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Tom the Fish · Post by **Tom the Fish** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 9:38 pm

Yeah. Wow. This is really, really good.

wow.

Tom

silver_moon · Post by **silver_moon** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:09 pm

Good job on the flow. The video looked and felt very artistic, and I liked the use of colours!

I don't know about the bit of lip-syncing you did, though. It just doesn't seem like a song you would lip-sync to. But that's just minor. It's definitely my favourite of your vids so far.

Jebadia · Post by **Jebadia** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:14 pm

Indeed I liked the use of warm and cool colors to set the mood...kinda like a restaurant.

EarthCurrent · Post by **EarthCurrent** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 1:14 am

This video warrants a good review from me.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 1:18 am

whoa.

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I honestly never expected the thing to be received so well.

There's a lot that can be debated in this video, and XenoDrake and I have already had a rather lengthy discussion over the merits (what little merit exists, anyway) and shortcomings of the piece, mostly with regard to me suffocating the story. (Abridged version of what we discussed: if you didn't see the story in the video, then you saw the evils of excessive compositing.)

silver_moon wrote: I don't know about the bit of lip-syncing you did, though. It just doesn't seem like a song you would lip-sync to. But that's just minor. It's definitely my favourite of your vids so far.

Yeah, this isn't the kind of song you would lip-sync to. Actually, I can't think of a single Sarah Brightman piece that you could *really* do a *good* lip-sync job with, if only because the dynamics and emotive power of her voice just make it incredibly difficult to pull off lip-sync without making the character "singing" look wooden.

Well, maybe Hijo de la Luna, for the most part...

Anyway, it taught me a few new compositing tricks. THe next thing I have to learn is how to make things *simple*

Thanks again, everyone.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 6:39 am

Well... I'm more impressed than I thought I would be.

Very nice work, Trythil. I told you your vid was going to be better than mine!

And I really didn't think you suffocated the story, but I guess I already knew what it was aiming for...

Rozard wrote:LOL, what's the first?

First is, uhh... empty.

PhReAkAzOiD187 · Post by **PhReAkAzOiD187** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:31 am

damn dude, nice work. haven't downloaded a vid in a while. this was worth the overnight download (blasted 56k). only reason i won't leave a review is cuz i suck as being a critic, i give like 9's on everything just cuz i am not an opinionated person when it comes to a scale of 1-10. but damn good work.

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 6:31 am

HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK! Those digital effects put Koop's video to shame! Half of that shit wasn't even in the show. How'd you do that?

Do you see, mr. Koop, how easy it is to set your video apart without giving the audience seizures?

Sadly, WMP doesn't recognize the format or somesuch BS, so I can only open it with the DivX player. I also have to really strain my ears to make out the lyrics, which kind of partially ruins my enjoyment of the video.

I'm going to find the lyrics to this song, watch the video about 50 times, leave a review, watch it 50 more times, and then maybe go to work or something...

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 6:57 am

Hey, it turns out that the download ended before it had gotten all the video. I downloaded again, and WMP likes it just fine. I also know the lyrics now. I'd leave a review, but I can't just yet because I'm busy watching the video over and over.

Koopiskeva · Post by **Koopiskeva** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:46 am

the Black Monarch wrote:HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK! Those digital effects put Koop's video to shame! Half of that shit wasn't even in the show. How'd you do that?

Do you see, mr. Koop, how easy it is to set your video apart without giving the audience seizures?

Hey, how about you stop attacking me and come up with something of your own? tsk tsk..