M.C.P.'s Video Thread - new trailer, nov/07

Meg's SJC 2006 (feb) with fire hands and contact staff for criticism:

big:

http://videos.tepookatoys.com/media/private/core/sjc-mcp-large.wmv - 31mb

tiny:

http://videos.tepookatoys.com/media/private/core/sjc-mcp.wmv - 12mb

fun:

fireworks, with some hilarious commentry by Tea and Crumpet (turn up the volume):

http://videos.tepookatoys.com/media/private/core/sjc.wmv - 8mb

do you have a doubles fishtail tutorial? i'm having trouble getting past the first 'swoop' right hand is o.k. left just slides off after a beat, split time or no? body movement? (wiggle ) also, two on one hand fishtail - getting there but should they cross or stay parralell. crossing seems more likely. any help much appretiated, and why did tepooka have to stop just when i wanted loadsa staffs!? i'm gonna have to spend valuable playing time in B&Q and the workshop now!!

when i was learning dual fishtails i found that i had to disconnect my thinking about each hand so i practised both hands individually doing fishtails with my eyes closed and going on the feel of the staff then i would start thinking about other things to try to forget about the fishtailing hand. Once i got that down i started fishing one hand and doing a one beat with the other trying to focus on the one beat keeping the fishtail going without thinking about it to much, then both sides. after that i found going into dual fishtails alot easier and teh trick to it being putting my mind somewhere else.

for two sticks on one hand ive found keeping them parallel is easier to keep them going indefinately, i dont think that the laws of physics permit them to stay in a cross for long.

meg downloading away will critique soon, gotta be the best way to pass the time while awaiting results

the commentary is great, spinning is okay to crap. :S

i take it that it was a performance? i didnt like it so much, it didnt really fit with the music and the start you kinda ambled on and the whole looking around was a bit unprofessional i liked lab 5.1 alot more *shrugs* there where some nice bits where the fire hands frame the staff nicely and create some cool shapes but i think u need to refine it a bit more

http://www.homeofpoi.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14007 for some double fishtails on one hand action

yeah, it was from febuary... so comparing it to something I made like 8 months later? What's the point?

your body posture n stuff seemed more like a casual spin than a performance is what i was trying to get at, the routine builds from spinny to contact nicely and has a wide variety of tricks, its just seems to be missing the polish i guess

Yeah it's just your statment was a tad obvious. It's like saying hey meg you were crap 8 months ago, your video from a week ago is much better. Well duh!

Yeah it defo missing polish. I made up that routine in a couple of hours at BrJC cos somebody asked me to be in the fire show. So that's its second and so far final performance. I didn't feel like I could post it till sphercular vision came out, cos matt had footage from the original BrJC performance.

Fire hands + contct is a bitch, but I like the neck spins at the end with the hands out, and in general it shows where the hands are really well.

Oh what's this? Definitely not advertising...

youtube:


google:
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=7424846652645300031

download:
http://videos.tepookatoys.com/media/StaffDVDTrailer.mov

Wow, looks really amazing.

First for free?

regard,

:R

Cool! Apart from the duffer on there called "Meghan"? Who? Total nobody who can't even spin....

about time!

Ooooh, Just in time for christmas stocking filler

http://manipulation.firestaff.net

more info,

:R

Meg - I know you're ignoring me for your own reasons but now that I've seen your vid's for the very first time ever, to me it becomes apparent why we're not getting along so much... You're a techie, I'm a dancer...

First of all I would like to give you a great compliment for your control and skills. Really a great thing! Great inspiration.

But from the performance point of view... dance - move those feet... and (as it's my very own mistake), drop an occasional smile... It will brighten up your performance 10-fold.

random amounts of more videos:

http://www.youtube.com/11mcp11