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• Member: SD Black Angel
• Studio: Black Angel Productions
• Title: Freedom or Death
• Premiered: 2007-08-13
• Categories:
  • Action
  • Serious
  • Trailer
• Song:
  • Live Free or Die Hard Trailer Live Free or Die Hard Trailer
• Anime:
  • Cowboy Bebop - The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• Participation:
  • Anime Banzai, Anime Banzai 2007 AMV Contest (2007-09-01)
  • MAniFest 2007, MAniFest 2007 AMV Competition (2007-09-14)
• Comments: "Yippee-Ki-Yay, MotherF*****"
  
  Ispiration
  
  I've finally finished my 3rd amv. And yes, each one seems to get shorter and shorter. This time around I've decided to do a movie trailer. I had the idea after watching the movie Live Free or Die Hard. The movie was spectacular, and lived up to the trailer. A little while later I resaw (if thats a word?) the Cowboy Bebop Movie. I always thought that was the best anime movie, and I've decided a long time ago that I was going to use it. So after watching the trailers, I thought it would fit, and here we are.
  
  Although the anime has been used over and over, I'm the first one to use the audio (had to add it to the site). So my originalty shouldnt be so bad. Yay.
  
  Going Beyond
  
  Alright, the original trailer for Live Free or Die Hard is what inspired me to do this. So I wanted my amv to match it. I kept it the same formula as the original trailer had. I wanted this amv to be very similar to the original trailer, but at the same time very different. But most importantly, if at all possible, I wanted it to be better than the Die Hard trailer. Being a trailer, I want people who watch this amv to be excited and watch the Cowboy Bebop Movie right away, if they haven't already.
  
  Story
  
  For those of you who like my intros, Im sorry to disappoint. Although I love making intros, I thought an intro to a trailer would just be silly.
  
  The story within the amv is pretty self explanatory. The terrorists begin to take over, causing panic and chaos throughout the world (in the trailer its in Earth, but in the Bebop Movie its in Mars, so you can pick which world you prefer :D ). Detective John McClane (played by Spike Spiegel) is just doing his job in bringing the criminal to justice. However, as he is proven to be an obstacle to the bad guys plan, it all becomes personal. They take Johns daughter, and when you give a man no option, you give him no choice.
  
  Technical
  
  Now I just hope my editing skills was able to do the job. :D. I have finally moved past windows movie maker. I learned much using that program but I was able to squeeze some money and buy a better editing program. I now use the Magix Edit Pro 12. Its VASTLY superior to WMM in every way. Finally my video quality is as great as it should be. Being my first time, my movie file is rather large. I was able to export it into avi, but the file was gigantic. Instead I exported it to MPEG 2. Looked the same for half the memory. A total of 103 MB, It was still rather large, so with some help from Bauzi I was able to make it a total of 66 mb. :D
  
  Lip Sync!!! Yes I finally tried it, and heres hoping I can redeem myself from my first try with my first amv (which to be honest I didnt know what I was doing). Reading a few guides here, I think I got it down patch. Of coarse tips and tricks will always be helpful and appreciated.
  
  Final Words
  
  Well, I used a bunch of effects in this video, which was an outstanding stand up from my previous amv's (0 total in both lol). However the effects I used werent the type that over power the actual video (its not an effect whore video). Instead I just used them to enhance the video viewing experience itself. Their not really noticable (maybe just some of the fades, and one in particular), so thats why I choose not to include the category of digital effects.
  
  So guys, as always leave your opinions. And if your willing to, tell me one of two things.
  
  1) If I should have included the digital effects category
  2) If you havent seen the Cowboy Bebop Movie, will you?
  
  Hope you enjoy
  :D
  
  - SD Black Angel -