AWA Best Horror: "Requiem for a Nightmare"

Feedback on cataloged Anime Music Videos

Moderators: Mol, seasons

Forum rules
Please observe the following unique rules for this forum:
  • Please limit your new threads (not replies) to one per week. If you have several new videos to announce, create one thread for all the videos. (Note: if you forget one you can edit your post!)
  • Offsite links are allowed, but you are required to have a catalog entry for that video as well. Threads announcing videos that do not contain a catalog entry will be moved to the Awaiting Catalog Entry sub-forum and will be deleted in 2 weeks if an entry is not created.
  • When posting announcements, it is recommended that you include links to the catalog entries (using the video ID) in your post.
  • Videos that do not contain anime are allowed to be announced in the Other Videos section and are not required to have catalog entries.
User avatar
pen-pen2002
Joined: Sun Sep 02, 2001 3:39 pm
Location: Grinnell, IA Procrastination Meter: Code Lemon-Lime
Org Profile

Post by pen-pen2002 » Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:59 pm

BrsrkEva wrote:I got this AMV from farlo or someone, but I've watched it, and I haven't been phased by it, then again, i need to see Memories/Magnetic Rose (whatever it's called) (I think I found it at Best Buy).

Still an excellent AMV, although I don't understand it all the way.
The movie would fill in the details but it wouldn't completly change your take (I think.) The movie is mostly a trestie on the danjers of being consumed by your memories and living in the past. The main charicter (well, the one I focused on, earlier betas had more of the other 3) is just an ordinary guy with an ordinary, if somewhat tragic past. All he want to do is help his freind, but he just gets drwan deeper and deeper into the nightmare. His only strength was in being able to reject a false reality and live in the present, no matter how painful. Their only crime was being good people.

I didn't accually intend for this to be a scary vid, although that's the way it turned out. It was intended to be more psycological than phsiological, it's the retelling of a great story.
angelx03 wrote:I got scared so I turned down the volume. :oops:
I was showing it to a friend yesterday and I started it and then left to get some water. Well, the volume was turned up too high but since it starts at a normal volume it wasn't noticeable (Requiem for a Dream has 3 volume levels: Normal, soft, and in-your-face). I come back and the computer is blasting Requiem.

My friend is sitting absolutely motionless with his face about a foot from the screen. :lol:
Image

User avatar
Battle Angel 1337A
Joined: Sun Jul 11, 2004 12:41 pm
Location: In the rain, under the lightpost
Org Profile

Post by Battle Angel 1337A » Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:32 pm

Oooh... Nice one... :shock:
If you fight me, you will never be able to fight again. Give up. - Aburame Shino

Seragoth
Joined: Sun Nov 16, 2003 10:57 pm
Location: Boston
Org Profile

Post by Seragoth » Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:10 pm

Wow... Just... Wow.

Very nice.
The world is full of Kings and Queens
Who'll blind your eyes and steal your dreams
It's heaven and hell...
Oh Well...

p0d
Joined: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:04 am
Location: Seoul - South Korea
Contact:
Org Profile

Post by p0d » Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:46 pm

A very great music but the sync could be better.
Nice vid.
Image
May the honk be with you

User avatar
Otohiko
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Org Profile

Post by Otohiko » Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:51 pm

I was finally in the room alone for long enough to really watch it.

Well, this is certainly what I hoped this video was capable of all along.
The titles may be a bit optional, and might have broken up the visual flow somewhat, but they're still a very smart tradeoff for immersing the viewer gradually from the beginning, and then bringing in the heavy stuff.
So, the beginning, which (and mind you, speaking relatively) I thought and still think is the weaker section of the video (and given its' quality, that speaks volumes of the strength of the 'strong' sections), now really fulfills its' purpose.

I honestly didn't think you could improve that main section I was always so impressed over. But apparently, you did. And the new ending... well, it's an ending now.

I'll be sure to write a long op on it... eventually (looks at sig :( )

What's very interesting here is actually my attitude towards this video - I think I might be approaching it more like one of my own videos rather than someone else's video that I just downloaded and watched, in the sense that I've seen it in progress so many times, to the point where (and this is not neccesarily true) I think I have a very good idea of the how/what/why behind it. Or at least I appreciate it as a process as much as I do as product (or maybe that just has to do with how long it actually took between the first time I saw it and the final release).

In any case, it was worth the effort on your part and the wait on my part :)

And to be perfectly honest, this gets my personal 'prize' for both my favorite video of the year and "favorite video ever that does not feature any weird colours and/or highly distorted imagery" :roll:
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

User avatar
SSJVegita0609
Joined: Sat Aug 03, 2002 10:52 pm
Location: Around...
Org Profile

Post by SSJVegita0609 » Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:25 pm

I didn't really consider it horror, but then again, I don't consider most of the labelled horror vids to be horror. Regardless, it was definitely a damn well put together vid. Good on you.
The best effects are the ones you don't notice.

User avatar
Otohiko
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Org Profile

Post by Otohiko » Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:56 pm

SSJVegita0609 wrote:I didn't really consider it horror, but then again, I don't consider most of the labelled horror vids to be horror. Regardless, it was definitely a damn well put together vid. Good on you.
I'd say somewhat the same, actually.

This isn't so much horror as it is an excellent dark drama vid with a good sense of athmosphere. It's certainly scary and impacting, but it's something different from what I'd consider horror.

Granted, I'm not surprised it's been winning in that category, since it is much, much scarier than anything the bloodier, 'truer' horror has been showing lately.
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

User avatar
Warheart
Joined: Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:58 am
Status: Immersed
Location: In Fiction
Contact:
Org Profile

Post by Warheart » Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:03 pm

Magnificent Video.

User avatar
TokyoU15
Joined: Mon Feb 05, 2001 9:35 pm
Contact:
Org Profile

Post by TokyoU15 » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:19 pm

wow....it's scary how easilly people get scared....This video definatly isn't horror....but it does set a kick ass dark atmosphere. Sweet vid!
<a href="http://www.senpaiproductions.net">Image</a>
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... =326">View My Profile</a>
The Thrill of The Kill Is Alive and Well!

User avatar
mexicanjunior
Joined: Wed Jun 27, 2001 11:33 pm
Status: It's a process...
Location: Dallas, TX
Contact:
Org Profile

Post by mexicanjunior » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:30 pm

Saw it at AWA, solid vid. :up:

Locked

Return to “AMV Announcements & Feedback”