Phobia

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:48 pm

Wow, amazing video. I liked everything about it.

Unlimited Rice · Post by **Unlimited Rice** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:01 pm

Hey, this is really cool. Kinda got tired of the shaking halfway, but otherwise, good stuff!

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:24 pm

Thanks for all the replies, guys. To the following:

Megamom wrote: Edit: That was amazing ... I leave you in the mood for more ... This was great ... I anotare in my diary ^ ^

5/5

ArahinomeAMV wrote: Fuckin' solid video there. I really dug that, gonna have to finally check out paranoia agent I suppose =p

5/5

NerdStrudel wrote: Already knew I liked the song, and have wanted to see Paranoia agent all the way through for quite a while, and damn this was good... I'm keepin' dis.

Pwolf wrote:Good times, nice job.

Code wrote:You did an awesome job, and should be very proud of this.

darkmedium wrote:I liked it 5/5

JumpOffaCliff wrote:One of your better videos imo.

Well, at least one of my favorites by you

AtomX wrote:Great job Ben. Turned out wonderfully

Vax wrote:Wow that was really good. I loved the camera movements and blurs. Keep up the good job =D

meleechampion wrote:I loved it. Not from an editing standpoint, but I think you rocked the mood. HARD.

5/5 and my "wow, I should give Blue October a second chance to make up for that radio song they had a while back" award.

neorose wrote:loved the vid 5/5

Zarxrax wrote:Wow, amazing video. I liked everything about it.

Unlimited Rice wrote:Hey, this is really cool. Kinda got tired of the shaking halfway, but otherwise, good stuff!

Thanks guys! I appreciate the feedback, and the time you took to download and watch the video. I'm really glad you all liked it!

Zero link wrote: edit: Me likes. The camera movement + blur was what got me into the amv, cept some of it didn't look right to me. Some of the zooms seem abit abrupt and there were times I felt like the camera was "too loose". I do like how you added the blur to make it seem as if the camera was trying to focus in/out, nice touch. 1:11 - 1:19 kinda killed it for me but you quickly picked it up. Overall, I like the editing and the phobia feeling you were going for. 4/5 + going in my amv folder. ^_^

I agree on some of the zooms being abrupt and/or not quite right, and I see what you mean with the camera being "too loose". I was actually worried that maybe I was being too generous throughout the video with the camera shake, so it doesn't surprise me that you weren't feeling it all the time. Still, thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

jade_eyed_angel wrote:hmm interesting. it's not really my type of preferred video but it was well edited. i'm not sure i was crazy about the lip sync but it was an interesting touch ^^

Yeah you're all upbeat and happy and shit

The lip sync is actually one of my favorite parts about the video, so we'll have to agree to disagree there >_> But thanks for downloading and telling me what you think!

Dr. AaronAMV wrote: Nice!

It makes me want to watch Paranoia Agent even though SOMEONE said it sucked... -_- I suppose I should watch, huh?

Thanks! And yes, you should definitely watch Paranoia Agent...it's quite a trip.

Eva-Fan wrote:meh, i dunno. If you were going for horror then I think your d!gital me was a hell of a lot better then this one was. Don't get me wrong this one has its own perks but bleh...

Good editing, sync, flow, and fx wise. 8/10

I should clarify here; I use the term "horror" to describe this video very loosely, because you're right, it's not exactly scary or anything. It's more dark and (hopefully) a little unsettling, but I can fully understand you not thinking it fits into the horror genre very well, or at all. I was kinda torn on labeling it as such, but I think it does retain some elements of the genre, so...whatever

Eva-Fan wrote:I think the problem was the song... It's a good song and some of the lyrics fit what you did well but about 1/4 the way through it... All the lyrics are being taken out of context according to the video. With a concept like this the lyrics are a powerful part of the video so I couldn't get into it.

Still... Pretty creative piece of work you got here. Would of benefited from a better song choice. It might of even been better without words as a pure instrumental.

When it comes to the lyrics, I'll be perfectly honest: I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to them. So, again, I can see where you're not totally getting into it - I was going for matching the mood more than anything, and if you pay a lot of attention to the lyrics, the video may not make a whole lot of sense. So...maybe that was a mistake on my part, but I just think the song's so atmospheric, and I wanted to convey that.

Either way, thanks for all the feedback (and for the QC on d!gital me >_>).

Radical_Yue wrote:Now make something with magical girls and transformation sequences.

Mmm...no.

Phantasmagoriat wrote:I still don't think I truly understand everything that happened in Paranoia Agent, but I guess that doesn't matter. Video got the mood right for me.

That's ok. I didn't really understand it either

Thanks for watching!

Kevmasterflashdeluxe wrote:One of my favourite Blue October songs, but I didn't like the video one bit. The way you synched the song annoyed me.

2/5

Oh well. To each his own, I suppose. Thanks for watching anyway!

Douggie wrote:It seems like you're inspired by that part of the movie Magnolia?

Uh...no. I don't really watch movies

Thanks again everybody!

Fizziks · Post by **Fizziks** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:13 pm

Great video!

You got the mood down nicely, and the effects you used (specifically the shaky cam) worked really well.

NightHawk · Post by **NightHawk** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:37 pm

Finally got around to watching it, heh, sorry.

I liked it for the most part. Editing and mood was down pat. Good vid.

4.75/5

I didn't really like the song though, but that doesn't matter.

Also, just a little thing: Scene bleed at 2:46. lol

aYoTech · Post by **aYoTech** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:03 pm

wow, that was insane.

I loved it...all the way through...makes me wanna check out Paranoia Agent haha. great work

5/5.

Goketsu · Post by **Goketsu** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:16 pm

Zarxrax wrote:Wow, amazing video. I liked everything about it.

x2
5/5 from me *Puts in Favorite Amv's Folder*

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:32 pm

NightHawk wrote:Also, just a little thing: Scene bleed at 2:46. lol

Err...opening this in VDub and scrubbing through it frame-by-frame around 2:46, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Bakadeshi · Post by **Bakadeshi** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:35 pm

oh I almost over-looked this. /downloads

NightHawk · Post by **NightHawk** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:04 am

CrackTheSky wrote:
NightHawk wrote:Also, just a little thing: Scene bleed at 2:46. lol
Err...opening this in VDub and scrubbing through it frame-by-frame around 2:46, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Hm, I took a look again. As it's fading to black from the guy's face there's a quick flash on a woman's face for about 2 frames before the scene with the girl lying in bed.

I'm doing frame by frame on KMPlayer.