AMV's with songs that have no lyrics

Otaku13 · Post by **Otaku13** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 8:22 am

i made an amv to "MYUNG Theme" from macross plus, pure piano and woodwind instrumental. it was chalenging, but no lyrics allowed me to make a very emotionally charged vid, without having to rely on lyrics that migt be misheard or misunderstood.

alternatefutures · Post by **alternatefutures** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 10:14 am

Well, I'm working on my first instrumental piece, and unlike JCD's contention, I do believe this music fits the anime series perfectly, as much as any third party song could. And yes, I am finding it a lot easier coming up for ideas and synch for this than in my three previous vids... well, two of my three previous, that first one doesn't really count ^_^

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 10:30 am

JCD wrote:well, I'm actually doing an AMV to an instrumental song. The advantage is that you have no lyrics, so you mustn't synch it to these. The disatvantage is that an Instrumental song doesn't fit an anime to 100 %. I belive that an instrumental amv couldn't be that as good as an amv with 100 % matching lyrics.
I think it isn't easier, because you have to hear and synch to more beats of the song. defenitly it lasts longer to make than an amv with lyrics.

An instrumental piece is no better or worse suited to footage or to an idea than a lyrical piece would be. Really, it's up the the editor's skill and finess to pull off any idea, regardless of the type or quality of the song.
While there are no lyrics to match or drive a song-specific story, there are still aural alements pushing the editor forward, and it can sometimes be more challenging to create a functional progression without the aid of pre-recorded lyrics.

JCD · Post by **JCD** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 12:36 pm

jbone wrote: While there are no lyrics to match or drive a song-specific story, there are still aural alements pushing the editor forward, and it can sometimes be more challenging to create a functional progression without the aid of pre-recorded lyrics.

yes, everything right, but I don't like this kind of videos.

kandelon · Post by **kandelon** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 12:42 pm

Hmm, my "Carol of the Battousai" is an instrumental. It was kind of tough, since Lip-Sync is my 'Forte' I think, but I managed. Came out good to, instrumentals really are all about emotion and sound.

Melfina · Post by **Melfina** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 1:45 pm

I consider instr. amvs to actually be better if they are done well...emotion is much more important to a amv than some simple follow the story lyric lip sync. Found this one in a search to prove my point

http://salami2.clanpages.com/misc/kano.wmv

Hakura · Post by **Hakura** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 1:49 pm

Humm..well I currently have an Instrumental video planned ^^ and its going to be a challenge....but I can't wait to start working oon it ^^

Melfina · Post by **Melfina** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 1:50 pm

sigh, horrible quality, lemme get a better one up

Melfina · Post by **Melfina** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 2:18 pm

Note: New link is
<a href="http://salami2.clanpages.com/misc/kano320.wmv">320k</a>[/url]

Patches · Post by **Patches** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 6:32 pm

Anyone who says instrumental videos can't be as good as lyrical ones obviously hasn't seen Kevin Caldwell's "Caffeine Encomium".