Instrumental Anime Project

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 12:22 pm

rose4emily wrote:which reminds me - video intros. i know that the inspiration of this concept was Fantasia, and it makes sense to me to do the same type of thing with this. i have figured out how to do masks to simulate showing clips on a television on the screen, and know how to do audio edits for narration, and was wondring if anyone liked the idea of putting a little narrative before each clip with a title pane on the "tv" screen before zooming in to show the actual video.

Sounds nice. If the creator can't fill in, I'm sure somebody else will.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 5:58 pm

Well, once we're done, I could try and do something like that - I'm not sure how to do it yet, but I'm certain it'll probably be easiest for someone with premiere or another similarly fancy program to do that.

Oh, just a quick request - rose4emily - set the permission on the orchestra version of Kashmir so I can download it!

Otherwise, I've watched Spriggan and will try to start trying things with it soon. It definitely looks good for the project so far.

rose4emily · Post by **rose4emily** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:53 pm

oops - yeah, i forgot about permissions on that one, will get right on it.

i can actually do the "tv masking" bit with my editor (as i've said before, it and i are both weak in some areas, very strong in others). for the actual title panes i'd suggest still images so the actual action of the video won't happen until it has the whole screen. i can import stills and adjust the length of those on the timeline pretty easily.

i'll do the narration myself, if no one else is terribly excited by the prospect. i have a mic and audio editing equipment and so forth, so i'm set up to handle that pretty easily. i will need, however, a script from each creator with what they want to have said about their video. just think of it like what you all write in the video entry in this site's database, but leave out the the technical aspects and con entries and other stuff that would sound kinda silly spoken aloud.

then again, if there's someone out there that knows more than the 100-something word "hai, domo, demo, baka, nani..." japanese vocab we've all probably picked up, who'd like to narrate in japanese, that could be kinda fun (because, after all, what anime viewer wouldn't rather read subs than listen to an english voice track by a second-rate american seiyuu).

yes, thank you, but, stupid, what? sounds like a line from a conversation between me and my sister.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:09 pm

Sounds like some interesting ideas. The voice bit is reasonable - well, unless someone suddenly finds a good actor or something, anyone will do really. And while I know the proper pronounciation of Japanese and do have a more-than-100-word vocabulary... I'm no good at translation.

The rest sounds reasonable.

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Now, I have the footage ready to go for Spriggan. The orchestral version is very nice, true, but I think I'll stick with the Zeppelin one, for two reasons: 1) I prefer to have the entire piece, while keeping it concise, and the Zep version is almost 3 min shorter 2) The more solid rock-type beat in that version works better for synching action to.

So, I think I'll start editing shortly. I'll try to get a bit done over the weekend and will upload some WIP as soon as there's something to show. It doesn't look like I can pull off something wildly original or re-interpreting with the vid's 'storyline' (no real Wasteland here), so at the present time, the outline of the vid looks like a basic 'The-Story-Of-Spriggan-In-5-Minutes' vid, if with a bit more focus on the scenery.

Anyways, less talking, more editing for me

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:26 pm

tv video intro: i like the idea, but it might be odd using a still of my piano keys section. but i'm sure we'll think of something.

audio narration: i have a pretty awful voice, but i'm willing to try. :p my microphone is something attached to a 50 dollar webcam, so it's not the greatest quality, but i have a friend with a real microphone, but i won't see him over summer, so i could get a better recording before or after summer if it takes that long.

otohiko: huge thanks for the op.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:42 pm

Heh, no problem, it's too bad I couldn't be more critical and actually look for things to work on

On my front - I'm going places with this Spriggan video here! Well, at least I think so... I'll definitely have a WIP file up there tonight, and I'm definitely gonna need feedback, both on what to change and what to add. I'm doing it the same way I worked with the sections of 'The Wasteland' - doing a basic A/B track layout for the whole thing, at a really fast pace, then looking for things to fine-tune, and thinking about possible effects, filters and overlays to use (like in sections 1 and 3 of Wasteland), or whether to use them at all (like in section 2).

So I'll really appreciate some constructive criticism and suggestions when it's up. I'll let you know as soon as it's uploaded.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 3:08 pm

Alrighty, my 'Ararat' WIP file is going up as we speak!

Tell me what you think, when you can - need suggestions on where to go from here.

And oh - don't pay attention to the slightly-subpar video quality for a DVD rip. It was a lazy export, but it should work well for WIP purposes.

Bote · Post by **Bote** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:00 pm

Would Bethoven's Symphony 9 be considered as instrumental? I mean if I use the non-vocal parts only.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:04 pm

yea, it should be; and generally, unless there's clear, dominant lyrics, there's no problem. I mean, my 'Wasteland' has a few words here and there, but it's nowhere close to being anything besides instrumental

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:21 pm

in the recordings of beethoven's 9th that i've heard, the choral parts were decorative rather than dominant. plus, it's not in english so people don't pay attention to lyrics. i don't think there would be a problem using recordings with choral parts.

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