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• Member: WC Annihilus
• Title: Season's Solace
• Premiered: 2007-07-14
• Categories:
  • Drama
  • Character Profile
  • Serious
  • Romance
  • Sentimental
• Song:
  • Loreena McKennitt Mummers dance
• Anime:
  • Kanon (TV - 2006)
• Participation:
  • Sac Anime 2007, Sac Anime 2007 (2007-07-14)
  • Animethon 14, Animethon 14 AMV Contest (2007-08-11)
  • Anime Evolution 2007, Anime Evolution 2007 AMV Contest (2007-08-18)
• Comments: Well, I watched Kanon a while ago and absolutely loved it. So I wanted to do a vid to it, a general vid (since girl profiles had already been claimed). Anyways, I have to thank CrackTheSky for (indirectly) showing me this song, since I found it on his mySpace page.
  
  When I was making this, I didn't really have a clear concept in my head. I was just going with the mood and lyrics of the music. This video definitely has spoilers (so beware I guess? o.o). Most of my beta testers said (and I agree) it would certainly help to have seen the series before. Regardless, I highly recommend watching the series.
  
  Now I know that there are at least a few lip flap correction mistakes, and the resolution is a touch strange. I was planning to fix them as well as make a few adjustments (killing the lip flap I had left in there, switching out the small amount of raw footage I was forced to use with R2, and general changes to the vid itself) for org release, but due to a rogue uninstallation of a program, I experienced a fairly large data loss, including the project file. I didn't feel like rebuilding it, so I just ripped my vid off the Pro DVDs and compressed. Quality also might not be as good as it could be due to this
  
  I probably spent about 20-30 hours on this. I did about 2 minutes of it over a period of a week or so. However, I had to rush the remaining 4 minutes in order to make the deadlines for a few contests.
  
  This was my AWA Pro entry. Was nominated for Best Romance/Sentimental and Best Drama, which was better than I expected
  
  I'd like to thank my beta testers (If I forgot you, feel free to poke me):
  
  Aerialesque
  Kariudo
  Reigna
  Greggus1999
  CrackTheSky
  Radical_Yue
  Chiikaboom (also thanks for providing hosting for the Xvid)
  kikai_saigono
  jade_eyed_angel
  omegaevolution
  SF_Phoenix
  Aeri
  
  Programs Used:
  
  Sony Vegas 7.0
  VirtualDubMod
  DGIndex
  DVD Decrypter
  Zarx264gui
  
  Song Lyrics (for those who care):
  
  When in the springtime of the year
  When the trees are crowned with leaves
  When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
  Are dressed in ribbons fair.
  
  When owls call the breathless moon
  in the blue veil of the night
  When shadows of the trees appear
  amidst the lantern('s) light.
  
  We've been rambling all the night
  and sometime of this day
  Now returning back again
  we bring a garland gay.
  
  Who will go down to those shady groves
  and summon the shadows there
  And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
  in the springtime of the year.
  
  The sounds of birds seem to fill the wood
  and when the fiddler plays
  All their voices can be heard
  long past their woodland days.
  
  We've been rambling all the night
  and sometime of this day
  Now returning back again
  we bring a garland gay.
  
  And so they linked their hands and danced
  'round in circles and in rows
  And so the journey of the night descends
  when all the shades are gone.
  
  A garland gay we bring you here
  And at your door we stand
  Here's a sprout, well budded out
  The work of our Lord's hand.
  
  We've been rambling all the night
  and sometime of this day
  Now returning back again
  we bring a garland gay.
  
  We've been rambling all the night
  and sometime of this day
  Now returning back again
  we bring a garland gay.