HankAmericanEngine's YouTube Video's

**Super** · **Super** 08-20-2015, 02:10 PM Track Engineer

Hurray...a new video and story from HankAmericanEngine

A wonderful job of story telling Hank with great photography and special effects. Love how you change the looks of the faces to match the mood of the story and how you seamlessly can couple the cars as if they were real. The scenery looks super and the gravel is a very nice touch. A splendid job Hank. Is the story totally your own writing? Your narration was professional.

Mountain Mistake

**HankAmericanEngine** · **HankAmericanEngine** 08-20-2015, 03:25 PM Controller of the Mid-American R.R.

Thank you, Super.

I pretty much did everything, save for the plot of the story. It's actually based off of a magazine story from the De Agostini toy line-- The story was actually titled, "Mountain Mistake" from issue 19 in 2004.

I still think I've a ways to go in regards to the narration; I couldn't really pull off Keith Wickham's voice for Sir Topham Hatt, nor could I pull off Joe Mills' Cornish accent for Oliver.

The trucks, I found, were a mixture of enjoyment and irritation; I can't do high-pitched voices on-cue, but I was able to for this video.

I also recorded it in the U.K. dub (Fatt Controller) and U.S. dub (Sir Topham Hatt); I'm not sure if I should release the U.S. dub one, as there is a massive change in the background music, and only a few lines were changed.

**HankAmericanEngine** · **HankAmericanEngine** 12-20-2015, 04:35 PM Controller of the Mid-American R.R.

Phew! I need to blow a lot of dust off of this thread!

This past week, I had completed the Christmas Special for my channel-- at 33 minutes and 15 seconds long, it is the longest produced video on my channel (professional editing)!

It has currently been uploaded to YouTube, and is scheduled for release to the public at 7:00 a.m. Central U.S. time on December 24th, 2015!

Whew! That's probably the last video for the year for me, since I've got to get filming my model collection around the Christmas tree once again!

My collection just keeps getting bigger, and the sound effects harder to find...

Thank you all for your patience on this Christmas special, and through all its endeavoring hardships!

**Super** · **Super** 12-20-2015, 05:57 PM Track Engineer

Fantastic news Hanks. Anxious to watch.

MuddyPoppins · MuddyPoppins 12-21-2015, 08:26 PM Collector

Hank, a disclaimer says your video contains material from "PONYCANYON" and is being blocked for viewing in my country (U.S.), so I can't watch it along w/ 300 million other Americans!! Sad

**HankAmericanEngine** · **HankAmericanEngine** 12-21-2015, 09:46 PM Controller of the Mid-American R.R.

(12-21-2015, 08:26 PM)Muddy Poppins Wrote: Hank, a disclaimer says your video contains material from "PONYCANYON" and is being blocked for viewing in my country (U.S.), so I can't watch it along w/ 300 million other Americans!!

Howdy Muddy!

I'm currently trying to contact PONYCANYON International to sort things out, but I hadn't a clue that the majority of the music I had used belonged to the PONYCANYON Company; I had just found it scrolling through YouTube, and found that it suited the video, so I apologize for the matter.

You could try watching it in YouTube via a different country's website, otherwise I might upload it to Dropbox and then share the link here so everyone can enjoy it.

ROKMAN1445 · ROKMAN1445 12-21-2015, 09:56 PM Senior Member

(08-20-2015, 02:10 PM)Super Wrote: Hurray...a new video and story from HankAmericanEngine

A wonderful job of story telling Hank with great photography and special effects. Love how you change the looks of the faces to match the mood of the story and how you seamlessly can couple the cars as if they were real. The scenery looks super and the gravel is a very nice touch. A splendid job Hank. Is the story totally your own writing? Your narration was professional.

Mountain Mistake

I cannot watch it. Something about a 'PONYCANYON' and it not being available in the USA.

**HankAmericanEngine** · **HankAmericanEngine** 12-21-2015, 09:57 PM Controller of the Mid-American R.R.

Howdy ROKMAN1445!

Please see the post above! Thank you!

**Super** · **Super** 12-21-2015, 11:54 PM Track Engineer

Must have just been blocked recently as I had no problem viewing the video before.

**HankAmericanEngine** · **HankAmericanEngine** 12-22-2015, 12:00 AM Controller of the Mid-American R.R.

(12-21-2015, 11:54 PM)Super Wrote: Must have just been blocked recently as I had no problem viewing the video before.

That is incorrect, Super (sorry); the copyright strike came August 20th, only 3 days after the video was uploaded. However, PONYCANYON International hadn't taken any action until some time in mid-to-late September, blocking the video in the U.S.A. only; I am still trying to contact PONYCANYON International to request permissions to use the music in that video, and future projects, so that my U.S.A. viewers are able to watch them without any issues of blockage.

I might upload it to Dropbox, and then supply a link here for everyone to view the video, but only if things with PONYCANYON International go south; worst case scenario is that I must republish the video with different music in comparison to the original version.