Instrumental Anime Project

ooshna · Post by **ooshna** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:00 pm

I think i might be able to make a video for the fullscreen section but the video i am planning on making will consist of entirly of frame by frame sort of editing so if anyone knows of a program that can take frames from a video and turn them into images files let me know.

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:38 pm

preimere using the filmstrip mode and theres bmp export mode somewhere.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:51 pm

looks like the project is opening up again for submissions...

my vid in progress will only be a minute and a half. i'll put some more effort into working on it instead of playing wow...

tomoe is being rendered as i type. i had deleted some of my source files, so i had to remake some parts of the video. i'm increasing image saturation and contrast by a lot, so hopefully the dark scenes will be more visible.

jasper,
512x384 would make more sense if submissions are in 640x480 and 512x384, since it would be better to scale down than up. and the savings in filespace.

ooshna,
virtualdub will convert video into image files. i think it's file/save as image sequence or something.

oto,
chances are, unless you have a prosthetic voice, your voice sounds better than mine.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:59 pm

downwithpants wrote: oto,
chances are, unless you have a prosthetic voice, your voice sounds better than mine.

Heh, the problem is that I don't have any real sophistication in my voice, which is kind of what Jasper has in mind. It's also slightly higher-pitched than I would like it.

It's excellent for voicing a tripped-out teenage hippie, but I don't know if it will work for a sophisticated-sounding guy sitting there in a nice chair, smoking, and talking about the mountains of eastern Turkey very well.

I can try an practice this, but I've spent the last couple of hours 'playing' with my voice, and it's not coming out too well, in part complicated by the fact that I rush too much when reading off a text...

Anyway, I'll keep trying, but PLEASE - if someone else can, do so. Even if you just have a more mature-sounding voice, honestly.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:15 pm

I've got a mic, and I could do some voiceovers if needed.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:25 pm

Kalium wrote:I've got a mic, and I could do some voiceovers if needed.

Fancy doing some of the narratives that are on DWP's site? That's what we're looking at. I think the 'role' is basically a 'sophisticated-sounding guy sitting in a chair smoking' (whom I don't think you see, you mostly see the chair). That's what Jasper has been asking that 'cigarette smoke' clip for.

Anyway, here is what I sound like talking, from random bits of my sessions today just to give you an idea of what I would sound like. Since most of anyone can do better than that, I hope someone with a more fitting voice comes forward.

http://rapidshare.de/files/3409857/Oto- ... s.ogg.html
(scroll down, click free, wait for download link to appear)

And oh, ignore the audio quality. That's just a test.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:14 pm

sweet, you sound like you have a slight eastern european and a fair canadian accent. which could work quite well for the narrative. the recordings weren't bad. if you spoke louder, as if you were talking to someone on the other end of the room rather than three feet next to you, you could get a fuller sound from your voice, although you may need to step back from the mic to avoid saturating the recording.

now let's hear kalium's demo!

ooshna · Post by **ooshna** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:28 pm

Ok I think I have an idea for the fullscreen video. I will use Millenium Actress (which is being ripped as I type) and then one of In Flames instrumental songs like The Jester's Dance, Hargalaten, or Whoracle. It will be done with images like I said before and most likely will be about how the main character is searching for the guy she loves. Very very over done but I think the style I will do will make up for it. Also I have a sneaking suspition that when i go to take images of the avs file it will be intergrated and i will get artifacts so if anyone has a sollution please share.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:04 am

downwithpants wrote: now let's hear kalium's demo!

x2

I honestly can't believe people are catching my 'eastern-european' accent in these recordings lately. Seems like Canadians here notice it a bit less, heh

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Ooshna -
sounds like a decent idea. What I've heard from some of the In Flames instrumental stuff could be interesting, but I'm not exactly a big expert on them. So I guess anything more concrete you have - send it this way, then we'll see what to make of it.

By the way - Jasper tells me she wants a high-quality audio file for "Simplicity" from you, at the very least a 320kbps MP3. Can you get that by any chance?

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:04 am

Ogg

I can do deeper, it just takes a bit of effort.