'Bustin - somebody had to do it

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:01 pm

CodeChrono wrote:It was kind of a hit and miss with me.

*Text was fuzzy and could have been much cleaner

The red text? I have been told that there was nothing I could do about that. As for all the other text, there's a limit to how high I could push the resolution before Premiere coughed and said "No way." If there's some method I should have used to keep all my vector artwork/text crystal clear, I'd like someone to point me in the right direction because I made a thread awhile back specifically asking about this problem and the consensus seemed to be that I couldn't do anything about it. Now the consensus seems to be that there was something I could have done about it?? Ok, WHAT? I anticipate using text in future projects, so this knowledge would be most appreciated.

p.s. @ FC: The Ghostbusters logo fade thingies...pretty much an emergency measure because I could not get the scenes (every last one of them) they sit on top of to sync. I'm not thrilled about it myself, but it was the only thing I could come up with to improve upon a bad situation. This is one of many items that, if I’d had better uploading capabilities, I would have asked for advice about.

I have to say, what I am really...enjoying about everyone's feedback is that it all pretty much reflects the pros and cons I see in my own AMV. I know the challenges I faced with this project (oh here we go, waxing poetic) so I look at the situation from a different angle, but I'm still seeing the same things a lot of other people are. This is good, because it means I learned something from making this AMV and that I can hopefully do better in the future.

I guess I can say this now....

'Bustin gets a 3.5 from me: The concept and some of the graphics are the major redeeming qualities, but that's about as far as this AMV goes. Even the concept could have been elevated to another level, effects are nothing to write home about, presentation is uneven and struggles at times, toss the red text if won't render render properly, use more layered of footage, rearrange the amount of screen time everyone gets, ditch the Latin, give all the jokes more air time, destroy the "lip sync" and don't fade out the song so soon. *deep breath* What you end up with is an AMV that is not 'Bustin, but that's ok, because theoretically it would be a better AMV.

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:05 pm

Kristyrat wrote:Wow, I was actually really pleasantly surprised with this video. Excellent job with the compositions, and I found myself with a stupid grin on my face for most of it

Also, I totally just realized that the ghostbusters logo is wrong, the slashthrough should be from top left to bottom right: (\)

Wonder if they did that on purpose....

[Kristyrat]

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The Ghostbusters logo is not wrong (I had a moment of sheer terror when I first realized it could be wrong - that was about a month ago). I mentioned this in the comments section of 'Bustin - the symbol is not consistently left- or right-facing even on movie memorabilia. I went with the left-facing design because the handle of the Buster Sword wouldn't fit the other way.

Kristyrat · Post by **Kristyrat** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:13 pm

DriftRoot wrote:
Kristyrat wrote:Wow, I was actually really pleasantly surprised with this video. Excellent job with the compositions, and I found myself with a stupid grin on my face for most of it

Also, I totally just realized that the ghostbusters logo is wrong, the slashthrough should be from top left to bottom right: (\)

Wonder if they did that on purpose....

[Kristyrat]

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The Ghostbusters logo is not wrong (I had a moment of sheer terror when I first realized it could be wrong - that was about a month ago). I mentioned this in the comments section of 'Bustin - the symbol is not consistently left- or right-facing even on movie memorabilia. I went with the left-facing design because the handle of the Buster Sword wouldn't fit the other way.

Nono, I didn't mean that yours was wrong, but that the official Ghostbusters one is. And I agree, it does fit better from the left, which is why I figured they chose to use it that way as well.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:14 pm

did I mention this kicked major ass?
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blabbler · Post by **blabbler** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:32 pm

DriftRoot wrote:

'Bustin gets a 3.5 from me...

Yeah, it sucks. The thing i really liked about this is how coherent and readily apparent the concept is. This is the one and only AC amv i've seen where I had a clue what was going on. The fact that you (afaict) stuck with pretty much one sequence from the source, but still made it quite so interesting is really impressive.

DayWalker B. · Post by **DayWalker B.** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:49 pm

That was really nice indeed.

I liked the idea with the newspapers and the concept overall, it was refreshing to watch especially with an overused source like this (as already mentioned sufficiently). I feel like this video was very focused in terms of scene selection, which I liked as well in this case.
However, nice effort, you did a good job on this AMV. It was fun watching. 4/5

yumi+chan · Post by **yumi+chan** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:09 pm

Really great concept, I love the idea ^-^
The video gets a little boring for me at some point though. But still great work

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:18 pm

Kristyrat wrote: Nono, I didn't mean that yours was wrong, but that the official Ghostbusters one is. And I agree, it does fit better from the left, which is why I figured they chose to use it that way as well.

OH - well, as you can tell by my kneejerk response, there was a recent period of time in which I thought I'd gotten it wrong myself. Sorry for misinterpreting. I found it quite funny that the original symbol itself was used both ways, seems kind of inconsistent and unprofessional - just like the Ghostbusters themselves. ^_^

blabbler wrote: Yeah, it sucks.

It does not suck, I'm just a very negative, pessimistic person who has a deep-rooted fear of letting her easily-inflated ego (which is constantly at war with low self-esteem) get out of control and must constantly go to extremes to reel herself in, usually by being very hard on herself. heh I'm comfy with a 3.5 from moi.

'Bustin not only makes you feel good, it makes you go all psychoanalytical. O_0 I'm going a little nuts right now, actually I only got 3 hours of sleep last night due to a 'Bustin emergency and stress. People in my office are making fun of me. When I get home, I'm going to bed. Period.

Greggus1 · Post by **Greggus1** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:20 pm

DriftRoot wrote:'Bustin gets a 3.5 from me: The concept and some of the graphics are the major redeeming qualities, but that's about as far as this AMV goes. Even the concept could have been elevated to another level, effects are nothing to write home about, presentation is uneven and struggles at times, toss the red text if won't render render properly, use more layered of footage, rearrange the amount of screen time everyone gets, ditch the Latin, give all the jokes more air time, destroy the "lip sync" and don't fade out the song so soon. *deep breath* What you end up with is an AMV that is not 'Bustin, but that's ok, because theoretically it would be a better AMV.

Agreed. I'm glad to see you're not satisfied with this, because as technically accomplished as you are, there was a long way to go here to make this experience truly gripping. Sure, it looks cool, but you also need to tell a better story than this. Your video actually reminds me of Suberunker's Still Preoccupied With 1984, except that one had a great concept AND character depth. I'd study that one closely if I were you. Still, good effort

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:32 pm

Nice concept, very original

But it felt like you gave up after the half way mark and it was just one scene slapped on the time line.

Pwolf