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Kotringo’s birthday 2018

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Tadayou Kanjou?
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X             Fishing line

X             Some kind of DSLR stabilizer

X             Small tweezers or grabbers that can be easily masked out

X             Doll dresser that can fit sewing needles in the drawers

X             Model bird eggs

X             Transparency film

X             Fake Sweet Nest album cover – 13.9mm by (12.4mm + 1mm top wraparound + 1mm bottom wraparound)

X             Flat rubber bands

X             Scanner for album covers

X             Special Jackie and Katie DVD that includes the finger puppets

X             Custom finger puppet of Trick & Tweet Kotringo
Eggs: https://www.etsy.com/listing/518797277/6-artificial-aqua-blue-green-bird-eggs

Finger puppet fabric: https://www.contrado.com
Puppet show

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Puppets 16” in front of the lens (40mm)

Wall 60” in front of lens

Bottom of camera body 52” above floor

Background poster 36” by 20”
Bass

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– Both pickups and tone maxed to Para Driver in, parallel out to Peavy Volume 2, Low 10, Mid 6, High 10

– SM57 with Fethead pointed at the point a diagonal half inch in from the top left corner, 4.25 inches away straight on

– Para Driver Level 10 (o’clock), Treble 1, Mid 1.5, Bass 3, Drive 7, Blend 1, Shift 5, no buttons, XLR out to H6 Input 1, Gain 4, phantom power

– SM57 to H6 Input 3, Gain 3, phantom power

– Connect H6 as multi-track and use Logic Inputs 3 and 5
Live shoot with EOS Utility 3, guidelines at the top of Rieko and Jackie’s heads when in focus 16” away. Run https://www.freetelepromptersoftware.com/mac-download/windowcapture.zip and press control+option+command+M to mirror EOS Utility horizontally so the direction on the display matches how the puppets move in actual space. Lay on back below camera facing screen left, Katie is left hand, Rieko is right, Jackie is on pencil taped to right big toe.
Obi (un)tie reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZzKvYn5wzw

There is another thin cord hidden beneath the kimono folds, so it won’t come completely apart when she removes her obi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw_lreQH_cg
Ame no Hakoniwa insert has lyrics, see if they match

Unofficial transcription with some errors: https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/kotoringo-2/%E6%BC%82%E3%81%86%E6%84%9F%E6%83%85
Kireina ie ga naran deru ―― na-ra-n

Densha no naka kara nagame teru ―― She says densha with no perceptible “n”

Waraigoe ga fuwari mado kara ―― fuwari is really “h”-y

Nai teru koe mo kasuka ni tadayotte kieta ―― kasuka is “kaska”, extra beat in ni(i)

Naka no yousu wa mienai yo ―― Her u in yousu is distinct

Kimochi wa shirokuro tsukanai yo ―― She says kuro almost like “kuwo”

Suutsu o kireba zenbu wasurete

Magatta senaka mo shanto motonimodorudarou ―― ma-ga-a-ta, shan/ to

Hanayaka ni narihibiku ―― Extra beat in nari(i)

Pajama de kaita shinfonii

Chikyuu no ura ni mada todokanai

Shiawase ni naru ni wa

Tada kizuku dakede yokatta ―― yo-ka-a-ta

Riyuu o sagashi teru ―― She kind of slurs Riyu/ u-o into a long o

Nan no tame dare no tame ―― na-n

Sagashi tsuzukereba itsu ka wakaru to

Kehai wo nokoshite oite ikanaide ―― Her (w)o is pronounced, extra beat in noko(o) and oite(e), and her ikanaide is almost like “yakanaide”

Minareta kagu kara hanekaeru

Warikirenai odo haamonii

Soko ni kasanaru kaiwa ga kitto ―― Her soko sounds a lot like “saka”, kii/to

Anata no mimi o panku sa sete shimatta no ―― pan/ ku, ma/ tta

Ukande wa kakitometa ―― U-ka-n-de, extra beat in kaki(i)

Pajama no mama de shinfonii

Soba ni iru hito sae todokanai

Shiawase na tokiniwa

Rizumuawase iki o shita ―― Extra beat in iki(i)

Riyuu wanai mama de ―― Like the first chorus, she slurs u-wa into kind of sounding like  o-a

