Arcane | POST BLUE

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This video was a goddamn labour of love. @ Fortiche and Riot, please hire me to make promo material for your show. It is unbelievably fun.
Arcane has very quickly become my favourite show of all time, or at LEAST very high up on the list (we'll see once TDP makes its long-awaited comeback lmfao). I've always been unfortunately picky with my media and even then have mostly been a low- to mid-key fan of things the last few years (I pretty much only make videos of things that I love), but from the VERY FIRST SHOT OF THE TRAILER this show stole my heart completely and entirely. I watched it around Christmas (and was VERY shocked I'd never heard of it before because it is directly up my alley) and not a single day has gone by since where I haven't extensively and emotionally thought about it. The characters? My darlings. The writing? Phenomenal and compelling. The world-building? Immersive as fuck. The ANIMATION??? STUNNING, LEGENDARY, EVERYTHING I HAVE /EVER/ WANTED BOTH FROM A VISUAL AND AN EDITING PERSPECTIVE, HOLY SHIT
Also if you couldn't tell from my icon, Vi is my favourite.
So I needed to make a video, if not multiple (I have.......so many ideas) since this show pretty much dug my editing inspiration out of the depths of hell and brought it back. (How long will it stay?? Who knows. Will I now finish my insane backlog of videos?? Unclear. Will I end up only editing with Arcane for the rest of my life?? Non-zero chance.)
I chose this song to start because 1) it's been one of my favourites since I was a kid, and 2) one of the first videos I ever uploaded to this channel was with this song (this one: • ＰＯＳＴ ＢＬＵＥ ), and I wanted to do it some more justice. It was also a good base for experimenting with Arcane's visuals/plot points and action sequences without being an overwhelming amount of either. Plus I love re-using songs from old videos and seeing how I've improved over the years!
This ended up taking me...about three months? I started the first week of January, then worked on it on-and-off until about two weeks ago and then I just powered through the last half of the editing. The masking in the intro sequence alone took me four days, lol. I watched so many video essays and documentaries while doing it 🤣
Anyway, enough of my incoherent rambling. I love Arcane and all of you should watch it. If you have watched it then PLEASE leave your thoughts in the comments because I am looking for any reason to talk about it. Tell me who your faves are and roast me if I didn't do them justice in this video. (I think this is the only video I've ever made where I've had MORE footage than I knew what to do with instead of running out and scrambling near the end...iconic)
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Song: • Placebo - Post Blue (O...
Show: Arcane: League of Legends
Program Used: Vegas Pro 18
#arcane #leagueoflegends #fanvidfeed #arcaneedit #arcanenetflix

[@creativityintensifies]

saw that notif and immediately knew I was in for a ride

[@MockingJamie]

Always a rollercoaster on this channel

[@WritingSch]

Oh this was gorgeous. I found myself replaying parts where the flow was especially great! I just finished this show last night, so this is perfect timing. I think you did the show and this song justice. I think Powder is my favorite. The relationship between her and Silco is really interesting and I would love to see a video focused on them.

[@MockingJamie]

Thank you!! And ugh Powder/Jinx and Silco's relationship was so captivating. I went in completely blind and I ended up loving the father/daughter dynamic and how it humanized both of their characters - I find a lot of shows tend to lack that depth with their antagonists so it was such a breath of fresh air.

[@SilentHeroStudios]

It must've been a hellish three months, but it's so worth it to see this dope final result! Arcane is such a gr8 show! Nicely edited 👌 👏 🔥

[@PrincessMareep]

The insane amount of attention to detail you put into this video is totally outstanding! Keep making these wonderful pieces of art!

[@MockingJamie]

Thank you so much!! :')

[@emiilyrose]

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!! oh my god the flashes between vander/silco and vi/jinx had me YELLING!!! i am so so SO blown rn

[@losjk]

this is sooooo smooth and captivating wow i couldn't blink the whole time

[@MockingJamie]

THANK YOU!! the show itself is so smooth and I had so much fun editing it

[@poprock945]

Your use of parallels and transitions is absolutely remarkable!

