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by dj_ultima_the_great » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:44 pm
Well, I'm finally jumping onto the bandwagon of this one. I noticed the thread when it was going, so I've been keeping tabs. I just didn't get around to watching it until now (and by now, I mean I just finished viewing the project a few minutes ago.)
I have to say...really spectacular. This is easily the best MEP I've seen in a long, long time - and you have an increasing amount of competition lately, so consider that a huge compliment. Each section transitioned really well, and the differing styles of the editors blended beautifully. Actually, I do have to make an additional comment on that. Most (if not all) of these sections were loaded to the brim with effects, so while each part had its own personality, they also looked the same in a lot of ways. However, in this case, I really liked that effect. Moving on, I'm amazed at the video quality. I really should have fullscreened this when I was watching it (and I probably will later), but the video looked beautiful from what I could tell.
Well, my next part here is going to sound really nitpicky. Still...I'm only doing this because this video DID come from such a talented group of editors AND because it turned out so wonderful.
1. Whoever did the X part - Warheart, I think - filtered the FUCK out of that footage. Yeah, it was smooth and clean, but a lot of the details had been lost. It didn't look like X anymore. I was kind of irked by it.
2. Since I'm not familiar with the songs, I can't be sure if this is a normal part of them or not, but between six and seven minutes (~6:20 stands out), I heard some really obvious cuts in the audio.
3. Intro was reeeaaaallllly long. That's just a personal irritation of mine. Considering that you had detailed credits at the end, I didn't see the need for both ends of the video to be that long - and it's not like you can really skip an intro, either. You risk jumping too far into the video.
Anyway, those are things that I noticed on my first time through - meaning, they were the most obvious. Still, despite those few nitpicky things, this really was an amazing project. Awesome job to those who participated, and if Bakadeshi gets Ayu 2 up and running, I hope to see you (and some new faces) all editing for it again. ^_^
- Jen
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