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ChaoticMonk
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"Lifetime of Love"

Post by ChaoticMonk » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:58 pm

Hey guys :D

I made an AMV and I would really appreaciate any tips/reviews anyone can give me to help me improve.

Source: Final Fantasy VIII
Song: Josh Groban & Tina Arena - I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You
Link: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... p?v=126044

Enjoy :)

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dj_ultima_the_great
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Post by dj_ultima_the_great » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:33 pm

Like I've said many times before, I'm a sucker for FF videos. Thus, I downloaded this.

It's pretty good, really! For most of the video, your timing was right on. Nice, simple cuts, with just a few little overlays/effects to spice things up. The video quality was good, although the resolution was pretty small. Also, you should make the aspect ratios match. I know that that's a pain for games like FFVIII were just the ending is different, but it's kind of necessary. Have you read the AV Tech guide? It's a bit complex at first, but it's awesome for helping to make your video slightly larger and still looking good.

The only thing I didn't care for in your editing was from the two minute mark to three minutes. It just felt like it was dragging, and the scenes looked a lot like filler. However, you did pick up the pace again after that, so good job.

Besides the fact that I don't really dig corny romance songs like this, your video was very well done. Is this your first? It's the only one in your profile. If it is, then I commend you doubly. You're definitely on the right track and going strong. ^_^


- Jen

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devilmaykickass
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Post by devilmaykickass » Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:14 am

Wow...

Other than the fact that it's not very original (SquallxRinoa mushy romance), and a few technical aspects (two different aspect ratios, which is understandable I guess), this is one of the best FFVIII videos I've seen. The quality was awesome aswell, considering it's from the PS1 version.

Before seeing this video I had always doubted that a compotent FFVIII exclusive AMV was impossible. :p

ChaoticMonk
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Post by ChaoticMonk » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:33 am

Thankyou both :D

I did discover the AV Tech guide when I was almost done with my video and used all the same settings for the codecs which helped a whole lot but wehen I changed the framrate to match the source footage (15fps) and tried to remove interlacing things got alittle hairy (I guess I should've started working at 15fps from the start instead of 24fps) so I decided to stick with what looked decent.

I'd still love to figure out a good way to matchup nonletterbox clips with the letterbox ones.

Thanks again :D

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Post by ChaoticMonk » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:19 pm

Anyone else got any advice before I get going with my next one? :D

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