Modes of expression in AMVs

Greggus1 · Post by **Greggus1** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:57 pm

Bote wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:yea, general AMV is for mindless bickering and bringing up the same issues over and over again not coming up with thought-provoking conversation.
I'm trying to save him the time and energy. I didn't mean to sound like a cynic.

But yeah, thanks to people like you it is. Way to go "philosopher".

Red FUCKING herring.

CodeZTM · Post by **CodeZTM** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:11 pm

I would also like to say that the weather in animemusicvideos have a lot to do with the mode of expression. Rainy scenes seems to have one motive, while sunny scenes have another. Actually, the environment itself seems to have a profound impact on the mood. We look at the post-apocolypic environment and get a general idea of what the AMV is going to be about. Then again, the music overall will reinforce these themes.

I digress.

Bote · Post by **Bote** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:42 pm

Greggus1 wrote:
Bote wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:yea, general AMV is for mindless bickering and bringing up the same issues over and over again not coming up with thought-provoking conversation.
I'm trying to save him the time and energy. I didn't mean to sound like a cynic.

But yeah, thanks to people like you it is. Way to go "philosopher".
Red FUCKING herring.

White SCREWING elephant.

OropherZero · Post by **OropherZero** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:11 am

modes of expression.... i've heard this somewhere before, really rings a bell, must be from that electronic art unit i did before :/

GH · Post by GH » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:14 pm

CodeChrono wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:Disney taught me that color matters when setting the mood
x2

My happy videos have a lot of red, pink, yellow.

My sad videos have a lot of purple, blue, grey, black.

To me, color matters a lot.

x3 O:

Serv0 · Post by **Serv0** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:14 pm

MODE OF EXPRESSION: USING COLOR & GEOMETRY

In the film world, many things will contribute the final emotion conveyed by its audience.
But for the cinematographer, it's very important to know the power that a single frame can wield.

The following image is from the movie Citizen Kane. Even though the frame is Black and White, a lot of lighting choices and discipline were made to tell an entire story within a single frame.
Two things to pay attention to:
1) The position of the characters and how their formation causes the audience's eye to look at the child in the distance.
2) The use of deep-focus. Notice that the foreground, the background, and everything in between is in perfect focus. A technique that Citizen Kane is very famous for. This deep-focus achievement is made through extreme lighting choices and balances as well as the perfect balance of lenses used.

CITIZEN KANE

This image is a snapshot from my latest music video Ikari's Redemption.
Same principles apply.
1) The variation of foreground and background positions were a huge attribute. The entire formation has a geometry of one giant triangle. The Gman being the center tip in the foreground, with a candle acting as a side in middle ground, and Shinji acting as the far tip in the background.
2) Focus wasn't a big thing to experiment hear because of the nature of the frame. However lighting is a huge deal, because of my attempts to both set a mood and draw the audience's attention.
Now for the color part. I have to agree with the majority of people that color does set a tone and mood.
However, I don't believe that each color is limited to that specific mood alone.
For example yellow is often associated with happiness and life. But in the presented snapshot, yellow is highly present, but the mood is certainly not happy or lively.
Here's the color palette for the snapshot.
COLOR PALETTE
With manipulation of lighting, formation, camera position, and focus, a filmmaker can manipulate the mood of any color. Or vice-versa.
Here's the screenshot.
REDEMPTION SNAPSHOT