[@bavard100]

Yes! Another edit but also arcane!!! I studied animation so I was freaking out with the style as it’s beautiful art.

[@MockingJamie]

ISN'T IT FANTASTIC?? I was mesmerized the entire time, I think this is the only show I have EVER watched where I couldn't look away cause every single shot is a masterpiece

[@bavard100]

@@MockingJamie I have adhd, I was sooooo distracted by the artwork/animation, I couldn’t focus on the plot 😂. I agree every shot is a masterpiece.. t inspired me to do my animation tv series in that paint kind of style, but instead of cgi models it’s all 2D…that’s going to take a lifetime 😂. Jinx backstory I like cried, I love how siblings fall apart and it’s not happy ever after. Some wounds cut too deep to heal. Sorry bit of animation nerd here, hehe.

[@robertkampman1473]

Selecting the sceans must have taken you forever ^^ Amazing work. Thank you so much for making it !

[@crisco212]

Can't stop spamming the replay button....absolutely brilliant

[@meowth-yuting]

BEAUTIFUL STUNNING GORGEOUS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING

[@reian41]

yessssss, i'm so glad to have found this in my subscriptions, I'm glad you also like arcane. I've always wanted to see someone do this, with this song!

[@catbfs]

BEAUTIFUL!!!! This is stunning

[@tinfang-warble]

[@tinfang-warble]

oh yeah, just wanted to add that this makes me really sensitive to the liquid quality of light--e.g. especially in the juxtaposition of 1:44 with the light entering the council chambers at 1:47--which is a wonderful way to watch arcane because of how beautifully it uses light (as you bring out)!

[@MockingJamie]

Haha that's exactly what I was aiming for!! I always want the audio in my videos to sort of blend into the song instead of sticking out too much cause I feel like it's very immersive that way. And you're right, Arcane is super visual and auditory in its storytelling, which makes for an excellent editing experience since I mainly focus on both in my videos LOL. Thank you for such a kind comment!!

[@boomboomseal8836]

This is so amazingly well editied and the music just fits perfectly, I love it!

[@58209]

phenomenal song selection and editing choices

[@risingokami2207]

This is incredibly good! Honestly, I barely find the words to describe how impressed I am with your edit!! You managed it to catch every "move" the song is making and created this stunning flow with music and picture! Really great work!

[@MockingJamie]

Thank you so much!! :D

[@helenehurbin6874]

JUST. FREAKING. AWESOME.

[@bendingsickle]

I don't know the source material but the editing here is astounding! Absolutely amazing, great job.

[@Tigerclaw004]

Fantastic edit, I cant even find words to describe how great this was! 🔥

[@migratory.114]

one of the best videos i've watched this year. you're an inspiration.

[@MockingJamie]

Thank you so much!! 😭❤️

[@ivyloulou9208]

Omg! The quality on this is insane! I swear every edit you do is better than the last

[@MockingJamie]

**flips hair** I try

[@kaylahadjiandreou9980]

That was amazing!! Jinx walking in time to the music?? So good! I always love watching your edits because they're so high quality and they really do each show or character justice!! Ekko is my fave, followed by Caitlyn! :)

[@MockingJamie]

Thank you so much!! Also both EXCELLENT characters, I love them both dearly and wish them endless happiness immediately

[@kaylahadjiandreou9980]

@@MockingJamie you're welcome!! You're one of my favorite editors, usually as soon as one of your videos comes out I'm there hahaha! And yessss!! Love them both very much ;-;

[@justanotherguy2693]

Oh boy that was something else I loved this so much it worked so well I love the music I love the edit I love everything this was sooooooo good :D

[@MockingJamie]

Thank you!!

[@aaaaaaaaam]

absolutely incredible edit!

[@evitauzulina1694]

I'm just gonn say it... good edit 👏

[@knightlyss]

holy shit I love this

[@MockingJamie]

Thank you!! :)

[@evitauzulina1694]

I'd put you in the same category with Slyfer2812...amazing work 🤗