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Thomas and Friends - Ode to my Family (fan tribute music video)

So I made this music video not as a creative product, but as a tribute to my younger self and to a television show I grew up watching. Thomas the tank engine has been quite an influential television show when I was younger, when I was about like 2 years old. I seemed to be engaged with the show and it played into my interest in trains. My family took many photos, me playing with Thomas wooden toys, books, a small Thomas rubber wheel fairground train at Northcote Plaza and my family even went to a 'day out with Thomas' event at Puffing Billy. I had quite fond memories of those moments and seeing how well documented my interest is in that show, I thought of making something out of it. So I scanned some photographs and filmed my Thomas wooden toys to make a music video of some sort. My parents even listened to Cranberries and I felt like that this song really suits the mood of the music video and is a callback to 1990s to 2000s nostalgia. Anyway, I found out that the Thomas the Tank Engine show ended in 2021, which was quite some time ago and there was some meddling in the CGI series that almost ruined the show. Then I found an animated reboot called 'All Engines Go', which was a Thomas animated show aimed at children, but wasn't received well by adults as its animation stripped away many of the original elements. At this point, I felt like people in 2025 have forgotten about the show, then I noticed Thomas fan made and fandom content being made, showing some semblance of audience interest. So I felt encouraged to make a music video as a tribute to Thomas. I noticed that the original books 'The Railway Series' by Reverend Awdry were published in 1945, meaning that Thomas the Tank Engine has reached its 80th anniversary. FOLLOW ME Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masina.taulealo.3 Tumblr: https://masinat.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/masinataulealo?lang=en EDITING SOFTWARE Davinci Resolve 18.6 GIMP