Sum 41 MEP (All Tracks Filled)

[Kazemon15]

@ Kaze - Goodness, what a dark anime. Darker than Black? I haven't seen it but it must be dark for there to be so much dark in it.

I see what you did there. Very funny.

Oh yeah, thanks Arashi, for pointing that out. The movie is supposed to be widescreen, unless, you cropped it full? I can't tell.

[LittleAtari]

@NH: I'll try to get you something this weekend, unless you just want any beta. Let me know if you want help mixing the track or something.

[EvaFan]

that isn't a 4:3 source, .hack movie is 16:9

The sides have been cropped off from 848,480, if you couldn't tell then I think it works. The DVD quality is really helping the look so far. I'm trying to help nighthawk by keeping the same AR as the MEP and besides I haven't run into any problems with the bit on both sides missing yet.

[SilkAMV]

that isn't a 4:3 source, .hack movie is 16:9

The sides have been cropped off from 848,480, if you couldn't tell then I think it works. The DVD quality is really helping the look so far. I'm trying to help nighthawk by keeping the same AR as the MEP and besides I haven't run into any problems with the bit on both sides missing yet.

Quality isn't that great, just fyi. Also, he asked you to letterbox, not crop.

[EvaFan]

I noticed it on the rules but I talked with nighthawk about cropping the sides way back last year when this started and he didn't have a problem with it, I don't care either way. If he want's it 16:9 with borders then I'll do it.

Edit:

Quality isn't that great, just fyi.

That beta is from raws. I had my track finished near the beginning of last year except for some FX, I just got my DVD's in yesterday and it looks exponentially better.

[Kevmaster]

katze

[EvaFan]

I'm pretty sure I've already commented on ex's and kaze's track in the past. I won't redl and comment again unless it's been changed or told otherwise.

Arashi-
I'm prolly gonna come off as biased when I say this but this whole thing feels rushed and sporatic, I don't know if that's just your editing style or what. A few parts that I really liked though are 0:22-0:32, 0:38-0:43, and 1:00-end. The ending is intense and great. The problem I had with everything else is lyric sync and randomness, well 0:03-0:07 is ok IMO though. Everything else cept for the brief clips of the simulated past feel like you could lift them up and move them around on the timeline and it wouldnt matter any cause they are only there for beat sync so it seems. A quick example would be in the beginning we go from him standing in water or the sky or something i can't tell, then all of a sudden to a hospital where he looks down the hallway then to a random other event that is placed somewhere near the end I think in connection to this one. There's almost no coagulation here untill the parts where you follow the lyrics pretty well. I don't know how much source you have to work with either though.

The simulated past parts work for the most part cept the hospital one, the mood and scene just didn't match there with that aggravation lyric. I don't particularly like that noise/grain you got goin on either (looks ugly, might work if done differently) but that's being picky. IMO a slighly shaded or greyscale like the one you got with edge feathering (elliptical looks better then sqaure) would probably work better since you don't use noise or grain anywhere else in the video and it's not synced to anything.

Definitley like the ending though, I can see why you won't change it.

[dreamawake]

Let's just say I exhausted my source as far as usable clips go. :S

[NightHawk]

Well I wasn't exactly expecting everyone to post their thoughts directly in the thread...but I guess it's alright. lol

@ExSphere - I think I remember you mentioning something about the audio quality of a track or two. I think I heard it sometime a few days ago too. All the uncompressed WAV's were given to me by exedata who said he ripped the CD's himself. I don't actually own the CD's so I can't rip any of the music. If you or anyone does, and wants to replace a seemingly bad audio clip, go ahead and send me the file and I'll swap it.

@LA - Show me something by Wednesday, that's about when everyone else is showing me their betas. As for mixing, I should be good on it, but if I like your beta, I can give you preference at this point as to what part of the song you want in. It'll have to be around the same time frame though (~1min or so). Also, if you happen to have the CD to rip the song from, that'd be great too. haha

@Track 3 People - Reda is also taking a whack at the track. You all have until Wednesday to turn in your betas. I should make my decision on who gets the track by Thu or Fri.

As for the cropping/letterboxing, it's been like a year since I've looked at/into the rules. Like I said before, if there's anything that you guys think should be changed for the greater good, just let me know and I'll look into it. My AMV tech knowledge is way too rusty at this point.

I won't be available all weekend because I'm taking a trip to le mountains, so I'll be checking back on Monday. Just a heads up.

[dreamawake]

Letterboxing > Crop