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[skygiants]

So I tried an experiment to see if it was possible to make a Howl's Moving Castle book vid using Howl's Moving Castle movie footage. Results: ???

(Results mostly that I need to get better at figuring out how to change targeted colors in Adobe Premiere, let's just pretend it's fine.)

Title: In Which Sophie Expresses Her Feelings In The Absence Of Weedkiller
Music: "You're A Cad," The Bird and the Bee

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[landofnowhere]

That is a very appropriate song!

Because of circumstances, I have only ever seen the first ~45 minutes of the movie. I was delighted, and am not entirely sure I want to watch the rest and see the plot go off to different places.

Some of the visuals worked very well; mainly Sophie's facial expressions, and the Howl's bedroom scene. The whiplash in going back and forth in time was kind of confusing to me, but maybe this is just because I don't watch many vids?

I do miss the weed-killer.

(And I am currently wearing blue-blocking glasses, so I can't really tell if the colors are right anyway.)

[skygiants]

I hadn't seen the film since it came out; I'd forgotten just how weird it gets towards the end. WHY BIRD-MAN HOWL.

It's interesting to me that it felt whiplash-y to you! I tend to try not to have my vids be straight chronological, because I think it's more interesting to pull themes structurally together in ways other than just down-the-timeline, but if it's disorienting it may not always be worth it.

[allchildren]

Having read the book but not seen the movie, I'd say it worked reasonably well! Also, adorable.

[skygiants]

Thank you! :DD this is reassuring feedback.

[sovay]

a Howl's Moving Castle book vid using Howl's Moving Castle movie footage. Results: ???

It has the problem I always thought the movie would have for me, namely that absolutely nothing about Miyazaki's Howl looks right to me (except the green slime, which was pretty good), which is not your fault, but old Sophie vehemently cleaning was great and I enjoyed being able to see beats from the novel going by in the animation. So I don't think it's a failure as a book vid, I think it just confirms the feeling I've had for thirteen years now that I really don't want to see the film.

[skygiants]

He's such a youthful-faced Ghibli protagonist! Though I do like some of the moments where they get him looking quite sinister in the light of fire and spells. And also the green slime.

[alias_sqbr]

This was great! It's been a long time since I read the book or watched the movie, so it was only when I read this post (after watching the vid on tumblr) that I went OH SHE CHANGED THE HAIR. It had looked a little odd to me in parts but I just thought I'd forgotten some of the hair colour changing.

[landofnowhere]

Oh, so Howl doesn't dye his hair black midway through the movie? Alas. (I'm with sovay that he still doesn't look like book-Howl, though.)

[sqbr]

His hair definitely changes colour during the movie, the thing I later realised skygiants changed was making Sophie's hair red instead of brown, and having it change back to red at the end when it stays silver in the movie.

[landofnowhere]

OK, then :-) I did also figure out that skygiants had done Sophie's hair.

[skygiants]

Thank you! :D Yeah, let's just pretend that the flickering gray-red of the later scenes was a thoroughly intentional effect to indicate the spell wearing off gradually in weird magical ways, and not just because I'm finding it really challenging to selectively color-change tint bright grays and whites in Adobe Premiere. >.>

[alias_sqbr]

I'm impressed you managed it at all, I would have no idea where to begin.

[mific]

Well I haven't read the book or seen the movie so am blissfully ignorant and I enjoyed it! Cute!

[skygiants]

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it. :D

[ladymondegreen]

That's brill! To be fair, I love both the book and the film, but I think it works for the novel. It also reminds me that I want Howl's bedroom.

[skygiants]

Thank you!! Yeah, isn't it fancy?? Though I do feel it should have more spiderwebs, for book compliance.

[aamcnamara]

Angry cleaning montage <3

[skygiants]

Angry cleaning!! I actually added the "GAH!" "DOH!" muttering sound effects of rage in earlier draft, but decided it might be too much. >.>

[qian]

That was soooo cute! *___*

[skygiants]

Thank you!! :DDD

[in_the_blue]

♥

What it does for me, though, is highlight the differences between the film and the book. I don't think you could use film footage without having that be the case, of course.

It's seamlessly interwoven. A++ would watch again and all that.

[skygiants]

Ha! Yeah, for all my best efforts. I think I used every scrap of Howl footage in the thing that doesn't feature him with feathers, in an attempt to not confuse book-only viewers hopelessly. Also it was quite difficult to get clips of the ending that didn't have the Tiniest Friendliest Witch of the Waste!

[genarti]

Results: adorable!!

[skygiants]

Well, you have to say that. :P (But thank you. <3)

[hokuton_punch]

I think it is AMAZING. ♥

[skygiants]

Thank you!! :D

[ceitfianna]

This is wonderful and the perfect song for them.

[skygiants]

Thanks! Yeah, the song just would not leave me alone.

[opusculasedfera]

Aaaaah, Sophie! ♥_♥ I love this!

I just about died when it hit the line in the chorus about 'all the hearts that you eat'; I didn't think the song could get more perfectly apt and then it did!

[skygiants]

RIGHT. That was how I felt when I first heard the song -- I was listening along and then "what? what?? WOW."

[bookblather]

That is AMAZING and delightful, A+

[skygiants]

Thank you!! :D

[china_shop]

*applauds*

[skygiants]

Thank you! :D

[sophia_sol]

This is super charming and I love it!

[skygiants]

Aw, thank you!! :D

[sheliak]

This is delightful, and the song suits them very well!