Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dreaming!

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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by Radical_Yue » Sun Jun 17, 2012 1:23 pm

I reeeeaaaally, like this video.

The general layout, scene selection, and concept are pure sex. I don't like a lot of Paprika videos because they're all "oh, you have to see the movie to understand it" but with this, as soon as you hear the general concept it just clicks. The the ohshi- moment at the end was wicked. Look at all that crap he had to go through, but wait, he's finally awake and out of the dre-O: O: O: STATIC.


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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by Hagaren Viper » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:12 am

I couldn't really get into this one...the song is just SO peppy and bright and happy while the footage is mostly dark and people getting shot and committing suicide. I can see the theme you had going, but the two just didn't work well together in my opinion.

On the plus side, ooh-ooh-ooh :up:

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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by Pwolf » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:43 am

Tearx wrote::O!!
a non-drama video from pwolf? :O

ME LIKEE. Editing fit really well for the overall moodzz :up:
I was gonna say that the last few videos I made weren't drama but I'd be lying >.> Thanks.
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I enjoyed it alot, despite not even seeing the movie. :up:
I wasn't feeling straight cuts so I decided to try something new. The movie isn't all that great. The animation is beautiful but the story is confusing as hell. I've seen it maybe 4 times now and I can't completely understand what the fuck is happening.
Cenit wrote:The song has some rough cuts in it but maybe thats from the original version. The scene selection seems for the most parts unenthusiastic. However the editing and the song/anime combination work great. Actually i really like this one. So in general good job!
Glad you liked it.
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Taite wrote:I love how clean this is, nice and simple
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really good stuff :up:
Thank you as well.
Radical_Yue wrote:...are pure sex.
I wouldn't go that far but thanks anyway :P
Hagaren Viper wrote:I couldn't really get into this one...the song is just SO peppy and bright and happy while the footage is mostly dark and people getting shot and committing suicide. I can see the theme you had going, but the two just didn't work well together in my opinion.

On the plus side, ooh-ooh-ooh :up:
It happens but, the video aside, perhaps you could explain why you think the song is bright and happy. The tempo and sound of it is to a degree but it's not a happy song at all. My interpretation of the song is that it's about fear and anxiety. That feeling you get while you're having a nightmare and you can't get away. Everything feels slow. You can't run, you can't fight back: "Like punching in a dream, breathing life into the nightmare."

Anyway, appreciate the comment none-the-less :P

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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by Hagaren Viper » Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:18 am

Pwolf wrote: It happens but, the video aside, perhaps you could explain why you think the song is bright and happy. The tempo and sound of it is to a degree but it's not a happy song at all. My interpretation of the song is that it's about fear and anxiety. That feeling you get while you're having a nightmare and you can't get away. Everything feels slow. You can't run, you can't fight back: "Like punching in a dream, breathing life into the nightmare."

Anyway, appreciate the comment none-the-less :P
I actually didn't mean the lyrics at all - they fit perfectly, really - but it was indeed the tempo and the sound that threw me off. I guess I can't go much further than saying that the two just didn't click with me :sweat:

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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by Kevmaster » Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:52 am

Hagaren Viper wrote:
Pwolf wrote: It happens but, the video aside, perhaps you could explain why you think the song is bright and happy. The tempo and sound of it is to a degree but it's not a happy song at all. My interpretation of the song is that it's about fear and anxiety. That feeling you get while you're having a nightmare and you can't get away. Everything feels slow. You can't run, you can't fight back: "Like punching in a dream, breathing life into the nightmare."

Anyway, appreciate the comment none-the-less :P
I actually didn't mean the lyrics at all - they fit perfectly, really - but it was indeed the tempo and the sound that threw me off. I guess I can't go much further than saying that the two just didn't click with me :sweat:
I personally think that contrast was what made it work so well. It underlined the contrast between sound of the music and what it actually is about.

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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by Pwolf » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:34 pm

Hagaren Viper wrote:
Pwolf wrote: It happens but, the video aside, perhaps you could explain why you think the song is bright and happy. The tempo and sound of it is to a degree but it's not a happy song at all. My interpretation of the song is that it's about fear and anxiety. That feeling you get while you're having a nightmare and you can't get away. Everything feels slow. You can't run, you can't fight back: "Like punching in a dream, breathing life into the nightmare."

Anyway, appreciate the comment none-the-less :P
I actually didn't mean the lyrics at all - they fit perfectly, really - but it was indeed the tempo and the sound that threw me off. I guess I can't go much further than saying that the two just didn't click with me :sweat:
Ah ok, fair enough :P

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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by AimoAio » Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:41 pm

I'd actually been wanting to edit with this song ever since I first heard it but never found anything to fit so I'm glad you did justice to the song and made this. :up: Good clear idea and I like the clean editing, the slide blurs also worked pretty nicely, well except for the really fast ones near the end where I would have preferred something different but then that's just my personal preference I guess since nobody else has mentioned it. XD Still pretty nice overall, good job. This made the movie look very interesting...(which I haven't watched but probably should >__>)
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I hope you used Young Blood :awesome: cause that and Punching In A Dream are my favourites from them. <3

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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by Pwolf » Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:00 am

Thanks :P

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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by EkaCoralian » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:56 pm

Wonderful job! Completely adored this!
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Re: Early Bird Special! You're Awake But You're Still Dream

Post by Phantasmagoriat » Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:09 am

I've got to agree that this combination is interesting with certain happy overtones (mainly the beat) but fearsome subject matter. It's like you can feel that anxiety without having to hear sounds to invoke those feelings; which means the viewer actually has to examine what's going on in order to get the video; as opposed to hearing happy overtones and thinking it's a happy video. A lot of the imagery achieves that same contrast too.

So yeah, good stuff sir :up:
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