Reflections of Style 3

devilmaykickass · Post by **devilmaykickass** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:31 am

I liked it. Didn't get what the theme was supposedly, but I liked it.

The comic book part blew me away.

Orzmella · Post by **Orzmella** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:26 am

Nice project , most of it was rock wich i RLY like , and the last 1 from Pendulum was ausome , TOP mep for me

10/10

bluetrain · Post by **bluetrain** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:33 pm

Nostromo Pwns All

Reigna · Post by **Reigna** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:50 pm

Amazing work, definetely the best project of the three in terms of execution. The variety of the songs added something that truly sets it apart from other MEPs, and the way these songs and their videos flowed was awesome. Great job everyone

Niwa · Post by **Niwa** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:38 am

As a KGNE fan i must say Lockstock that you made it GREAT

seriously, anyway this was amazing

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:44 am

Orzmella wrote:most of it was rock wich i RLY like

ORLY?

Vicious Knives · Post by **Vicious Knives** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:52 pm

I showed the .avi version of ROS3 to my university's anime society last night. Even though I was playing it on the society's brand new DivX-compatible and HDMI-compatible DVD player, the video and audio skipped horribly at the end of Unlimited Rice's Full Metal Panic sequence (the part with all those swirling light rings). It ran into such a snag that the society's president briefly considered stopping the video right then and there. Fortunately, once it moved past that part, it played the rest of the video just fine. Snag aside, I think ROS3 went over well. There was a fair bit of laughter during the Honey and Clover sequence even though we've only watched the first episode of that series. I don't know how well the entire audience (around 20 people) received the rest of the video, but I know from talking to him about it that the president enjoyed it.

I greatly enjoyed Reflections of Style 3, but in a completely different way than Reflections of Style 2. Reflections of Style 2 wowed me with its snazzy special effects and pulled me along with its fast-paced music and quick-cut editing. Reflections of Style 3, on the other hand, struck me as much more of an artistic endeavor, especially in the first and last minutes of the video.

I didn't like the Honey and Clover sequence much when I first watched it, but it's grown on me. My first impression of it was: "You've got a great ensemble cast to work with and you only focus on Hagu and Shinobu? That just doesn't seem right." But the more I watched it, the more I accepted that the song really only allowed for a focus on two characters. I suppose the feeling I initially had was that all the other characters were being unfairly "left out", but that's obviously not the case. The Honey and Clover sequence was very well done, by the way. I enjoyed all the shapes and colors. And that short bit with Shinobu dancing to the music was great.

I think my favorite sequence is Tyler's Mushishi sequence. Beautiful, colorful imagery combined with a powerful swelling in the music. I must download that anime. But all the sequences are very well done, and Nostromo managed to give the MEP a strong finish.

And Metro's Tenjho Tenge manga segment is undeniably impressive. (*sigh* If only the Berserk manga had been given such a masterful treatment instead. Oh well.)

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:44 pm

Vicious Knives wrote:I showed the .avi version of ROS3 to my university's anime society last night. Even though I was playing it on the society's brand new DivX-compatible and HDMI-compatible DVD player, the video and audio skipped horribly at the end of Unlimited Rice's Full Metal Panic sequence (the part with all those swirling light rings). It ran into such a snag that the society's president briefly considered stopping the video right then and there. Fortunately, once it moved past that part, it played the rest of the video just fine.

That segment has the highest bitrate in the whole project. The XviD/MP3 encode peaks at around 12087 kbit/s (according to VLC, anyway), so I guess it's not too surprising that a standalone player would hiccup on it.

It probably would have been a good idea to slap a zone setting on there to lower the bitrate for that one section -- if done just right, it probably wouldn't have been too visually damaging -- but I was going more for quality over everything else. Also, I admittedly spent a lot more time tweaking the H.264/AAC encode, if for no other reason that my current video compression program obsession is x264

Glad to hear it nevertheless went well, though.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:46 pm

Oh, that reminds me.

By the way: if anyone is interested in a DVD-spec MPEG-2 encode of RoS3, drop me a line. My upload is slow as hell (Comcast sucks) but perhaps we can work out a DVD shipping deal or whatever.

Unlimited Rice · Post by **Unlimited Rice** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:55 pm

Vicious Knives wrote:I showed the .avi version of ROS3 to my university's anime society last night. Even though I was playing it on the society's brand new DivX-compatible and HDMI-compatible DVD player, the video and audio skipped horribly at the end of Unlimited Rice's Full Metal Panic sequence (the part with all those swirling light rings). It ran into such a snag that the society's president briefly considered stopping the video right then and there. Fortunately, once it moved past that part, it played the rest of the video just fine.

trythil wrote:That segment has the highest bitrate in the whole project. The XviD/MP3 encode peaks at around 12087 kbit/s (according to VLC, anyway), so I guess it's not too surprising that a standalone player would hiccup on it.

It probably would have been a good idea to slap a zone setting on there to lower the bitrate for that one section -- if done just right, it probably wouldn't have been too visually damaging -- but I was going more for quality over everything else. Also, I admittedly spent a lot more time tweaking the H.264/AAC encode, if for no other reason that my current video compression program obsession is x264

oh deng.. er......my bad?