SMOOTH CRIMINAL [1280 x 640]

saiyan_pride · Post by **saiyan_pride** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:22 pm

started this amv months ago and stopped for another few months and started again 2 weeks ago. Theres not too many fx and thers a story which should be easy enough to figure out.
Made with AE, Vegas7 and Photoshop.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:24 pm

Hey, we're not supposed to find out about the interlacing problem before we actually see the video

[edit]

Oh, you fixed that.
Interesting, if obvious combination. I shall have to critique when I get back on proper internet...

NS · Post by NS » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:53 pm

Hmmm. It was weird because, the effects were pretty cool.. and there were parts that worked well, but sometimes you matched beats that could have been left alone... and it really often disrupted the flow. Like at the beginning, you didn't need to have spike's red mask blink with the beat. at the end it just was a hard cut to him standing over spike.... and it was just kinda harsh and like, idk.... Idk it had ok parts but it really didn't have very good flow, and that kinda ruined it.

saiyan_pride · Post by **saiyan_pride** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:04 pm

DOKTOP KPbI/\OB wrote:Hey, we're not supposed to find out about the interlacing problem before we actually see the video

[edit]

Oh, you fixed that.
Interesting, if obvious combination. I shall have to critique when I get back on proper internet...

yup took a preview pic wit the setting in high frame rate so it got messed up

PhysicianStrudel wrote:Hmmm. It was weird because, the effects were pretty cool.. and there were parts that worked well, but sometimes you matched beats that could have been left alone... and it really often disrupted the flow. Like at the beginning, you didn't need to have spike's red mask blink with the beat.

ya i did that last minute, i usually make bad editing choices b4 i render.

Goketsu · Post by **Goketsu** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:24 am

PhysicianStrudel wrote:Hmmm. It was weird because, the effects were pretty cool.. and there were parts that worked well, but sometimes you matched beats that could have been left alone... and it really often disrupted the flow. Like at the beginning, you didn't need to have spike's red mask blink with the beat. at the end it just was a hard cut to him standing over spike.... and it was just kinda harsh and like, idk.... Idk it had ok parts but it really didn't have very good flow, and that kinda ruined it.

x2
but I stilled liked it for the most part

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:52 am

/gets
akatsuki ... isn't that the studio velho's in? *expects pwnage*

EDIT: Pretty cool bro. A mix of good and bad effects, the video shows a good knowledge of editing. Sync was good but sort of inconsistent. Wicked intro and outro. My fave part was 1:45 -2:16. The masks edges at the start looked sort of weird ... my guess is you did that photoshop. Other then that, it was a pretty cool video, mixing a song i live with a anime i loved equally. And the quality was pretty much perfect. 4/5 good work

-Reda- · Post by **-Reda-** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:31 pm

Guess I really have to be the one to say this.

This video was bad on a lot of levels. The editing was very tasteless for one. Part of having a good knowledge of editing is knowing what works and what doesn't as well as when to use something and when to leave well enough alone. Based on those criteria I would disagree with Guy07 and say that you do NOT have a good knowledge of editing.

For one thing, the repetitive nature of this whole AMV was absolutely ridiculous. Lyrical sync was practically hilarious because every time I heard "blood stains in the apartment" or something like that, you flashed back to the apartment scene. Which would have been fine if you didn't do it about 4 times through-out the entire video. We get it, you tried to do lyrical sync. It sucked, move on. Don't beat a dead horse.

Your blurs were completely retarded and your blood was totally off color. In case you haven't noticed, blood isn't exactly bright fire engine fucking red. So while its "cool" that you edited it onto the floor, a bit more realism in this kind of editing would have been a nice relief. And maybe a splatter or two, not just a circular puddle, because its blood, not pancake mix.

It feels like you tried to do a "Whisper of the Beast" style editing job on this and I'm pleased to report that you failed completely. The masking or cut outs, whatever you choose to call them, were poorly placed and they completely lacked overall purpose. Your video quality is good but I sincerely hope this is an actual bluray release and not an upscale, which is very much a no-no.

