TLO Presents: This Could Be... [Mahou Sensei Negima] [AB07]

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:55 pm

So, I'm sitting here in the AB Main Events hall before the Masquerade begins, and I'm about 99% sure that I'm not winning anything so I don't have to announce this as an "award-winning AMV", so I might as well do it now

Obligatory poster image:

Enjoy!

(note: I'm not totally happy with this encode, but AVISynth was giving me trouble so I uploaded an unfiltered and thus somewhat noisy version to my webspace. The Local version, when uploaded, will look much nicer.)

Nunchuck · Post by **Nunchuck** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:37 pm

That is too sweet

Good Romane video. I luved it :>

4/5

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:00 pm

I liked the video was very well edited and had a great feel

and im addicted to this song

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:45 pm

Perhaps it's just the sources, but while the optical effect is nice in theory, the presentation here doesn't achieve the desired response. The entire video would have probably benefitted more from a M@D style, as I don't think the editing style and most of the effects don't carry much with someone who hasn't seen the show. IMHO anyway.

Do It Right, Fucker.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:52 pm

Well, at least I'm glad it's finally out

I'm honestly happy with the way it ended up, particularly as far as doing a good job with making the editing make the somewhat sparse and static footage look good. (I don't have any problems with the editing approach, unlike the poster above

)
Otherwise I think it's stating the obvious that making this into a real romance video was certainly a bit of a push, and sometimes it does get just a little disjoint.

Was definitely worth the effort and benefitted from the time you spent on it!

oh, and you forgot to add me to acknowledgements on the video page

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:17 am

Orwell wrote:Perhaps it's just the sources, but while the optical effect is nice in theory, the presentation here doesn't achieve the desired response. The entire video would have probably benefitted more from a M@D style, as I don't think the editing style and most of the effects don't carry much with someone who hasn't seen the show. IMHO anyway.

Do It Right, Fucker.

It's funny because, as I noted in the vid comments, I'd originally planned on a M@D-style vid. There were two things that prevented me from doing so - one was a limited timeframe, the other was the fact that my tools weren't MAD-friendly, as Motion (the program I used for the intro, the end, and the manga sequence) is only 2D, and I felt like 3D space was needed in order to do a full M@D. However, now that Motion is getting 3D in the FCS2.0 release, I might do more M@D-type stuff in the future

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:47 am

YAY i finally get to get the official version O:

Reigna · Post by **Reigna** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:34 pm

That effect in the intro was neat. Good stuff.

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:34 pm

I've been waiting for this :3

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:44 pm

Wow, this was pretty cool. That effect at the beginning was ingenious, and very well integrated...I also REALLY liked the text, it didn't seem out-of-place or cheesy, like text tends to be in AMVs.

I didn't like the half-opacity zoom-ins, though, they weren't entirely consistent, and the white flashes at 2:39ish didn't sync up perfectly either.

Other than that, excellent video, I really like it!

4/5