Soloing/Instrumental videos?
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jasper-isis
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Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Good ideas, all.
It's interesting that a lot of the time I can tell an instrumental AMV from someone who is pretty literate in music, and someone (like me) who isn't - and bothcan produce good results.
In AMV's, all AMV's, the bottom line is structure to connect the audio and the visual. How you get that structure is up to you. There's good 'formulas' for sync you can follow, or NOT follow if you want.
If you're not too literate with music and want a clear structure to go by, just listen to the piece in question, A LOT, and try to separate what into clear parts - both linearly by sections, and in parrallel by different instruments/sounds playing at the same time. That should tell you both your options in terms of what to sync to, and a good idea of how to organize your video so it doesn't become just a random stream of footage. ALWAYS avoid slipping into just a random stream of footage - if there was a sound you synched to in some specific way, next time that sound shows up at least make some reference to the way you synched it before. If there is a section with a certain consistent mood, instrument selection, tempo, etc. - keep a consistent selection of footage and visual mood. If that section repeats or there is a variation on it later - mirror the previous visual selection or make a logical variation on it.
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And if all that sounds too weird (unsurprising, coming from me) - a simple tip:
Avoid random character mouth flapping in instrumental videos.
Please.
If they open their mouth, and, as though they were a fish, there's no voice coming out - you'd better have a good reason that's happening! (And I've seen plenty of videos with good reasons for that, mind you, but when it's out-of-place - it's out-of-place).
It's interesting that a lot of the time I can tell an instrumental AMV from someone who is pretty literate in music, and someone (like me) who isn't - and bothcan produce good results.
In AMV's, all AMV's, the bottom line is structure to connect the audio and the visual. How you get that structure is up to you. There's good 'formulas' for sync you can follow, or NOT follow if you want.
If you're not too literate with music and want a clear structure to go by, just listen to the piece in question, A LOT, and try to separate what into clear parts - both linearly by sections, and in parrallel by different instruments/sounds playing at the same time. That should tell you both your options in terms of what to sync to, and a good idea of how to organize your video so it doesn't become just a random stream of footage. ALWAYS avoid slipping into just a random stream of footage - if there was a sound you synched to in some specific way, next time that sound shows up at least make some reference to the way you synched it before. If there is a section with a certain consistent mood, instrument selection, tempo, etc. - keep a consistent selection of footage and visual mood. If that section repeats or there is a variation on it later - mirror the previous visual selection or make a logical variation on it.
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And if all that sounds too weird (unsurprising, coming from me) - a simple tip:
Avoid random character mouth flapping in instrumental videos.
Please.
If they open their mouth, and, as though they were a fish, there's no voice coming out - you'd better have a good reason that's happening! (And I've seen plenty of videos with good reasons for that, mind you, but when it's out-of-place - it's out-of-place).
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FallenMarvel
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Well, I've done one instrumental video so far so I don't know how much help I would be, but the key to using instrumental is to get familiar with your song choice as much as you possibly can. Just keep listening to it until you can honestly figure out the ins and the outs. Take a song like the "Charlie's Angels 2000" theme. I was trying to make a parody of Charlie's Angels dub the name "Spira's Angels, but didn't have a clue of how to blend the two. It's pretty much a rock/techno instrumental so it was a little tough. I didn't know how I would use this song in video at all, but I was determined to figure it out somehow. All you have to do is is just listen, study, and execute. The knowledge that you pick up on the music depends all on you.
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