OK, I've downloaded a couple of your vids, watched them a
few times...
nailz, I got your Nightwish AMV. It's ambitious, no doubt
about that. The song has nice imagery and there's a good
match between the lyrics and the scenes you chose. Both
the music and the anime have that "epic" feeling, it's
a good selection. A bit long for my taste, though, but then
again audio editing is a cop-out :)
That said, I failed to see a story develop. It's not that you
cannot make a story with that song, it's just that the song
itself doesn't tell one (perhaps only in the most vague
terms, i.e. love and death?)
requiett: I liked your AMV a lot, and the song is great (will
have to get that Muse CD... reminds me of early 80s U2).
It's very well edited, even if 2/3rds into it you start showing
space battles just because the song speeds up (the song
talks about hope, expectations, black holes and
revelations... but no mention of mecha fighting in outer
space).
It's a cool song, and yes, thematically it's a great match with
Voices of a Distant Star, but again, it does not tell a story.
It's a love song and you chose to interpret "starlight"
and "black hole" literally. The feelings within the song
are mirrored by the anime and so you managed to make
a coherent, harmonious AMV.
But... it's a love song about feelings, not a story about love.
It is not what I was asking about.
Here's another example of what I'm looking for:
Island of Souls
Again, this song tells a clear-cut story, no need for
fancy allegories or clever interpretations (yes, there's
also social commentary, but I'm looking at it in the most
obvious way). Interestingly, this song hasn't been used
for an AMV as far as I can tell.
As I said before, I'm not saying AMVs have (or even should)
be made this way, but someone must have challenged his
or herself this way, yes? It's hard because songs which
tell actual stories do so based on real-life events, so
no aliens, space-battling mecha, magical elves, or
naughty tentacles (essentially ruling out 90% of all anime).
Someone? Anybody?