Pervading Shadow - Advent Children

LuluandAuron · Post by **LuluandAuron** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:45 pm

Footage: Advent Children
Music: Adema, Immortal (overused agreed, but from the vids I'd seen, just not making the impact that this song could have)

This video was done for BattleSaga VII, and although it didn't win, it is a piece I am very fond of. I had picked the song out a few years back and set it aside for AC.

From the feedback I've gotten, people seem to hate the stop start motion in it and after reflecting, I think I could have used something else to convey a stronger impact. But thats the thing with editing, we learn as we go along. So if you see things I could improve on, please point them out. Muchly appreciated.

There are a few timings that could have been tighter, but with the time constrant it isn't as polished as it could be.

Thanks for your time and I hope you enjoy
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... p?v=130848

Lockstock · Post by **Lockstock** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:57 am

I really liked parts of it, lots of the mattes were really awesome.

the stopping of video made me think that my video player was screwing up, kinda threw off the pace of the video.

other then that it was really awesome sutff ^_^

8bit_samurai · Post by **8bit_samurai** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:27 am

Yea kinda agree with Lock there on the stopping part, but otherwise I thought was a very interesting way of editing. And the way you ended it was different as well, rather than the usual ending in other FFVIIAC vids.

LuluandAuron · Post by **LuluandAuron** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:29 pm

Thanks for the comments Lock and 8bit.
Hard to get the mattes looking nice and natural. I think they look good, then I watch a video like Prodigis.......and realize I have a long long way to go.

I agree, I should have went with something different then the stop start.

Prodigi · Post by **Prodigi** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:07 am

LuluandAuron wrote:I think they look good, then I watch a video like Prodigis.......and realize I have a long long way to go.

.... eh?

Anyway, yeh, i agree with the others on the stop motion. I don't condemn it fully though. I think that maybe if you'd used a flash, or b&w, or some kind of fade (or something) combined with the stop motion, it would actually look much better. It just looks odd having it freeze on its own, and then jerking forward. Like Cal, when it first happened when i was watching it, i thought VLC was jerking me around again.

Apart from that i actually really enjoyed the video. You did a really good job on the matchup of the song and anime, and its easily the best use of this song that i've seen.

LuluandAuron · Post by **LuluandAuron** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:18 am

Thanks for the tips on the stop start. I really appreciate the feedback.

With your Reflections video, there are some very nice overlays and mattes that look clean and natural (if that makes any sense) Where as some of mine don't look as good as they could.

cireogle · Post by **cireogle** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:26 am

Wicked. I loved it. The video in the background might have been a little overused, but like what you did with the sword

4.7/5!