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We were here

Post by siny » Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:08 pm

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[warning spoilers]



The story of this anime is just so powerfull, it can make you laugh or cry (more tears than smiles).
Doing this video wasn't easy at all. Because it's really emotional and sometimes painful to rewatch some of the scenes.
The song choice was really hard. The truth is if they were on their own, far away from everyone else, they would be happy for sure. But sometimes you can't "just forget the world"...

I hope you like it and all comments are welcome :wink:
I really hope to work with this anime, specially if a second season comes up after the manga ends (an happy ending pleaseeee)
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Re: We were here

Post by Animated » Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:38 pm

Yeah, quite good atmosphere (even though you... tried to ruin it with all of these white flashes).Not better than Zetzu's "Our Farewell", but still quite good. And kudos for your song choice :D

Hey, isn't that "Our Farewell"s poster??
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Re: We were here

Post by Laerium » Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:24 pm

Wowoooh, Portuguese pal <3 -waves-
Anyway, pretty much what Animated said about the flashes; Also some cuts were too harsh and one glitch or two were noticeable. Hmm. I think the idea was good, all that train scene + chasing cars song, but this is like one of my top favorite songs C: So my standarts were kinda high, I thought some scenes could be better and some parts more emotional, IMO.
I liked it, just didn't give me the feeling that it was probably supposed to, so I couldn't get into it. And buh uhhhhh, song cut :down: ! ;___;
Still gewd job <3
I will want to see moar miss ;o I'll keep an eye on you |-8 -stalks-
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Re: We were here

Post by Magnus » Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:18 pm

Animated wrote:Hey, isn't that "Our Farewell"s poster??
Not quiet.
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Anyway, going to watch it now.
Bokura ga ita <3
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Alright, so you got the mood down pretty nicely.
But. The editing kind of dragged this down a lot. Your cuts were really weirdly placed, and the blue/gray color-tone didn't really
fit to well with the overall video in my eyes.
The white flashes that Animated mentioned did in fact throw off the smoothness of the video.
So yeah, the mood was there, but that was pretty much all in my book.

Nice effort though, a nice watch since Bokura ga ita is such an amazing show! :up:
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Re: We were here

Post by siny » Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:09 pm

@Animated, so you think it shouldn't have an atmosphere of flashback? Cause my intention was really to have those flashbacks on the last seconds they "have together" (more like see each other).
And thank you for mentioning another amv from the anime, I really have to watch it! :P

@Laerium, eheh hello :D I stalking you for some time lol, from youtube and I also have you on my msn, I'll say hi when I see you one of these days. Totally understand when you say your standarts were high, that happens to me a lot when I love the song so much! And sorry about not doing it with the full song, I started that way, but then I realized I wouldn't get what I wanted with the full song. And the reason I picked the last part of the song is really because it fits on what I wanted to do. I kinda wanted to give a feeling of "rush". I mean they say goodbye and then he says those kinda of stuff (give me a break Yano... that's heart breaking) and I dunno what happened with the rest of the people who watched this scene, but my heart was really in a rush while she's running with the train. So I didn't want to do a video with them remembering how they were, I wanted to do a video that could show that rush, that's the main reason for the flashbacks that follow them. :cry:

@ZetZu, I started with a simple black and white without that glow and blur effect around it, but then again it didn't seem like a memory. The blue choice in the end was because of the winter and sad mood. And I so agree with you - Bokura Ga Ita is really an amazing show. I watched the anime series in just one day and now I can't wait for the next manga chapter. Really hope they do a second season! :)

Thank you so much for the feedback! It really helps a lot! There's a part at the beginning that I'm not too sure either so you're opinions really count a lot to me. And I will for sure try to come up with a "solution" to those flashbacks. I'm kinda frustrated with that thought about the "flashbacks", but that's probably cause I worked on the video for some days and sometimes you need a break of it to see the all picture with another eyes. Maybe it's because it got too emotional to me, I dunno.

Still I really appreciate your time to watch the video and to write here your opinions! :wink:

EDIT: Loved your video ZetZu, I actually already knew it. And now I understand Animated's comment. The atmosphere I was looking for was a different one. I just wanted to focus that particular moment when they say goodbye and the moments that come to their minds on those last few seconds. And in the end to remind that no matter what happens in the future their story was true and it did happened.
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Re: We were here

Post by Gaurry » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:33 am

too many strange-synchronised flashes. but nice m/v.
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Re: We were here

Post by Kukinos » Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:42 pm

Very nice atmosphere, but that flashes :(

I still like it ^^ :up: 5/5
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Re: We were here

Post by Cross/fade » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:21 am

Everyone complains about those flashes but I can tell why though. Also, like ZetZu mentioned sometimes the cuts are in weird places or at least they feel a bit sudden.

But I still liked it. Mood and the overall feeling is very well portrayed. Viewers can just sit back and enjoy.

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Re: We were here

Post by siny » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:44 pm

Thank you all for the feedback, believe me that sure helped a lot :D
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Re: We were here

Post by Eion » Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:34 am

Everyone already said what i wanted to write so no need to write it down again

I really enjoyed that and i really liked the mood in this video :up:
Nice stuff, I will be expecting more ;)

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