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Subject: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:24 pm
I have finally finished this project that I have started in early august last year. Clearly the time it took to finish was massive, but if I was to estimate the total number of hours I spent on this, I bet it wouldn't be a lot. That is because I dropped this project quite a few times, and I also had school interfering with most of my plans so I couldn't edit it quickly. However, thanks to that I now have a project that I did not rush a single part of, and that is easily my best piece of work.
If anyone cares. The core idea I had when I started was that I wanted to see if I can make a great action video without depending too much on effects, and without having a very deep concept that is setting the bar for all the serious videos nowadays.
Anime: Air Gear Song: Lansdowne - Burn Brighter Production: ENP!
Download: https://www.sendspace.com/file/sbnbam
Stream:
Widescreen stream:
So yea! Let me know your thoughts guys. Did you enjoy your trip back to the 2005 editing?
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DrunkenPony
Posts : 499 Join date : 2013-06-26 Age : 28 Location : Thessaloniki,Greece
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:35 pm
as i said in youtube , your best by far keep it up gabby some flaws [ minors one] but really well made good job mate
Changelling
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Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:02 am
Notorious wrote:
as i said in youtube , your best by far keep it up gabby some flaws [ minors one] but really well made good job mate
Thanks john! and I would love to hear what you considered as flaws, since this is the project that I gave my all, and any thought I receive will be constructive.
EnkaiHibashira
Posts : 142 Join date : 2013-01-22
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:04 am
I think me and you are the only people left to still like air gear :p
I am trying really hard to find flaws in the story but the only thing I can find that I don't like is the transition at 2.25 when you change to the ova where they are "fighting" the old sleeping forest.I think its really sudden...well you didn't have enough time since the song was ending but I don't really like the way you go from the kissing scene to that fight.
Editingwise I don't think I can say much since the whole thing seemed really smooth (don't know if its the correct way to say it) to me...easy to watch and very enjoyable!
Pieetrr
Posts : 2392 Join date : 2012-07-25 Location : Greece
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:49 am
I think tsome scenes are kinda wanky,but its probably due to Air Gear being old and not having that great of a pool to select from.
MrPampouks
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Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:46 am
Pieetrr wrote:
I think tsome scenes are kinda wanky,but its probably due to Air Gear being old and not having that great of a pool to select from.
tsome tsome :3
As for the video, best amv of 2008 as i told you in skype chat :p (maybe 2007 as well). #dem_hardcuts
Changelling
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Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:41 pm
EnkaiHibashira wrote:
I think me and you are the only people left to still like air gear :p
I am trying really hard to find flaws in the story but the only thing I can find that I don't like is the transition at 2.25 when you change to the ova where they are "fighting" the old sleeping forest.I think its really sudden...well you didn't have enough time since the song was ending but I don't really like the way you go from the kissing scene to that fight.
Editingwise I don't think I can say much since the whole thing seemed really smooth (don't know if its the correct way to say it) to me...easy to watch and very enjoyable!
I believe that anyone who has read the manga will have no choice but to love Air Gear even if its anime doesn't last long enough to show 2% of where its headed. @the transition, damn... Lol Its almost hard to believe that I never took note of it until you pointed it out. Welp, valuable input Enkai. Thank you!
Pieetrr wrote:
I think tsome scenes are kinda wanky,but its probably due to Air Gear being old and not having that great of a pool to select from.
Indeed, Air Gear doesn't have good art unless we're talking about the OVAs and a handful of scenes in the series, but it doesn't bother me that much since I tried to neglect the ugly ones. In any case thanks for your feedback Mastah!
MrPampouks wrote:
best amv of 2008 as i told you in skype chat :p (maybe 2007 as well). #dem_hardcuts
Thanks Nik! and now it is time for me to get with the times again Lol. Man I miss 720p+
ZoroIttoryu
Posts : 768 Join date : 2013-07-02 Age : 27 Location : Greece
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:58 pm
I really enjoyed this Gab, definetly your best work! This amv made me feel like i was watching some 2008 editor editing, which i loved! Since you want us to tell you things that could be fixed, i would have changed the scene on 1:24 where the character is shown doing the same motion twice with a closer comera point of view cause it felt kind of weird, also i would have done some better transition rather than the leaf transition on 1:38 cause it felt weird for a leaf to be inside a building lol it would only have worked if the battle was in a forest or something xD So yeah i think you work paid off, i'm looking forward to your next project now, hopefully with a 720p anime
potatotaco
Posts : 297 Join date : 2013-11-18 Age : 28 Location : oui?
