Nightwish: Dark Desires
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Track 1:Good job. Maybe a bit too much overlay work though, couldve used some variations in editing style. The ending got kinda slow compared to the begining. Music matched witch hunter robbin very well, and i like this song, I might use it in an amv later ;p Transition into the next track was yick :/
Track 2:hmm I think I agree with foxjones that this could've been synched tighter. I didn't realy like it that much.
Track 3: Ok track, I think it actually has potential to be better. the crazyness works well with the music, but otherwise I'm missing the point of it I think. Also its hard to tell what hes synching to exactly because its so crazy. I Think couldve been better with better scenes.
Track 4: First thing i noticed was incorrect aspect ratio. Either that or you cropped extra footage of the top and bottom, wich I didn;t like. its actually hard to tell wich you did. I know the source is 16:9, but it looks like its squished too much. otherwise nice simple track. edited descently, except a few scenes seemed to carry on too long, and my opinion is you couldve done more with the music.
Track 5: Edited well as far as timing goes, but nothing realy impressed me about it... and i think again more couldve been done with the music. The mask around kino's googles was rough aswell.
Track 6: same thing again on the aspect ratio... either its wrong or you cropped... which I didn't like. edited simply, but effective enough for the music of this track. Scene selection was good too.
Track 7: One of the better ones of the project. The msuic matched this anime very well in my opinion and you exploited the music better than the others i've seen upto this point. One of my favorites in the project. I wouldve frames the images in the 3d look though to make them look better/more profesional.
Track 8: Very nice, also one of my favorites in the project. This anime matches this kind of music well and you did a good job exploiting it. Good editing, good scene selections. maybe just a bit too much overlaying though.
Track 9: hmm, this actually couldve been better. I think theres better scenes in the movie to use to this kind of music. there was a video in Otakon 2004 (and AWA pro) that used this kind of music to this anime very effectively, so it might be influencing my opinion of this track. Some scenes were nice while others I think didn't match. The later half of the track was better in that area.
Track 10: pretty good track overall, but some of the more stills cenes mixed in with the action without any real change in music kinda threw me off sometimes.
Track 11: When i say Ai Yori aoshi come up I was like what the hell? But it actually works. Better towards the end when you start flashing in some of tha darker side of the story in with the past and present stuff. Like Foxjones said, good feel towards the end. Masking could use some work though ;p
Track 12: Good, no real comments on this one.
Track 13: Kinda lacking IMO. I think the scene selections couldve been better and more interesting. a little too slow for my taste too.
Track 14: I actually liked this one quite a bit. what anime is this? It looks interesting. Interesting editing style aproach to this thats kind of unique and adds a different flavor to the project. one of the beter jobs in masking of the bunch. Also one of my favorite tracks in the project.
Track 15: Good, no real comments on this either, except that i'm curious about the anme. whats with the transition into the next track? :/
Track 16: Awesome. Probably the best editied track in the project IMO. has a very fluxmeister feel to it, who happens to be one of my favorite action editors. flows very well. also one of my favorite tracks in the project.
End: Credits kinda hard to read and doesn;t stay on the screen long enough, too much space showing no credits and just anime to music. This should be the credits, not another Segment ;p
Like JCD said, the transitions is the main flaw in this project, both in the actual tracks and in the music. Otherwise I think everyone did a good job and I enjoyed the project as a whole. True I liked some better than others, but mostly due to personal taste.
I also found out I like Nightwish now ;p
Track 2:hmm I think I agree with foxjones that this could've been synched tighter. I didn't realy like it that much.
Track 3: Ok track, I think it actually has potential to be better. the crazyness works well with the music, but otherwise I'm missing the point of it I think. Also its hard to tell what hes synching to exactly because its so crazy. I Think couldve been better with better scenes.
