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Postby CodeZTM » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:31 pm

Cute video, was technically gorgeous, but I just don't care much for the anime.
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Postby leahzero » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:08 pm

Koopiskeva wrote:A crossfade IS an effect and I think it has been abused too much nowadays. So many videos just don't even try anymore with their blatant overuse of them that it becomes just a garbled mess of imagery layered on top of each other. I'm not saying that my video is anywhere near perfect, but its a start.


Well said. Much respect for daring to do something different from the new norm. On second thought I can admire the clarity and simplicity in this video, whether or not it's to my taste overall. Keep following your vision.
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Postby jade_eyed_angel » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:21 pm

i like paper. O:

edit: seriously i really like that. awesome pretty animation.. like i said i must watch this nows. =P
but also. it felt like it went by really really fast.. like it's over already? wut? ;_;
seriously =p
and i love the song. really added to the mood of it. especially mixed with the prettyful awesome images. felt like a really powerful video.
purrrrrrrrrfect. :D
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Postby Vivaldi » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:37 pm

Koopiskeva wrote:To anti-koop sentiment, I can't help that my past always bring about hype, but in all honesty, a lot of the people that have posted on this thread and most of my other threads are people I've met and talk to over the years. I appreciate that they come out to leave a comment (or rather I force them with bribes.. of sandwiches?) and that kinda snowballs into others leaving a comment too, I think. It's had its consequences for sure as I've been hated on nearly as much, but its ok.

Thanks all for the comments. |:>


Not so much anti-koop as anti inner circle. (one of the reasons I first "liked" the org is because I thought is wasn't quite as caught up in cliques and things :roll: )Like you said it's a snowball thing,Though the fact that all the "regulers" seem to send a beta to everyone and their mothers, seems to help I decided to make a comment on the "naruto-no giving up" thread that I'm fairly sure would've past by with out a single reply, now it's almost got a full page. :/ But however it's done there needs to be more credit where credit's due, not necessarily away from you, but certinly more to them.

As to the thing about cross fades, I do see how it's mimicing the series, and it didn't really feel that off kilter since usually it landed on a subbeat, but since the cuts were unpredictable and sharp, it gave a feeling of tension. A fade can be used to ease and release the tension, but, while there was a few, it just felt like a couple extra here and there would ease things up. When I finished watching I wasn't really tense per say, but I certinly wasn't relaxed, which is odd for a sentimental video. I do think it's a really good idea, it just needs more experimenting with.
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Postby Brad » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:45 pm

Not to de-rail the thread, but as far as the whole "inner circle" thing goes (and I put high emphasis on the quotation marks), people seem to think that it's some sort of big like conspiracy or something, when in fact, we're just friends with eachother. That's all there is to it. When a friend of yours sends you an IM and says "hey I finished my video here's the link to the forum post," you're probably gonna go and post in it. That. Is. It. If you feel more comfortable using the term "clique" or "circle," whatever. But the vast majority of us are good people who enjoy good AMV's regardless of who makes them.

That being said, yeah, I agree that if this hadn't been Jay's video, the likelihood that the thread would've grown this big so fast is quite low, and I'm sure Jay understands that. But again, people know him, and thusly it's bound to draw an audience. It doesn't mean that videos that don't get 6 pages of replies within a day suck or are any less deserving. It's just the nature of the beast.
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Postby Pwolf » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:49 pm

wtf?! no one IM'd me about this :|


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Postby Castor Troy » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:54 pm

I hate that koop guy so much that I feel the need to bash his videos for no reason at all other than the fact that I'm insanely jealous he's getting more attention than me. How dare he's part of my studio! :x :evil:
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Postby NS » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:08 pm

AtomX wrote:Not to de-rail the thread, but as far as the whole "inner circle" thing goes (and I put high emphasis on the quotation marks), people seem to think that it's some sort of big like conspiracy or something, when in fact, we're just friends with eachother. That's all there is to it. When a friend of yours sends you an IM and says "hey I finished my video here's the link to the forum post," you're probably gonna go and post in it. That. Is. It. If you feel more comfortable using the term "clique" or "circle," whatever. But the vast majority of us are good people who enjoy good AMV's regardless of who makes them.

That being said, yeah, I agree that if this hadn't been Jay's video, the likelihood that the thread would've grown this big so fast is quite low, and I'm sure Jay understands that. But again, people know him, and thusly it's bound to draw an audience. It doesn't mean that videos that don't get 6 pages of replies within a day suck or are any less deserving. It's just the nature of the beast.


I like this poast :3
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Postby Chiikaboom » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:16 pm

Wut is "inner circle"? :\
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Postby Unlimited Rice » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:24 pm

vivaldiscool wrote:As to the thing about cross fades, I do see how it's mimicing the series, and it didn't really feel that off kilter since usually it landed on a subbeat, but since the cuts were unpredictable and sharp, it gave a feeling of tension. A fade can be used to ease and release the tension, but, while there was a few, it just felt like a couple extra here and there would ease things up.

I wanna add in on this since this is a topic I've become super super self-conscious about(especially in my last video), but that tension just may be a factor that as either an editor or someone that's become really familiar with the mechanics behind AMVs, that you might be paying a little bit too much attention to the editing, therefore you automatically set expectations on how the cuts/timing "should" be, and when those expectations aren't met, it'll probably upset you a little.

I see natural as well... natural. I feel like it's the subtlety of the cuts in this video that kinda gave the scenes playing an extra *umph* or something. I mean, as long as the video itself is playing along with the song, is timing cuts to the beats really necessary(if not a tad bit distracting)? That's another thing, 99% of AMVs I've seen, transitions are mostly placed to match a beat or musical section, and most of the time it just doesn't feel natural b/c there is a "mess" of video overlaps in that short period. I'm not saying transitions are bad, but if they were used discreetly, that would be nice. At least in my book. I mean, I want to watch an anime music video, not a transitions music video.(really bad analogy, but gets the main point across)

Again, this topic has been bothering me for awhile recently so that was just my hypothesis/two cents right there. Now, I'll just move along.
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Postby Yok/0 » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:02 am

Constructive Dialogue Here

Fair Decent Score Judging On A Scale Of 5 Here
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Postby Willen » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:23 am

I still haven't downloaded this yet. :amv:
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Postby Emong » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:02 am

It was good. Took me time to get into it and try not to let the straight cutting disturb but in a way it really added to the clips' actual content. That was really full emphasis of mood sync :3 I propably would have liked it better with cross-fading and "smoother" transitions as it's more to my liking, but it was nice this way too :up:

The video could have been story-wise more coherent though. There was very little sense of continuation in the scenes, which kinda made the emotional impact lesser for me =| But you got the mood sync spot-on :up:

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Postby Full Metal Sempai » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:06 am

Really cool and simple video which catches the nature of Ef in the best way.Lyrics-wise the song truly fits Chihiro to the fullest and the approach of direct cuts gave more tension,hence more interest to a story which (for me at least) is well-known.
5/5

Truth be told,I have enjoyed your simple videos much more than those full of effects and masks.Keep it simple,keep it going as they say.And with the Ef's unique animation and beautiful colors,no need for fancy effects...
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Postby Reigna » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:21 pm

Hey I know this. I'm excited to check out the final version. :O
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