My Profile

  • User Name: Dark Lord of Debate
  • Member Since: Tuesday, November 23, 2004, 8:58 PM
  • Name: Patrick McKay
  • Studio: Paragon Productions
  • Location: Parker, Colorado, United States
  • Homepage: http://www.youtube.com/user/DarkLordofDebate
  • Last Login: 2014-08-19 01:10:23
  • Forum Info: Profile        Posts (85)
  • Usefulness: 146 with 16 opinions
    [average 119.3 of 232013 opinions; standard deviation 431.9 ]
  • Profile: My passion for video editing first started in the spring of 2004 when on a whim I used Windows Movie Maker to cut together a few video clips I had taken at the Colorado state NCFCA homeschool speech and debate tournament the previous week into a short music video using a song I had ripped from an auto racing video I found online. When I posted the video on a message board for homeschool debaters, it met with an overwhelmingly positive reaction, and I was convinced to continue making music videos of future speech and debate tournaments. Such began the hobby that was to earn me a national reputation for my debate music videos, of which I have made seven to date.

    In the fall of 2004, I first discovered the phenomenon of Anime Music Videos, or AMV's. After being introduced to these videos, I came to appreciate music videos not just as a fun hobby, but a powerful art form that combines both visual art and music to appeal directly to the two most powerful human senses--sight and hearing.

    Needless to say, I was hooked. I made my first AMV in early 2005, using video clips from Final Fantasy VIII--a video game from a series that, even though I have never played, am quite a fan of thanks to many different AMV's I've watched of the various games in the series. I have been making Final Fantasy music videos ever since.

global average

  • Count232013
  • Originality8.47
  • Visual Quality8.37
  • Audio9.00
  • Action Sync8.45
  • Lip Sync8.23
  • Special Effects8.49
  • Effort8.60
  • Re-view-ability7.92
  • Overall8.43

average given

  • Count16
  • Originality8.50
  • Visual Quality9.38
  • Audio9.63
  • Action Sync9.31
  • Lip Sync6.50
  • Special Effects8.71
  • Effort9.31
  • Re-view-ability7.88
  • Overall8.69

average received

  • Count25
  • Originality8.36
  • Visual Quality8.68
  • Audio9.40
  • Action Sync8.52
  • Lip Sync
  • Special Effects8.26
  • Effort8.84
  • Re-view-ability7.96
  • Overall8.52

My Videos (15)

  • FF13: The Darkest Side of Me (2013-09-16)
    [hits: 955][opinions: 0]
    • Within Temptation The Truth Beneath the Rose
    • Final Fantasy 13 (XIII)
    • Final Fantasy 13-2 (XIII-2)
    • Action
    • Character Profile
    • Drama
    • Local
  • Final Fantasy 7: Midgar Burning (2011-09-28)
    [hits: 1014][opinions: 0]
    • Red Let it Burn
    • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
    • Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Advent Children Complete (OVA)
    • Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
    • Action
    • Drama
    • Serious
    • Local
  • FF13: Faster (2011-02-22)
    [hits: 1443][opinions: 1]
    • Within Temptation Faster
    • Final Fantasy 13 (XIII)
    • Action
    • Character Profile
    • Serious
    • Direct
    • Local
  • Final Fantasy 7: Nemo (2010-09-15)
    [hits: 1208][opinions: 0]
    • Nightwish Nemo
    • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
    • Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Advent Children Complete (OVA)
    • Action
    • Character Profile
    • Drama
    • Direct
    • Local
  • Final Fantasy XIII: Hurricane (2010-07-03)
    [hits: 1779][opinions: 0]
    • 30 Seconds to Mars Hurricane
    • Final Fantasy 13 (XIII)
    • Action
    • Character Profile
    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Direct
    • Local
  • FF7 - Anthem of the Angels (2009-10-05)
    [hits: 1738][opinions: 0]
    • Breaking Benjamin Anthem of the Angels
    • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
    • Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Advent Children Complete (OVA)
    • Action
    • Character Profile
    • Drama
    • Local
  • Final Fantasy 7: Heroes (2009-06-25)
    [hits: 5500][opinions: 1]
    • Skillet Hero
    • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
    • Final Fantasy (VII): Advent Children (movie)
    • Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
    • Action
    • Character Profile
    • Drama
    • Local
  • Shuyin's Choral Fantasy (2008-11-15)
    [hits: 1147][opinions: 1]
    • Extreme Music Bible Clash
    • Final Fantasy 10 (X)
    • Final Fantasy 10-2 (X-2)
    • Drama
    • Fun
    • Instrumental
    • Romance
    • Local
  • Final Fantasy 12: Dreams Inside (2008-08-02)
    [hits: 1433][opinions: 1]
    • Kutless More Than It Seems
    • Final Fantasy XII
    • Character Profile
    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Sentimental
    • Serious
    • Local
  • Final Fantasy 7: Hand of Sorrow (Redux) (2007-12-20)
    [hits: 2881][opinions: 1]
    • Within Temptation Hand of Sorrow
    • Final Fantasy (VII): Advent Children (movie)
    • Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
    • Action
    • Character Profile
    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Serious
    • Local
  • Frozen - Lucrecia's Story (2007-12-14)
    [hits: 1423][opinions: 4]
    • Within Temptation Frozen
    • Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
    • Character Profile
    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Serious
    • Local
  • Final Fantasy 7: Hand of Sorrow (2007-05-06)
    [hits: 2800][opinions: 8]
    • Within Temptation Hand of Sorrow
    • Final Fantasy (VII): Advent Children (movie)
    • Final Fantasy 7 (VII): Dirge of Cerberus (PS2)
    • Character Profile
    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Serious
    • Local
  • Squall's Cross to Bear (2006-05-22)
    [hits: 1502][opinions: 6]
    • Staind Cross to Bear
    • Final Fantasy 8 (VIII)
    • Action
    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Serious
    • Local
  • "Taking Over Me" - Yuna's Song (2006-01-17)
    [hits: 1415][opinions: 0]
    • Evanescence Taking over me
    • Final Fantasy 10 (X)
    • Final Fantasy 10-2 (X-2)
    • Romance
    • Sentimental
    • Serious
    • No
  • Dance of Love - Squall and Rinoa (2005-01-18)
    [hits: 1445][opinions: 2]
    • Big Dismal Remember (IOU)
    • Final Fantasy 8 (VIII)
    • Romance
    • Local