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I'm Alive!

Post by Hirou Keimou » Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:19 pm

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Video: I'm Alive! (Preview)
Category: Upbeat, Spiritual, Romance
Anime: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie In April)
Song: Texas
Artist: Magic Man
Creator: Hirou Keimou

Originally for Quickening 2015 Round 1, and earned 2nd place; by popular demand (by Radical_Yue), I continued it.

The idea had been to capture this beautiful anime's lighter, happier side and primarily focus on its romance and spiritual aspects (of how both musicians fall in love and inspire each other in their music) while still maintaining a little drama for emotion.

I'm overall satisfied by its outcome.

Conventions –
- Nan Desu Kan (2015) Participant
- AWA (2015) Expo - Best Lie

Last edited by Hirou Keimou on Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: I'm Alive!

Post by Xophilarus » Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:59 pm

Really liked this when you made it for Quickening so nice to see this. Found it a bit odd at the end where he was suddenly sad and she died since it felt like it came more out of nowhere, but I really enjoyed the overall brighter spin on the show.

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Re: I'm Alive!

Post by CrackTheSky » Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:55 pm

Probably the best video I've seen all year. Usually with videos I like I have a ton to say but here I'm just speechless. You captured the spirit of this anime in its purest form and the editing is simply phenomenal. Astounding work.

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Re: I'm Alive!

Post by Koopiskeva » Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:55 pm

Good stuff! :up:
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Re: I'm Alive!

Post by Cenit » Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:15 am

Great feeling. Great Anime/Song combo. I enjoyed. First Upbeat AMV to this Anime i've seen. But it's technically the new K-On/Haruhi. Why is it everywhere?
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Re: I'm Alive!

Post by Radical_Yue » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:10 am

I'm glad you finished this! Great sync and mood, super refreshing upbeat take on the anime that I appreciate. It's nice to see a bit of the happy with the sad. |:> |:> |:>

Fantastic job!

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Re: I'm Alive!

Post by ZephyrStar » Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:27 pm

Really cool, probably my favorite YLA video.
I really wasn't into the forced drama of the show, so I'm glad you focused on the happy fun parts of it because I feel like it stands so well on it's own without the drama.
Excellent work!

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Re: I'm Alive!

Post by Mol » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:21 am

Pretty well done stuff. I feel like pacing could be a bit more varied as i get somewhat uninterested in it :shrug:
Still better than that MMO.
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Re: I'm Alive!

Post by Ardamaeus » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:36 am

ZephyrStar wrote:Really cool, probably my favorite YLA video.
I really wasn't into the forced drama of the show, so I'm glad you focused on the happy fun parts of it because I feel like it stands so well on it's own without the drama.
Excellent work!
I agree with you there, Chris ;3!

You took all the great scenes from the anime that I kind of actually liked and made it into a great video. Shigatsu as a series wasn't really a keeper in my book, but your AMV definitely is ;D!
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Re: I'm Alive!

Post by Hirou Keimou » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:05 am

Master response to all the replies ahead~
A bit master "thank you" is right here <3 !
Xophilarus wrote:Really liked this when you made it for Quickening so nice to see this. Found it a bit odd at the end where he was suddenly sad and she died since it felt like it came more out of nowhere, but I really enjoyed the overall brighter spin on the show.
To be honest, it's up to you all to debate if she died because I really never covered where she is ill in the video, or at least not directly. So, unless you know about the anime and its conclusion, it's up for interpretation. Of course, I was on the whole spiritual brigade...
CrackTheSky wrote:Probably the best video I've seen all year. Usually with videos I like I have a ton to say but here I'm just speechless. You captured the spirit of this anime in its purest form and the editing is simply phenomenal. Astounding work.
While I do love good drama videos of this anime, I also believe its beginning houses enough upbeat material, and its message is not about the depressing stuff people edit so I really hope I captured its lighter side (seriously, I love this anime too much not to try to capture its good qualities).
Koopiskeva wrote:Good stuff! :up:
Thank you <3
Cenit wrote:Great feeling. Great Anime/Song combo. I enjoyed. First Upbeat AMV to this Anime i've seen. But it's technically the new K-On/Haruhi. Why is it everywhere?
Like I said above to CrackTheSky; I love drama videos of this anime but I do wish people could do more upbeat videos with it.
Actually, it's not like either of those anime; in fact, if I were to compare it in anime, it'd be closer to a lighter version of Clannad: After Story (main character dying) with undertones of Macross Frontier (girl loving music so much, guy in love with girl who will die), and a side of Hibike! Euphorium (love of classical music with drama). The tone in which Your Lie In April is in does not measure up to the lightheartedness of Haruhi or K-On.
Radical_Yue wrote:I'm glad you finished this! Great sync and mood, super refreshing upbeat take on the anime that I appreciate. It's nice to see a bit of the happy with the sad. |:> |:> |:>

Fantastic job!
You did encourage me; you know. I'm glad it lives up to all the effort I did pour into it (both emotional and editing wise). And yes; I want more upbeat videos of this anime too! I will likely do another one down the road. :)
ZephyrStar wrote:Really cool, probably my favorite YLA video.
I really wasn't into the forced drama of the show, so I'm glad you focused on the happy fun parts of it because I feel like it stands so well on it's own without the drama.
Excellent work!
I do like the drama side, too; in fact, I like it a little more than most anime nowadays in terms of "believable drama" (a.k.a. character with emotional trauma due to abusive and/or harsh parents afraid to re-communicate or move on because of the past). But, of course, I also loved its upbeat side, where all the characters were laughing and having fun. And who can beat this beautiful art? <3
M'o'l wrote:Pretty well done stuff. I feel like pacing could be a bit more varied as i get somewhat uninterested in it :shrug:
I redid the video a total of 8 times in order to gain a fluid pacing where I really desired it so by the time I finished this, I about died editing-wise on where I could improve areas. Yes; I see areas for improvement, but I would rather invest it in newer edits than correct this (and it's not because I dislike it or the song either, I find it really annoying that I did all this and I still find errors) but I find this version to my satisfactory. It's upbeat, conveys my love of this anime, and still tells the story of two characters who fell in love through music; in my opinion, that is all I did strive for.
Ardamaeus wrote:You took all the great scenes from the anime that I kind of actually liked and made it into a great video. Shigatsu as a series wasn't really a keeper in my book, but your AMV definitely is ;D!
Maybe it's on an emotional level that I can connect with Your Lie In April due to its tones and of its conclusion being a significant portion of my life (a friend, ill, who died and could not be cured, and she had been so upbeat and lived happily despite her circumstances). But I really think this anime earned my #1 all-time favorite for its deliverance, even if pacing sometimes is off; but no series can be perfect. (Hey, I love SAO, but I don't love the ALO arc anymore than others do!) :up:

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