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I honestly don't know why this video didn't get more reception than it originally did. It's probably one of my absolutely favorite romance AMVs. It also used country music unironically [and in a good way]?
The music and the video worked so well together in terms of sync! Literally, the characters seemed to match up fairly well and told a nice story through the song. Beat-wise, I thought some of the crossfades and scene choices did a great job of keeping pace with the music AND the singer's voice. It also matched up nicely with the southern TWANGS. One of the best things I really love about this editor is her great scene selection and making a great effort to create a great mood of the video, and sticking with it consistently. I don't even LIKE Air, and this is probably one of two Air AMVs I constantly keep on loop.
That being said, the video also had several flaws. Technically speaking, it had the black bars on both sides and was given a strange size compared to the typical Air video you'd see by today's standards. Visually speaking, it's more than acceptable, but doesn't have that CLEAR quality that I've seen in some Air videos. That being said, it's still above average. I also think the cross-fades were over-abundant [now that I look at it more strictly, I originally beta'd this video and thought they were cute]? Some of the scene changes were also fairly drastic in terms of setting and facial stations. The video also had 2 instances of starting at point A in an Avatar scene, skipping point B and moving to Point C with a crossfade. It looked somewhat un-natural and took away from the scene in general.
Overall, I really dug it. It had some issues and needed a little fine tuning here and there, but on the overall, it was a fantastic experience for me, and a great tribute to southern music [that doesn't suck]?