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:29 pm
I feel deeply connected to this video on a spiritual level, so ill give u my opinion.
Spoiler:
:)
I agree with Andrew and i think that scene 1:24 kinda looks weird. I wish u did the slides at 1:29 a bit more agressive (as in some shakes probably). 1:39 the leaf transition deffo doesn't fit imo. 1:50 i really liked that part a lot. Also i feel its great that u added a lot of these slides in the video, it really made the amv feel more unique, as in your own style. 3:03 i think it was a cool idea, but i dont think it was executed properly... Kinda feels empty and static. I don't know, i just didnt like that bit really. And i watched it like 10 times already and i really can't find anything else that i don't like. I tried finding more stuff that i didn't like for review since u want opinions on this, but can't find anything else really. Rest of the amv is top notch, your best by far.
gg
AoNoFlameZ
Posts : 500 Join date : 2012-01-07 Age : 32 Location : Greece
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:47 pm
[1:39 the leaf transition] The only thing i disliked, everything else was so enjoyable and well edited! You made me love air gear again!!
kenshiroAMV
Posts : 82 Join date : 2013-05-27 Age : 31 Location : narnia
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:21 pm
good stuff man, really enjoyable classic vid. probably ur best
as to what u could change well its just me bein specific about small things
first off there are a few moments where the fade feels kinda off and not quite timed propperly. or maybe just a straight cut wouldve been better there. for example at 0.17, 0.57, 1.11
there is the moment at 1.12 where u do like the aspect ratio change, tht was kewl tho with an 4:3 vid it feels off since u have the black bars on the side. im sure it looked great in vegas with no bars. still i didnt like tht
random leaf transition at 1.39 felt out of place since there wasnt much in terms of surrounding bein leafy or wotever. just felt like u stuck tht in for the sake of having a mask transition
at 1.50 where u have tht guy in the cage. at first u have a small nudge wen the guy changes then wen he changed back u didnt. u couldve done tht little nudge every time he changes
at moments like 1.57 u have tht small overlay and slight shake which u have done numerous times throughout the vid, i think uppin the shake a bit more would be better. but its fine.
at 2.15 or around tht time im pretty sure tht footage is from the ova right? im not sure if u made it 4:3 or its not normally 16:9 i think tht felt squished into 4:3. didnt like tht. u probs shouldve just cropped.
at 2.45 is tht apart of the anime? seems like a very horrible glitch, but if thts part of the anime fairs
the borders at 3.02 couldve been done better but classic raw style so ok
slutty ending gg
on the whole i really enjoyed just these little things above bothered me somewhat. i guess cus its very raw stuff tho allot of it was by design maybe. oh and i really digged the like comic book style versus cut ins and shit like tht lol. keep goin brah
Pieetrr
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Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:22 pm
potatotaco wrote:
Spoiler:
:)
GOD DAMN JAS
I know i always shout about dan writing big boulders of text but damn spaghetti lines tactic all over this bitch nigga right here.
kenshiroAMV
Posts : 82 Join date : 2013-05-27 Age : 31 Location : narnia
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:27 pm
u have seen nothin brah, i can write for days. gab knows my essays and shit
Pieetrr
Posts : 2392 Join date : 2012-07-25 Location : Greece
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:28 pm
Yeah i was totally refering on how much you've written.What part of boulders of text vs spaghetti lines didnt you get.
potatotaco
Posts : 297 Join date : 2013-11-18 Age : 28 Location : oui?
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:30 pm
shrekt
kenshiroAMV
Posts : 82 Join date : 2013-05-27 Age : 31 Location : narnia
Subject: Re: [Changelling] Crowtime! (28/3/2015) Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:33 pm
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Changelling
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My sincere thanks to all of you guys for your valuable inputs! And about the leaf, I can bullshit and say that it symbolizes Agito and Ikki's attempt to break the "cage" that Akira is placing on riders (some Air Gear story related thing). But yea I aint gonna bullshit :| So point taken. Thanks again guys!
Changelling
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