My first AMV attempt

Southcross · Post by **Southcross** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:45 am

"Hate Me" by Blue October, set to scenes and audio clips from Blue Gender. Its a Tad long (12:26

) and 97.5MB... had many issues with background music, but I think for a first time building one, I don't think it came out too bad

[Kalium: First URL removed in accordance with the org <a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=289">Forum Rules</a>. Second URL removed at request of poster.]

I have never used [redacted]'s tracker before... so please don't blame me for any connection issues

Southcross · Post by **Southcross** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:25 pm

I've had requests to share it via some method "other" than via .torrents

I've uploaded it to a-m-v.org...
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... p?v=115430

Cheers

Southcross · Post by **Southcross** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:50 pm

killing the .torrent links... apparently there are major issues with the tracker

Southcross · Post by **Southcross** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 5:21 pm

hoping for a little constructive criticism if not completely satisifed

I was only a tad bit Manic (how often am I not

) when I working on this

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:03 pm

First off, it's generally considered a good idea to link to the video profile. Like this.

Second, bumping is bad. If you don't get any responses, well, it happens.

Southcross · Post by **Southcross** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:18 pm

Kalium wrote:First off, it's generally considered a good idea to link to the video profile. Like this.

Second, bumping is bad. If you don't get any responses, well, it happens.

LOL but that's what i did.. well on the second posting LOL
and leave my manicism out of this

I post often like I think... in spurts like some raving lunitic

MovieMarc · Post by **MovieMarc** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:22 pm

and leave my manicism out of this Razz I post often like I think... in spurts like some raving lunitic Laughing

That doesnt change the fact that its annoying.

Southcross · Post by **Southcross** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:02 pm

MovieMarc wrote:
and leave my manicism out of this Razz I post often like I think... in spurts like some raving lunitic Laughing
That doesnt change the fact that its annoying.

thanks.. I'll keep that in mind

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:17 pm

OK, first a few technical things:

* WMV bad
* Orphan frames
* Spotty audio editing

Non-technical things:

* You relied entirely too much on the original audio
* You relied entirely too much upon the source for the video to make sense

To expand on the second point slightly, this video doesn't tell its own coherent story that I can tell. It feels like a bad retelling of Blue Gender. One with very large gaps.

You didn't sufficiently establish the relationship before relying on it, and, just to add insult to injury, the video is entirely too long for no apparant reason. Your timing could use some work, too. Use intermediate exports.

Oh yeah, and you could have ended it less abruptly.

Verdict: Not good. Abuse of source audio, over reliance on familiarity with source, lack of coherent story, and inexplicable length all contribute to a twelve minute video that I found a chore to sit through.

Southcross · Post by **Southcross** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:29 pm

Kalium wrote:OK, first a few technical things:
* WMV bad
* Orphan frames
* Spotty audio editing
Non-technical things:
* You relied entirely too much on the original audio
* You relied entirely too much upon the source for the video to make sense
To expand on the second point slightly, this video doesn't tell its own coherent story that I can tell. It feels like a bad retelling of Blue Gender. One with very large gaps.

You didn't sufficiently establish the relationship before relying on it, and, just to add insult to injury, the video is entirely too long for no apparant reason. Your timing could use some work, too. Use intermediate exports.

Oh yeah, and you could have ended it less abruptly.

Verdict: Not good. Abuse of source audio, over reliance on familiarity with source, lack of coherent story, and inexplicable length all contribute to a twelve minute video that I found a chore to sit through.

ouch... some very good points... though... abuse of source audio? video doesn't tell its own coherent story?
The entire strip of audio/video was specifically themed into the subject of the song, atleast on the intepretation of this listener.... completely admit its LONG, hell I trimmed 2 minutes off of it

I'm waiting on a little feedback from the peeps over at blueoctoberfan.com, musical interpretation is a touchy subject with a lot of audiophiles. I tried to portray the "you may not like what I do for you, but I do them for 'you'" theme with the subject matter of the original Anime.