Retrace
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CrackTheSky
- has trust issues
- Joined: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:01 pm
- Status: Maybe editing?
- Location: Chicago
Retrace
Enjoy! Haven't done traditional drama like this in a while, feelsgoodman.
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ProstrateConstantly
- Joined: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:13 pm
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Ain't NOBODY wielding abstract imagery like CrackTheSky, for real.
Beautiful, inspiring work man, thru and thru.
The most resonant videos I've seen from you have shared such a sensibility with me that they inspire both great joy at finding something so relateable and envy that you seem to articulate it with such ease! (Not to say any of these videos look like their development took any shortage of effort, just that your control of video flow seems so natural!)
Beautiful, inspiring work man, thru and thru.
The most resonant videos I've seen from you have shared such a sensibility with me that they inspire both great joy at finding something so relateable and envy that you seem to articulate it with such ease! (Not to say any of these videos look like their development took any shortage of effort, just that your control of video flow seems so natural!)
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Moonlessnight
- Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:15 pm
Re: Retrace
I just watched this on a lark while waiting for my new amv to render. Well done! Simple, clean, and beautifully crafted.
There is nothing like a moonless night to watch a few AMVs.
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CrackTheSky
- has trust issues
- Joined: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:01 pm
- Status: Maybe editing?
- Location: Chicago
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Thank you, that means a lot, I really appreciate your words. Glad you enjoyed it!ProstrateConstantly wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:07 amAin't NOBODY wielding abstract imagery like CrackTheSky, for real.
Beautiful, inspiring work man, thru and thru.
The most resonant videos I've seen from you have shared such a sensibility with me that they inspire both great joy at finding something so relateable and envy that you seem to articulate it with such ease! (Not to say any of these videos look like their development took any shortage of effort, just that your control of video flow seems so natural!)
Thank you for choosing to spend 5 minutes with my video!Moonlessnight wrote:I just watched this on a lark while waiting for my new amv to render. Well done! Simple, clean, and beautifully crafted.
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vkamv
- Joined: Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:07 am
- Status: Madoka is life.
Re: Retrace
I have not seen this anime and know nothing about it, so I'm not sure if you edited any of the scenes or not. I enjoyed the mellow feel it gave out and thought the simple editing fit well with the atmosphere you were building. I didn't feel the story was very clear, however, to someone unfamiliar with the source. I found myself rather confused form start to finish.CrackTheSky wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:34 pm
Enjoy! Haven't done traditional drama like this in a while, feelsgoodman.
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seasons
- Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:31 pm
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I loved the gentle tone of this, how it gradually pulls you in and builds in intensity, but never to the overwhelming effect that it could have given the source material. This felt like a very restrained video, yet there's an emotional rawness to it, which sounds contradictory, I know. This definitely wasn't what I was expecting, not a traditional drama AMV or a video that's so abstract as to invite viewers to project any feelings they want onto it. I've actually been struggling to nail down my own feelings about it for a few days now and I don't know if I've gotten any closer than when I started.
I do get a sense of this being a "personal" AMV on some level, but maybe that's just the feelings I get from the song. But I do think you nailed down that feeling of loneliness and isolation, and that sense of growing up and falling away from people that's at the heart of the anime (a prevalent theme that's largely overshadowed by psychic terrorists, killer cats, giant moles, etc.).
Disarmingly poignant but still hopeful, not something I get out of too many AMVs and am still trying to unpack. This was pretty good!
I do get a sense of this being a "personal" AMV on some level, but maybe that's just the feelings I get from the song. But I do think you nailed down that feeling of loneliness and isolation, and that sense of growing up and falling away from people that's at the heart of the anime (a prevalent theme that's largely overshadowed by psychic terrorists, killer cats, giant moles, etc.).
Disarmingly poignant but still hopeful, not something I get out of too many AMVs and am still trying to unpack. This was pretty good!