Track 4: First thing i noticed was incorrect aspect ratio. Either that or you cropped extra footage of the top and bottom, wich I didn;t like. its actually hard to tell wich you did. I know the source is 16:9, but it looks like its squished too much. otherwise nice simple track. edited descently, except a few scenes seemed to carry on too long, and my opinion is you couldve done more with the music.
Track 5: Edited well as far as timing goes, but nothing realy impressed me about it... and i think again more couldve been done with the music. The mask around kino's googles was rough aswell.
Track 6: same thing again on the aspect ratio... either its wrong or you cropped... which I didn't like. edited simply, but effective enough for the music of this track. Scene selection was good too.
Track 7: One of the better ones of the project. The msuic matched this anime very well in my opinion and you exploited the music better than the others i've seen upto this point. One of my favorites in the project. I wouldve frames the images in the 3d look though to make them look better/more profesional.
Track 8: Very nice, also one of my favorites in the project. This anime matches this kind of music well and you did a good job exploiting it. Good editing, good scene selections. maybe just a bit too much overlaying though.
Track 9: hmm, this actually couldve been better. I think theres better scenes in the movie to use to this kind of music. there was a video in Otakon 2004 (and AWA pro) that used this kind of music to this anime very effectively, so it might be influencing my opinion of this track. Some scenes were nice while others I think didn't match. The later half of the track was better in that area.
Track 10: pretty good track overall, but some of the more stills cenes mixed in with the action without any real change in music kinda threw me off sometimes.
Track 11: When i say Ai Yori aoshi come up I was like what the hell? But it actually works. Better towards the end when you start flashing in some of tha darker side of the story in with the past and present stuff. Like Foxjones said, good feel towards the end. Masking could use some work though ;p
Track 12: Good, no real comments on this one.
Track 13: Kinda lacking IMO. I think the scene selections couldve been better and more interesting. a little too slow for my taste too.
Track 14: I actually liked this one quite a bit. what anime is this? It looks interesting. Interesting editing style aproach to this thats kind of unique and adds a different flavor to the project. one of the beter jobs in masking of the bunch. Also one of my favorite tracks in the project.
Track 15: Good, no real comments on this either, except that i'm curious about the anme. whats with the transition into the next track? :/
Track 16: Awesome. Probably the best editied track in the project IMO. has a very fluxmeister feel to it, who happens to be one of my favorite action editors. flows very well. also one of my favorite tracks in the project.
End: Credits kinda hard to read and doesn;t stay on the screen long enough, too much space showing no credits and just anime to music. This should be the credits, not another Segment ;p
Like JCD said, the transitions is the main flaw in this project, both in the actual tracks and in the music. Otherwise I think everyone did a good job and I enjoyed the project as a whole. True I liked some better than others, but mostly due to personal taste.
I also found out I like Nightwish now ;p
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Now that I compare my original and the final project file I think track 2 has gone a bit off sync. Track 14 seems ok, though.
The audio clinch that I mentioned between track 16 and credits might be from my crappy audio mixing... or maybe not. Can't really tell since I don't have the original to compare right now.
Bakadeshi, if you didn't check those from the credits yet, track 14 is Princess Tutu and 15 is Elemental Gerad
Jadey, if you meant you're going to use Sleeping Sun then do tell me when it's ready ^_^ I wanna see..
Kalium (and others), I didn't have time to write much about every track ^^' Yours really was good average.. it didn't stand out much but did its' part very well. Anime choice worked IMHO.
The audio clinch that I mentioned between track 16 and credits might be from my crappy audio mixing... or maybe not. Can't really tell since I don't have the original to compare right now.
Bakadeshi, if you didn't check those from the credits yet, track 14 is Princess Tutu and 15 is Elemental Gerad

Jadey, if you meant you're going to use Sleeping Sun then do tell me when it's ready ^_^ I wanna see..
Kalium (and others), I didn't have time to write much about every track ^^' Yours really was good average.. it didn't stand out much but did its' part very well. Anime choice worked IMHO.
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