This morning I discovered many caterpillars in a pot in my backyard. I took one little fellow out and filmed him crawling about.  Little did I know he wanted me to film him all along to pass on a message :)

A huge thanks to todd68976 for making this record whenever he did because I magically came upon it today & thought it fit perrrfectly. again by heart <3 

I read one of Melanne's reREC albums where she suggested honeyboy's text be made into a video. Wellll, I have loved 'i am a hearter' since the first time I read it & jumped at the chance to make something :) I don't know that this is anything like what you had in mind Melanne, but thank you for the jumpstart <3

thank you thank you thank doverpeak &RECorderBelle for the VOs! thank you hitRECord for giving me a place to make a fool of myself.. haha. And apologies to real actors who I may offend by my awful fake sneezing.  <3 

A project RECorderBelle & I have been collaborating on: the story of Ellory Stel. Let's hope little Ellory is in the cave the next time you make your wish :) Enjoy &remix as you please <33

*The sound effects in this (fire, tv, humming, chimes, and musical box) are from pdsounds.org.*

Twas a cold winter's night

Set to inky purple light

With a chill snowy whisper in the air.

Starlight twinkled, winked, and dimpled

Shining bright and clear and simple

Flirting with the silvery boughs while listening there.

For below the sky attendant

And the gleaming moon, a pendant

Lay a tiny, yellow gingerbread-type home.

And within, as expected

Near a hearth flame-inflected

Sat a young girl warming toetips chilled to bone.

Ellory Stel, a darling daughter

Felt adventure surely called her

And she looked for magic whisked round like a jet.

'Specially on a night like this one

With her parents sharing wisdom

'Tween and 'twixt themselves, the fire, and TV set.

Out the window longly gazing

At the sky, no trace of hazing

Not a cloud to mar the crisp, clear swath of night.

Except one sparkle swiftly dancing

Almost falling, Flash, pure fancy

Surely, little Ellory thought, This can't be right.

With a glance to Mom and Poppa

Back toward the twinkling pop-up

Ellory entranced did see it shoot away.

Skipping light among the treetips

Weaving, trailing glittered twirl-dips

This bright star shimmered up and off to play.

Now our heroine, Ellory Stel

Combed her wits for what to tell

Mom and Poppa, how to get away, investigate.

Girl intrepid, heart a-flutter

Hoping dearly not to stutter

Ellory said, "Well, I think it's getting late.

Off to bed then I'll be going."

Ellory added all while strolling

Up the nearby stairwell quickly and in haste.

"Oh of course dear," They both murmured

Nods and smiles yet not a turner,

But she paused long enough to just make sure.

Yes, success! No parents attentive

Ellory threw her coat on pensive

Could she catch the dancing star with such allure?

Deer-like, running, flying, sprinting

Snowy grassy needles splintering

Ellory made haste from home, and heat, and hearth.

Deep into the silvery forest

Guided by the treetips chorus

And the curious dancing light of that bright star.

Sounds ethereal, walls illumined

She approached a lake entombed in

Dazzling lights against a sweeping cave so grand.

Is this music? Ellory wondered

But with voices flowing under

Ellory paused and caught her breath to understand.

"We are wishes", was the answer

Woven softly, music's banter

Swirling 'round the child as lyrics more and more.

"Won't you hear us, Sweetest Princess?

If you listen, if you grant this

We earth Stars can bring to Life the dreams Lives wish for."

Ellory, hands clasped in awe

Dallied not, no hem or haw

Quickly seated, she began to hear the stars sing.

As she listened, sometimes humming

Ears a-dancing, fingers strumming

Each star twirled around the cave declaring dreams.

Then shot away, a lively burst

Now heard, so abled, kissing first

Dear Ellory, then off to countryside, Wish-granting!  

PD sources: You Can Tell by the Teller http://www.archive.org/details/YouCanTe1945?start=539.5 

A Place To Live http://www.archive.org/details/PlacetoL1948_3?start=1379.5

Office Etiquette http://www.archive.org/details/OfficeEt1950?start=149.5

Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb http://www.archive.org/details/DrugAbus1969?start=1019.5 

I rather liked this text RECord, so wanted to REmix a little something for it. Not great, rather simple, but oh well :)

I haven't edited much since HS, but I just got new film software so I wanted to try something.. (so be forgiving of newbie mistakes?) :)

I love when people remix trailers (the Toy Story/Inception and Scary Poppins ones are my favorites) so I just thought I'd have a little fun trying to clip MMM into a thriller trailer, haha.

<3 

Not the best executed, but that's what remixing is for, right?
open to critiques, as always :)

Public Domain footage used:
American Engineer (Part II)
http://www.archive.org/details/American1956_2?start=149.5

Beneath the 12-mile Reef
http://www.archive.org/details/beneath_the_12-mile_reef?start=4139.5

Free Fall Safety Procedures
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.23122?start=59.5

Crossroads Crash
http://www.archive.org/details/crossroads_crash?start=29.5

Springboard to Space - The Arnold Center Story
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26394?start=209.5

Destroy All Planets
http://www.archive.org/details/Destroy_All_Planets?start=0.5 

Today is my 3 year hitRECordversary! so I wanted to remix something I've previously done.
This isn't the best remix, there could probably be better layers added and possibly text that make this less one-dimensional, but my hands couldn't do it. Critiques are certainly welcome - if there's one thing I've learned, it is that editing is not my strong point!
it's been a really good three years, I'm excited for what is to come.

and for some reason, it won't let me resource the hR logo: http://www.hitrecord.org/records/22654