Beginning to realise that it's going to be tough!

I've been having second thoughts about my project idea as I think its gonna be really hard. But as I've been told, what's the point in doing it if it isn't going to be a challenge. So I'm still going to go ahead and do the research for it because it is something I'd like to do. Hopefully I'll pull it off. What I've done so far is narrowed down the open source software I want to use. Its called onyx, feel free to check it out at http://www.onyx-vj.com/ . This is a VJ tool that Im going to try and modify and incorporate into my website. I have just e-mailed the developer with a few questions so hopefully he'll get back to me soon. Next thing on the to do list is check out some more design ideas and any other functionality I want to add to the site.

Quote of the day:
There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
---Aldous Huxley

So I put Forward my initial, proposal and it has been accepted. My aim is to create an online facility for musicians to create their own music videos using personal video clips and photos (e.g. from a camera phone). They can take this footage upload it to my site and then mix it with some video loops created by me. The user will be able to alter the transparency of each layer and add different effects and loops in order to create a unique piece. Once finished the user can download the video their desktop and then go on to put it on the profile of their social networking homepages, or distribute it any way they like.

Inspiration for my site comes from my new found interest in VJing. A VJ is a performance artist who creates moving visual art (often video) on large displays or screens, often at events such as concerts, nightclubs and music festivals, and usually in conjunction with other performance art. This results in a live, multimedia performance that can include music, actors or dancers as well as live and pre-recorded video.

I intend to use the styles of some of the VJ's I have seen when creating video clips for musicians to mix with their own media.

I have encountered a number of open source video editing programs which may come in handy but I am unsure if I am going to take this route. I still don't know how complex the code will be and I'm slightly clueless about how I'm going to put it together. So if anybody has any suggestions, drop me a line.

Quote of the Day:
We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.
---Marshall Mcluhan.