Video Information

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  • Members: Brad, Nessephanie
  • Title: Our Innocence
  • Premiered: 2007-09-22
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  • Song:
    • Caroline Winter
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  • Participation:
  • Comments: About The Video:
    So, everybody knows about Voices of a Distant Star and Place Promise In Our Early Days. Both of them being very big hits from independent anime creator Makoto Shinkai. Both myself (AtomX/Brad) and Nessephanie (herein referred to as Liz) are very big fans of his work, so when the trailer for his latest film, Byousoku 5cm (or, 5 Centimeters Per Second), we were both very thrilled. After we watched the trailer and read a synopsis of what the film was going to be like, Liz had the idea that once the movie came out, she would do a video to it using the song "Winter" by Caroline, as her Pro video for the year it came out.

    Fast-forward to July 2007. Neither of us have a Pro video. We had each been working on our videos but neither of them were working out the way we wanted. Well, it worked out that the R2 DVD for 5 Centimeters came out on the DAY BEFORE the Pro deadline... o_o .... So, by the time the day rolled around, we didn't have our videos done, and I had the R2. So the decision was made that we would do a collaborative video using the movie. While I sent Liz an MJPEG to edit off of, I watched the movie and told her what it was about (all of this was done over Skype, btw. She wasn't living with me by then. THAT would've made things far easier!). While we listened to the song, we developed our concept and knew how we were going to take it. So we both started editing, and roughly 24 hours later, we had a Pro entry!

    Here's how the video breaks down:

    Brad - 00:00-00:35
    Liz - 00:36-01:55
    Brad - 01:56-04:07 (includes the end credits)

    Concept:
    Hopefully the concept should be able to shine through without much explanation, but to lay it out there, it's essentially a video about childhood love, and the innocence it exudes. For those of us that have experienced it, it's something that we carry throughout our lives and reflect upon. So, the "moment" that the text in the video refers to, might be a minute, a day, a week, a season, a year, however long it lasts for you. We do end up taking the footage slightly out of context to get this point across, but hopefully it all makes sense.

    So yeah. Thanks for watching :) Enjoy!

    Programs Used:
    Adobe Premiere 6.5
    Adobe After Effects 7.0
    Adobe Photoshop CS & CS2

    Awards:
    AWA Pro 2007 - Best Romance & Best Sentimental
    Manifest 2007 - Runner Up Drama/Romance
    AnimeMusicVideos.org 2008 Viewers Choice Awards - Best Romance
    2008 Judge's Choice Awards - Best Romance & Best Sentimental


    09/19/2009 - HD VERSION LINKS HAVE BEEN FIXED

Opinions (28)

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Downloads

  • Link Format Bitrate Codec Duration Filesize Link Check Information Comments
  • Direct MPEG4 (.mp4)  4.6mbps  x264  04:08:00  140.8mb  Last Checked: 2009-09-19 16:07:07 200 OK This is a 1920x1080 version of the video. It was made using the Japanese Blu-Ray disc as the source. I HIGHLY recommend NOT downloading this version if you don't have a sufficient monitor for 1080p playback. Meaning, if your screen's resolution is smaller than 1920x1080, don't bother. Even if you have a 24" monitor with that resolution, you might as well get the 720p version. This is meant for people with larger screens (35"+), such as TV's you have hooked up to a media center PC or video game console that plays videos.
  • Direct MPEG4 (.mp4)  2.7mbps  x264  04:08:00  86.3mb  Last Checked: 2009-09-19 16:07:52 200 OK This is a 1280x720 version of the video. It was made using the Japanese Blu-Ray disc as the source. If your computer has a hard time decoding x264 video, you'll probably want to stick with either the Local 480p version or the XviD version. Also keep in mind that the real difference in quality is going to come from watching this on a larger HD screen. If you have a 17" or 19" monitor, it's pretty unlikely that you'll notice any true quality difference between this and the 480p version.
  • Local MP4 0/128 H.264/AAC 4:07 51.1 MiB
    Local File AtomX&Nessephanie-OurInnocence-x264.mp4
    Duration 247.25 seconds
    Video Track 0 kb/s H.264 [avc1]
    720 x 480 @ 24 fps
    Audio Track AAC @ 128 kbps
    44.1 kHz, stereophonic sound