […]
“Powerbuilt” by Mark Petrie + “The Light Within” from League of Legends
I just love this one. The music is so powerful, and it fits the visuals so well. Sometimes I get the urge to watch this one just to get excited about something. Even though the music of the original is good, this version just works so much better.
“Invincible” by Two Steps from Hell + Smite
I’ve been wanting to do this for a very long time, but none of the videos I found seemed to have the constant kinetic energy that this song requires. I had the first trailer for Smite in my queue for several months before I stumbled back upon it late last night. Within minutes, it became […]
“United We Stand, Divided We Fall” by Two Steps from Hell + For Honor
“Perhaps we had a chance for peace, but desperation and trust are seldom allies.” This is my first video in 4k, which is interesting because I think they overdid it. It was hard to find a still shot that summarized the whole video because so much of it only looks good on a big screen. […]