I think, therefore I shield.

TheFiller · Post by **TheFiller** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:26 am

Here is my very first AMV: I, Shield.

Anime: Eyeshield 21
Music by: Porno Graffitti

More information-> http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=97401

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:44 pm

When your file gets that big, it's definitely a good idea to compress the audio, though that should be done with most audio's anyway. Downloading.

Esrhan · Post by **Esrhan** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:51 pm

Visually it was an astonishing performance, but to be honest visual greatness doesn't appeal to me that much anymore. After you've seen a couple of effect-videos, you've pretty much seen them all. On the other hand, I have to admit that the cloud scene was beautiful and original as hell, though, I'm not as sure about the flying compositions you used with it. I also noticed a few very cheesy light-effect being used, which reminded me of the "Blinded by the Light" part in AMV Hell 3.

I guess there was a light atmosphere and theme of victory going on there thruout the video, but I still miss the deeper, more intellectual content behind an anime music video like this.

Awesome work for a first video though. It's quite clear that times are changing.

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:12 pm

I liked the editing, but the content really turned me off of the whole video. Looking forward to the next one.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:55 am

Honestly, I didn't like it that much.

Warheart · Post by **Warheart** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:14 am

I play Football myself and I've seen a few eps thus I guess I have to dl this one

TheFiller · Post by **TheFiller** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:31 am

When your file gets that big, it's definitely a good idea to compress the audio, though that should be done with most audio's anyway.

Yes, I noticed that too. I think that mp3 would be a good choise.
But, I'll keep that in mind when I'm doing my next video

thehaywire · Post by **thehaywire** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 9:52 am

Great, it's finally done! Good to see my graphics gone to good use. Mind giving us the tech specs of the compression and format and whatnot?

FoxJones · Post by **FoxJones** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:02 am

Very good work for a first video. Most of the effects are used reasonably and in the right places. Anime+Music combo worked surprisingly well or you just forced it to work.
You should have cropped out the black bars and used a 16:9-based resolution. Now there are black bars in the file itself that just increase the filesize.