So I'm pressed for time right now, but I talked about this with Mafu yesterday. I'm basically going to copy and paste my message to him, and he's totally onboard. Now we just need some help from some other IM'ers to make this thing happen. I know we got the guys to do this because we're a pretty awesome fan community (if I do say so myself ). So I hope you guys can get on board with this, and we can make this happen in the next couple weeks!

[quote]So we all that idea to make short videos for the pillows and send those to them on their 25th anniversary... which has now passed lol! I tried to revive it, but it seems like it fizzled out and I don't know if anything is actually being sent to them. So here's my idea that I wanted to present to you before I posted a thread about it. What if in the next couple weeks, us members of IM make a collection of videos, maybe about 30/45 sec-1 min each, and burn it to a disc for the pillows to watch. Many of us here are very thankful for the pillows influence on them, and I think it'd be great to for Sawao and the gang to see all the love from their biggest online community in the Western Hemisphere. I was hoping that you could present this disc to them since you'll be so close to them that weekend.

[b]I was also kind of hoping, that with the shortened length of the video, maybe we can get someone like Mare or someone fluent in Japanese, to translate our quick messages and subtitle it.[/b] That would make the impact even greater. Let me know what you think.[/quote]

The bolded part may be the most demanding, but it's also the most important. Hopefully a few kind souls can make some time and help us out with this. What say you? Thanks guys!

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Have to think what to say in those 45 seconds...

We should be able to make this happen, I pretty much know what I'm going to say. Will do!

Love this-- offers a quicker turnaround than the previous video we were discussing.

Yea, I was thinking the same thing Chris. it's basically the same idea, but I figure we better be quick with our videos so the band actually watches them. We don't got much time though, so whoever is reading this, reply to this thread soon so we can figure out who's going to be included and who can hopefully do some of this video editing. I would myself, but my computer that has Final Cut on it has sadly all but fizzled out in recent months.

By the way Chris, did anybody submit anything to you for the previous video idea? And is this the best way to go about it? If you have anymore input I'm definitely all ears.

I don't mind editing it, but I'd need to do it next week, as I'm on business in LA the week after leading up to 10/4. So, get these together people! Plz make sure it's recorded in at least 720p. I'll talk to Danny & Cody offline about format & delivery.

Brye and Anton put some clips together so I could use those and cut em down. But, [b]Brye and Anton[/b], I assume you guys would want to re-record something a little more tight and scripted to fit this new format.

Not too many comments yet, but I will make a short clip on monday

Agreed, I can re-record something short and sweet

I'll try to record something.

Awesome, I'm glad we got some people to do this. Thanks for offering to do the video editing Chris. Now we just need someone to translate. If we can't find someone, at least we have someone to put this video together, and hopefully the pillows have someone in their camp that can translate for them when they watch.

What's the absolute last day we can get this to you though, Chris? And also, I don't have a video camera, except on an old camera and my iPhone. Would an iPhone shot video work? if not, I'll try and find another camera.

Yes use iPhone! Nothing fancy needed. Record everything by Tuesday, cuz editing will take a night or so, and then if we're translating, that'll take time too. Not sure how we're even delivering this yet....... suggestions?

Ok, sounds good. And Mafu said he'd deliver it personally to the band. That is, assuming he has a similar experience to what you had five years ago. i figure if you send him the file, he could burn it to disc and take it with him. Does that work Mafu?

I will take part in this!

My DVD drive is on the fritz, so I'm not gonna be able to burn the project myself. I apologize if this interferes with the plan.

My 30-seconds clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrPB7iRgV4