well tomorrow is the big day. Anime Boston(AB) 2008. my sole interest this year is going to be my entry of my amv, Macross Plus AMV - Dyson's Revelation. unfortunately my video did not make it to the finals. i was a little disappointed at first, but its not gonna stop me from heading out to AB. i'll be taking my camera there to snaps pics of all the cos-players, and take video of my amv being played in one of the video rooms along with all this years entries. i'm looking forward to the main event when AB will premier the amv finalists. unfortunately friday is the only day i'll be attending so i'm gonna try to make the most of it.
i have seen some of the entries on YouTube and must say that i can see why i was pushed off. most of these videos are awesome. it blows my mind how anyone can take stock video off a DVD and add special effects with great editing over music.
now i'm just a guy who took up editing video as a new hobby. my amv was first project, and hope it not to be my last. considering my lack of prior training and knowledge of this type of work, i think i did a pretty good job on it. at the very least i pick an high-flying anime and mashed it up with a good song that worked very well together.
it was weird during the rough-cut process how uncanny both of these medias fit. i only half-kid when i ask the question about Phil Collins predicting the coming of Marcoss Plus. originally i wanted to joke and dare ask a more relevant question as to whether or not Phil Collins is a closet Macross Plus fan-boy. i mean he says that the lyrics of the song "in the air tonight" came to him during the recording of his first solo album, but it's too coincidental after watching Macross Plus. i don't care if there is 10 years separating them.
i was hoping to blog my experience of my amv over the past 5 months when i started this blog, however, i have learned that blogging is really not my thing. and its too bad, cause over the course of the past 5 months i wanted to write a newbe's review of all the apps that helped make this amv possible; iMove HD 6, Handbrake, MPEG Streamclip, Quicktime Pro, and Final Cut Express 4. and perhaps i will as i have ideas of other amv's.
until i commit to my next project i first have to get a bigger external HDD. editing videos take up a lot of space for production and storage. also i really need to get a better system to edit my projects. my mac mini was under the "little train that could" mode. i'm surprised how well it manged Final Cut Express 4 with the use of a adequate video processor using shared memory. good thing i got mine built with 2GB. i'm thinking however getting a refurb MacBook Pro. now that the new MBP have come out with the fancy mutli-touch pad, the refurbs are at really great deals.
down below is the final cut version of my amv. enjoy
peace,
@riel
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