Cell Phones, Birds, and Brown Eyes
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- Phantasmagoriat
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Cell Phones, Birds, and Brown Eyes
I had the weekend off, so I thought I would make something quick... but I really liked where it was going, so I finished it off today. There's even an indirect link to megaupload for the Xvid version... or yousendit here
[<i>this goes along with the video</i>]----->
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<i>f</i>light; Starting off the day with these thoughts.
Cell Phones
<i>f</i>ighting an Invader; the look in her Brown Eyes after it's over
More cell scenes. Pause... contemplating its use... then turning it off
[without feeding her own soul]
Shattered.
<i>Keep moving along</i>
The rest of the World.
backwards Beat
still here
bell*
the shadow walks into a Bird
outlined Connection
Brown Eyes
Interesting; it finally happened.
Jerk
Don't look Back
Back at school
Triplet
Brown Eyes.
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*watch the anime
[p.s. I'm not a poet^^]
I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
[<i>this goes along with the video</i>]----->
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<i>f</i>light; Starting off the day with these thoughts.
Cell Phones
<i>f</i>ighting an Invader; the look in her Brown Eyes after it's over
More cell scenes. Pause... contemplating its use... then turning it off
[without feeding her own soul]
Shattered.
<i>Keep moving along</i>
The rest of the World.
backwards Beat
still here
bell*
the shadow walks into a Bird
outlined Connection
Brown Eyes
Interesting; it finally happened.
Jerk
Don't look Back
Back at school
Triplet
Brown Eyes.
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*watch the anime
[p.s. I'm not a poet^^]
I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
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- Kionon
- I ♥ the 80's
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- JudgeHolden
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The point is the plain coolness of the first half of the video, for the first half was far stronger than the second half of it. This is odd, since it's only a two minute video. As Kio said, it's inconsistent and only concentrates on the Backbeat. The sudden drops to black make it look unfinished as well. Overall though, I love the mood, the the first part I thought rocked.
- rubyeye
- Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2001 1:45 pm
I just downloaded it because I was just thinking about Gatekeepers 21 the other night. It's a good short OVA, far better than the original series. Thanks for making a video to it. I thought it was different and I like different. There were a few synch beats I found somewhat distracting because they felt too perfectly timed. I prefer videos that ebb and flow with the music, they way real music videos are made. But it was short and to the point and I liked it.
- Phantasmagoriat
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Oh... maybe I should have mentioned that this video is NOTHING like my last video which was mainly an exercise in sync. This video is all about scenes, mood, meaning etc. ... ... Yes, there are metaphors and shit in this one @_@
The purpose can't be more self-explanatory than 'character profile' about someone who tries to bear the brunt of the world on their shoulders. There is a central theme relying heavily on flight/escape. I could have written a book about everything I did, like the symbolism @ 0:55 for one example-- but like my English101 teacher would say: "don't write a book, write a poem." Hopefully, that helps, but there is more in the vid profile too.
So now that that's out of the way,
The purpose can't be more self-explanatory than 'character profile' about someone who tries to bear the brunt of the world on their shoulders. There is a central theme relying heavily on flight/escape. I could have written a book about everything I did, like the symbolism @ 0:55 for one example-- but like my English101 teacher would say: "don't write a book, write a poem." Hopefully, that helps, but there is more in the vid profile too.
So now that that's out of the way,
my guess is you were more focused on sync edits after watching my last amv. Here, I thought that would be more of a distraction, and people would be more focused on the editing rather than what's actually on the screen [didn't Beowulf make a rant about something like this?]Kionon wrote:I liked the mood, and the editing was there, but I just felt you left too many beats untouched.
...um, no. After reading the central theme mentioned, there are several ways of interpreting that scene. There is no correct answer. Ironically, it has little to do with birds.post-it wrote:.. so .. the point was .. how she felt about the birds almost being run-over ?
Thank you Actually, even without mentioning what type of video this is, it's interesting that you noticed a difference in the second half-- The first half was supposed to be more intense [for lack of better word] where I tried to illustrate how Ayane tries to bear the brunt of the world by herself. In the second half, I tried to show how she keeps moving along... which isn't as exciting I guess... but moreover I incorporated the central theme of the need to escape.JudgeHolden wrote:The point is the plain coolness of the first half of the video, for the first half was far stronger than the second half of it. This is odd, since it's only a two minute video. As Kio said, it's inconsistent and only concentrates on the Backbeat. The sudden drops to black make it look unfinished as well. Overall though, I love the mood, the the first part I thought rocked.
Thanks^^ you'll probably enjoy Gatekeepers 21. I really liked the animation.Reigna wrote:Really cool atmosphere kept throughout the vid. Now I want to check out this series too. >> Nice work overall.
Glad you liked it And you took the words right out of my mouth regarding sync [see my note to Kio]rubyeye wrote:I thought it was different and I like different. There were a few synch beats I found somewhat distracting because they felt too perfectly timed. I prefer videos that ebb and flow with the music, they way real music videos are made. But it was short and to the point and I liked it.
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- CrackTheSky
- has trust issues
- Joined: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:01 pm
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- Location: Chicago
This video is so awesome I don't even know how to properly express it. Unlike those who have posted so far, I thought the sync worked really well - and I liked the way you kept changing up the way you'd sync. Sometimes inconsistencies like that make a video feel disconnected, but in this case I didn't feel that at all. I love all the symbolism, and it's obvious there's a lot going on beneath the surface here. The only problem I have were
5/5
Other than that, phantastic work, I like this a lot better than Awakened.JudgeHolden wrote:The sudden drops to black
5/5
- omegaevolution
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mmmm the AMV started and ended right away (which is good for me ), that means I enjoyed it in a way that the video ended so quickly I wanted more XD. Anyway yeah the synch was inconsistent but it worked nontheless, I was a bit confused about the birds and other stuff in the vid but after reading that post you made I kinda get it XD.
Anyway great work 4/5
PS: I think those "drops to black" worked well
Anyway great work 4/5
PS: I think those "drops to black" worked well
- CodeZTM
- Spin Me Round
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x2, just no drops to black. Those drive me crazy.omegaevolution wrote:mmmm the AMV started and ended right away (which is good for me ), that means I enjoyed it in a way that the video ended so quickly I wanted more XD. Anyway yeah the synch was inconsistent but it worked nontheless, I was a bit confused about the birds and other stuff in the vid but after reading that post you made I kinda get it XD.
Anyway great work 4/5
PS: I think those "drops to black" worked well
3.8/5