Created: 31 July 2015
Now we’re goin’ back. I had the idea for this video in 2013.
This mashup is to blame. Once I realized that the Mario 3D World theme was so similar in composition to Bob-omb Battlefield, I couldn’t get the idea out of my head. But when I finally got around to editing the video, it didn’t 100% work, so I fudged it and made a few minor edits:
- There’s a fade at 0:20, immediately followed by a suspiciously long power-up animation (I just looped the animation to adjust timing for a later part of the video). If you’ve played the game it’s a rather glaring edit, and I probably could have found a better option.
- Obviously I added the big “HERE WE GO” at 0:55, and again, in retrospect I would have preferred to do something less tacky.
- Other items of note… I’m no longer a fan of the zooms at 0:02 and 0:37, and I don’t know why I chose to start fading the video right as Mario touched the flagpole instead of after 1:35, when the logo slides in time to the music.
In the end, I consider it one of my weaker videos, but a good learning experience.