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• Member: Cailet730
• Title: Ordinary Day
• Premiered: 2002-10-03
• Categories:
  • Drama
  • Serious
  • Romance
• Song:
  • Vanessa Carlton Ordinary Day
• Anime:
  • Vision of Escaflowne, The
• Comments: "Was it all just a dream? Or a vision? No, it was all real." ~Hitomi
  
  Hitomi says the line above at the beginning of the first several episodes that she is in Gaea. When I first heard this song on the radio, I was reminded of Escaflowne. I felt that there were numerous similarities in the stories (because the song is telling a story) and to make this video to show some of the parallels.
  
  This is my second video. I tried to incorporate different effects into it - my goal with the effects was to keep them low key (i.e. the feather transitions), although the effect during the bridge is rather obvious. I don't know if I succeeded or not, but I sure learned a lot in the process! I used about 1/2 the episodes as source. I just didn't have enough hard drive space for the whole series, so I had to choose each episode carefully ^_^
  
  Sources: Video from the Vision of Escaflowne DVD and audio from Vanessa Carlton's "Be Not Nobody" CD (Track 1)
  
  Software: Adobe Premiere 6.0, Photoshop 7.0, SmartRipper, Audiograbber, VirtualDub, AviSynth, DVD2AVI, etc.
  
  Opinions welcome! (I'll try to give you one in return)
  
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  LYRICS:
  Just a day, just an ordinary day
  Just trying to get by
  Just a boy, just an ordinary boy
  But he was looking to the sky
  And as he asked if I would come along
  I started to realize
  That every day he finds just what he's looking for
  And like a shooting star he shines
  And he said
  
  Take my hand /Live while you can
  Don't you feel dreams are right /In the palm of your hand
  
  And as he spoke, he spoke ordinary words
  Although they did not feel now
  For I felt what I have not felt before
  And youd swear those words could heal
  And as I looked up into those eyes
  His vision borrows mine
  And I know he's no stranger for I feel
  I've held him for all of time
  And he said CHORUS
  
  Please come with me /See what I see
  Touch the stars for time will not flee
  Time will not flee /And you must be
  
  Just a dream, just an ordinary dream
  As I wake in bed /And the boy, that ordinary boy
  Was it all in my head? / And he asked if I would come along
  It all seemed so real / But as I looked to the door I saw that boy
  Standing there with a deal /And he said CHORUS