i'm back?

So I am finally getting back into the editing process of my documentary... In the past I would sit down and stare at about two hours of raw footage in my timeline and cry.

(side note - I capture most of my footage to my timeline)

But finally yesterday all my tears were dry and I actually was able to sit down for an extended period of time and start sorting. Now... the sad part is I actually barely am showing any new footage here. It was just too much of a pain to create a "trailer" (it required too much clip movement) at this time and even though most of you have seen this... I think its on the way to being a fluid scene. All the new footage is at the end.


Background for anybody who has no idea what my documentary is:

Virtual Worlds are computer simulated environments. Today millions of people "log on" to these worlds and socialize. I use the word socialize loosely because experience varies depending on you and the other players. Some games require player to player interaction on a larger scale then other games in order to get things done. The most popular virtual worlds are MMORPG'S (massive multi player online role playing games).

My documentary will focus on the different motivations of players, the transcendence's to what is considered reality, technology, money and addiction.

This particular scene is of one of my main interviewees Richard and his fiance Allison. Richard otherwise known as Nighthawk has been running a website since the beginnings of his gaming career and a guild (see social interaction) of 20 friends (according to him at one point peaked at over 150). He is still infamous in the MMORPG world still today.

Richard is an example of a person who uses these games as a vessel, in his case he uses it to compete (he is an avid pvper/pk- "player vs player" or "people killer"). His fiance Allison also "pvps/pks" but unlike Richard tries to take the game in stride. At this time the game they play (World of Warcraft) had recently released their new material which allows users to "level up" and be able to access the new content.

This clip hopefully illustrates the complication..