That aside this could have been a really cool concept if you had taken tone a bit more seriously as well as the actual editing job. I must admit I was excited looking at the posters for this, but I thought the white outlines around your characters were for Poster purposes, not in the actual video, where it just looks ridiculous. The truly great editing is editing you can't notice or see. Fantastic to know that you highlighted it for us.

1/5

Fuze · Post by **Fuze** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:03 pm

-Reda- wrote:Guess I really have to be the one to say this.

This video was bad on a lot of levels. The editing was very tasteless for one. Part of having a good knowledge of editing is knowing what works and what doesn't as well as when to use something and when to leave well enough alone. Based on those criteria I would disagree with Guy07 and say that you do NOT have a good knowledge of editing.

For one thing, the repetitive nature of this whole AMV was absolutely ridiculous. Lyrical sync was practically hilarious because every time I heard "blood stains in the apartment" or something like that, you flashed back to the apartment scene. Which would have been fine if you didn't do it about 4 times through-out the entire video. We get it, you tried to do lyrical sync. It sucked, move on. Don't beat a dead horse.

Your blurs were completely retarded and your blood was totally off color. In case you haven't noticed, blood isn't exactly bright fire engine fucking red. So while its "cool" that you edited it onto the floor, a bit more realism in this kind of editing would have been a nice relief. And maybe a splatter or two, not just a circular puddle, because its blood, not pancake mix.

It feels like you tried to do a "Whisper of the Beast" style editing job on this and I'm pleased to report that you failed completely. The masking or cut outs, whatever you choose to call them, were poorly placed and they completely lacked overall purpose. Your video quality is good but I sincerely hope this is an actual bluray release and not an upscale, which is very much a no-no.

That aside this could have been a really cool concept if you had taken tone a bit more seriously as well as the actual editing job. I must admit I was excited looking at the posters for this, but I thought the white outlines around your characters were for Poster purposes, not in the actual video, where it just looks ridiculous. The truly great editing is editing you can't notice or see. Fantastic to know that you highlighted it for us.

1/5

x2

NS · Post by NS » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:06 pm

Reda has such a way with words... Saying everything I said/wanted to say and extending it so. :3, what a romantic.

saiyan_pride · Post by **saiyan_pride** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:28 pm

-Reda- wrote:Guess I really have to be the one to say this.

This video was bad on a lot of levels. The editing was very tasteless for one. Part of having a good knowledge of editing is knowing what works and what doesn't as well as when to use something and when to leave well enough alone. Based on those criteria I would disagree with Guy07 and say that you do NOT have a good knowledge of editing.

For one thing, the repetitive nature of this whole AMV was absolutely ridiculous. Lyrical sync was practically hilarious because every time I heard "blood stains in the apartment" or something like that, you flashed back to the apartment scene. Which would have been fine if you didn't do it about 4 times through-out the entire video. We get it, you tried to do lyrical sync. It sucked, move on. Don't beat a dead horse.

Your blurs were completely retarded and your blood was totally off color. In case you haven't noticed, blood isn't exactly bright fire engine fucking red. So while its "cool" that you edited it onto the floor, a bit more realism in this kind of editing would have been a nice relief. And maybe a splatter or two, not just a circular puddle, because its blood, not pancake mix.

It feels like you tried to do a "Whisper of the Beast" style editing job on this and I'm pleased to report that you failed completely. The masking or cut outs, whatever you choose to call them, were poorly placed and they completely lacked overall purpose. Your video quality is good but I sincerely hope this is an actual bluray release and not an upscale, which is very much a no-no.

That aside this could have been a really cool concept if you had taken tone a bit more seriously as well as the actual editing job. I must admit I was excited looking at the posters for this, but I thought the white outlines around your characters were for Poster purposes, not in the actual video, where it just looks ridiculous. The truly great editing is editing you can't notice or see. Fantastic to know that you highlighted it for us.

1/5

-the blood looked dark red on my monitor.....
-i didn't try to copy whisper of the beast, idk how you even got that idea
-try using that song with that anime and ul see how hard lyrical sync is
-"The truly great editing is editing you can't notice or see".....thats just an opinion

guy07 wrote:/gets
akatsuki ... isn't that the studio velho's in?

nop