Oh wow, there's no way to edit my previous posts... oh dear.. I was hoping to keep all my ideas in one post... oh well.
Also, you'll notice that I often suggest "Various" type videos. Don't get me wrong, I think AMVs with one anime work as well, it's just that in order for the footage to fit the music's theme/lyrics, it's a lot easier to use a lot of sources than just one. Of course, kudos to those who do awesome one anime AMVs...
Now on to my second idea...I almost thought of making a separate thread for this one.
Song: Disturbed - Land of Confusion
Anime: Various for sure this time!
Theme: Changing the world, fighting for our future
Thoughs on this AMV idea:
I've had this idea in my head for two years, ever since I heard Disturbed's cover of Genesis's Land of Confusion. I felt the music fit very well in the problems we have even today, even though Genesis wrote the song 25 years ago, we still have the same problems with war and corruption and people suffering. I was thinking that this would make the greatest AMV ever if done right. Now let me explain exactly what my ideas are on this one.
First, you'll notice it says "Various for sure" up there. That's because I've seen quite a few of the other Land of Confusion videos out there and most of them fail to impress me. They don't quite catch the essence of this song. I think this video would work best if it has a bunch of anime in it.
If anyone has seen the official Disturbed video by MacFarlane, it shows ordinary citizens fighting against a nazi army, corrupt leaders and a "moneybags" billionare pulling the strings in the background. I kinda want to see an anime video done in the same style.
In anime with villians and heros with powers and stuff, you often have young, ordinary people, often teens and children, fighting against evil and wickedness and hate, all in the name of love, happiness, bouncy boobs, fanservice, and chibis. It's almost as if these young people are fighting for their own future. In a way this embodies the entire theme of the song. So the whole AMV would be about the heros in anime fighting against evil, and almost being beaten, but they keep on fighting (because dammit, no one else will!) to make the world a better place for them and everyone they love. The AMV will also be an inspiration for people to get up and fight for what they believe in, and to go out and make a difference.
Now, before you go out and start doing this, I feel like this idea is my baby, and thus, I don't want to see anyone do this as their first video. I would rather see someone who has a bunch of videos under their belt, and who's videos are highly ranked, to give this a shot, and to spend a lot of time on it, not just a few hours. Even better, I think this video would make a great group project for the people here at AMV to work on, kinda like AMV Hell.
And because this is my baby, here's the lyrics to the song with my ideas on what kind of footage would best fit with them:
I must've dreamed a thousand dreams [ characters dreaming, sleeping]
Been haunted by a million screams [footage of people being tortured, suffering, crying ]
But I can hear the marching of feet
They're moving into the street
[ have footage of soliders marching.. a good source would be the Zaibach soliders from Escaflowne the Movie ]
Now did you read the news today? [ anime character reading a newspaper ]
They say the danger's gone away [ a news reporter on the tv ]
But I can see the fires still alight
Burning into the night
[ fires off in the distance with characters watching, like a city burning, or a village burning, or something like that ]
There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems [ clips of different villians in anime ]
And there's not much love to go around [ people being slapped, hit, abused, beat up (love hina? lol) ]
Can't you see this is a land of confusion? [ mass insanity, riots, chaos ]
This is the world we live in [ footage of a landscape, or a sun rising on a land burnt or scarred ]
And these are the hands we're given [ shots of different anime hands ]
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
[ shots of anime characters looking determined, maybe ]
Oh, superman, where are you now? [ Footage of Goku maybe? LOL! Or someone posing like superman, or something like that ]
When everything's gone wrong somehow [
The men of steel, these men of power [ shots of anime villians who are rich, own businesses, or are government people ]
Are losing control by the hour [ more shots of riots and stuff ]
And this is the time, this is the place [ characters standing on a battlefield maybe ]
So we look for the future [ characters looking forward ]
But there's not much love to go around
Tell me why this is a land of confusion
[ Ok ok, so maybe this part of the song I have no idea what to put ]
Chorus (same as above)
I remember long ago [ FLASHBACK SCENE!!! Some kind of flashback transition and look for this whole part, like make it look faded ]
When the sun was shining [ Sun flare!! A shot of a sunny day, panning up to look at the sun ]
And all the stars were bright
All through the night [ A night sky, shooting stars ]
In the wake of this madness [ smoldering battlefields ]
As I held you tight [ A male and female holding each other in a conforting, protecting way ]
So long ago [ character with a look of rememberance on his face ]
I won't be coming home tonight [ character standing in open door looking like he's about to walk out the door ]
My generation will put it right [ footage of teenage anime heroes, showing the generation that's fighting to put it right ]
We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep
[ Footage maybe of politicans on a pedastal in front of a crowd, making promises as if he's on the election trail, trying to be elected ]
There's too many men, too many people [ Villans again ]
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go around
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?
[ Lots of shots of war, guns, violence, people hitting each other ]
Now, this is the world we live in [ A shot of earth from space, of the sun rising on it and the sunrise line going across the earth ]
And these are the hands we're given [ shots of various hands clenched in fists of determination ]
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for
[ Characters fighting, maybe ]
This is the world we live in [ Another shot of earth ]
And these are the names we're given [ Shots of various anime heroes faces ]
Stand up and let's start showing [ people standing up, putting (10000) fists in the air ]
Just where our lives are going to
[ End video with anime characters fighting against evil and winning ]
Anyway..... like I said, this is just a wild idea, but it's one I've had in my head for 2 years, so I'd love to see it get put to video one of these days.