Soba ni ite daki yosete

Samayou kimochi mo yurusa reta you ―― you is pronounced both times

Machi ni afureru merodi merodi ―― afureru is really “h”-y

Touki wo mitsukete yomikomi tsuzuke ―― touki  and wo are pronounced

Kakitomenai kanjou mo ―― ka-n/ jou

Tsurete kaette kurukara ―― ka-e-e-te

Shiawase ni naru you ni

Mata hitotsu iki o shita ―― Extra beat in iki(i)

Riyuu wa iranai yo ― Again with o-a

Ookiku mo chiisaku mo naranaide tada no ―― oo, chii, and ii all pronounced

Anata de ii ―― Extra beat in anata(a)

Kehai wo tadotte yubi wa oto ni kaeta ―― wo is pronounced, two extra beats in tado(o)(o)te 
Video starts at 0 4 1 1 in Logic
Away from tablet

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[x]                  Recut to rough song

[x]                  37 pin repositioning

[x]                  02 flats

[x]                  07_00 flats

[x]                  55_00 flats

[x]                  34_02 flats

[x]                  38_00 flats

[x]                  34_00 flats

[x]                  32_00 flats

[x]                  29_00 flats

[x]                  30_00 flats

[x]                  44_00 flats

[x]                  44_01 flats

[x]                  43_01 flats

[x]                  52_00 flats

[x]                  48_00 flats

[x]                  47_00 flats

[x]                  48_01 flats

[x]                  47_00 flats

[x]                  14_01 flats

[x]                  17_00 flats

[x]                  23_00 flats

[x]                  22_01 flats

[x]                  28_00 flats

[x]                  36_00 flats

[x]                  41_00 flats

[x]                  40_00 flats

[x]                  43_00 flats

[x]                  42_00 flats

[x]                  49_00 flats

[x]                  49_01 flats

[x]                  49_02 flats

[x]                  48_02 flats

[x]                  48_03 flats

[x]                  51_00 flats

[x]                  52_01 flats

[x]                  54_00 flats

[x]                  17_01 flats

[x]                  60_00 flats

[x]                  17_02 flats

[x]                  15_00 flats

[x]                  21_00 flats

[x]                  21.5_00 flats

[x]                  41.5_00 flats

[x]                  58_00 flats

[x]                  58_01 flats

[x]                  58_02 flats

[x]                  01_end flats

[x]                  64_00 flats

[x]                  47.5_00 flats

[x]                  28.5_01 flats

[x]                  28.5_02 flats

[x]                  27_00 flats

[x]                  10_00 flats

[x]                  12_00 flats

[x]                  13_00 flats

[x]                  24_00 flats

[x]                  28.5_00 flats

[x]                  14_00 flats

[x]                  19_00 flats

[x]                  31_00 flats

[x]                  35.5_00 flats

[x]                  37.5_00 flats

[x]                  56_00  flats

[x]                  56.5_00 flats

[x]                  57_00 flats

[x]                  50_00 flats

[x]                  61_00 flats

[x]                  38.5_00 flats

[x]                  38.5_01 flats

[x]                  38.5_02 flats

[x]                  38.5_03 flats

[x]                  38.5_04 flats

[x]                  38.5_05 flats

[x]                  38.5_06 flats

[x]                  38.5_07 flats
Remaining real-object interaction

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[x]                  13

[x]                  14_01

[x]                  17_00

[x]                  22_00 (50:18)

[x]                  23

[x]                  22_01 (55:05)

[x]                  28

[x]                  36

[x]                  40? (pop out of birdcore)

[x]                  42? (through kitchen window)

[x]                  43 (birdcore Rieko beginning)

[x]                  49_01 (4:02:14)

[x]                  49_02 (4:05:17)

[x]                  51

[x]                  54

[x]                  17_01 (4:25:06)

[x]                  60

[x]                  17_02 (4:27:09)
Remaining crucial

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[x]                  15

[x]                  20

[x]                  21

[x]                  21.5

[x] (still bad)      30 Sweet Nest fix

[x]                  All Bandwagon and Tsubame Novelette album backgrounds

[x]                  41.5

[x]                  58_00 (4:23:25)

[x]                  58_01 (4:27:29)

[x]                  58_02 (4:30:21)

