Paper Image

Chimolem · Post by **Chimolem** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:05 pm

Gets....
noiiccceee 4.5/5

Kristyrat · Post by **Kristyrat** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:48 pm

I'm posting just to spite those who want me to post in other drama video threads.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:55 pm

leahzero wrote:
vivaldiscool wrote:I also think that if the Koop hadn't made this, it wouldn't have made it past one or two pages. (And certainly not over night.) And that there's a fair amount of sentimental amvs out there of the same quality.
Agreed.

5/10

This is because you people wouldn't know good drama/sentimental/romance, or any combination thereof, even it up and bit you in the ass, unless, as you say, it's zOMG kewp.

You're damned right if this video hadn't been made by Jay, it would not be getting the love fest it is now, and to me that just proves how the org's level of maturity is appalling these days.

Get off my lawn, and stop playing in my petunias, friggin ritalin-requiring, ADD addled freaks.

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Koopiskeva · Post by **Koopiskeva** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:58 pm

Time for more replies... no quotes this time though, kinda just doing a mass reply.

First, that other video is comin... someday >_>

To autraya, sorry, but maybe someday. |:

To guy, adding her childhood would've made it too complex cause of her sister, who I did not feel was emphasized anyway in the show.

To straight cut man, yes I stood up while doing this.

To anti-flow people, watch the show and you'll see what I was mimicing. Like I said in my video description, it's meant to be this way, much like how the show was. It's so easy to make a video to hit beat after beat with a straight cut, crossfade, or some flashy overlay. I've made enough slow sentimental videos to know this. Let's say perhaps that I did just hit every beat and only on every beat with some kind of scene transition, that would've been really boring and very predictable. Sometimes you gotta try something different, or even more basic to keep things interesting. Actually, there was a moment in the show that pretty much admits that. A crossfade IS an effect and I think it has been abused too much nowadays. So many videos just don't even try anymore with their blatant overuse of them that it becomes just a garbled mess of imagery layered on top of each other. I'm not saying that my video is anywhere near perfect, but its a start.

To leah, I felt the same way about the show when I started watching it (read the video description). I almost didn't finish watching it myself - so its not just you, and nor was out to fool you about how the show actually is.

To anti-koop sentiment, I can't help that my past always bring about hype, but in all honesty, a lot of the people that have posted on this thread and most of my other threads are people I've met and talk to over the years. I appreciate that they come out to leave a comment (or rather I force them with bribes.. of sandwiches?) and that kinda snowballs into others leaving a comment too, I think. It's had its consequences for sure as I've been hated on nearly as much, but its ok.

Thanks all for the comments.

piiiiii · Post by **piiiiii** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:28 pm

I've never met you but I let a message.

I've found this video not boring, so I consider that it is a good video.
I particularly like the purple/yellow sequence in 1.52. I particularly don't like when the characters speak on nothing.

CodeZTM · Post by **CodeZTM** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:31 pm

Cute video, was technically gorgeous, but I just don't care much for the anime.

leahzero · Post by **leahzero** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:08 pm

Koopiskeva wrote:A crossfade IS an effect and I think it has been abused too much nowadays. So many videos just don't even try anymore with their blatant overuse of them that it becomes just a garbled mess of imagery layered on top of each other. I'm not saying that my video is anywhere near perfect, but its a start.

Well said. Much respect for daring to do something different from the new norm. On second thought I can admire the clarity and simplicity in this video, whether or not it's to my taste overall. Keep following your vision.

jade_eyed_angel · Post by **jade_eyed_angel** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:21 pm

i like paper. O:

edit: seriously i really like that. awesome pretty animation.. like i said i must watch this nows. =P
but also. it felt like it went by really really fast.. like it's over already? wut? ;_;
seriously =p
and i love the song. really added to the mood of it. especially mixed with the prettyful awesome images. felt like a really powerful video.
purrrrrrrrrfect.

Vivaldi · Post by **Vivaldi** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:37 pm

Koopiskeva wrote: To anti-koop sentiment, I can't help that my past always bring about hype, but in all honesty, a lot of the people that have posted on this thread and most of my other threads are people I've met and talk to over the years. I appreciate that they come out to leave a comment (or rather I force them with bribes.. of sandwiches?) and that kinda snowballs into others leaving a comment too, I think. It's had its consequences for sure as I've been hated on nearly as much, but its ok.

Thanks all for the comments.

Not so much anti-koop as anti inner circle. (one of the reasons I first "liked" the org is because I thought is wasn't quite as caught up in cliques and things

)Like you said it's a snowball thing,Though the fact that all the "regulers" seem to send a beta to everyone and their mothers, seems to help I decided to make a comment on the "naruto-no giving up" thread that I'm fairly sure would've past by with out a single reply, now it's almost got a full page. :/ But however it's done there needs to be more credit where credit's due, not necessarily away from you, but certinly more to them.

As to the thing about cross fades, I do see how it's mimicing the series, and it didn't really feel that off kilter since usually it landed on a subbeat, but since the cuts were unpredictable and sharp, it gave a feeling of tension. A fade can be used to ease and release the tension, but, while there was a few, it just felt like a couple extra here and there would ease things up. When I finished watching I wasn't really tense per say, but I certinly wasn't relaxed, which is odd for a sentimental video. I do think it's a really good idea, it just needs more experimenting with.

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:45 pm

Not to de-rail the thread, but as far as the whole "inner circle" thing goes (and I put high emphasis on the quotation marks), people seem to think that it's some sort of big like conspiracy or something, when in fact, we're just friends with eachother. That's all there is to it. When a friend of yours sends you an IM and says "hey I finished my video here's the link to the forum post," you're probably gonna go and post in it. That. Is. It. If you feel more comfortable using the term "clique" or "circle," whatever. But the vast majority of us are good people who enjoy good AMV's regardless of who makes them.

That being said, yeah, I agree that if this hadn't been Jay's video, the likelihood that the thread would've grown this big so fast is quite low, and I'm sure Jay understands that. But again, people know him, and thusly it's bound to draw an audience. It doesn't mean that videos that don't get 6 pages of replies within a day suck or are any less deserving. It's just the nature of the beast.