Guess What!?

Wheee_It's_Me! · Post by **Wheee_It's_Me!** » Fri May 28, 2004 7:03 am

...I finished it! Yay for me!

Heh, you can download my latest video on my site (in the downloads section, under AMVs):
www.backwater-productions.net

Title: Feeling This
Anime: Kiddy Grade
Music: The Offspring - Dammit I Changed Again
File Size: 60mb
Format: SVCD

Can't put it up on the .org cause I can't put it up under the proper name. Phade says one thing:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... 2&start=30
But does another. Don't ask me why. *shrugs*

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri May 28, 2004 9:52 am

I liked it.

Action videos aren't really my thing, but the sync job is just too good not to recommend it.

I'd replace a few of the straight cuts with crossfades (example: the very last cut, to the two of them), but that's just my opinion.

I guess this goes to show that you don't have to be able to write a good paper in order to make a good video.

JCD · Post by **JCD** » Fri May 28, 2004 10:59 am

It was good. The world needs more Kiddy Grade videos

Though I think you could've made it more fun. I liked the anime and made an AMV to it because it was so much fun while this video is more serious. I guess that are different ways how we look at it

Overall a nice action video, nothing too special. Good lipsynch

Toji Fujawara · Post by **Toji Fujawara** » Sun May 30, 2004 9:36 am

Ah yes another great video....good job i had been waiting for this video since you put up the preview or what ever you want to call it. Any way good timing, decent lyric sync...and this video makes me glad that im in the middle of watching/buying Kiddy Grade

SSJVegita0609 · Post by **SSJVegita0609** » Sun May 30, 2004 10:17 am

That was a nice improvement over your previous work. I think you could've modified the lip sync a bit though. There's something about little girls somewhat timidly moving their mouths to the yelling of the Offspring that doesn't seem to fit. If you could've found scenes that show those characters yelling or with more urgent looks on their faces I think it would've given those sequences a little more pep. Also, there was one moment near the begining (as the ship was rising) where it looked like you lowered the frame rate, and it kinda stuck out.

It's definately my favorite vid from you thus far, keep it up.

Wheee_It's_Me! · Post by **Wheee_It's_Me!** » Sun May 30, 2004 11:58 am

SSJVegita0609 wrote:That was a nice improvement over your previous work. I think you could've modified the lip sync a bit though. There's something about little girls somewhat timidly moving their mouths to the yelling of the Offspring that doesn't seem to fit. If you could've found scenes that show those characters yelling or with more urgent looks on their faces I think it would've given those sequences a little more pep. Also, there was one moment near the begining (as the ship was rising) where it looked like you lowered the frame rate, and it kinda stuck out.

It's definately my favorite vid from you thus far, keep it up.

One of the biggest challenges I had with this video is that I had to finish the whole thing in under a week (in order for it to be eligible for this local art contest). Interestingly enough it's actually one of the fastest I've ever made, as far as editing time. There are a few things I would have liked to have done a lil differently, the thing is I'm not really sure how. Often times when I make AMVs if I don't completely like something I'll just put it on the shelf until I get some grand idea. The fact that when I was clip harvesting I was mostly only looking for action sequences didn't help much either. Originally this video was just going to be mindless action, instead of having a semi-coherent plot. On the one hand, if it was just mindless action, it probably would have looked a LOT cooler (cause DAMN there is some incredible action footage in KG)...but then the downside is that I don't think it would have been much else besides that.

For my next video I'm going to either use Battle Athletes with La Bouche - Be My Lover, or Read or Dream with Shakira - Whenever, Wherever.

I also had this one idea for doing an AMV to Hellsing with "I Against I" and "Do You Want It", but the songs are WAY too fast and there's just not enough footage. Even with that Offspring song, which isn't incredibly fast, I had to up most of the footage to around 200%+ of normal speed.

SSJVegita0609 · Post by **SSJVegita0609** » Sun May 30, 2004 12:36 pm

Wheee_It's_Me! wrote: I also had this one idea for doing an AMV to Hellsing with "I Against I"

I always wanted to see someone do a vid to that song (aside from my old crappy one).