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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby AimoAio » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:22 pm

Taite wrote:Kamih:
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What happened to the beginning? ):
I much preferred the way it was in the last beta, with the color correction and without the flashes of the gray scenes.
I would also get rid of the sun flare at :07, it's too obviously an effect to be there in my opinion.
Like I said in my last review, I think :28 lacks impact still.
I like what you did with the text though, it looks much better. However, I prefer the drops of water/tears or whatever at :47 that was in your last beta compared to the question mark. :16-:24 was beautiful (:
I think :33 fades in too late. You have so much impact at :16, but then it starts to get slower, even though the song is getting more upbeat. I'd mess with :33 onward (plus that part at :28) a bit, I don't know. Too slow for the song, in my opinion.
Nice job overall, really beautiful (:

I agree with all points in the above. And also the few extra things I already mentioned to you on Skype. Btw 0:37 would probably benefit from some overlay beat sync, forgot to say that earlier. XD

Rider's also sent in her final so now that makes 2/14 tracks completed. :awesome:

As for the credits, I've done about 1/3 of it now for the first 4 tracks in the MEP. (Rider,Code,Madara & iCardioid) There'll be 3 different styles, 4 in each style. But since we have 14 tracks in total, I'll be squeezing the last two into the 3rd style because it'll probably fit better that way. I also have a short beta of the first part if anyone wants to take a look, I don't really make credits so some feedback on the colour styling might be useful. ^^ And also for the first 4 tracks to see if you like the scan I picked for you. :uhoh:

Which also reminds me, and I should have mentioned this earlier once I decided on the idea for the credits.

A HALF BODY SCAN IS SUFFICIENT. Full body will be cut into half body anyway.

But it must also have the following:
1) A visible head. So please don't have the hair cut off by the edges, my redrawing isn't great enough to redraw huge chunks of hair. D:
2) Character should be facing the camera.
3) Must be in colour.
4) The highest quality scan possible. Preferably in high res too so the quality doesn't get mangled when I throw it in AE. If you need websites then animepaper.net and minitokyo.net are my personal favourites for scans and artwork. Zerochan is also great for fanart if you can't find an official scan.

--For those who don't provide me with one or I find the one you provided unsuitable, I'll just choose one that'll fit in with my specs and also in the credits for you. So no worries.
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby CodeZTM » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:36 pm

Shoot me the credits beta! :3

Also... I still have the final version ready to upload, but my internet sucks so much that it takes HOURS and even then it craps out halfway through. ;____; /stabs computer
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby MystykAMV » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:20 am

Kamih:
Spoiler :
It was nice, but I agree with Taite on that sunflower effect or wtf at 0:07. In general I think that your part was too slow, I know that the song is like that, but all I could see was pretty scenes without meaning, maybe you could fill it with scenes that make up a story? it doesn't have to be complex, maybe it would be enough just to emphasize 2 characters instead of like 6? I don't know....but it's just a suggestion, your part seems to be a bit empty, or how to say, but it was nice.


oh and May :3 I think you can find a good picture for me for the credits :awesome:
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby AyumiNeko » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:23 pm

Finally managed to activate normal forum account... after year. Yay. xD -shoots herself-

So if anyone sends beta's, please send them to "AyumiNeko" now, not "{AyumiNeko". Thanks.
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby CodeZTM » Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:03 pm

@Aimo: I think it's a really cute idea for the credits. No complaints on the fonts, designs or whatnot, but the credits aren't up very long though. Maybe just add a smidge more time for each editor? I dunno, this may just be me.
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby AimoAio » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:03 pm

CodeZTM wrote:@Aimo: I think it's a really cute idea for the credits. No complaints on the fonts, designs or whatnot, but the credits aren't up very long though. Maybe just add a smidge more time for each editor? I dunno, this may just be me.

Yeah I had a bit of a problem with that. It was either have the scan synced well or have the text look better. XD I'll try rearranging the text layers to ontop of the scan to see if it looks better that way.

Edit: Just checking, you mean the first 4 tracks or the 4 after it?
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby AimoAio » Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:58 pm

Credits beta sent! |:>

Damn long anime names...
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby lloyd9988 » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:34 am

OMG its so amazing! *_* :up:

The ending, I'm not sure whether to go for a "Thanks for Watching" or just a simple fade-out. Maybe a ~Thanks for watching~ with a picture of Lady Gaga :P
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby [madaraxD] » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:35 am

i love the credits :up:

And I agree whit lloyd, a thanks for watching at the end will look great :awesome:
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby Kamih » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:24 pm

AimoAio wrote:Damn long anime names...

