Uhm, wow. This is going to hurt, so brace for impact.
Before I even get started on the editing issues, I'll start with the technical issues.
First, this was made from fansubs. It's pretty obvious, especially since
the very first frame of video contains fansub credits. There's no reason for that, not when Scryed is readily available in this country (no, don't try the "I'm not in America" defense, I can tell you are, and I even know state). I have all of Scryed, and the DVDs are pretty nice, with all the clean OPs on them. Which you could have used, since some of your clips have Japanese subs in them. So, video quality:
Second, why the fark is this video at 352 by 288? There's not a single reason for that, good or otherwise, especially when the file is over sixty meg in size
and compressed with XviD. It simply doesn't make sense. If you couldn't get it small enough, it's your screw-up, and it ties into my next point. Low resolution:
Third, PCM audio. Why? Nothing more, just...
why? There's absolutely no reason for it. It wastes an incredible amount of space. A quick test on my end reveals that by actually compressing the audio I got a file ~54% smaller than the one you uploaded. Just by compressing the audio, not even touching the video. This is at a higher bitrate than required, no less. So, audio compression:
Fourth, I don't know what you did to the video, but Scryed should be in a 4:3 aspect ratio. You've got it in some mutant AR that's roughly 11:9. It makes no sense, and it looks horrible. Horrible mutant AR:
Now, the actual video itself, and by extension, your editing.
When I first opened the video and saw fansub credits, I knew that was unlikely to be pretty. Sometimes, I hate being right. I'll start from the top.
Lip synch does not consist of words juxtaposed with a moving mouth. You actually have to make them match. Not six seconds in, and you've already screwed that up. You never really do manage to get it right. Poor lip-synch:
Immediately following that, subs. For the love of ghod, subs. If you're going to use fansubs and horribly abuse the video, at least crop out the subs. Subs:
Now, a more general comment on synch. A song like this calls for very tight synchronization. You're almost entirely failed to deliver that. The pace of your editing ought to match the pace of the audio, unless you purposely don't want them to. Unfortunately, the few spots where you
do manage fairly tight synch (such as around 0:18) only serve to highlight the lack of synch in the rest of the video, such as at 0:25, where the music really kicks in and you immediately ignore it for some slow cuts. Poor synch:
I won't bother with a cut-by-cut analysis, it would just drive me nuts. Suffice to say, you missed more cuts than I care to count, and had more than a few significantly late cuts. Bad editing:
So I'll recap. There hasn't been a single bright spot thus far in this train wreck of a video, and I can't bring myself to watch it a second time. There is only one bright spot: you seem to have a vague grasp of what timing is. Work on that. A lot. You need it. Work on the technical details, such as compression, quality, resolution, AR, etc. Oh, and for the love of all that's good and synchronized, get some DVDs.
Also, it helps if you have a solid concept. Random action can work, but only if extremely well executed. A solid concept can shine through even with mediocre execution.
Verdict: 0.5/5, only saved from a zero by hitting a few spots right. A
very few.
