Commercial Ghost in the Shell AMVs

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Commercial Ghost in the Shell AMVs

Postby Corran » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:05 am

Link 1
Link 2 - Special Edition version



I saw this in Best Buy this past week. I probably would have picked it up but it was 30 dollars... ($30/6 videos = $5 per video. Too much without knowing more about it, imho.)

Has anyone seen these? If so, perhaps you could shed some more details. Would you recommend this to others.


[Corran: Changed links to Best Buy as the other site had a link to an HK section. Also I just realized that there are 7 music videos, not 6.]
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Postby bum » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:34 am

From that picture it looks like a bootleg.
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Postby TaranT » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:48 am

Nope, it's legit.
http://www.dvdplanet.com/product_listing.asp?productid=55750&format=DVD

I saw it at Borders last night and thought the same: too much ($25) for too little (42 minutes). And that was the regular, not-special edition. DVDPlanet's price is more likely.

Kenji Kawai is one of the top anime soundtrack composers (Vampire Miyu, Ranma, Patlabor movies, Avalon). This list only goes through 1998, but hits some well-known titles.

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Postby Corran » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:03 am

bum wrote:From that picture it looks like a bootleg.


The case I saw at best buy was shiny, metalic looking. I don't think stuff like that scans well. However, having now noticed the HK link on the left side of that page I've decided to replace the link in the first post.
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Postby Coffee 54 » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:31 am

Nice to know the retail value of all that work works out to under a buck a minute. However that's per individual viewing it, so actually it is quite a bit. You guy with 1,000+ downloads would be rolling in the green. :D
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Postby Knowname » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:14 pm

Coffee 54 wrote:Nice to know the retail value of all that work works out to under a buck a minute. However that's per individual viewing it, so actually it is quite a bit. You guy with 1,000+ downloads would be rolling in the green. :D


well that is, if you made the music and stuff... I'm not opposed to giving away my videos lol.
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Postby DeinReich » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:17 pm

:evil: :evil: :evil: THEY STOLE MY IDEA!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
If i'm not mistaken, that stuff that they did with the movie is the same stuff I was talking about in this thread, Soundtrack Reinterpretation! I'd check this out, but I dont think i'll be spending $30 for the DVD.[/url]
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Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:23 pm

Are the videos any good?

*remembers Bandai's horrible TANK! amv on the Bebop dvds....*

*shudder* :x
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Postby DeinReich » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:26 pm

SOAD2k8 wrote::evil: :evil: :evil: THEY STOLE MY IDEA!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
If i'm not mistaken, that stuff that they did with the movie is the same stuff I was talking about in this thread, Soundtrack Reinterpretation! I'd check this out, but I dont think i'll be spending $30 for the DVD.[/url]


wait... maybe not. I thought it said something else. Um... that was my bad... sorry.
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Postby Knowname » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:31 pm

SOAD2k8 wrote::evil: :evil: :evil: THEY STOLE MY IDEA!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
If i'm not mistaken, that stuff that they did with the movie is the same stuff I was talking about in this thread, Soundtrack Reinterpretation! I'd check this out, but I dont think i'll be spending $30 for the DVD.[/url]


I wouldn't get too mad about it, I've had the idea of putting effects into AMVs for ages however I've only recently been able to implament it. If I'm reading this right, it's not rocket science I doubt they stole it from you specifically... silent movies and many amvs just get boring without a little audio effect lovin'. Honestly it blows my mind that NOBODY ever does this.
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Postby TaranT » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:21 am

Here are some short, off-the-cuff comments. I have not seen the Innocence movie, so I can't tell if the scenes are new for these videos or taken from the film (probably the latter).

For all the vids: heavy use of yellow and purple. Also, text overlays and plates with poetry in kanji and kana (subtitles are provided).

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1. Tribal-chorus Japanese style. Introduction piece w/ CGI "dolls".

2. English lyrics, female voice, slow jazz-club music.
Mood piece, no action, city scenes w/ focus on cars & driving
Look for Oshii's trademark basset hound. Japanese text = Poetry.
The kind of adult, noir vid that would never make it on the AMV scene.

3. Symphonic w/ heavy drums, Music says "Action" but not much is happening.
Factory scenes in yellow and purple.

4. Tribal chorus again. Odd aircraft flies through acid-clouded spires.
Cathedral. Asian-style street parade: elephant, cranes, dragons, junks.
Yellow and purple again.

5. Off-key carnival music. Slow zoom into large painting hanging on a wall.
And that's all. Last about a minute.

6. Tribal chorus one more time. Flash scenes with poetry on black background.
Focus and pans over statue of a robot under fast-moving grey clouds.
Mansion against a forest line. Scenes inside the mansion.
A strange music machine. She and her dog are there.
Time is frozen. (Longest piece so far.)

7. English lyrics, female voice, slow jazz-club music, piano-line,
melancholic love song. Slow pans across city scenes. Flashes to
android creation scenes.

Bonus Video 1. Basset hound romps around the living room. Light nursery music.

Bonus Video 2. Noir piano music. Scenes of a home in shambles. Scenes of a dirty alley. Scenes from the first seven videos.

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I kind of liked the whole set, but it's safe to say that none of these would generate enthusiasm at any convention (OK, maybe AWA). The scenes are long and still image pans are common. OK in my book, but it's not for everyone.

The special edition includes a 12-track music CD as well as printed jewel case liners. Karaoke-style subtitles are also on the disc.
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Postby Knowname » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:32 am

Anything from Gits:sac? Is it all from the movie??
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Postby TaranT » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:14 pm

I haven't watched SAC, either. But I would guess "no". The character designs are different from what I've seen of SAC. And the footage just looks like a movie, not a TV series.
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Postby Mad_Cyric » Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:01 am

I know this isn't really related absolutely to the topic of the Innocence AMV DVD thing (althuogh I saw that at Best Buy and considered buying it for the few seconds before I realized I'd be paying enough money for it to buy a real DVD), but holy crap I can't believe you guys aren't watching Stand Alone Complex. It's really good! *really good*
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Postby TaranT » Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:09 am

I won't argue with that. In fact, I've been collecting all the SAC DVDs as they're released. They're on a (hopelessly huge) stack of DVDs that I need to watch...someday.
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