I wanted some advice...

overlyused · Post by **overlyused** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:27 pm

I'm in the middle of an amv which has a lot of "flashback" type scenes... And I'm not really sure how I should distinguish them from "regular time" scenes... When you're watching an amv (or anime) what kind of effects make you automatically think "Oh, this is something someone's remembering."

Thanks a lot!

Quiet Cannon · Post by **Quiet Cannon** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:48 pm

I've seen some videos make "flashback" type clips by making them black and white. Seems to get the point across pretty well that it's showing a character's memory.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:57 pm

fuzzy white border, or other said type of fuzzy border...

b&w is kinda used alot..

pinky75910 · Post by **pinky75910** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:06 pm

If you're short on effects, (as I am) you can try a slow white flash fade.

Or,

Take a quiet or still image of the character looking pensieve etc, and fade into your flash. Let the images you have and the music do your talking for you.

odian0 · Post by **odian0** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:31 pm

i forget the name of it, but there's an effect that makes the clip look like an old movie, complete with the shuttering lines going down it and shaking it slightly too.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:50 pm

odian0 wrote:i forget the name of it, but there's an effect that makes the clip look like an old movie, complete with the shuttering lines going down it and shaking it slightly too.

its under the "movie filters" in Vegas o.0 I just call it "old timey movie filter"

but that can work too..

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:48 am

Another way, outside of filters, is through a visual cue. Like zooming in on the charater's eye and bluring into the flash back. Or as I used in the purest love, to have a "flashback" in a picture frame ... just mask to do that.

JH

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:03 am

Oh, I almost forgot ... In Lost Innocence I used a sepia tone overlay for the flash back and the present time footage shows the character's reaction to what she is remebering ... I think that was very effective and it's hard for the viewer not to know that it is indeed a flash back.

JH