by Kinematics » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:16 pm
Group H-1
[irriadin] Farewell To Tomorrow
Heh, easy match for the tone of the song. The general feel of the music goes well with K-On, though the lyrics are a slightly weaker match.
Bubbly effects went well with the mood.
"Playing" sync (characters playing instruments along with the music) had some weaknesses, especially with the sped-up footage, but generally worked ok.
General direction/flow was a little hit-and-miss.
[jade_eyed_angel] After Life
Basic concept worked well, but felt slightly stretched from combining two sources (though the visual design let them mix togther well)? Was confused if there was an intent to directly link the characters of the two series.
Piano imagery felt wrong, given the instruments used in the song.
Thematics were generally pretty good, though the combat scenes usually felt a bit out of place.
[Kireblue] A Single Rose
Weak thematic matching. Too much that was just story setup from the anime, but didn't really contribute to the video.
[MimS] Bound A sentimental slice of life video
Basic idea is nice. Pretty good character matching. Weakness in scene selections. Good beat sync. Abrupt ending.
Slight audio skip/cut at 1:10.
[VivifxAMV] What You Know
Good beat sync. Scene selections good, though possibly a bit too much focus on the closeups on people's eyes.
A couple lip sync issues.
Audio skip at 1:40.
Stronger thematic matching in the first half. Second half started having issues with too many moving cuts, and weaker directional flow.
[xDreww] Sweet Beginning
Noticeable audio cut at 0:18 (melody continued, but bass changed)? Couple lip sync issues.
Thematic matching felt a bit weak in the first half.
Top picks:
[irriadin] Farewell To Tomorrow
[MimS] Bound A sentimental slice of life video
[jade_eyed_angel] After Life
[VivifxAMV] What You Know
Notes: Took a bit of pondering to drop "Sweet Beginning" from my top picks. All of the videos are pretty good, but they also all have their fair share of weaknesses, generally mood and tone and execution of thematic intent.
This song draws in videos that are more heavily invested in the artistic side, so there's a *lot* of subjectiveness involved. I'm seeing fewer technical problems than some of the earlier videos, so it's taking more work to translate why I "like" or "dislike" a video into meaningful words. Feels like I'm not doing quite as well as I'd like.