AnimeSuki Forums

Register Forum Rules FAQ Members List Social Groups Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   AnimeSuki Forum > Anime Related Topics > Fan Creations

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 2012-12-24, 14:05   Link #1
Haak
Me, An Intellectual
 
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 33
The Amateurish Productions of a Haak

So I decided to make a Christmas AMV.

That statement is ironic for two reasons. First of all, I generally dislike AMVs. Oh there may be one or two that I like but for the most part, I avoid them like a plague and I’ll probably continue to do so. Second of all, coming from a conservative muslim background, I’ve never actually celebrated Christmas in my entire lifetime since it was never an established tradition in my family and my parents were never big on buying things we didn’t need (A wonderful childhood, you can imagine...). I did a secret Santa thing with my friends at Uni last year but we didn’t even do it on Christmas and it was pretty half-arsed. I think I was the only who didn’t end up telling who I was getting a present for (And I ended up getting a £5 note). But I generally try to use it as an opportunity to be more charitable, and I’ve always liked the spirit of Christmas so this ended up being one of the few outlets for my desire to celebrate it without having to spend extortionate amounts of money.

YouTube
Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?

This is my first AMV and as you can guess it’s not a terribly ambitious one, video editing wise. I simply put in a couple anime clips together and tried to time it with the music. I don’t know anything about video editing and making AMVs and I don’t even know if you can do anything advanced on Windows Live Movie Maker so it couldn’t be helped. But I didn’t think anything crazy advanced would be suited to what I wanted to achieve anyway so I think it works out better this way if it’s kept simple. I ran into some, in hindsight, pretty obvious problems though. The main idea was to advertise anime that I like but funnily enough I ended up including anime that I didn’t even like anyway because the ones that I wanted to use didn’t have clips that fit all that easily and I ended up having to make changes. Predictably, I also ended up using clips from anime episodes that aren't even about Christmas but they had snow in it and they sort of fit with the music so I decided to go for them. XP

Now despite knowing next to nothing about making AMVs, I do think I know a few things about what NOT to do, including but not limited to:
  • Playing anime fight scenes to crappy Linkin Park music.
  • Using Linkin Park in general.
  • Using quality resolution blockier than Minecraft.

But I did basically just open up Windows Live Movie Maker and winged it from there on so whilst some constructed feedback would be nice, please don’t get all technical on me thinking that I’ll understand what you’re on about. An idiot’s guide will be necessary.

Although let me just say that Windows Live Movie Maker is by far one of the most horrifically frustrating pieces of software I have ever had the displeasure of using. I mean the amount of blood curling screams this thing got out of me is just...You know it’s amazing that I managed to actually complete this thing at all. I hardly see anything out to the end and usually give up pretty easily when I’m not seeing immediate results so the fact that I was committed to this all the way is a testament to just how good I thought this looked in my head...

Oh and btw, Merry Christmas!
(PS: It’s not snowing over here either. =/ )

List of anime used:
Spoiler for space:
Haak is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-01-03, 09:01   Link #2
Ak3mi
Tumble Rumble
 
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Imagination Land
Age: 39
Quote:
Originally Posted by Haak View Post
Now despite knowing next to nothing about making AMVs, I do think I know a few things about what NOT to do, including but not limited to:
  • Playing anime fight scenes to crappy Linkin Park music.
  • Using Linkin Park in general.
  • Using quality resolution blockier than Minecraft.
That had me in stitches

As for the AMV, its pretty decent, especially the transitions nice and fluent. I like the variation of anime used too.

Only gripes I have is the blur at 1:50 going in and out doesn't seem to fit very well, but you may think it does.
And that the text at the end is very generic (Zooming out on static text) and could of been presented better.

However this is a good AMV. Amazing that you used Windows movie maker (I hate that software) and that it is your first!

Liked and subscribe hope you can bring out more and see your editing improve . If you are serious about making more see if you can pick up Adobe Premiere Pro or Sony Vegas will help out a lot.

Also a late Happy Christmas and New Year.
__________________
Ak3mi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-01-03, 16:41   Link #3
Vexx
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
*Author
 
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
I liked it, some great imagery ... it seemed a little odd in the middle during some of the war imagery that didn't seem to have upbeat payoffs (like handing a shivering prisoner a blanket or something).

But yeah, the technicals are great - *especially* using Windows Movie Maker (which I'd just as soon take a bludgeon to).
__________________
Vexx is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 00:55.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
We use Silk.