Escaflowne - Heart of a Angel

Ryvannis · Post by **Ryvannis** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:15 am

Well I finally got my latest AMV uploaded today if anyone is interested.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri May 02, 2008 2:12 pm

I happen to like this song, so I clicked. With, I might add, a certain amount of trepidation. Watching a video from someone whose works I've never seen before is always a bit of a risk.

So the download finished, and I opened the file. My first thought: "Aspect ratios. Do you even know what they are?". Not a good sign. Then I checked the resolution. How can a video be at full res and still look this bad?

I check the audio. Surely it was done better, right? No such luck. PCM audio. Dear root, this is a technical nightmare.

Then came the piano keys, complete with encoding artifacts. The artifacts would show up just about every time there was an overlay of any sort.

I could go through and pick out points I took issue with, but it's not worth my time. There are just too many. There is a single overriding issue: pacing. In this video, the audio is doing all the work. Your editing is just too slow to hold its own.

2/5. You have some of the basic concepts of timing down, but that's about it.

YouTube · Post by **Rider4Z** » Fri May 02, 2008 7:05 pm

greeaaaat job ryvannis

i can see you definitely challenged yourself. good for you

your ambition is growing and you're only going to get better

Ryvannis · Post by **Ryvannis** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:02 pm

Kalium wrote:I happen to like this song, so I clicked. With, I might add, a certain amount of trepidation. Watching a video from someone whose works I've never seen before is always a bit of a risk.

So the download finished, and I opened the file. My first thought: "Aspect ratios. Do you even know what they are?". Not a good sign. Then I checked the resolution. How can a video be at full res and still look this bad?

I check the audio. Surely it was done better, right? No such luck. PCM audio. Dear root, this is a technical nightmare.

Then came the piano keys, complete with encoding artifacts. The artifacts would show up just about every time there was an overlay of any sort.

I could go through and pick out points I took issue with, but it's not worth my time. There are just too many. There is a single overriding issue: pacing. In this video, the audio is doing all the work. Your editing is just too slow to hold its own.

2/5. You have some of the basic concepts of timing down, but that's about it.

I re-uploaded a better version just now. Also some changes in the AMV with timing, scenes, etc.

Rider4Z wrote:greeaaaat job ryvannis i can see you definitely challenged yourself. good for you your ambition is growing and you're only going to get better

Thanks Rider it really means a lot coming out of you lol, I can only hope (and will) do better. ^_^

CodeZTM · Post by **CodeZTM** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:13 pm

I liked it. :O

Good Points: Interesting way to edit the vidoe to the song. It's nice to see AMV's with this song not being totally seizurific and actually having a proper conceptuality other than "mindless violence and gore". I especially liked the last half of the AMV.

Bad Points: the piano keys made me want to hit your head with a kayak paddle.

They felt out o fplace and weren't timed very well. While the slow paced editing is what I liked about it, sometimes it was just too slow for even my tastes.

Meh. I still liked it on the whole scale. 3.75/5.00 ,n

sweetdeily · Post by **sweetdeily** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:01 am

*sigh* intersting choice but the song got heavy and the action didn't, I liked your sync however, but really needed to use less white flashes ^__^

Ryvannis · Post by **Ryvannis** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:21 pm

CodeChrono wrote:I liked it. :O

Good Points: Interesting way to edit the vidoe to the song. It's nice to see AMV's with this song not being totally seizurific and actually having a proper conceptuality other than "mindless violence and gore". I especially liked the last half of the AMV.

Bad Points: the piano keys made me want to hit your head with a kayak paddle. They felt out o fplace and weren't timed very well. While the slow paced editing is what I liked about it, sometimes it was just too slow for even my tastes.

Meh. I still liked it on the whole scale. 3.75/5.00 ,n

Thanks for pointing that out the timing issues I really need to work on it, thanks again for the opinion.

sweetdeily wrote:*sigh* intersting choice but the song got heavy and the action didn't, I liked your sync however, but really needed to use less white flashes ^__^

I was running out of scenes to use so I prioritized which parts would have been more impactful with the lyrics. Hope I didn't blind you with the white flashes. >.<
Thanks for the opinion though.

YouTube · Post by **Rider4Z** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:57 pm

downloaded the mp4. looks much better

YouTube · Post by **Rider4Z** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:25 am

hey ryv, i modified the opinion i left you.