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by Kionon » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:28 am
Didn't read any of the previous commentary, so I assume with three pages what I have to say might already be said.
I loved the opening editing until the film scratch effect at 0:23. I thought it just looked totally silly. Furthermore, I utterly despise opening credits as part of the video proper. Before or after, not during. During I do not care. I just want a seamless experience. Adding credits to the video proper just pulls me out of the experience and makes me RAGE. It also makes me notice the encode is quite awful, and full screening this on my 42" plasma just ain't gonna be a pleasant experience.
The frame to the stairwell was nicely done, but starting at 1:20, the grain effect just looks silly again. The video is already gothic enough, we don't need it. In fact, Cossette has such great colors that conflict with the darkness of the scenes that I think this actually harmed the effect. Yet you repeat it over and over and over... I really dig the flow until you get repetitive with the eye, gate, easel. Maybe it is because of that repeated part, but now around 2:30 leading into 3:00 I start feeling, Jesus, it all looks the same... I suddenly go from really enjoying the video to wondering if it will ever end. By 3:45, I am checking IRC and noticing Shui is talking about having a water-war, because I can't keep my eyes on the screen until 3:47 when I RAGE AGAIN because song isn't over but you have credits showing up again. The last nineteen seconds I spend just utterly pissed off.
tl;dr, loved the first half, second half was torture. Stock film effects were cheesy. Don't put credits in the video. Don't be so darn repetitive, it is why the second half was torture.
I give it a solid C+. Beginning was more than passing, but needed a lot more to keep me entertained past the 2:30 mark.
