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[Replay Studios]

One of my favs this year, great vid~

[Taite]

Rather briliant use of the lighting effects to help blend the anime in with the live action. I thought it was done very well. I think I would have liked it better though if you had followed more of a centric story with just 2 characters and have the live singer as more of a story teller (singing about the couple), would've gave it more purpose to use the live action in it in IMO. The multiple anime selections kinda detract it from being a really nice story telling video, which is a shame since this song has so much emotion and touching words in it that could've been exploited in such a video. Still nice editing, and enjoyed watching it!

I definitely considered that, if I should go more story-centric or just follow the mood, and I wanted to do something different than my typical story central amvs.
Thank you!! (:

nice, good transitions, overlays, Color Correction in general good job

Thanks!

Mhm, at first watch orginal music video felt like standing out way too much from rest , with another attempts to watch it, it got more seamless and fitting i guess.

Anyway vid was well edited, but it feels a tad too linear similary to music. Yep cant really enjoy it because of music , too bland for me . Also maybe its just me but lighting effects did help blend it wit song vid , yet at same time they didnt blend in all that great with anime sometimes coloring felt a bit too random or out of place. Im not really sure how to make sense out of what i have in mind, sorry if it sounds too critic . Also that scratches effect thing, meh. Still anime did mash quite well together, so i guess its quite interesing attempt here.

Haha nope, I appreciate any and all criticism. Thank you (:

Nice job. Calling this an "animeMUSICVIDEO" is spot-on, and if throwing some anime and overlays into the original music video to convey your mood is what you were going for, then success.
As an emotional video, it's not as powerful as it might've been. More camera dynamics (you had a steady shake, but most scenes were kinda static) would've made it more active, as would quicker cuts. Choppier scenes like the Chihafayuru one at 2:45 packed more of a punch, but for the most part you slowed the pace by syncing longer scenes to the syllables. The flares also detract from the drama, since they distract the viewer with something pretty and in some cases (like in the introduction, with Okazaki and little-Nagisa hugging in the field after the original music video appears for the first time) compete with the anime for attention. Might just be me, but the flares seem to say "nothing matters anyway because everything's sparkly in the end," by blinding the viewer to the drama. The original music video, too, makes it less powerful because the guy doesn't do anything but play and look half-amused, and though I didn't count I wouldn't be surprised if he took up half the length of the AMV. What's his relationship to the anime characters, and how do the characters relate to each other or to the song in the first place?
But those questions are irrelevant if mood was the key in editing this video. In the end it leaves a viewer soothed and happier, without going through the BS of asking a viewer to imagine what it'd be like if Phillip interacted with the characters. 0:46-0:50 and 1:40-1:48 were my favorite parts. And I'm not biased, but 2:50-2:52 was nice. Those sequences, I think, show what it's all about.
As for technicalities,
There was potential for very awkward cuts between the original music video and the anime, but you switched between them appropriately. Don't know if you followed the original editing, but it worked.
0:35-0:37 felt cluttered. There were a flew slow frames where the animation wasn't as smooth as it should've been to get that quicker pace. I didn't like the film-y effect much, honestly not sure if you just threw it in there for the laels. The film strip/borders around the last Clannad scene I thought could go, since it wasn't there in the introduction. Nice visual quality, looked very clean.

This is a video to watch when it's cold outside. Nice timing.

I agree on more "camera dynamics," I considered doing more with it and is it built up towards 2:45 which you mentioned I did some small motions, but I only did it in the beginning when I felt a clip didn't have enough to say by itself.
I'll disagree a bit on the flares, as I don't think they speak to any emotion at all. They only serve atmospheric purposes, also as a way to tie them all together without the video becoming too choppy, and it also draws from the original music video. That's an interesting perspective though and not one I had in mind at all while editing, but one I'm sure different people will have as well.
And yeah, not having to know the relationship between the live-action and anime was important to me, as it focused entirely on mood.
I hate those slow frames like you mentioned at :37, I had to cut out a few "dead" frames in the video to make it flow more smoothly, definitely couldn't get em all though.
Only did the effect on the last Clannad scene because without it it was harsh from the previous anime clip that had the same thing going. And the film effect was inspired from the original video.
Thanks! Appreciate all the criticism for sure. (:

didnt know you were workin on somethin. shoulda hit a brotha up.

Haha next time

One of my favs this year, great vid~

Thanks Replay (: