I'm sadly lacking in footage - creative suggestions, anyone?

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I'm sadly lacking in footage - creative suggestions, anyone?

Postby FushigiNaKuniNo » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:58 pm

Ok, so here's the deal. I wouldn't be asking this at all if I didn't want at least something to submit to NDK this year, but this is the only decent AMV I have, so I need to make it work and fast. Since I'm new at this, it's probably going to suck anyway, but you can't blame me for trying. ^^;;

Anyway. I find my concept entirely dependent on using at least some footage from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. However, only two DVDs of this series have been released in the U.S. This is a problem for me, since a) My copy of the second DVD hasn't even come yet, b) the library's doesn't seem to have come either, and c) even if I can get ahold of a copy of DVD #2, the fact remains that I really need to use some footage from the last episode.

So yes, I know I should just wait until all of the DVDs are released. But that aside, does anyone have any suggestions? Right now, I can't think of any options besides using downloaded footage, but I doubt that kind of quality will hold up in a judging contest.

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Postby NS » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:38 pm

<_<.. And we don't discuss Downloaded footage here... >_>

but uhhhhhhhhhhhhh... idk. Think of a diffrent idea for a diffrent source. You'll prolly get more in originality if ya do.
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Postby FushigiNaKuniNo » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:43 pm

I was hoping I could discuss it if it's because I'm trying not to use it. Dx

Thanks for the suggestion. ^-^

I'm trying right now to redice the amount of content I need from the series by changing my vid to start including varied footage earlier, but the whole thing just won't make sense without...two clips, at the least. The Haruhi stuff is sort of the framework...without it, the system just fails. D:
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Postby The Origonal Head Hunter » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:53 pm

work with what you got. :?
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:56 pm

Realize that filters work just as well on footage regardless of source?
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Postby FushigiNaKuniNo » Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:17 am

Ah. :o

Ok, I'm gonig to try reworking the whole thing, and if that can't happen I'll at least have a temporary solution. Thanks everyone.
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Postby Gepetto » Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:34 am

In spite of us not being able to discuss it here, I wouldn't have any qualms about using downloaded footage in your case. That falls under the "originals are unobtainable" category, and depending on where you obtain your RAWs/subs, they can be processed into something decent-looking.
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Postby CrackTheSky » Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:40 pm

You could always buy the R2s from Japan.
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Postby Gepetto » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:13 pm

CrackTheSky wrote:You could always buy the R2s from Japan.


I was under the impression that Hanajima was on a deadline? If not, that's best but if so the shipment probably won't make it.
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Postby downwithpants » Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:23 pm

if you're in a school with an anime club, ask them if they can lend you it.
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Postby CrackTheSky » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:34 am

Gepetto wrote:
CrackTheSky wrote:You could always buy the R2s from Japan.


I was under the impression that Hanajima was on a deadline? If not, that's best but if so the shipment probably won't make it.

Ah, true, I kinda skimmed over his first post. x2 on Gepetto's earlier suggestion, then.
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