Slayers CABARET!
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- ReannaKing
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Slayers CABARET!
The premise: Lina and company enter a strange nightclub to find it being run by Xelloss, the Emcee. He introduces various Slayers characters as the Cabaret Girls and Boys. Song and dance, things go boom, and a good time is had by all.
This video did take me quite a while to do, and I'm pretty proud of it. If you're interested, click my sig. If you like, leave an op.
This video did take me quite a while to do, and I'm pretty proud of it. If you're interested, click my sig. If you like, leave an op.
I host the Anime Music Video contest at No Brand Con in Eau Claire, WI.
Get your butt over to cheeseland and show me what you've got!
Get your butt over to cheeseland and show me what you've got!

- Flint the Dwarf
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http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=50687
Since people seem to have a hard time finding links if you don't show them.
Since people seem to have a hard time finding links if you don't show them.
Kusoyaro: We don't need a leader. We need to SHUT UP. Make what you want to make, don't make you what you don't want to make. If neither of those applies to you, then you need to SHUT UP MORE.
- ReannaKing
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- Flint the Dwarf
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Um, no, I was paying attention.
I was referring to other people.
This thread is testament to how slow some people can be in finding a video that isn't flashed before them in the meat of the first post. I'm just trying to help you out here. Obviously having it in your sig isn't enough (even though you did say it was there, it just might be too much work for them).
I was referring to other people.

Kusoyaro: We don't need a leader. We need to SHUT UP. Make what you want to make, don't make you what you don't want to make. If neither of those applies to you, then you need to SHUT UP MORE.
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thats true, case and point, I only skimmed your first message and imediately went searching for a blue hyperlink to click on ;p Didn't even notice the message saying its in your sig ;pflint_the_dwarf wrote:Um, no, I was paying attention.
I was referring to other people.This thread is testament to how slow some people can be in finding a video that isn't flashed before them in the meat of the first post. I'm just trying to help you out here. Obviously having it in your sig isn't enough (even though you did say it was there, it just might be too much work for them).
Hey gotta do something when so many vids are released on the org and so little time to check and download them all ;p
Anyway since you gave me an op, I'll probably return it on this one. Downloading.
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I have to agree, that was really cute. I especially like Zel's reaction to "Try Helga!" 
(I've always thought Zelgadis and Amelia go nicely together...)
Basically all the things I have to say about the video are technical in nature (as usual), so here goes:
I'm mystified as to why you chose to have the black borders around the edges instead of filling up the whole frame with the actual video; I kept expecting the video to break out of the border, but it never did, and in the end it seemed like a needless waste of bits.
You might want to look into IVTC'ing and editing at 23.976/24 next time; not only would you get rid of the interlacing noise (the Slayers series <i>should</i> be neat telecine jobs, right? I mean, I can't imagine there'd be any pure interlaced footage in 'em...), but it would also mean greater quality at the same bitrate.
Lip synching wasn't perfect, but it was pretty good most of the time. Though you might want to consider ways to get around obvious looping of footage for lip synching purposes... I'm also talking about things like the background suddenly shifting in the middle of a lip synched line. (I noticed this problem more in "Spongebob Slayerpants", which I watched directly prior, but I believe it happened a couple of times in this one too.) <a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... >Zarxrax's Guide to Lip Synching</a> has some suggestions for ways to get around that kind of thing (like split-screening), which I have effectively employed myself in the past.
I think that's it from me. Fun times, as I've already said, and great use of the different characters' facial expressions all across the board.

(I've always thought Zelgadis and Amelia go nicely together...)
Basically all the things I have to say about the video are technical in nature (as usual), so here goes:
I'm mystified as to why you chose to have the black borders around the edges instead of filling up the whole frame with the actual video; I kept expecting the video to break out of the border, but it never did, and in the end it seemed like a needless waste of bits.
You might want to look into IVTC'ing and editing at 23.976/24 next time; not only would you get rid of the interlacing noise (the Slayers series <i>should</i> be neat telecine jobs, right? I mean, I can't imagine there'd be any pure interlaced footage in 'em...), but it would also mean greater quality at the same bitrate.
Lip synching wasn't perfect, but it was pretty good most of the time. Though you might want to consider ways to get around obvious looping of footage for lip synching purposes... I'm also talking about things like the background suddenly shifting in the middle of a lip synched line. (I noticed this problem more in "Spongebob Slayerpants", which I watched directly prior, but I believe it happened a couple of times in this one too.) <a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... >Zarxrax's Guide to Lip Synching</a> has some suggestions for ways to get around that kind of thing (like split-screening), which I have effectively employed myself in the past.

I think that's it from me. Fun times, as I've already said, and great use of the different characters' facial expressions all across the board.
