dl my brand new AMV (drama)

Adv1sor · Post by **Adv1sor** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:45 pm

A good job. I enjoyed this video.

[MOD1369: Cleared out the thread. Please try to avoid flaming when commenting on videos. Some posts that were part response to flames and part legitimate comment were lost; feel free to repost your comments]

Wheee_It's_Me! · Post by **Wheee_It's_Me!** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:54 pm

[MOD1369: Cleared out the thread. Please try to avoid flaming when commenting on videos. Some posts that were part response to flames and part legitimate comment were lost; feel free to repost your comments]

What exactly constitutes as flaming? I mean if you think someone's video sucks are you just supposed to lie to them or ignore them and let em perpetuate ignorance? And seriously, there is no "nice way" of telling someone that their video isn't any good. And as I recall my post was very subjective, I didn't just say, "Your video sucks!" I actually went into some pretty indepth analysis on WHY I thought it sucked.

[MOD1369: Alpha Hazard has a pretty good synopsis of the issue below. Disliking the video is fine, but constructive criticism is a preferred response than flaming or flame-inviting posts]

Swordfish23 · Post by **Swordfish23** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:35 pm

Yes there is a nice way to see, even with your last response it still had rudeness in it. Everyone else seems to like his video but u make it sound as if your opinion is more important than the rest of ours.

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:38 pm

All you have to say is "I didn't like your vid much". And tell why you didn't like it.

Alpha_Hazard · Post by **Alpha_Hazard** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:44 pm

like I said...Criticism does not have to be harsh to be effective...Honest perhaps...But not brutal.

Anyway...incase that's not enough, here is honest criticism that is not brutal or harsh.

I don't like this song...I think the video would be so much better with the Lennon version...but that's okay, because it's still pretty good with the perfect circle version.

The sliding frames were cool, but they got a little dense at times...it kind of hurt.

I really like some of your transitions, like with the eye and the window...I'm not sure if that is from the actual anime, but if not, then good job. The Words were a little...weird...I don't know how to describe it...I felt like they were...overdone? anyway...perhaps if they slid across the screen and were semi-transparent...I dunno...something like that...you know? I mean...We all know what Hell Looks like too (or think we know I guess...) So is it completely necesarry?

I think you capture the theme pretty well...Maynard is the one who has trouble capturing the theme...hahaha...it's too bad too, because I love a perfect circle and tool...

anyway...The quality of the video is awesome...I don't know what that other guy was saying...

Overall I would say this is a great video, despite the fact I don't like the song...I'm glad I downloaded it.

Maverick-Rubik · Post by **Maverick-Rubik** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:25 pm

The song wasn't olw's choice, as it was chosen by the coordinator of the French Tournament (And if you think that's bad, a reviewer gave me a 6 saying he'd give me 10's if I had used the Queen cover of my "We Will Rock You" video; which I found real stupid since it was chosen by Willow, and I had no choice...).

And I do not think the theme was captured well in this video at all. There is no communism or anything in that vein in Rurouni Kenshin, and neither was anything similar presented by his editing. It was most of the time synching to separate words and phrases, not on the whole of things. This is the same approach you can see from videos like Toushi, where it is only a word for word translation, and not one that conveys the purpose of the video.

However, some effects I found original, and the mood fit very well despite the thematic errors. Also, it is a very great video for being done in less than two weeks, and it is much much better than my French Tournament video (which I probably lost with).

Alpha_Hazard · Post by **Alpha_Hazard** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:38 pm

ah...not his choice huh? well...whatever...doesn't change the fact that I hate the video...I suppose I should change the overall and just bitch in my comments huh?

Alpha_Hazard · Post by **Alpha_Hazard** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:42 pm

Ah...Now I see what Hatter was talking about...I just downloaded the escaflowne video...yeah...that one...it kinda sucks...kinda like the only uploads I have...Damnit...I really need to get some editing done so I'm not dubbed totally useless...

olw · Post by **olw** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:12 am

so... this is my Hikaru no go AMV (click here to dl) and not a Escaflowne vid (url was wrong... sorry)

and this is my brand new AMV with Kenshin (click here to dl)

see you...

Alpha_Hazard · Post by **Alpha_Hazard** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:13 am

I was wondering what HNG meant...the rightful order is now restored...