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• Members: Dark-Krystal, KwaiChang
• Title: Things Have Changed
• Premiered: 2005-08-05
• Categories:
  • Action
  • Character Profile
  • Fun
  • Serious
• Song:
  • Bob Dylan Things Have Changed
• Anime:
  • Cowboy Bebop - The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• Participation:
  • FRENCH AMV CONTEST 2005, FRENCH AMV CONTEST 2005 (2005-08-27)
• Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Best Timing/Sync at AWA EXPO 2005
  8th on 58 at the FRENCH ANNUAL AMV CONTEST
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  Hi all. Kwaichang and me are happy to introduce you our first collboration. After a try on Steamboy, we have decided to stop it and find an other idea for the "FRENCH AMV CONTEST 2005".
  So, I have had the idea to continue the beginning of kwaichang project. There is 3-4 months, kwaichang has begun an AMV on Cowboy bebop: the film with a song of his favourite artist, Bob Dylan: Things Have Changed.
  At the beginning, Kwaichang was a little surprising about my idea. In fact, the song last 5:16 min and he thought we haven't enough time to finish this video. After one day of reflection, we have decided to finally make this video (and today we don't regret it ;-) ).
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  So, now, the organisation of the project:
  
  Kwaichang:
  - Intro [0:00 - 0:21]
  - 1st verse + Instrumental [0:21 - 1:45]
  - 3st verse + Intrumental + beginning of the 4th verse [3:00 - 4:45]
  - "it's all over now baby blue" :p
  
  Dark-Krystal:
  - 2st verse + Instrumental[1:46-2:59]
  - Ending of the last verse [4:46-5:30]
  
  Kwaichang has created some transitions and has made final editing and encode of the video.
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  Technical points:
  
  Footage Used: Cowboy Bebop, the film.
  Song used: Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed.
  
  Lenght: 5 min 36 seconds.
  We have used for this video:
  - AviSynth, Dgindex...
  - DVD of Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on heaven's door.
  - Virtual Dub, Virtual Dub Mod.
  - Adobe photoshop.
  - Adobe Premiere 6.5 ( with all problems which are with this log)
  - Easy CD DA Extractor (for the song)
  
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  About the video:
  -The video has been encoded in XVID 2-pass HQ. We're especially proud of the final video quality.
  -704 X 400
  -25 FPS
  -FourCC: dx50.
  -File Size:99.6 MB.
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  About the Sound:
  - MPEG LAYER 3 (lame mp3): 160 kbps
  The song has been extracted and encoded with the original CD.
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  Lyrics & French translation:
  
  -Original Song:
  
  A worried man with a worried mind
  No one in front of me and nothing behind
  There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne
  Got white skin, got assassin’s eyes
  I'm looking up into the sapphire tinted skies
  I'm well dressed, waiting on the last train
  Standin' on the gallows with my head in a noose
  Any minute now I'm expecting all hell to break loose
  People are crazy and times are strange
  I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
  I used to care, but things have changed
  
  (instrumental)
  
  This place ain't doin' me any good
  I'm in the wrong town, I should be in Hollywood
  Just for a second I thought I saw something move
  Gonna take dancing lessons, do the jitterbug rag
  Ain't no shortcuts, gonna dress in drag
  Only a fool in here would think he got anything to prove
  Lot of water under the bridge, lot of other stuff too
  Don't get up gentlemen I'm only passing through
  People are crazy and times are strange
  I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
  I used to care, but things have changed.
  
  (Instrumental)
  
  I've been walkin forty miles of bad road
  If the Bible is right the world will explode
  I'm trying to get as far away from myself as I can
  Some things are too hot to touch
  The human mind can only stand so much
  You can't win with a losing hand
  Feel like falling in love with the first woman I meet
  Putting her in a wheelbarrow and wheeling her down the street
  People are crazy and times are strange
  I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
  I used to care, but things have changed
  
  (Instrumental)
  
  I hurt easy, I just don't show it
  You can hurt someone and not even know it
  The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity
  Gonna get low down, gonna fly high
  All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie
  I'm in love with a woman that dont even appeal to me
  Mr. Jinx and miss Lucy they jumped in the lake
  I'm not that eager to make a mistake
  People are crazy and times are strange
  I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
  I used to care, but things have changed.
  
  (instrumental)
  
  Translation:
  
  Un homme inquiet et son esprit inquiet
  Personne devant moi, et rien derrière
  J’ai une femme sur les genoux, elle boit du champagne
  Elle a la peau blanche et des yeux d’assassin
  Je regarde là-haut les cieux de saphir teints
  Bien habillé, j'attends le dernier train
  Debout sous la potence, la tête dans le nœud
  A chaque instant je m’attends à voir l’enfer entier dévaler
  Les gens sont dingues et les temps sont bizzares
  Je suis enfermé à double tour, je suis hors de portée
  Ca me préoccupait mais bien des choses ont changé.
  
  (instrumental)
  
  Cet endroit ne me fait que du mal
  Je ne suis pas dans la bonne ville, je devrais être à Hollywood
  L’espace d’une seconde j’ai cru voir quelque chose bouger
  Je vais prendre des leçons de danse, apprendre le jitterbug
  Coupe pas courts, j’vais m’habiller en travelo
  Seul un idiot penserait qu’il a quelque chose à prouver ici
  Beaucoup d’eau a coulé sous le pont, beaucoup d’autres choses aussi
  Ne vous levez pas Messieurs, je ne fais que passer
  Les gens sont dingues et les temps sont bizzares
  Je suis enfermé à double tour, je suis hors de portée
  Ca me préoccupait mais bien des choses ont changé.
  
  (instrumental)
  
  J’ai marché quarante bornes sur ce mauvais chemin
  Si la Bible dit vrai le monde va exploser
  J’essaie de me tenir le plus loin possible de moi-même
  Il y a des choses trop chaudes pour qu’on les touche
  Il y a des limites à ce que peut supporter l’esprit humain
  Tu ne peux pas gagner si ta main perd
  J’ai envie de tomber amoureux de la première femme que je rencontre
  La mettre dans une brouette et lui faire descendre la rue
  Les gens sont dingues et les temps sont bizzares
  Je suis enfermé à double tour, je suis hors de portée
  Ca me préoccupait mais bien des choses ont changé.
  
  (instrumental)
  
  Je fais du mal facilement, mais je le montre pas
  On peut faire du mal à quelqu’un sans même s’en apercevoir
  Les soixante prochaines secondes pourraient sembler une éternité
  Je vais être très bas, je vais voler haut
  Toute la vérité du monde se résume à un gros mensonge
  Je suis épris d’une femme qui ne m’attire même pas
  M.Poissard et Miss Lucie ont sauté dans le lac
  Je ne suis pas si désireux de me tromper
  Les gens sont dingues et les temps sont bizzares
  Je suis enfermé à double tour, je suis hors de portée
  Ca me préoccupait mais bien des choses ont changé.
  
  (instrumental)
  
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  General about our AMV:
  
  Our first purpose was to make a narrative video. We have made an important effort to create the best watch between lyrics and anime during all the video. I think we have used a lot of fantaisist sequences which aren't often chosen in other bebop videos. It just give a bit of originality and fun in our AMV. At the time of Instrumentaly passages in the song, we have used fight & action sequences to show a change of rythm. We have mainly used the sound of the guitar to make synchros, and the drum beats (sometimes) to make the change of sequences.
  
  So I hope you enjoy our video and don't hesitate to leave a comment abour our video !
  Thanks to watch it !