(Almost) All Piano Keys

JCD · Post by **JCD** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:48 pm

Good stuff. The pianokeys annoyed me after a while, I felt kinda relieved when the first change in them was at 3:30

I think it wouldn't hurt to synch some other sound of the music and doing a little more actual changes, it wouldn't lose focus on the pianokeys imo

Lubbed the song, so will be watched a few times over

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:53 pm

Ah, I've been waiting for a video like this. And while it's not the Joplin storm that I'd imagined, I thought it was a very good video nonetheless.

Masahiko29 · Post by **Masahiko29** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:22 am

JCD wrote:The pianokeys annoyed me after a while

I have to agree. I saw this video at the Anime Destiny 2004 AMV contest this weekend and found the judges award as “Most attention-grabbing AMV” to be appropriate, as it certainly did grab my attention, but not in a positive way. About half way through I found myself praying for a change, and when that didn’t happen soon enough, praying for the end. It was the only video where I wrote a short note to myself, and that was “one trick pony”. I applaud you for creating experimental videos however, IMHO the result of this experiment is that one effect, used so often, cannot carry a video on its own.

Sir Enji · Post by **Sir Enji** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:01 am

That was excellent ^_^ I noticed a couple of chep effects, but overall it was very neat, of course I'm a kenshin fan so I like to watch kenshin AMVs ^_^ makes my work look like child's play

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:15 am

TaranT wrote:
dwchang wrote:I hate you...
I can live with that. Puts me in the same class as Vlad and Kusoyaro.

Gee... I not sure if I should laugh, feel complimented or just plain insulted

Mr DW should be up to hating half the worlds population of AMV creators by now

Vlad

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:48 am

JCD wrote:...I think it wouldn't hurt to synch some other sound of the music and doing a little more actual changes, it wouldn't lose focus on the pianokeys imo ...

I've been thinking that I should have altered the key styles at the breaks at 2:00 and 2:55. Question is, how? I already used drop-shadows and glows. Maybe a split key, horizontal or vertical...or a cracked key. Maybe doubled up and mirrored across the center of the screen. There are many possibilities.

Masahiko29 wrote:I have to agree. I saw this video at the Anime Destiny 2004 AMV contest this weekend and found the judges award as “Most attention-grabbing AMV” to be appropriate, as it certainly did grab my attention, but not in a positive way. About half way through I found myself praying for a change, and when that didn’t happen soon enough, praying for the end. It was the only video where I wrote a short note to myself, and that was “one trick pony”....

"One trick pony" is what this project was all about. And I thought the same about the "attention-grabbing" label. Could be for good or not-so-good. Can't argue with the judges, however.

Oh, and maybe the vid isn't quite so boring if you focus on the main images and just let the keys play across your field of vision.

Jasper-Isis wrote:Ah, I've been waiting for a video like this. And while it's not the Joplin storm that I'd imagined, I thought it was a very good video nonetheless.

"Joplin storm" is an interesting idea. Especially in video.

Sir Enji wrote:That was excellent ^_^ I noticed a couple of chep effects, but overall it was very neat, of course I'm a kenshin fan so I like to watch kenshin AMVs ^_^ makes my work look like child's play

Kenshin? Only "a couple"?? dW, I think this one is for you. Unless Sir Enji stumbled into the wrong topic.

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Gee... I not sure if I should laugh, feel complimented or just plain insulted. Mr DW should be up to hating half the worlds population of AMV creators by now.

Give him time.

Sir Enji · Post by **Sir Enji** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:38 am

hey I didn't say I was good either! I was just saying some of the things the guy did detracted from the AMV. Don't need toget all overmy case, I've only made 5 in my life, none of them I would say were great.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:51 pm

Sir Enji wrote:hey I didn't say I was good either! I was just saying some of the things the guy did detracted from the AMV. Don't need toget all overmy case, I've only made 5 in my life, none of them I would say were great.

OK, maybe I misunderstood your post, but there is a subtext to this thread that you may have missed. And since you like Kenshin vids, you might want to look at this if you haven't seen it. It's a good one.

Sir Enji · Post by **Sir Enji** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:34 pm

I already saw that

That's the vid I was talking about. I like it and think its cool, but like most everything I see, it can use improvement. Just saying ^_^ *goes off and watches vid again*

Maverick-Rubik · Post by **Maverick-Rubik** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:55 pm

Yes... that isn't the video this thread is about.

He just mentioned it as semi-inspiration for a title.