Another one. This one has no subtitles, my favorite one so far.
Might Guy vs Madara
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Re: Might Guy vs Madara
I don't mean to be overly critical, but since you're asking for feedback, the opening of this song is very quiet, yet the opening shot features a character talking in a very animated fashion. Some viewers don't mind "lip flap," but when it's the opening shot of a video and doesn't sync to any lyrics (or seem to have any other obvious purpose), it kind of puts me off. The clips that follow this one work much better as an intro to the video and just kind of matching the unusual beginning of the song in an interesting way. The lip sync at 0:26 is very well done, so use whatever skills you had in making that to simply eliminate lip flap altogether in the future whenever it sticks out in such a way (I'm probably a hypocrite about this and don't follow my own advice all the time, but I suppose most critics can be in one way or another). I have no problem with the lip flap that shows up deeper into the video (2:46), by then you've established the AMV enough that it doesn't matter quite so much.
Really good use of straight cuts and simple fades. You're developing a good knack for knowing how long to let shots linger, when to let a scene breathe and run for an extra second or two, when to incorporate faster cuts and shorter clips for emphasis, etc. (or maybe you always knew and are just getting better at execution, I don't know).
Once the lyrics come in at around the 1:00 mark, I'm a little lost because I often have a hard time understanding what this guy is saying, so I'll just say that you're really doing a good job reacting to the musical cues in this song, never getting too repetitive OR too unpredictably random. This song probably lends itself better to a nuanced AMV than most other tracks I've heard from this artist (or at least the ones that people love to edit with the most), there's a big dynamic range and a lot of space in it, plenty of big cues for you to build a video around and lots of potential to do something that explores more than a single emotion. You took advantage of this in all the best ways possible.
Just like your previous AMV, there's a middle section where the music drops out and we get a complete scene with dialog. These parts don't add much to my experience other than just giving me a breather, but I like how you dropped the level of the music very low (although it's now competing with the background music of the scene, not an ideal soundtrack but not one that's a dealbreaker, either), the fade in and fade out of this part is unexpectedly smooth and signals to the viewer that this scene isn't literally happening in the middle of the fight (this probably sounds really obvious to say, but I'd say that it's only obvious because you made it so with how you edited it).
Very good work combining footage from Naruto Shippuden with clips from the original Naruto (at least I think that's what you did, unless the scene of Might Guy and Rock Lee also shows up in Shippuden for some reason). The aspect ratios match and nothing is stretched out and that's really important because when that doesn't happen the illusion is broken.
The ending felt peaceful and poignant, but I felt like there was room for something that would leave the viewer with a better sense of closure.
This was really good and easily the best XXXTENTACION / Naruto AMV I've ever seen.
Really good use of straight cuts and simple fades. You're developing a good knack for knowing how long to let shots linger, when to let a scene breathe and run for an extra second or two, when to incorporate faster cuts and shorter clips for emphasis, etc. (or maybe you always knew and are just getting better at execution, I don't know).
Once the lyrics come in at around the 1:00 mark, I'm a little lost because I often have a hard time understanding what this guy is saying, so I'll just say that you're really doing a good job reacting to the musical cues in this song, never getting too repetitive OR too unpredictably random. This song probably lends itself better to a nuanced AMV than most other tracks I've heard from this artist (or at least the ones that people love to edit with the most), there's a big dynamic range and a lot of space in it, plenty of big cues for you to build a video around and lots of potential to do something that explores more than a single emotion. You took advantage of this in all the best ways possible.
Just like your previous AMV, there's a middle section where the music drops out and we get a complete scene with dialog. These parts don't add much to my experience other than just giving me a breather, but I like how you dropped the level of the music very low (although it's now competing with the background music of the scene, not an ideal soundtrack but not one that's a dealbreaker, either), the fade in and fade out of this part is unexpectedly smooth and signals to the viewer that this scene isn't literally happening in the middle of the fight (this probably sounds really obvious to say, but I'd say that it's only obvious because you made it so with how you edited it).
Very good work combining footage from Naruto Shippuden with clips from the original Naruto (at least I think that's what you did, unless the scene of Might Guy and Rock Lee also shows up in Shippuden for some reason). The aspect ratios match and nothing is stretched out and that's really important because when that doesn't happen the illusion is broken.
The ending felt peaceful and poignant, but I felt like there was room for something that would leave the viewer with a better sense of closure.
This was really good and easily the best XXXTENTACION / Naruto AMV I've ever seen.
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MetalGear589
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Re: Might Guy vs Madara
Thank you for your review seasons, I don't mind how critical someone is. Either way, thank you for your time spent on the review. I took notice of your thoughts.