Undead Obsessions

[drewaconclusion]

Originally I wasn't planning for this to be a Halloween release, but since I finished it so close to Halloween; I figured why not?






EDIT: Just a head's up, the video's rather long (6:32 to be exact).

If anyone's interested in a 1080p version, I have one posted here. Since I don't have any personal webspace at the moment, I've just got it uploaded on sendspace.

[Shin-AMV]

Woot! Shiki! Not a fan of Queens of the Stoneage that much, but still a Nice Vid

[AimoAio]

YES. A SHIKI AMV. I highly approve.

The editing was pretty simple for the most part but it worked effectively and your story/concept was easy to understand. I do wish you had used something different for the faster beats in the song when it really picks up around 5:20 onwards. The jump cuts were getting a little repetitive and boring by that time.

Edit: My bad, I had the wrong settings on my media player. XD There's no aliasing so don't worry.

Otherwise it was pretty good. And that poster is so creepy. D:

[drewaconclusion]

Woot! Shiki! Not a fan of Queens of the Stoneage that much, but still a Nice Vid

Thanks

YES. A SHIKI AMV. I highly approve.

Ever since I noticed the Kyrie announcement thread I was curious if you were going to comment on this when I posted it.

The editing was pretty simple for the most part but it worked effectively and your story/concept was easy to understand.

Well, I think my editing style is pretty simplistic for the most part anyhow.

I do wish you had used something different for the faster beats in the song when it really picks up around 5:20 onwards. The jump cuts were getting a little repetitive and boring by that time.

I don't necessarily agree, but I suppose that is fair to say of it.

Oh and I'm not sure what it's really called but you seem to have something that looks like anti-aliasing in your 720p version.

Well, I watched a few times before posting it and I just watched it again now and I still don't see any artifacts. Maybe I'm just blind? Did anyone else who watched it notice anything like that?

And that poster is so creepy. D:

I'm glad you said that. I'm sooo happy with how that poster came out. So much better than I intended it to.

[UpcomingDread]

Great

I really liked the skipping with the drums; I should really watch this anime it reminds me of Higurashi

[drewaconclusion]

Great

I really liked the skipping with the drums; I should really watch this anime it reminds me of Higurashi

Glad you liked it. I haven't seen Higurashi; I suppose maybe I should look into it.


On a different note, I've posted a 1080p version of the video (link is in 1st post).

[AimoAio]

Ever since I noticed the Kyrie announcement thread I was curious if you were going to comment on this when I posted it.

Well, I watched a few times before posting it and I just watched it again now and I still don't see any artifacts. Maybe I'm just blind? Did anyone else who watched it notice anything like that?

I tend not to miss Shiki videos considering I'm a fan of the anime itself. And don't worry about the aliasing, I had the wrong settings on my media player so once I resetted everything, it plays perfectly.

[drewaconclusion]

Ever since I noticed the Kyrie announcement thread I was curious if you were going to comment on this when I posted it.

Well, I watched a few times before posting it and I just watched it again now and I still don't see any artifacts. Maybe I'm just blind? Did anyone else who watched it notice anything like that?

I tend not to miss Shiki videos considering I'm a fan of the anime itself. And don't worry about the aliasing, I had the wrong settings on my media player so once I resetted everything, it plays perfectly.

Don't worry, I did catch your edit not long after you posted it.

[Emong]

Yay, consistent beat sync! Really, I liked the repeatative pattern you used for the drums. I was also impressed by the consistent storyline that you had here (Natsuno/Megumi) but it looks like you ran out of clips since you suddenly introduced other characters. Maybe you could have prevented this with more careful planning? Or maybe you could have just focused on many characters right from the beginning? I would have picked the latter option.

Anyhow, a good example of the finess of repetation

[drewaconclusion]

I was also impressed by the consistent storyline that you had here (Natsuno/Megumi) but it looks like you ran out of clips since you suddenly introduced other characters. Maybe you could have prevented this with more careful planning?

Actually, the sudden introduction of other characters was intentional. That was planned out from the start of the project.

Here's my reasoning on the sudden introduction of other characters (video/show spoilers):

Spoiler :

I had planned for Natsuno to "die" around the 2/3 mark of the video. My thinking was that after Megumi realizes he isn't coming back from the dead, she kind of loses it (or becomes more unhinged for a lack of a better way to put it). Without Natsuno around to obsess over, she begins to lash out en masse. This brings the vampire problem to a head; riling up the villagers and therefore giving Natsuno several pawns to use to get even with Megumi. The end of the video is just the execution of moving said pawns around. So in the end, to me anyhow, it still really revolved around the dynamic of those two; but in hindsight, I can see how you perceived it the way you did.

Yay, consistent beat sync! Really, I liked the repeatative pattern you used for the drums.

Anyhow, a good example of the finess of repetation

Actually, I'm really glad to hear someone liked the level of repetition I used.