Funny that you would mention Aluminum's video. That was actually the first time that I ever heard of Natalie Imbruglia, which led to me hearing Torn and thus making this video. Plus it was also an early influence on me for how to make a dramatic video.
Huh, interesting view on the lyric sync. I had always throught it was about average, but I guess I did do a pretty good job with it.seasons wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 5:29 pmGetting back to "Tod," this AMV is really a masterpiece of lyric sync. There are a lot of videos that do lyric sync very effectively and/or accurately, but I think the most memorable ones are often the videos that do so in ridiculously surprising ways. "Tod" is so subtle and on the nose that I think it could almost be overlooked by a lot of viewers. I'm sure I've heard this song hundreds of times in my life, but I don't think I ever really paid much attention to what it was about, and seeing it played out so literally on the screen, where the narrator's conflicts are so perfectly illustrated and other characters are so naturally featured in the narrative just gave the song new dimensions of meaning that I'd never noticed before. Sure, this is definitely due to me not being an attentive listener when I had lots of chances to do so, but it's really all thanks to how Zarx connected the dots between these scenes and the lyrics, and really capturing the breezy and bright but subtly somber emotions of the music, it really snapped the song into focus for me in a way I've never felt before.
For me, there have always been a handful of specific moments in this video that have stayed with me. They just strike me emotionally every single time. A particular one is at 3:25 when the Eva cries out. I remember being unsure about that scene originally, because I thought it could possibly be seen as comedic. But after years of watching it, I still get chills.
