Matcing the music to the animation

tigerhobs · Post by **tigerhobs** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:06 pm

Just curious, how important is it to match the animation style with the music. In my day i've seen a lot of good FLCL rock videos even though it's only 6 eps b/c the animation matches the style. Good Bebop ones tend to be humorous or melancholy because those are the overriding themes of the series, just as Eva ones tend to be funny or action packed (or fanservice). If you want a great example of what I mean, watch Pearl Jam's "Do the Evolution" music video, the animation style matches the music the best I have ever seen. Any comments?

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:35 pm

matching the music style to the animation isn't necessary. you can be original and take an anime in a completely different direction. example: vicbond007's requiem for excel. i'm sure there are lots of other good ones that have nontraditional anime-music pairings out there too.

however, matching the music style to the animation is a safe choice to get more hits if you dont have the popularity of vicbond and the like.

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 5:31 am

I usually pick a song before i have a source in mind for it. The music will be completely used after all, while the source footage is going to be only a percent. With that in mind it's the images of the show that matter. True there are overall theams to many shows and thats what people play off of. But there are those 30 odd scenes in the insane action filled that are dramatic.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:28 am

This used to be the way videos were done, but basically now you whip up a shitload of effects in AfterEffects and just throw in whatever random frames of anime you have lying around. It's the wave of the future! 8)

Kidding - you can make videos that use anime clips timed to the music, but it will get you labeled a plebe n00b, and you'll never get respect. So. The choice is yours.

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:00 am

Effects are a recent development in AMVs like anything else when it's first introduced there's those that will abuse it. After a while Things will even out again. After effects is just a tool after all.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:54 pm

Yyyyyyyyyeaaah, you can keep thinking that.

Anyway, I just felt like being a smartass this morning; pay me no mind.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:40 pm

SarahtheBoring wrote:Yyyyyyyyyeaaah, you can keep thinking that.

Anyway, I just felt like being a smartass this morning; pay me no mind.

This morning?

Well, maybe I'll just slop a bunch of shit I did in After Effects together just to show you how badly awry it can go

Oh wait, that's what I did for my NES track

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:01 pm

Rozard wrote:
SarahtheBoring wrote:Yyyyyyyyyeaaah, you can keep thinking that.

Anyway, I just felt like being a smartass this morning; pay me no mind.
This morning?

Yeah, my time zone is different from the board's, or...something. See, I'm a sad, pathetic geek and surf the net while the iron heats up in the morning. I believe that was one of my AM posts.

/way-off-topic