- User Name: Dark Lord of Debate
- Member Since: Tuesday, November 23, 2004, 8:58 PM
- Name: Patrick McKay
- Studio: Paragon Productions
- Location: Parker, Colorado, United States
- Homepage: http://www.youtube.com/user/DarkLordofDebate
- Last Login: 2012-12-07 15:51:28
- Forum Info: Profile Posts (85)
- Usefulness: 146 with
16 opinions
[average 119.7 of 229489 opinions; standard deviation 434 ] - Profile: My passion for video editing first started in the spring of 2004 when on a whim I used Windows Movie Maker to cut together a few video clips I had taken at the Colorado state NCFCA homeschool speech and debate tournament the previous week into a short music video using a song I had ripped from an auto racing video I found online. When I posted the video on a message board for homeschool debaters, it met with an overwhelmingly positive reaction, and I was convinced to continue making music videos of future speech and debate tournaments. Such began the hobby that was to earn me a national reputation for my debate music videos, of which I have made seven to date.
In the fall of 2004, I first discovered the phenomenon of Anime Music Videos, or AMV's. These unique videos combine footage of Japanese anime cartoons or video games with a musical track to produce often powerful music videos, usually following a theme such as action or romance. The site AnimeMusicVideos.org currently has over 60,000 AMV's available for download. After being introduced to these videos, I came to appreciate music videos not just as a fun hobby, but a powerful art form that combines both visual art and music to appeal directly to the two most powerful human senses--sight and hearing.
Needless to say, I was hooked. I made my first AMV in early 2005, using video clips from Final Fantasy VIII--a video game from a series that, even though I have never played, am quite a fan of thanks to many different AMV's I've watched of the various games in the series. I have since made two more Final Fantasy AMV's, both of which have received a very possitive reaction, and one has had over 40,000 views on Google Video since January). I have also entered my most recent AMV in several contests, and will learn the results of those within the next few months.
In addition to debate videos and AMV's, I have made several video slideshows for my church and other groups, and am currently working on branching out into new genres--making music videos of movies, real-life events, and maybe some with live action acting.
My Profile
global average
- Count229489
- Originality8.47
- Visual Quality8.37
- Audio9.00
- Action Sync8.45
- Lip Sync8.24
- Special Effects8.49
- Effort8.60
- Re-view-ability7.92
- Overall8.43
average given
- Count16
- Originality8.50
- Visual Quality9.38
- Audio9.63
- Action Sync9.31
- Lip Sync6.50
- Special Effects8.71
- Effort9.31
- Re-view-ability7.88
- Overall8.69
average received
- Count25
- Originality8.36
- Visual Quality8.68
- Audio9.40
- Action Sync8.52
- Lip Sync
- Special Effects8.26
- Effort8.84
- Re-view-ability7.96
- Overall8.52
FAVORITE ANIME MUSIC VIDEOS
My Videos (14)
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Stats:[hits]Artist SongAnime SpoilersAnime Non-spoilersCategoriesLinks
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Dance of Love - Squall and Rinoa (2005-01-18)[hits: 909][opinions: 2]
- Big Dismal Remember (IOU)
- Final Fantasy 8 (VIII)
- Romance
- Local
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"Taking Over Me" - Yuna's Song (2006-01-17)[hits: 774][opinions: 0]
- Evanescence Taking over me
- Final Fantasy 10 (X)
- Final Fantasy 10-2 (X-2)
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- No
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Squall's Cross to Bear (2006-05-22)[hits: 818][opinions: 6]
- Staind Cross to Bear
- Final Fantasy 8 (VIII)
- Action
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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Final Fantasy 7: Hand of Sorrow (2007-05-06)[hits: 1805][opinions: 8]
- Within Temptation Hand of Sorrow
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Advent Children (OVA)
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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Frozen - Lucrecia's Story (2007-12-14)[hits: 764][opinions: 4]
- Within Temptation Frozen
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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Final Fantasy 7: Hand of Sorrow (Redux) (2007-12-20)[hits: 1761][opinions: 1]
- Within Temptation Hand of Sorrow
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Advent Children (OVA)
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Serious
- Local
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Final Fantasy 12: Dreams Inside (2008-08-02)[hits: 818][opinions: 1]
- Kutless More Than It Seems
- Final Fantasy XII
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Local
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Shuyin's Choral Fantasy (2008-11-15)[hits: 495][opinions: 1]
- Extreme Music Bible Clash
- Final Fantasy 10 (X)
- Final Fantasy 10-2 (X-2)
- Drama
- Fun
- Instrumental
- Romance
- Local
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Final Fantasy 7: Heroes (2009-06-25)[hits: 3744][opinions: 1]
- Skillet Hero
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Advent Children (OVA)
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Local
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FF7 - Anthem of the Angels (2009-10-05)[hits: 982][opinions: 0]
- Breaking Benjamin Anthem of the Angels
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Advent Children Complete (OVA)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Local
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Final Fantasy XIII: Hurricane (2010-07-03)[hits: 801][opinions: 0]
- 30 Seconds to Mars Hurricane
- Final Fantasy 13 (XIII)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Romance
- Direct
- Local
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Final Fantasy 7: Nemo (2010-09-15)[hits: 456][opinions: 0]
- Nightwish Nemo
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Advent Children Complete (OVA)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Drama
- Direct
- Local
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FF13: Faster (2011-02-22)[hits: 531][opinions: 1]
- Within Temptation Faster
- Final Fantasy 13 (XIII)
- Action
- Character Profile
- Serious
- Direct
- Local
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Final Fantasy 7: Midgar Burning (2011-09-28)[hits: 255][opinions: 0]
- Red Let it Burn
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Advent Children Complete (OVA)
- Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
- Action
- Drama
- Serious
- Local