IS THIS BY ANY CHANCE DIRECTED TO ME ?! XD don't blame me i didn't named the anime i use so long D;

AimoAio wrote:
Taite wrote:Kamih:
Spoiler :
What happened to the beginning? ):
I much preferred the way it was in the last beta, with the color correction and without the flashes of the gray scenes.
I would also get rid of the sun flare at :07, it's too obviously an effect to be there in my opinion.
Like I said in my last review, I think :28 lacks impact still.
I like what you did with the text though, it looks much better. However, I prefer the drops of water/tears or whatever at :47 that was in your last beta compared to the question mark. :16-:24 was beautiful (:
I think :33 fades in too late. You have so much impact at :16, but then it starts to get slower, even though the song is getting more upbeat. I'd mess with :33 onward (plus that part at :28) a bit, I don't know. Too slow for the song, in my opinion.
Nice job overall, really beautiful (:

I agree with all points in the above. And also the few extra things I already mentioned to you on Skype. Btw 0:37 would probably benefit from some overlay beat sync, forgot to say that earlier. XD


@Taite and May;
i do agree with the lens flare and the question mark in my part, which i already fixed 8D and don't worry the drops are avaiable again :3 will send out the beta this weekend ;)
what i don't really agree is the gray-scale you mentioned at the beginning O: sorry ;___; but well May just told me that the pacing at the beginning is not good either and i simply tried to use b/w clips of the main scene and then i simply made it into a compostion mode deifference sqared, it looks good in my opinion O:
also a note for @0:37, i simply followed the rhythm of the song, since i kind of hit the beats at the begining and the middle i just tried to fade it out as the song begins to "fade out" too (which means it is finishing soon), but i try to think about it and add some beats into it :3
also for @0:33 i am searching some overlay scenes so it fits better :3

MystykAMV wrote:Kamih:
Spoiler :
It was nice, but I agree with Taite on that sunflower effect or wtf at 0:07. In general I think that your part was too slow, I know that the song is like that, but all I could see was pretty scenes without meaning, maybe you could fill it with scenes that make up a story? it doesn't have to be complex, maybe it would be enough just to emphasize 2 characters instead of like 6? I don't know....but it's just a suggestion, your part seems to be a bit empty, or how to say, but it was nice.


@Mystyk;
to be honest i only focused on Hotsuma (the guy with the blonde hair) and not on 6 persons o___o
also i do have a concept about this with a story, but without watching the anime itself i think it won't be self-explanatory o:

anyway if you still want a review from me, tbh i don't think anyone wants to hear my opinion -self confidence ftw- LOL then just shoot me a pm ;)
and i try to review them on the weekend ;___;
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EDIT// i also agree with lloyd and madara about the credits :3
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby AimoAio » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:38 pm

Updates!

Finished the credits. |:> Uploading it now so a link should be sent out via PM in a moment.

There's still a few touch-ups I still need to work on, namely some more cleaning on some of those scans. Especially the last four, I've only removed the text overlapping the images but I haven't done actual cleaning on the extra stuff still on it. (Tamaki's wine glass, petals on Ohana, the blue colouring on Yukari's hair..etc.) So ignore those minor mishaps for now. Also at 0:10 with the Bakemonogatari scan, those vertical bars that are going up and down the screen should NOT be there and will be removed. I don't even know how they ended up there all of a sudden. Dx

But basically everything else will be kept the same bar a few tiny changes here and there. So if there is anything you want me to add or change then please let me know soon and I'll try my best to fix them.

Now I need to go into hiding and do some crappy homework assignments. :uhoh:

Kamih wrote:
AimoAio wrote:Damn long anime names...

IS THIS BY ANY CHANCE DIRECTED TO ME ?! XD don't blame me i didn't named the anime i use so long D;

I had to split your anime name into 2 lines so now it looks different from the others. D< Maybe I'll just shorten it to UraBoku. ;D

Edit: Added poster + sig to first post. As always feedback is appreciated.
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby Taite » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:05 pm

Ahhh, I loved that pic you got for me, why the hell couldn't I find it? Oh well, thank you =p

And seriously, the credits are great. I've seen a lot of crappy credits from people who claim to spend hours on end in AE making them, and this is very well done. Not a fan of credits usually, but this was good. (: No suggestions to make.


Kamih wrote:@Taite and May;
i do agree with the lens flare and the question mark in my part, which i already fixed 8D and don't worry the drops are avaiable again :3 will send out the beta this weekend ;)
what i don't really agree is the gray-scale you mentioned at the beginning O: sorry ;___; but well May just told me that the pacing at the beginning is not good either and i simply tried to use b/w clips of the main scene and then i simply made it into a compostion mode deifference sqared, it looks good in my opinion O:
also a note for @0:37, i simply followed the rhythm of the song, since i kind of hit the beats at the begining and the middle i just tried to fade it out as the song begins to "fade out" too (which means it is finishing soon), but i try to think about it and add some beats into it :3
also for @0:33 i am searching some overlay scenes so it fits better :3


I'll disagree with Aimo then and say that the pacing in your first beta was fine XD It doesn't need to match the piano bit or anything. What you had in the first beta gave it a cinematic feel. I think the addition of the black and white 'flashes' makes it look choppy and, though not extremely oversynced, just unnecessary. Plus the color correction you had on those clips in your first beta made it look very nice.
I agree with your decision on :37 though, I think it looks alright. Perhaps make the glow/blur on the scene of him sitting down come in earlier though, that might help (:
And oh ok cool (@:33)

and hahaha if you disagree that's totally fine, it's your track. If someone told me something that I disagreed with, I'd do the same thing too (: Do whatever you think looks best, and I'll just be here to give you an outsider's perspective.
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby Rider4Z » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:48 pm

THOSE CREDITS ARE HAWT!!!! i see you found your own picture of Grell to use. that's fine with me, it's a great pic :up:
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby CodeZTM » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:52 pm

Finally sent in my final. :3
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Re: The Fame Monster - Full beta deadline due 29th January

Postby Pockying » Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:02 am

Woahh, I absolutely love the credits <3 they're beautiful ;_;
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