But finaly I've finished something I can put on the org. And thankfully, something which I'm proud of. This amv is inspired/influenced by otohiko's the Wasteland. Specificaly its inspired by the third segment of that amv. What what i originaly had in mind was a landscape type amv, with a few emotional scenes of actual characters along the way. What i ended up doing was a sad/emotional type amv that, while not having a specific theme, conveys a sence of sadness throught the film. I didnt build up the scenes to get progresively sadder, I just aimed to keep a constant pace throught the vid. I did have a bit of a hiccup though with the pacing, and that was with the use of effects. when i first done the complete beta, at least half the effects didnt realy add anything to the flow or mood of the vid. But I worked through them when doing the final edits of the video, and ended up changing alot of the effects. Theirs still a scene or two I'm not sure about but Im happy with the final result. .
One thing I love about this video is my method of obtaining and using source footage, and proof that my method works. i used divx files. Ripped whole vob's and converted them to a low quality divx files (70-95MB, optimised for fast encoding, not quality) which i edited with. Done all my editing with divx files and nothing els. This is something thats frowned on by amv'ers (and probably by other video editors). But it worked. By swaping the divx files with the original vob's after i had finished editing, i prety much have a perfect quality amv made using low quality divx. Ok so the video's quality isnt perfect but considering i didnt use any avs/vdub filers, or any video cleaning filters at all, im happy with how it looks. The thing is, my method works. And it allows me to easily put my whole anime colection on my hard disk for editing.
One final thing, Thanks to Otohiko for beta testing and giving me advice on this amv. i apreciate it. And thanks to AbsoluteDestiny for the xvid guide in the beta Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a>. It saved me alot of frustration that i was having after trying (failing) to do a final render for this vid with divx, wmv9 and mpeg.
(note. just for laughs, i got disconected from the ftp server 30 times wile uploading
. seriosl)
