View to a Kill - AWA Pro Artistic & Manifest Tech winner

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:31 pm

Here is my latest endeavour and probably one of my most favorate projects and tributes to James Bond.

BTW, if your thinking I don't particullarly like City Hunter, the video is so digitally altered that it has not much to do with with the actual anime!

View to a Kill

Vlad

Khanh Bui · Post by **Khanh Bui** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:36 am

500 hours on an AMV?

Wow, someone's actually more insane than I am.

silver_moon · Post by **silver_moon** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:41 am

Yay, you released it.

This was definitely one of my favourites in the Pro contest. I loved the editing, the artistic effects, and the creativeness of it. I think you pulled off the idea very well. The shadowy figures look great, and the "dance into the fire" scenes were very cool. It's obvious that tons of effort was put into this.

The only thing I was a little disappointed with was that I was kind of expecting more of an ending... it seemed a little anti-climatic and I kept hoping that you would show more of Sailor Moon's face near the end. You showed a lot more un-shadowed shots of the guy's face than hers, so I found myself waiting for you to kind of "reveal her" I guess, since she seemed so mysterious through the whole video.

I think I can say that this is easily my most favourite video by you... I really liked it. Congrats on it winning Best Artistic.

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:33 am

Thanks!

In the Bond openings, the "girls" always are only in the background and you quite never see their faces as "Bond" is really the main focus (hence seeing his face).

I thus followed the same pattern, as Sailor Moon and Co were more of the typical symbolic representation of the typical dancing Bond girls in the openings.

Vlad

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:42 am

awesome

it's one of those videos where the effects are so subtle and well done it looks like it's supposed to be like it. nice job :O

Pwolf

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:06 am

I voted this for Best Overall. I absoutely LOVE this video. Excellent work Vlad!

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:08 am

AtomX wrote:I voted this for Best Overall. I absoutely LOVE this video. Excellent work Vlad!

Tono_Fyr · Post by **Tono_Fyr** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:10 am

You truly are a master of the art form.

Bakadeshi · Post by **Bakadeshi** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:16 am

I voted this best artistic. Loved the effects and what you did with them. wow 500 hours, I'm not the only crazy one around here I see. This was an interesting idea and an original one, executed well. (no surprise there ;p) Kudos for mixing such vastly different footage in a way that it doesn't clash at all. Good work!

genestarwind21122 · Post by **genestarwind21122** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:21 am

Darn Vlad that was yours. Mouth drops open hits the floor. Awsome job with the video dude. I really thought that was creative and well executed. I voted for yours I think in at least 3 categories.