My Chinese Oldies Playlist

My French Songs Playlist

"My Uploads" Playlist

This is the playlist (with automatic updating) of all the song videos I've created so far for sharing. Hope you'll like them!

A Good Movie for Parents - "Firelight"

Recently I watched a 1997 movie on YouTube called “Firelight” starring Sophie Marceau and Stephen Dillane. The film was written and directed by William Nicholson. I was very touched by the movie and would like to share it with those who haven’t watched it.

Briefly, the story is about a woman who agrees to bear the child of an English landowner in exchange for money to pay her father’s debts. When the child is born, the woman gives up the right to her as agreed. Seven years later, the woman is hired as a governess to a child on a remote Sussex estate, whose father is the anonymous landowner…….

What impresses me most about the film is the part about how the mother is determined to teach her child to behave so she can be loved by people other than her doting father. I’m sure there’s something here to be learned by young parents in Hong Kong or elsewhere.

Firelight Part 1

Firelight Part 2

Firelight Part 3

Firelight Part 4

Firelight Part 5

Firelight Part 6

Firelight Part 7

Firelight Part 8

Firelight Part 9

 

“It's a kind of magic. Firelight makes time stand still. When you put out the lamps and sit in the firelight's glow there aren't any rules any more. You can do what you want, say what you want, be what you want, and when the lamps are lit again, time starts again, and everything you said or did is forgotten. More than forgotten -  it never happened.”

More Music Videos

Since my last post, I've created four more music videos. The one I'm most satisfied with is "One Day in Your Life" by Michael Jackson.

One Day In Your Life by Michael Jackson

Forever In Love (a saxophone piece by Kenny G)

Out Here On My Own by Irene Cara

Both Sides Now by Hayley Westenra

Hope you'll enjoy my videos!

Music Videos with On-screen Lyrics

At last I've learned how to use Windows Movie Maker to put lyrics on the screen. The "Captions" function is cool! But the syncing of the lyrics display with the tune requires a little patience.

My latest creations with on-screen lyrics:-

Stranger on the Shore by Andy Williams

What Is A Youth by Glen Weston (from the movie "Romeo and Juliet")

The Hourglass Song (Blue Balloon) by Robby Benson (from the movie "Jeremy")

My Amateurish Music Videos

I've lately been filled with listlessness (which I blame on the medication to deal with my high blood pressure), but at the same time have a strong urge to engage myself in creative ways. So, while taking baby steps in learning to use Windows Movie Maker to create music videos out of some of my favorite songs, I started collecting some music MP3 files and nagging my cousins/friends to let me use scenery photos from their precious collections.

Now I would like to share the first three of my dilettante attempts:-

"You Don't Know Me" by Patti Page

"Misty" by Johnny Mathis

"Reality" by Richard Sanderson

Feedback on these videos and/or tips on improvement would be most welcome and appreciated. I'm dying to know how to overlay song lyrics on the moving photos - I tried Youtube's "Add captions" function, but the result is not satisfactory at all.