Gravitation To Go (Yes! Izumi CAN make an actual MUSIC vid!)

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:54 pm

The letter boxing isn't random at all. I copied a method seen in some music videos when the song was done or featured in a movie. So you see the band doing the song mixed with clips from the movie their song was featured in, often letterboxed. The scenes of Bad Luck actually 'performing' the song are 4:3 but the scenes 'taken from Gravitation' are 16:9. It's supposed to be as if Bad Luck is doing a song that they did for the series Gravitation. ^_^;

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:36 pm

Oh, I didn't notice that. Too used to mixed media being random, or the result of lazy fansubtitling removal - I actually wondered why you'd have to take out hard subs when the quality looked DVD-based.

That'd explain the random lipflap too, I guess. That's different.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:37 pm

...mixed media, where is my head. Mixed sources, 16:9 and 4:3 in the same video. You know what I mean.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:43 pm

Well, it's not like it's a common thing you'd see in AMVs, only in real music videos. And there arn't even very many animes that would even allow an AMV of this style.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:42 am

SarahtheBoring wrote:The bad news is that random letterboxing and random lipflap are bad...

DJ_Izumi wrote:The letter boxing isn't random at all. I copied a method seen in some music videos when the song was done or featured in a movie. So you see the band doing the song mixed with clips from the movie their song was featured in, often letterboxed. The scenes of Bad Luck actually 'performing' the song are 4:3 but the scenes 'taken from Gravitation' are 16:9. It's supposed to be as if Bad Luck is doing a song that they did for the series Gravitation. ^_^;

I immediately wondered why the opening scene was letterboxed until the performance scenes. Then it clicked that the fullscreen parts were the "concert/music video" parts and the letterboxed parts the "story/movie" parts. That's why I never even commented on the lip-flap. It's supposed to be there in those scenes, like in your typical MTV video.

SarahtheBoring wrote:...but more importantly, I want to find whoever made that rave-infested remix and beat them with a crowbar. Euuugh. That song used to not suck.

I actually think that the remix fit this video and the band better, although since I've never seen Graviation or heard the music that they actually play in the anime, I'm probably not one to really make that call. Music-wise, I personally prefer the original version too.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:59 am

SarahtheBoring wrote:I want to find whoever made that rave-infested remix and beat them with a crowbar. Euuugh. That song used to not suck.

Uhm... That IS the original version of the song. The rock version came after and both were done by Republica. The dance version is even what Republica used for the offical music video. ^_^;

KnX · Post by **KnX** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:47 am

Zarxrax wrote:Wow, this was surprisingly good. Too bad its such a gay video.

x2

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:46 pm

DJ_Izumi wrote:Uhm... That IS the original version of the song. The rock version came after and both were done by Republica. The dance version is even what Republica used for the offical music video. ^_^;

Ew. I stand corrected on the remix point, but I still...ew. The remake was a vast improvement, then. Late-'90s dance music didn't age all that well.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:37 am

DJ_Izumi wrote:Uhm... That IS the original version of the song. The rock version came after and both were done by Republica. The dance version is even what Republica used for the offical music video. ^_^;

Great, you made me dig up the only Republica CD I own which is the CD single. The reason why I thought it was a remix is because subconciously I recognized that this version is different than the one I have. Which goes to explain the discrepancy on the insert of the CD I own.

Original Version - 4:16 (according to DJ_Izumi's AMV)

What I own (Republica - Ready to Go - CD5" Single - RCA 07863 64540-2):
Track 1: Single Version - 3:39 (aka. Rock Version)
Track 2: Original Mix - 3:33 (the CD insert says 4:06 which I suppose is the runtime of the actual original version, but the version I have is apparently an edit with a runtime of 3:33)

Somehow, 10 years later, I hear the full version for the first time and my memories tell me that this song is going longer than I remember it. So I assume it's a remixed version. I even forgot that the rock version wasn't the original. Forgive me for my confusion, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS SINCE I LAST PLAYED THIS CD!

So to correct myself...

Willen wrote:Music-wise, I personally prefer the "rock" version too.

I bought this CD 10 years ago because I like this song and at the time, I thought (and actually still do think) that the physical CD is cool (it's actually called a [url=http://www.denondigital.com/PDF1204/Coo ... 046-02.pdf]COOL DISC

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:14 pm

Not a fan of the gravey , liked the video on it's artistic merits and will be
proud to show it to my crazyed fangirl girlfriend.