Street Fighter Desire - Vega

"Street Fighter Desire - Vega" is a digital short that Ted and I made over the weekend. It had been a while since either of us had done video content. We've both been meaning to get back into it since PixelDrip, as a gallery and a community, is starting to grow. What better way to make a return than with a video about how Street Fighter affects Ted's life?

Ted really did injure his ankle a couple weeks ago during a karaoke session. It should be back to normal in a little over a month's time. Until then, he pretty much just stays in the apartment due to limited mobility. I decided to take him to the Video Game Sunday! (VGS!) Super Street Fighter IV tournament at the Draft Bar to get his mind off of his injury. I started shooting video of him before we left because we would usually document our tournament outings.

Seeing Ted hop around to go compete reminded me of the "Desire" promotional videos that ran during the WWF/WWE's Attitude era. The karaoke-related ankle injury kept the tone from being too serious. I took some creative liberties by writing in the video game rivalry between me and Ted as the reason for his injury. Being beaten by a joystick was still silly but not as embarrassing as a fall from singing along to Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood." We also had a year's worth of archive footage from our respective video shoots within the fighting game community.

Ted used Adobe Premiere for editing. I've only used Premiere one time before now, having used Final Cut Pro instead. Ted only had experience with Windows Movie Maker. Suffice to say, he was blown away by the editing possibilities. Fortunately for us, the newest version of Premiere has definitely come a long way from the clunky user interfaces of the past versions.

We're both satisfied with how the video turned out in the end. You can take it for the joke that it is, but you can also see some truth in Ted's passion for Street Fighter. Of course, we'd also like to thank VGS!, L.A. Button Mashers, and the Draft Bar for organizing the June 5th event in the first place. They plan on having more events in the future, so stay tuned for additional digital shorts.