It also happens to be my first ever amv.
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Before i made this video I had it mulling in my head for a few years and I still don't have it at 100% of what I want but I tried bringing the video to sony Vega to put the sound and better editing and the entire video went off the audio and added extra scenes and moved some around... I was really not impressed. BTW this was NOT done on WMM. It was done on Magix Movie Editor Pro 12. I like it. It has this little thing called scene detection and I can work with the scenes I want and move the rest out of the way. The ONLY thing I don't like about it is that i can't put the Audio track from the video onto the Music Video. <.> ... but other then that its a great handy thing that makes a good render as well. ALL but the last 2 videos i've done were done on that program. Again it is NOT WMM.
Best AMV I've ever done. (so I've been told)
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Best AMV I've ever done. (so I've been told)
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Re: Best AMV I've ever done. (so I've been told)
I SEE WHAT YOU DID THEREGreatest_Blade_master wrote:It also happens to be my first ever amv.

Alright let's see this.
Aspect ratio issues and some interlacing (and odd twitching, probably due to framerate adjustments) aside, the video quality is not bad. Weird compression but all things considered it looks okay. No serious complaints about your source, but I highly suggest looking into the guides for really polishing it and getting that aspect ratio right. Likewise, why letterboxing in some places and not others?
You obviously have a good idea of how internal sync works; there's a lot of clever action moments here and there where it comes together well. HOWEVER the cuts, as the only method of editing sync, are often really off. I think part of the issue is that your cuts are often a) off beat or b) just off rhythm and are randomly based on scene layouts rather than timing. This is not a good thing considering you're working on a music video, and one that uses very tightly-structured, rhythmic rock ballad music at that. Using only cuts is fine, but you really have to work them to emphasize timing. Another thing that struck me is a total lack of black space in the video - sometimes you have dramatic pauses/transitions in the music where you just don't need any image, you need a dramatic visual pause. Why not just cut to black sometime?
And finally, the scene selection is sometimes obviously going for story or character profiling, but other times just goes for random action. Sometimes I'm just not sure what you're going for. You really need to consider it better. And on the topic of scenes, there's also a major lip flap issue here. You seem to pick a lot of scenes of characters talking, but there's neither lip sync nor enough other timing elements in them to justify all the flapping. You really need to keep these scenes down to a minimum, they really confuse the viewer.
I think you obviously see how you can combine action + fast music and at times it really works well. But you really need to work on laying out the video more logically, cutting down on lip flap and static face shots, and managing rhythmic cuts as well as neutral/black space to pace things. The video suffers most from lack of rhythm and pacing. Improve those things and you'll see a major improvement generally I think. Otherwise I can't quite recommend this video - it's really too confusing and never gets a sense of flow or structure going for the viewer, which is extremely important if you want to keep their interest.
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Re: Best AMV I've ever done. (so I've been told)
Ya I know its not Prime and I know probably for every moment you mention. and I will defend myself in saying this ISN'T my dream end project. I hope to do that once I get an editor I like an can use with ease that will let me do more special effects then scene shifts LOL
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Re: Best AMV I've ever done. (so I've been told)
Otohiko wrote:I SEE WHAT YOU DID THEREGreatest_Blade_master wrote:It also happens to be my first ever amv.![]()

Couldn't help it.