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Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by Kazemon15 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:50 am

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I did all I could to clean up the quality as best as I can, so I hope that won't be a problem. I spent about 4 months on this, so I'm happy to finally release this. On to the description~

After finishing my first Katekyo Hitman Reborn! AMV focusing on the story, drama of the series and action, I decided to do something a little different. I wanted to show that the series was not just all comedy and not just all action, but a little inbetween with the friendship of three main friends.

I wanted to give each their own little viewpoint of how they met, what they were before they met and what they are now that they're together. All the times when the other feels sad, depressed, lonely or just not having a good day, the other is there always to cheer them up. I also wanted to show how they're willing to fight for these moments they all share together in order to have these moments again in the future.

This AMV was a little frustrating due to having over 178 episodes to work with and a limited amount of time to finish before Anime Expo deadline as well as school getting in the way as well, but I am happy with the overall result and feel I really showed some of their sad, happy, comedic or just worthwhile moments from the series.

When I first heard Sum 41's "With Me", I instantly thought of these friends. I wanted to prove that the song "With Me" can be interpreted not just as a romantic song (like every single AMV I've seen interpreted it that way) and show that it can be interpreted as a very strong bond between not just lovers, but friends and/or family members.

I'd like to thank Chosenexiled, Hagaren Viper and Onyxdragon for helping me alot.

I hope you also enjoy and also hope when you watch this, you'll get the feeling of sentiment and want to go hang out with your friends. XD

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Re: Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by LittleAtari » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:20 am

:up:

I'm glad to see this done. The scene selection was strong. Only feedback I can offer editing wise is try experimenting with hardcuts a little. Almost every cut was a crossfade. It got visually overwhelming and sometimes disrupted the flow of your clips. There were some sections where i thought to myself 'o that was nice.' One in particular was how you went back and forth between the fight with the black haired guy and his memories.

Also the middle section threw me off a little. I liked that you switched to the memories and I do like the scene selection in that segment, but I was confused when I saw it come up because there was nothing that transitioned it into that part. I didnt realize that it was memories of them having good times together until after a little while. You could have assisted this transition by messing with the coloring of those scenes at the beginning to show that it was supposed to be something different or found a way to use the editing to show that.

Overall, I like that i saw little snippets in here that were different than your other videos and it's generally well edited :up:

PS Sorry I wasnt around to beta test. I kept getting busy everytime you sent me a beta :(

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Re: Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by Kazemon15 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:25 am

No problem. Thanks for checking it out. glad you enjoyed it. =3

Yeah, I could have messed around a little, but I wanted to keep the editing very simple... I guess it's just how I like to edit. =3 I wanted to use most of the hardcuts during the chorus scenes but I kept switching from beats to lyrics, so I found myself a little confused and just edited to how I felt flowed well to me.

Thanks for the input. I'm gonna definitely try some effects for my other upcoming videos. ^_^

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Re: Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by Kireblue » Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:02 am

I really like the mood of this AMV. :up: Also, I agree with LittleAtari about you experimenting with hard cuts, but for the most part, this AMV was pretty good.

I give it a 3.8 / 5

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Re: Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by Kazemon15 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:16 am

Thanks.

I was worried a friendship vid wouldnt be well received here, especially with a semi unheard of anime. XD

Glad you like it, thanks for the input! =3

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Re: Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by EvaFan » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:05 pm

Really enjoyed this, I'm a sucker for this song though regardless (my fav from em) but I think I just genuinely enjoyed this. Overall nice scene placement and jabs at the gut durring the intense drama parts. I agree with atari about the fades. You like using fades apparently, just remember sometimes a hardcut can work just as well if not better. If you find yourself fading alot then try just mixing it up a bit, black to white or some blurs or something. Not everything has to fade to be smooth and sometimes it can have an adverse effect when it comes to shapes and sizes or how fast the motion is between the clips. The atmosphere you set through-out the vid was pretty powerful, dramatic action AMV's aren't a dieing breed anymore 8-) .

Anyway really enjoyed it, Arczi's is still tops (atleast for me on the emotional scale) but this one came pretty close.

4/5
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Re: Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by Haeresis » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:27 pm

I really liked this AMV.

My opinions about the AMV have already been summed up well by what everybody else has said. Good job with the scene placement and the atmosphere :up:.

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Re: Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by Kazemon15 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:14 pm

EvaFan wrote:Really enjoyed this, I'm a sucker for this song though regardless (my fav from em) but I think I just genuinely enjoyed this. Overall nice scene placement and jabs at the gut durring the intense drama parts. I agree with atari about the fades. You like using fades apparently, just remember sometimes a hardcut can work just as well if not better. If you find yourself fading alot then try just mixing it up a bit, black to white or some blurs or something. Not everything has to fade to be smooth and sometimes it can have an adverse effect when it comes to shapes and sizes or how fast the motion is between the clips. The atmosphere you set through-out the vid was pretty powerful, dramatic action AMV's aren't a dieing breed anymore 8-) .

Anyway really enjoyed it, Arczi's is still tops (atleast for me on the emotional scale) but this one came pretty close.

4/5
Thanks. XD Glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah this song was both slow and fast paced, so I found myself slightly confused to where a hardcut would fix nicely...and I ended up just crossfading most of it out of habit. XD My next amvs, I'll try to practice more on the hardcuts. =3 Thanks for your input and comments.

I'm really glad you were able to feel the drama and overall feeling. I was worried that I was unable to get the point across. =3


Haeresis wrote:I really liked this AMV.

My opinions about the AMV have already been summed up well by what everybody else has said. Good job with the scene placement and the atmosphere :up:.

Thanks alot. Glad you enjoyed. ^_^

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Re: Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by Hagaren Viper » Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:50 pm

You know, it's nice watching the finished version since the auality of your betas was kinda meh, haha.

It seems like every AMV you make becomes my new favorite vid of yours, as thats exactly what this is [For now?]. The simple idea of their friendship in this vid works really well, and is backed nicely by the fights. It's also nice to see a somewhat light hearted video from you...I mean, sure, it's defiantly a drama vid, but it's not emo Tsubasa drama!

I can't say much more, as I've been going over this vid with you for so long, that Im pretty sure you have the idea now, haha. :sweat:

5/5 from me~

Sig sometime soon, really OTL

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Re: Without You (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Post by pink haze » Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:11 pm

Your videos and what you've told me about this anime make it look really good...but then I go read about it online and it seems...uh...different.

You know I <3 the vid.

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