Can a strong story be told through visual's alone if one wanted to create an entirely new story, with the anime as a medium, and the song there to add music, instead of being the main story carrier?
Some video's I've watched aimed for a story, but I never felt that it was that effective. If by happenstance I've managed to just miss the ones that are really good, could you direct me to those?
Story in AMV's
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Bakadeshi's Zetsumo does this amazingly. If you know Naruto (which I don't, but I read his video description thoroughly), this video completely shifts from the norm. Seriously. He pulls out all of the stops here. If I hadn't read that description, I would have never realized that that wasn't the way it happened in the anime. About the song...I believe that he says it has nothing to do with the story at all. Well, it's in Japanese, so many viewers wouldn't know either way, I suppose.
Anyway, that's the best example off of the top of my head. Link to the video is in my signature - don't worry, my sig isn't going to change anytime soon.
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Anyway, that's the best example off of the top of my head. Link to the video is in my signature - don't worry, my sig isn't going to change anytime soon.
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Whisper of the Beast has a story?inthesto wrote:See Zetsumo and Whisper of the Beast for two very popular examples.
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I had a hard time telling a story in just images - maybe the idea was a bit too complex just for visuals, who knows. I had to resort to subtitles to get the story across and now I just get knocked for the subtitles 
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Serial Killer Mentality does that fairly well, too.
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When people bitch about an FX-based AMV not having a story, it's like complaining that a book written in Swahili doesn't have words. Even half-second random shots from every show in existence are capable of telling a story to some degree. "Stories" are only as valid as those who see them. Any fool with half a brain can put a video together with "significant" scenes and "relevant" accompanying music, and lots of editors seem to not even do that much correctly. However, there are some vids so well crafted, they don't bore me to pieces. Half of it is usually just tone, but that should apply for any video. If anything, there's too many vids that tend to focus on "telling a story," and not enough on making it fun and original to watch.
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I have a couple to point you towards:
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... 3">Tainted Donuts</a href> - An oldie, but a goodie. The song's in Japanese, so I doubt the video relies on the words. Anyway, it makes sense even if you don't know Japanese. The story is kinda based on the characters and stuff, but I consider it different enough.
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... 94">Virtua Anime</a href> - The song is basically instrumental and the story is decent too. Since AD created Asuka in 3-D, she does all kinds of stuff that never happened in the real story. Of course, it has text to explain it - I don't know if that would qualify for your "completely visual" thing.
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... 7587">Path of the Deus</a href> - Granted I don't know much about Angelic Layer, but I hear it's pretty much fluffy shojo, so I'm guessing this story is a bit different? And most of the song is that screaming stuff that you can't understand well and/or doesn't make sense. But the story works well.
Hope that helps you out!
Anyway, most people don't want to see AMVs with music just as background. What's the point of having music then? It's gotta do something with the story or else you wouldn't have picked it.
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... 3">Tainted Donuts</a href> - An oldie, but a goodie. The song's in Japanese, so I doubt the video relies on the words. Anyway, it makes sense even if you don't know Japanese. The story is kinda based on the characters and stuff, but I consider it different enough.
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... 94">Virtua Anime</a href> - The song is basically instrumental and the story is decent too. Since AD created Asuka in 3-D, she does all kinds of stuff that never happened in the real story. Of course, it has text to explain it - I don't know if that would qualify for your "completely visual" thing.
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... 7587">Path of the Deus</a href> - Granted I don't know much about Angelic Layer, but I hear it's pretty much fluffy shojo, so I'm guessing this story is a bit different? And most of the song is that screaming stuff that you can't understand well and/or doesn't make sense. But the story works well.
Hope that helps you out!
Anyway, most people don't want to see AMVs with music just as background. What's the point of having music then? It's gotta do something with the story or else you wouldn't have picked it.
Yeah, the AMV thesis....that was me.
