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Original Post By:
John Pak
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Date: 3/15/2010 9:35:38 PM |
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original "We Are the World" recording, we rounded up ukulele-playing volunteers from around the world to contribute a line to the song. Hope you like our efforts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW1boRK-A78 |
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Posted By:
BeachBumTom
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Date: 3/15/2010 10:46:08 PM |
| Let me be the first on this site to praise this effort. I don't have the slightest Idea HOW this was made.......but I know I REALLY liked it. Fascinating and terrific. Thanks and BIG CONGRATS to those who put this together. BBT
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Posted By:
Grandpa Jim
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Date: 3/16/2010 1:15:53 AM |
John, how did you do that? It's incredible!
The beauty of it made me cry. I will watch it again and again.
Jim
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Posted By:
MR Bulk
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Date: 3/16/2010 4:00:58 AM |
WHOA! Wow Doodz and Doodettes!!! What an AWESOME job - makes me want to start playing the uke again (don't ask)...
BRAVO!!! (John, were you the one who tech'd this all together?)
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Posted By:
John Pak
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Date: 3/16/2010 7:00:02 AM |
Thanks so much for the nice comments! Really appreciate it!
In case you're curious about how this was done, here are the basic steps:
1. I made a "guide video" that would set the tempo and key for the song, sort of like setting up a frame for others to build on. The guide video also included the lyrics divided into numbered lines. Here's the guide video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMspUgjQJyY
2. I assigned parts to each of the people who volunteered to participate and had each person shoot their own video of their section. In some cases, these people made special video, including clones of themselves and Smurfs.
3. The participants uploaded their video clips to a file storage website like MediaFire which allowed Sebi and me to download the files.
4. I worked on the audio first, adding each voice to the audio in the guide video and taking care to make sure the volume of each individual voice was roughly the same.
5. When the audio was done, I sent it to Sebi, who then had the meticulous task of synchronizing video and audio and creating the window section for the chorus.
It was time-consuming just communicating with all the participants, but I enjoyed seeing the idea gradually become reality!
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Posted By:
Mimi
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Date: 3/16/2010 11:18:56 AM |
| This just makes me smile! Thanks, John, creating this wonderful video.
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Posted By:
Frank B
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Date: 3/16/2010 1:51:54 PM |
| Wonderful project! Everything you do surprises me in some way, and this tops them all. Thank you for the pleasure this work brings. You are my hero. Forget Roy Rogers. I want to be John Pak when I grow up. Frank B. (age 68)
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Posted By:
Smiler
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Date: 3/16/2010 5:34:40 PM |
Well Done John!
Tony
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Posted By:
Grandpa Jim
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Date: 3/16/2010 5:41:47 PM |
Every time I view this video I see something new. There is more than meets the eye at first. Just one example is that rolling over the lower right hand corner of the screen reveals the YouTube screen name of the current player. Clicking on that name takes you to the player's YouTube home page. Nifty!
Jim
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Posted By:
JETUKE
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Date: 3/16/2010 5:44:45 PM |
| Great work, all!
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Posted By:
Ukeananda
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Date: 3/20/2010 8:48:08 PM |
| Absolutely WONDERFUL!
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Posted By:
Noel-lele
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Date: 3/21/2010 1:16:55 PM |
| Amazing and beautiful!
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Posted By:
John Pak
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Date: 3/25/2010 11:38:57 AM |
| Thanks so much for the nice comments!
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Posted By:
singndance
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Date: 3/26/2010 1:03:21 PM |
John, I am so slow on the uptake (not online, big fraud case) but spotted this at last.
This production was so wonderful - enormous work and coordination. Your gifts make me happy. Thanks John.
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Posted By:
looney tunes
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Date: 3/26/2010 3:11:57 PM |
| Wow, really great work and a pleasure to watch. Thanks, Loon
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