[x]                  01_end_ALL

[x]                  64
Remaining simple

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[x]                  11

[x]                  Nemurugirl songs (1:25:05 – 1:35:14, stop motion, non-Rieko objects are lineless watercolor)
Remaining corner-cutable

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[x]                  Nemurugirl replace (1:16:17 – 1:25:04)

[x]                  24

[x]                  27

[x]                  10

[x]                  12

[x] All of Bandwagon, decide on a style (2:53:04 – 3:10:10)

[x] All Tsubame Novelette Rieko/effects (3:10:11 – 3:26:27)

[x] 38.5_07 (key roughs in file)

[x] 50 (could be cut to just a few freeze frames)

[x] 26_00 add hand around black and a few arm swings while running to sell the first-person view

[x] 31_00 hands on ground before look up and possibly a few arm swings

[x] 35.5_00 flail arms immediately, then bring back up, palms outward waving “No, no, no”

[x] 30_00 album tracking fix

[x] 14_00 (36:29, none or just a 3-frame hand loop tracked to the needle)

[x] Spring reshoots

[x] Re-White/black balance all new backgrounds

[x] End screen

[x] Beginning album open and fall sound effects

[x] Add horns and strings to the song

[] Try to fix the bad chroma key on 28.5_00 hands?

[] Shoot physical tree branches and leaves, try and key out the background and use to cast shadows from AE lights
Shots in spring

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[x] Reshoot 19, sky and a few branches, trailing rubber band behind

[x] New 47.5, straight on the stove’s vertical white wall, Omurieko extreme closeup, shaking with worry

[x] Reshoot 41, slightly receding sky, Birdcore-Rieko extreme closeup, straight-on loop of her riding the bird as it glides

[x] New 41.25, top down of Birdcore-Rieko’s kneeling on the bird as the ground moves far below

[x] New 56, 720 60fps, up at sky, undoing her obi in partial slow motion

[x] New 56.5, 720 60fps, about five feet above her, angled down 45 degrees so the bottoms of the lower trees on her right are visible but not the ground, she undoes the obi and flips to sling it forward

[x] Reshoot 57, better light and throw the Kono album up and catch it to get it falling at a convincing angle

[x] Reshoot 61, 720 60fps, no camera motion or ascending whip-slow-whip if possible

[x] New 36.5_01, (2:27:08 – 2:32:14), Katie getting the pin from amongst the other Kotringo pins

[x] New 37.5, setting pin down and running
Thumbnail candidates (Photoshop timecodes): 38.5_07 at 1:18, 27_00 at 0:13, 28.5_00 at 5:01, 21_00 at 0:00, 22_01 at 0:22
Render fixes

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[x]                  00000 01 color correction

[x]                  00366 05 color correction

[x]                  02192 28 color correction

[x]                  02295 28.5_ALL match grain preview square

[x]                  00366 05 font

[x]                  05108 match grain preview square

[x]                  06255 Birdcore replacement track

[x]                  06997, 07028 make transformations way more subtle

[x]                  01599 is too washed-out

[x]                  01829 background position fix

[x]                  03745 edge blur and note visible

[x]                  04414 do something about the color disparity

[x]                  00523 match grain preview square

[x]                  01518, 01654  match grain preview square

[x]                  ^ Birdcage top album mask slightly too high

[x]                  4060 First puppet shot needs less red in white

[x]                  05805 – 05825 Tsubame curtain pull has semi-opaque curtain at the beginning for a few frames somehow?

[x]                  06255 – 06263 Birdcore album always no_rieko

[x]                  06584, 06820 Edible melodies has too much grain

[x]                  ^ Fork mask fix

[x]                  07876 Obi sling gutter needs masking

[x]                  08062 Obi rotate closeup, sky is too saturated

[x]                  0366 Album pan up text outlining

[x]                  00720 Black frame between slide down piano and over ledge grass

[x]                  01599 Last frame of rubber band shoot from tree isn’t colored

[x]                  08265 – 08367 Ame no Hakoniwa arm transition dress lines get truncated one cycle too late

[x]                  ^ Ame no Hakoniwa hair needs edge glow

[x]                  8144 maybe crash through disclaimer, characters go flying?

[x]                  08360 end screen nemurugirl eye line color

[x]                  1109 needle mask fix
Remove mid-frequency notches when bouncing instrumental (EQ on strings aux, EQ on violins aux / volume on piano aux at 2:50)