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• Member: TaranT
• Studio: Studio Tarantella
• Title: My Dog
• Premiered: 2005-05-13
• Category:
  • Fun
• Song:
  • Quaker Oats Co. My Dog's Better Than Your Dog (The Ken-L Ration TV Commercial)
• Anime:
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Cowboy Bebop - The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• Participation:
  • Anime Central '05 AMV Contest, Anime Central '05 AMV Contest (2005-05-13)
  • Anime North 2005 Music Video Competition, Anime North 2005 Music Video Competition (2005-05-27)
  • AnimeNEXT 2005 AMV Contest, AnimeNEXT 2005 AMV Contest (2005-06-17)
  • Anime Weekend Atlanta 11, AWA 2005 AMV *EXPOSITION* (2005-09-23)
  • Anime Destiny 2005, Anime Destiny 2005 (2005-11-05)
• Comments: Source CD: TeeVee Toons: The Commercials (TVT1400-2 1989)
  
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  This video uses the jingle from an old, Sixties or Seventies-era TV commercial for dog food. The music sounds old, so I decided to make the video look old as well. I attempted to style the video as if it was someone's home movie that has faded over the years. You'll see the usual old-film effects - scratches, dust, etc. - as well as the framing and jitter that would be typical of an aging film projector.
  
  The subject matter is Edward's home movies of her dog, Ein. Ein is in every scene, of course. Nothing outrageous or over the top: G-rated, suitable for young children. Just a tidbit of fun for everyone else.
  
  There is very little editing of the primary footage, although I did manipulate it to get the ear flicks in one scene and in another scene, Ein nodding while watching his own video. All the film effects are from the standard set that comes with the Vegas software.
  
  The title sheet is something I made and photographed. It's just red poster paint brushed on a real (!) brown paper grocery sack. This was intended to partially emulate that scene where Ed painted her goodbye message on the deck of the Bebop.
  
  I made this video for the one-minute challenge at Anime North 2005. The music comes up a little short, but the chosen visual style allowed the padding at the beginning. This is where some footage of a countdown and bad splicing adds to the concept of an amateur working with film.
  
  
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  Awards:
  Honorable Mention - Anime North 2005
  Best Trailer/Commercial/Parody - AnimeNEXT 2005