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by seasons » Wed May 27, 2020 11:33 am
Running commentary/reactions as I watch this.
[0:00-0:30] Strong sense of sync from the very beginning. Very dramatic and eye-catching scenes almost feel like too much for such a quiet part of the song, though. Then again, the visuals get even more intense and the editing pace picks up once the guitars come in, so it's not like there's no sense of balance in how you're arranging your clips or anything like that.
[0:30-0:45] Lyric sync is super on-point. Maybe a little too much? But that's much better than having no connection to the scenes at all.
[0:45-1:00] Good variety of transitions so far, I like that you're not compelled to stick to straight cuts or crossfades or more complicated transitions. This bodes well for the rest of the AMV...
[1:00-1:15] Good scene selection here.
[1:15-1:45] Nothing wrong with any of these scenes, there's beautiful animation and lots of movement in this whole sequence, solid sense of internal and external sync.
[1:45] If there were any audio edits to this song, I feel like this has got to be one. I'm not trying to play "gotcha" here. Maybe this is just how the song goes. I didn't really want to bring this up but I might as well just get this out of the way: I really don't care for this song and because of that, I'm not really feeling this video overall. It's nothing you did wrong. Your editing has been pretty good so far! I'm still gonna watch the rest of this and get everything I can out of it, though. I promise!
[1:45-2:15] I'm not commenting on this in 15 or 30-second chunks on purpose. So far this is exactly where changes in the song happen. This was a good sequence of action shots.
[2:23] Nice sync on this shot.
[2:46] Good sync here, too!
[2:46-3:19] It's pretty important for an action AMV to ramp up to a satisfying climax, and this one really delivers on that. The most intense shots play out as the song is easing out of its big ending into a relatively quiet-sounding finale, but I wouldn't call this an editing sin by any means.
Overall this was really solid on a technical level, good sense of flow and sync. I don't feel like this was terribly different from a lot of other Fate AMVs, and completely breaking the mold is probably way too much to ask of any editor (that said, if anyone actually does this, I'd love to see what it looks like). This was a really strong effort and a sold video. Again, if I was a bigger fan of the music, I think this one would have clicked for me on a deeper level. Subscribed to your channel so I'll see what else you've got in the future!