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I have a young friend who calls himself “Shoeless Chuck.”  He’s a creative type who makes, among other things, “AMVs” or Anime Music Videos.  That’s where you edit together scenes from a movie or video game and set it to music.  His work is fantastic.  I particularly like the ones he did for IronMan and Afro Samurai.  Check it out: http://theshoelesschuckproject.weebly.com/index.html

I was chatting with him on Facebook when he told me about his videos.  I told him that I had actually done a music video of my own.  About 15 or 16 years ago, I created a music video using scenes from Star Trek episodes and movies, and set it to, of all things, a disco version of the Original Star Trek theme.  I was able to come up with something that was kind of nice, I think.

Now, keep in mind, this was “old school.”  No computers with digital editing.  That stuff did not exist yet (well, probably it did, but there was no way I could get my hands on any of it).  This was all done using video tape.  Yes, video tape.  And a video editing console, similar to what you see in the photo here.  I used 3/4 inch Sony U-Matic video cassettes, editing decks and controller.  I had to borrow or rent the TV espisodes and movies on tape, locate the scenes and then insert the scenes where I wanted them to go, synchronizing it all to the music.

A lot of work, but also a lot of fun.  Not to knock the talents and work of Shoeless Chuck and others, but the “old school” method was a real challenge.  Take a peek below and see what you think.  The quality is a little poor because this is from a 3rd generation copy (a copy of a copy of the original).

1. Shoeless Chuck says:

   March 31, 2011 at 12:02 pm

   That was really good. Made me want to dance.

   In all honesty, I don’t think I could work with editing the way you did to make this. Takes a lot more patience and talent.

   You should make more.