1:1 Op Exchange

DF Ash · Post by **DF Ash** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:50 am

I'll be here to post a review this evening. Thanks!

DF Ash · Post by **DF Ash** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:36 am

Okay, now that I have a second, I'll add a little more info!

It's a WMV file, largest and most detailed file size possible, but in order to pull off some of the fades, multiple save/loads were needed, and that washed out the fades and diminished the video a bit. I don't like it, but it was either that or start from scratch and lose a whole lot of syncs that would've been nearly impossible to recreate, so I went with just having lower quality. This isn't a con video, and I'm not pretending to be an experienced AMV editor, just one who edits for fun and hopefully has a penchant for original song ideas.

The song itself is echoey: I mention this because two of the three friends who previewed it responded with "the audio sounds distorted", and it's not: the song actually is distorted (the response of one of them after that was "oh, then I hate that song," so be warned :p). That echoing, warbling sound and the feedback distortion is what made me think of the empty eeriness of closed space, so it's actually part of the video's plan. There are two distortion moments in the song near the end that sync up oddly with the video: at first I thought the clips just weren't muted properly, but checked and no, those same sounds really are in the original song. It's just an odd coincidence, and "fixing" it would've meant messing up the flow.

There are no visual effects apart from fades, and a partial fade sequence in the middle. It's part of my video editing philosophy, I'm just minimalist in visual style. I need to master simple, cut and fade videos before jumping into digital effects: to do otherwise would be relying on a gimmick.

There's no lip synching, though there's one brief part that does match lip flaps and lyrics decently. It was originally a coincidence, but once I noticed it, I kept it in there and worked with it.

The concept of the video's explained in its description, so no need to repeat it here, and make a rambling message twice as rambling. I'll be available to watch and review other vids tonight, so check it out and let me know what you think!

Zwill · Post by **Zwill** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:59 pm

You can pick which one to op. I'll get to your video by tonight.

DF Ash · Post by **DF Ash** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:54 pm

I'll go with Last Hour, as it's the less reviewed video, and I'm a little more familiar with CCS.

DF Ash · Post by **DF Ash** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:24 pm

Zwill, your op's up now.

Sab3rZ3r0 · Post by **Sab3rZ3r0** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:04 pm

I'm game.

I'll have your OP up asap.
Thanks in advance.

DF Ash · Post by **DF Ash** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:37 pm

No problem, and thanks! I'm downloading now, and it'll be my last op posted for tonight.

DF Ash · Post by **DF Ash** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:08 pm

Sab3r, your op's now up.

Zwill · Post by **Zwill** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:50 am

Your op is up.

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:20 am

From Haruhi vid to Haruhi vid? I would like to do an op exchange!

Make sure that you listen to the lyrics