Yeah, I've noticed the same thing myself. That's why I took the story in more of a different direction with my own VGA romance vid. But even so, when it comes down to it, a 6-ep OAV makes for very limited source footage (and the hardcoded song subtitles certainly don't help). That's why I was glad to see Vlad use a few of the more obscure bits towards the middle. It's a refreshing thing to come across previously-untouched footage with this particular series.Zarxrax wrote:This is edited very well, but to be honest, it feels like I've watched it before. I don't mean to particularly drag on this nice video here, just making an observation. Just about every VGAI video I've seen seems to follow the same formula... start out with the tv/vcr shot, throw in some static transitions throughout the vid, try to retell the love story that went on throughout the anime, then it all culminates with the scene with the dude climbing the glass staircase. Does the anime itself lend to this staleness in editing? What I mean is more like... does some anime such as this exert more control over the editer than the editor exerts over it? In essence... an anime that doesnt respond well to creativity outside its own little closed circle of ideas? This is certainly not the only time I've seen this phenomina, but this is the first time that it has struck me like this.
well, luckily for me, I've never seen any VGAI vids. so to me this'll just be an awesome new Vlad vid to add to my collectionIcyCloud wrote:Yeah, I've noticed the same thing myself. That's why I took the story in more of a different direction with my own VGA romance vid. But even so, when it comes down to it, a 6-ep OAV makes for very limited source footage (and the hardcoded song subtitles certainly don't help). That's why I was glad to see Vlad use a few of the more obscure bits towards the middle. It's a refreshing thing to come across previously-untouched footage with this particular series.Zarxrax wrote:This is edited very well, but to be honest, it feels like I've watched it before. I don't mean to particularly drag on this nice video here, just making an observation. Just about every VGAI video I've seen seems to follow the same formula... start out with the tv/vcr shot, throw in some static transitions throughout the vid, try to retell the love story that went on throughout the anime, then it all culminates with the scene with the dude climbing the glass staircase. Does the anime itself lend to this staleness in editing? What I mean is more like... does some anime such as this exert more control over the editer than the editor exerts over it? In essence... an anime that doesnt respond well to creativity outside its own little closed circle of ideas? This is certainly not the only time I've seen this phenomina, but this is the first time that it has struck me like this.
