Angst and cats; it's gotta be Sakaki. (AzuDaioh profile vid)

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:31 am

So I thought it would be fun to make a video so serious that it turned into ridiculous. You know, melodramatic. But as the editing went on it turned into a sweet little piece in its own right, and now, really, it's just a regular profile AMV. But, since this is still Azumanga Daioh, it may still look pretty ridiculous if you think about it too hard. So it can be seen both ways.

(And it's also a liiiiittle bit funny that, if one were to look at my supposed persona, this is EXACTLY the video you would expect from me. But that's another story.)

It's a simple little thing, was weirdly quick to put together, not much that's ambitious about it except the fact that it is, after all, a serious AzuDaioh video. But apart from that, I just enjoyed making it and that's about it.

Link

Title: Like Me
Anime: Azumanga Daioh
Song: The Smiths, "How Soon Is Now?"
Genre: Serious/Character Profile (though again, it can easily be humorous if you want.)

Aaaand that's the end. I'm tired now. Enjoy, if you like.

Fungie½ · Post by **Fungie½** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:39 pm

Very nice video! I liked the white flashes on the beats, and the scene with the girls dancing and Sakaki on the horse made me smile ^_^ You almost made me favor the original over the T.A.T.U. cover, but I dunno, the whiny voices of two pretend lesbians wins me over for some reason! Gah! But seriously, nice job ^^

mexicanjunior · Post by **mexicanjunior** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:27 pm

Nice vid, the white flashes seemed a little tacky to me but the editing overall was solid. Terrific song choice also.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:14 pm

Yeah, great vid! I expect 2005 to be the year of Azumanga Daioh vids now that the entire series is out on DVD...

Nekoshi chan · Post by **Nekoshi chan** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:17 pm

Ai, an awesome Sakaki video~ she's so my favourite ^__^ And I love this song to death, any version of it. Going to try and post an opinion for ya... *desperately closes a zillion downloads and windows* My attention span's being stressed at the moment though X3

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:22 pm

Thanks, all.

Fungie½ wrote:Very nice video! I liked the white flashes on the beats, and the scene with the girls dancing and Sakaki on the horse made me smile ^_^ You almost made me favor the original over the T.A.T.U. cover, but I dunno, the whiny voices of two pretend lesbians wins me over for some reason! Gah! But seriously, nice job ^^

Oh, you pain my old-school angsty-Britpop-loving heart.

I think I've heard TaTu's version once, although I didn't mind Love Spit Love at all, and the other one isn't bad either, Snake River Conspiracy. (This song gets a lot of play. See? It's classic.)

Anyway. Thanks. I didn't intend to lean too much on Sakaki and Kaorin originally, but it turned out that way in the choruses from sheer "what the hell ELSE am I going to sync to these lyrics?" factor. It just sneaks in! I swear! I'm going to do a hetero video someday if it's the last thing I do.

mj - I had doubts about those flashes too. It looked awfully cool the first time I tried them, but then once I did I felt obligated to keep using that tactic the whole way through the song, because I had this idea in the back of my head that people would start expecting to see them. Blah. Well, at least they're on beat this time, I think; that's usually a problem.

dokool wrote: Yeah, great vid! I expect 2005 to be the year of Azumanga Daioh vids now that the entire series is out on DVD...

Hopefully.

There are some good ones out already, of course, but I'm looking forward to more. (...with action, and beat-using-ness, and, you know, energy. and stuff.)

So thanks again, all.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:22 pm

SarahtheBoring wrote:
dokool wrote: Yeah, great vid! I expect 2005 to be the year of Azumanga Daioh vids now that the entire series is out on DVD...
Hopefully. There are some good ones out already, of course, but I'm looking forward to more. (...with action, and beat-using-ness, and, you know, energy. and stuff.)

I've got one in the queue, but it's shameless comedy, so I may dissapoint you =/

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:27 pm

dokool wrote: I've got one in the queue, but it's shameless comedy, so I may dissapoint you =/

That's cool too.

I'd have done comedy, but I didn't have any good ideas.

FoxJones · Post by **FoxJones** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:52 am

Oh whee ^.^ This one took me back to the 90's to the first AMVs I saw.. and don't get me wrong that is a very GOOD thing ^_^b Maybe it's the music choice that made it so...
Nice story from sad-Sakaki to happy-Sakaki.. this one will be in my favourites list for sure.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:56 am

FoxJones wrote:Oh whee ^.^ This one took me back to the 90's to the first AMVs I saw.. and don't get me wrong that is a very GOOD thing ^_^b Maybe it's the music choice that made it so...
Nice story from sad-Sakaki to happy-Sakaki.. this one will be in my favourites list for sure.

I tend to do basic/retro-y editing along with the 80s music in this one, so I'm not surprised. I'll take that as a compliment, too. ^_^;

and yay, that's pretty much what I was getting at. Thanks, glad you liked.