Eyes Shut Wide

Bakadeshi · Post by **Bakadeshi** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:21 am

That was some slick editing there. I believe this is one of the few Beyond the clouds videos that I thought truly took advantage of the beautiful footage of the movie. ONly 2 things quirked me in this, the rough looking paintbrush like effect transition used a few times twards the middle end (One of them at 2:33) seemed to clash with the smooth visuals used throught the rest of the video, and the second thing being the fact that the back of my mind was thinking how many times am I gonna see these same scenes over and over again in yet another BTC video ;p

Still that was

for the most part ^^

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:12 pm

CrackTheSky wrote:I liked the video...but that had to be the WORST .mp4 encode I have ever seen.

Yeah, it sucked. And it has been fixed. Same URL :p

Reigna · Post by **Reigna** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:54 am

Nice work.

Magnus · Post by **Magnus** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:02 am

lovely *___*

Hae · Post by **Hae** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:46 pm

aaah >.> it was absolutely beautiful--you maifested such a gorgeous atmostphere but then the end had little sync and it just turned me off. =/

awesome video. i don't personally care for the size or whatnot but the ending was empty.

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:52 pm

y00anime wrote:aaah >.> it was absolutely beautiful--you maifested such a gorgeous atmostphere but then the end had little sync and it just turned me off. =/

awesome video. i don't personally care for the size or whatnot but the ending was empty.

Sorry the ending didn't work for you =\ I think I find constant beat sync a little tiring, and I wanted a "softer" ending where you could just appreciate the images/story instead of the drumbeat overpowering everything. Glad you like the atmosphere though!

And yeah, the new mp4 linked earlier in the thread is smaller than the AVI, for anyone who has space concerns.

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:59 pm

Bakadeshi wrote:That was some slick editing there. I believe this is one of the few Beyond the clouds videos that I thought truly took advantage of the beautiful footage of the movie. ONly 2 things quirked me in this, the rough looking paintbrush like effect transition used a few times twards the middle end (One of them at 2:33) seemed to clash with the smooth visuals used throught the rest of the video, and the second thing being the fact that the back of my mind was thinking how many times am I gonna see these same scenes over and over again in yet another BTC video ;p

Still that was for the most part ^^

I was going back and forth about the "paintbrush" thing there, too (though it looks more like sand to me). I chose to use it anyway because the song at that point isn't "ooo pretty romance!" anymore and I was going for a harsher feeling. Also, that "look" hasn't been used in other AMVs as far as I know, and that probably exacerbates how jarring it is.

And yeah, I need to branch out and make an AMV with some obscure series. It's hard because I'm simply more inspired by the popular/mainstream anime. At least I'm the only one who's used that song AND artist!

Thanks for the comments!

Fizziks · Post by **Fizziks** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:43 pm

Visually, this is one of the nicest looking videos I've seen in a while. Also, your song choice fit perfectly with the your vid. Overall, this was a great AMV to watch. Keep up the excellent work!

I look forward to your next video.