To Photograph a Sin[Fatal Frame video]

Fay-Sa · Post by **Fay-Sa** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:13 pm

all I can say is enjoy and that this is most like going to be my 1 and only game video. also please don't kill me

Emong · Post by **Emong** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:14 pm

Me first!

EDIT: Hmm, it was worth missing the bus

And one the video, I really liked it. I knew I'd love it since I saw the first betas. But the problems I told you about back then remain the same: the sync is really hard to get into, or hard to follow, whatever the way you like to put it. I know your syncing style and I'm totally digging it (Especially in Wingless and Feed the Fire) but now that we have a song as fast-paced and "intense" as this, I think we'd really need some more better-timed beat sync. The flow was pretty much seamless otherwise though. I liked how you used the effects of the game for your advantage and I also really liked the fast pacing you had there. Lots of cuts and flashes. But they should have been timed better on the beats and so. Now it seems like the sync got out of your hands and it was a bit messy.

But, aside that, the mood was something I can't nit-pick on. You're deffinitely the best at mood-syncing your videos since your clip selections just couldn't connect any better with the song :O This video was full of these little moody details that I'm not going to point out here though but later in the op. I don't know anything about Fatal Frame apart from the videos I've seen and videos using it always look so random. That's ok though because I take it's a pretty confusing game anyway. Asian horror is awesome though and the footage of Fatal Frame is just plain amazing. I just simply love looking at it, and deffinitely so when the video is well-edited like in this case. Since I don't know anything about the story, I'm having hard time trying to go deeper than the surface, but that's fine. There's always something to make out of it, especially if the mood sync is right on :O

I loved the chorus parts, especially the first, and the ending (the last chorus parts) looked very dramatic in a good way. There was certainly progression within your clip selection but when the song got all slow (in the "I do believe-" part) I didn't notice much difference in the video. The pacing didn't slow down as much as it should have, imo, but the clips worked though :3 Anyway, there's a thin line between "linear" and "progressive" here but I still think the video progresses quite nicely along with the song.. Anyways, nice work, and I'll write some more in the op later on ^_^

4/5 (or maybe 4½/5 when I've given it some time to grow on me, who knows)

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:52 pm

fine I'll take sloppy seconds :3

and yay you finished it XD

yay I liked it XD

Funky-kun · Post by **Funky-kun** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:38 pm

Although the footage and song were not quite my type, I found this really nice. :O As mentioned above, the mood sync is perfect. Beatsync is nice too, since it works great for the atmosphere of the scary footage. The visual style was the same as the mood of the video - dark and scratchy, which worked fine for me. Quality wasn't so good, but it's acceptable since it's game footage.

4/5

Falconone · Post by **Falconone** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:50 pm

really nice.
I like the combination of all 3 games in one video. sometimes you see that there is some in the past but there is a good flow in the video that makes the combination of all three really interessting. Also i think this game must be really cool and have a great story...
On this end. Great job

CodeZTM · Post by **CodeZTM** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:12 pm

Yea! Another MSS release!

*meh gets the goodness*

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:13 pm

Well, you were at a disadvantage because you used the same song as aerialesque's Raging Sorrow, which is an AMV I really like. However, you certainly did it justice. You just keep getting better and better, honestly I'm more and more impressed with your progress with each new video you release. Editing-wise, this is your best yet. You kept up with the song very, VERY well throughout pretty much the whole thing. I wasn't bored for a second.

Also, given that most Fatal Frame videos I've seen have a very similar feel to them, you were really able to set this apart from the rest. Where almost every Fatal Frame video I've seen seems to focus on the horror aspect, your video has an almost sadder approach. It's quite a depressing video, and the only other video I can think of that does this is dj_ultima's The Chosen Two.

Basically,

on the atmosphere. You just really nailed about every aspect of this video, as is becoming more and more typical of your videos, and it was a great watch. Don't know how much I'll rewatch it, mainly because I don't care much for the song, but it's definitely a keeper and if you keep improving at this rate, you'll quickly become an editor to really watch out for.

4.5/5

dj_ultima_the_great · Post by **dj_ultima_the_great** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:26 pm

/Fatal Frame connoisseur

Aerialesque's video will always be number one for me, but there's certainly room at the top for two great videos with this song. Generally, I liked this. Good editing, nice video quality (as good as can be expected from Fatal Frame - it's fairly poor, even in comparison to other PS2 games; I guess they were hoping no one would notice with all of the color filters, ha ha).

Watch the speed up on the scenes. It's a LOT more noticeable with games than with anime. You sped up most of the scenes in the video, too, so it's really a general nitpick for the whole thing.

The song is really aggressive stylistically, and if you were trying to show more of the story than the horror, it maybe wasn't the best choice. Even half of the lyrics only loosely fit the games, but for the ones that did work well, you picked the perfect scenes. Otherwise, the rest of this kind of felt like well-beat-synced filler.

Now, don't get me wrong. Despite the criticism, this is most likely going into my permanent collection. Fatal Frame videos aren't super common, and good ones that are not as horror-based are practically impossible to find. So you set yourself apart from the rest with this, and I give you kudos for that. Nice work, love.

- Jen

Scott Green · Post by **Scott Green** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:42 am

did someone say fatal frame XD

/gets for great justice

Fay-Sa · Post by **Fay-Sa** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:13 pm

thanks everyone for the comments so far ^^, I hope you guys still watch my vids to come
Also dj I thought I would let you know that it was your video "The Chosen Two" that got me into Fatal Frame games in the 1st place, and all the good reviews I found of them ^^