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American Idiot MEP (Interest Gauge)

Post by lynit » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:47 pm

Ok, had this idea few days back. Asked a few people what they thought of the idea, explained a few things, then thought it over before posting this :up:

Anyways, the idea: American Idiot MEP
For one, while MEPs have been done to certain bands in the past, there haven't been many done to an album. Also, American Idiot is a rock opera. For those who don't know, the term is used to a lyrical story described in the songs itself (Songs relating to each other). American Idiot itself describes the life and times of Jesus of Suburbia (For more info, you can check out Wikipedia's entry for American Idiot, all the tracks are described in further detail)

I think this idea could work. It'd be awesome to see a couple of editors or so do their adaptations or interprations of the character, and his exploits. It'd be cool to see a lot of different anime and editing styles combine with the music itself to deliver what I think is a really cool and interesting story.

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For one thing, I think there definitely will be more than one editor per song, maybe one if they can handle it. A lot of the songs transition into each other quite nicely, a few exceptions here and there. The album length is 57:13, with the majority of the songs being over 3 minutes (longest single movement song is probably Wake Me Up When September Ends, at 4:45).

For the multi-movement songs, Jesus of Suburbia and Homecoming, I think it could be done with an editor taking each part, each being around a minute long. Plus, considering the parts themselves transition flawlessly into the next, it could almost be described as a mini-MEP. Editing-wise, I don't think there is much of a specific criteria (Unless you're planning to do dance-style editing, in which case is no). You could almost say the same for whatever you're planning to edit with.

Anyways, it'd be great to hear your thoughts on this so I can hopefully add any more useful details, or improve it. I see potential in this, and I'd like to know what you guys think about it first :D
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Post by Greggus1 » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:12 pm

You use the entire album, and this will turn out WAY too long.

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Post by Moonie » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:30 pm

The 57:13 length wouldn't really be bad if the tracks are done really good.
I knonw of multiple good projects that are around that lenght

It does sound like an interesting ideal
It would be tought for you to do though since it sounds like it will need alot of people to participate.
That part where each editor takes a section of the song is just like the way the tracks are in my rainbow cotton MEP.

Good luck with it if you do it.
Multi segment track MEPs are cool but they are tough to pull off sometimes ^_^
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Post by devilmaykickass » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:37 pm

The ENTIRE songs, rather than just a portion? Ehhhhh....

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Post by souretsu » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:25 pm

This sounds kind interesting

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Post by NS » Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:20 pm

I like the two 7 minute or so songs on there.. plus whatsername, and.. uhh. Lonely road, or whatever it's called.. but other then that, the Album is very mehish IMO...idk if I'm interested.. possibly.

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Post by dreamawake » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:09 am

I'm interested If I can have Boulevard of Broken Dreams

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Post by CodeZTM » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:10 pm

I would be interested, but only if my life at the moment ever turns back to normal. (my work hours are ridiculous right now, and my school work is piling up nicely!)

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Post by Kevmaster » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:41 pm

devilmaykickass wrote:The ENTIRE songs, rather than just a portion? Ehhhhh....
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I think it would just dragg on, if you are gonna use the Full songs.. why should one join, everyone could just release full vids to that song they'd use then. Doesn't make much sense to me...


I like the idea of an American idiot mep, but using the full songs instead of a mix..ehh... just doesn't appeal to me :/

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Post by dbz0gohan0dbz » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:08 pm

yeh, mix some/all of their songs with smooth transitions, would be better i think...
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