Memoirs of a Broken Heart

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Emong
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Re: Memoirs of a Broken Heart

Post by Emong » Sat May 05, 2012 9:37 am

I don't know if I think the song is actually OK or if it seriously annoys me..

Anyhow, it's probably because I haven't seen the anime that I found this pretty confusing. You could have worked on the narrative a bit more. There did seem to be some kind of a structure to it, also nice details here and there, but it was hard to follow.

Another thing, which didn't quite feel satisfying was the inconsistency of sync. Sharp cuts can be done beautifully but my main problem here is that there didn't seem to be consistent pattern of what exactly did you sync to, that is, beats, lyrics, or something else?

Bottom line: I liked the concept (your focus on the negatives instead of the usual sweet shoujo) but the execution could have used some coherency. It feels a bit repetitive when you're editing but I'd nonetheless advice to find a couple of basic patterns to use as a basic structure throughout the whole amv.

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Re: Memoirs of a Broken Heart

Post by siny » Sat May 05, 2012 10:09 am

I really loved this!

You got me as soon as I saw the name of the song and the anime. To be honest it got me even more curious to see how you would combine the two!
Story wise I loved it, it's awesome! The scenes you picked are perfect and they tell your story pretty well. To be honest, I don't think it was confusing at all. The real story is nothing like this and I love the anime, though even that didn't stood up on your story. I understood what you were trying to tell us.

I have to agree with Emong though, about the sync. I can't remember the name of the instrument played with this song in english, but with a song like this I think it would be best to go on with the lyrics and only some hard beats. Some hard cuts were ok, but others... I personally didn't like them much, because 1) there was nothing on the song to justify that and 2) some scenes lost their impact, like the one where she leaves the room.

Overall, I think you did well! I liked it. I wish people would edit more with this anime :)

Also, great banner! It's really pretty and emotional :)
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pacotacoshell
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Re: Memoirs of a Broken Heart

Post by pacotacoshell » Sat May 05, 2012 2:16 pm

Yeah, doing consistent sync is probably one of my weak points. I hear too many things in the song and I end up wanting to sync to them all. xD I'm definitely trying to work on that though. :up:
Thank you guys for the comments! :D
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Re: Memoirs of a Broken Heart

Post by Kairih » Sat May 05, 2012 2:46 pm

Ohhh, really good job, I liked it :) Good luck for big contest!
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Re: Memoirs of a Broken Heart

Post by Mkid » Sat May 05, 2012 3:09 pm

Some guy on youtube wrote:Considering this cover sold 152,000 downloads in its first week, I'd say Gotye is a bit sore, and owes a portion of his sudden success to Glee.
Okay now to the review Lol

it was a good idea, but i feel like you used all the right scenes just in the wrong places,the pace is too fast at some parts and too slow at the wrong parts. but overall it was okay :awesome:
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Re: Memoirs of a Broken Heart

Post by irriadin » Sat May 05, 2012 5:21 pm

Love the coloring and color isolation, it really helped sell the tone and atmosphere you were trying to convey. :up:

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Re: Memoirs of a Broken Heart

Post by pacotacoshell » Sun May 06, 2012 1:11 am

Thank you guys! :D
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Re: Memoirs of a Broken Heart

Post by [madaraxD] » Sun May 06, 2012 1:58 pm

omg this song <3 nice story, i like it :up:
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Re: Memoirs of a Broken Heart

Post by Shin-AMV » Sun May 06, 2012 9:02 pm

Snice. I enjoyed this.
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