Being A Superstar - AniNite 09 - Best Of Pro

[Sonydjsnmix]

I think you captured Perfect Blue's story very well..... But too well to the point that it seemed like a rehash *I don't really know how well to put it* then an amv. That it made it boring.

I liked the camera effect and the editing style. The concept just wasn't my cup of tea.

3.8/5

[Bauzi]

Uhm... Where do I begin? I respect your opinion and it's nice to get some advice, because I know that I have to improve to tell good obvious stories. The problem is: I never wanted to make a story. I wanted to a portrait a mood and situation. Being stalked etc... That's why I didn't wrote something about a storyline in the comments. I didn't wanted people to "don't get a story that never really existed". If they interpret it that way than I'm good for me. I can really understand where you comeing from when you see this amv this way.

First chorus: I have to agree a bit. It's not really big and I felt that it's a bit too slow, but still... I liked it as it is. "Lazy" is a good word to describe it.

Second chorus: I can't agree here to much. I'm my audience. I've somebody shares my taste than it's ok, if someone doesn't it's fine too. I would never suppose somebody to like my style. I just want to say: I see this chorus as one of my best works lately where I can really feel energy and power. I love this part.

AND THEN you cut out the BIG GUITAR CLIMAX! What were you thinking?! Its only 15 seconds long, don't tell me you didn't have enough footage for it. Do you just not like that part of the song? Its like you made a video with Stairway to Heaven and used only the first 3 minutes of it. Dude, who signed off on that? That is the PEAK of the song.

OH! I almost forgot about it. Sry dude. Of course I like this part, but I had to cut off some parts, because I was LIMITED with the footage.

I've cut from the song:
00:42 - 00:51 (which just felt like draging on the intro and like a part where I would waste good scenes)
02:56 - 03:11

I'm not a good audio editor, that's why I wasn't possible to keep in the climax and cut out a different part in the same chorus. Sry dear fans.


Hell I was limited with the footage all the time. I can't really believe a comment like this:

don't tell me you didn't have enough footage for it

,because you seam to know the source. Now tell me in all honesty: Where would you get the 14 seconds of a pure guitar climax out of the movie if you still strugle to fill 2 or more minutes of the video? Go ahead! Watch the movie and tell me which usefull scenes I missed. I'm curious. I just wanted to spare the viewer too many scene repetitions that's why the end also doesn't feel too tasty. Someone mentioned in an opinion the live action movie. I never saw it and that's a bad thing that I almost forgot it existed because it might have been the way out of scene repetitions and to a deeper concept.

I also thought you faded out of the song way to early.

I'm not pleased with the end of the audio too, but: That's how the song is. Pick up your Antichrist Superstar record and listen to it again. There is a short buzz at the beginning of The Angel With The Scrapped Wings, but that's a too sudden ending for the song. A possible way would be too take the malfunctions at the end and replicate it too a longer ending: Man... I'm not an audio editor and this seams way too hard for me.


In the end I have to say that I'm still really pleased with the outcome of the amv. I improved in setting up a more obvious concept and I'm happy that the editing went so well for me and... mhm... for people who share my taste. I tried to keep it more simpel and slow and at least it worked out good for me.

Also: Thanks to Castor Troy and Sonydjsnmix for your nice input =)

[Castor Troy]

Wha, what? There was no story?!

[Bauzi]

Wha, what? There was no story?!

Yes there wasn't supposed to be a story. Hell... to we really seek today so much after a storyline in an amv? That's not a cirtismn because I also see it in myself so I'm curious. However: I can understand if somebody sees a story in it.

I'm someone who loves to portrait something like a mood, character or situation. I already portrait (beside character profiles) things like insanity, horror of sience or the downside of being famous (as you see here). The only time I really tried to tell a story was in Deus Machina.

This time I portraied the downside of being famous. What's like to be in the movies, in the porn magazines, being hyped, being loved, being stalked... Of course I like to highly exaggerate like this fansite where you see your loved superstar killing someone else or getting hunted down.

My description of the amv concept:

This is the life of a superstar. Being famous, being a popstar, being hyped, being in the movies, being loved, being stalked, being paranoid, being insane, being schizophrenic, being killed. Just being a normal superstar...

Maybe I should portrait something happy next time? I already made so many negative stuff