Satiel 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2006 Ok, I had no idea where to post, so I'll put it here. Alright. I dept my hand in the AMV creation scene once more and created this truly amazing video. Definitely this is my most detailed one yet, and the one that took the most amount of work to make work. It can be found here - Final Fantasy X - Burning Inside Now to make a quick statement. I have received many comments, from people on youtube and actual friends, who think creating music videos are stupid, easy, and a waste of time. To them, I say read this: ========== Final Fantasy X - Burning Inside Log ========== ========================================================== This is the Final Fantasy X - Burning Inside AMV Log. It contains all ideas and concepts that went into creating this one video. This document also shows all actions taken in order to mold together the video to my liking. ========== Preparations ========== ================================== *Watched entire set of Final Fantasy X CG clips while listening to song. This is to formulate ideas and possible scenarios. *Wrote down all ideas for possible opening clip to be used. I also took down the time, for future references. This is so it is easier to time the video clips with the music. *Read through the lyrics of the song meticulously. The entire point of matching up videos with a song is, in my opinion, to create this sort of illusion that the song was meant for that perticular piece of footage. Further reading will show how most of the AMV's video matches up with the lyrics in one way or another. *Wrote down more video time to be used. As you can already see, this is a very important step so you know 'what goes where' in the AMV. I prepared for this video (which means Movie Maker isn't opened yet) for atleast two hours. No joke. ========== Important Note ========== ==================================== It is amazing how many fools wish to debate that creating a music video is easy. Let me give you a little hint: All those clips don't come neatly packaged and ready to use. The director has to cut the clips him/herself, since each video uses different clip lengths. This requires precision, but more importantly, an idea of what they hell you're doing. You can't just cut a clip, add it and call it a day. Nope. ========== Movie Maker Open - Creation ========== ================================================= *After knowing all the videos I wanted to use, the next step was to upload them into the program. *Then, uploaded the music file after 100% certainty it was going to be used. I DO NOT just pick a random song, upload it and then just wing it from there. No. *Created the intro credit which states the name of the video clips being used and the song title. *Added song to timeline directly after title credit Quick Note: There are a total of 52 cg videos in Final Fantasy X. I'll name them using numbers - I did not use them all, but a good amount were put into this video. *Cut video 1 to the opening gate scene of the Zanarkand to match song intro. Made it fade out to black. *Cut part of video 1 to use for next segment of song, which is where the drums start. Made it fade out to black. *Cut part of video 14 to use for the segement where the rhythm guitars chime in. *Cut part of video 14 to transition with previous clip. *Cut part of video 2 to transition with previous clip. *Cut part of video 8 to transition with previous clip. Also speeded this clip up *Cut part of video 14 to transition with previous clip. *Cut part of video 33 to transition with previous clip. *Cut part of video 45 to transition with previous clip *Cut part of video 37 to transition with previous clip. *Cut part of video 1 into two seperate clips. *Cut part of video 20 to transition with previous clip. *Cut part of video 21 to transition with previous clip. *Cut video 31 into 7 seperate clips. 3 of these clips are speeded up to match music speed. *Cut part of video 18 into two seperate clips. *Cut part of video 19 to transition with previous clips. *Cut part of video 4 to transition with previous clips. *Cut part of video 1 into 7 seperate video clips, each speeded up to match song chorus. *created subtitles that scream the chorus, which is "Burning Inside!" *Cut part of video 33 to transition with previous clip. *Cut part of video 43 into 4 seperate clips, 2 of which are speeded up. *Cut part of video 47 to transition with previous clip. *Cut part of video 44 into 4 seperate clips. *Cut part of video 42 to transition with previous clip. *Cut part of video 35 into 3 clips. ========== Lyrical Connections ========== ========================================= Alright. Now to show the work I went through to match the lyrics of the song with the video clips. I also made sure to keep the overall rhythm of the video consisten with that of the song. *Intro - the intro. sounds like a machine being cranked over and over again. Thus, the intro. clip is the gates of the Zanarkand Blitzball arena being opened, as you can see electricity being spurred out of the gates. The sound and look of machinery at work. *Intro - the intro also has a slightly slow rhythm, like something going over and over again. So, the next clip shows the fans screaming and shouting - waiting for the game to begin. This part is slowed down to make it match the music. *Drums start - the next scene is where the Blitzball game starts. This picks up the pace quite a bit. This was placed there because this is where the drums start in the song. *Rhythm guitar starts - the main riff (which is amazing) starts here. First of all, I transitioned to the water scene in Kilika - since the transition seems smoother (from water to water, duh). *Kilika being destroyed - this riff goes excellent with the scene where the port of Kilika is being ripped off. *Tidus encounters sin waterball - This is where the first line says "Will these dreams still follow me, out of dark obscurity". Technically that Zanarkand is a dream. Tidus must also be thinking that his home being destoryed by a huge ball of water is a dream. It kinda fits together. *kilika being destroyed again - Right here it says "...and now, you tell me the facts of life". Life is not fair, we all know that. Now, Kilika is obliterated by Sin's wrath. It's one of the facts of life - crap happens. Then it says "I really couldn't be bothered with you, get out of my face and watch me die!" This is the scene where a villager is running for his life. He is not in awe or wondering whats going to happening. He is running. He is taking charge of his life, how ever short it is, and doing something. He's basically saying "get out of my face" by running. And of course, "watch me die!" as he is swept up by the winds. *ship flies out of the sky - The smoke is emitting heavily from the ship. This is where it says "burning inside". Muhaha! This happens twice within the clip. *the fate - The next scene shows the fate, frozen in time on the walls. This is where the song says "Absolution and a frozen room, are the dreams of man below". This scene could not be more perfect for the song. First of all, Tidus is in a 'frozen room' since the Fate are stuck there, never to leave. Then, "are the dreams of man below". The screen pans downwards, revealing Tidus standing alone. If you remember, Tidus's Zanarkand was nothing but a dream. Muhaha! *tidus reaches out - Here Tidus reaches to grab onto the ledge as Zanarkand is being obliterated. The song says "I try to grab it but the touch is hot" as Tidus grabs for the ledge, hangs on for 4 seconds, and slips off. *sin attacks - Here, the song says "I'm scared of the darkness in light" as Sin slowly creeps up in the shadows of the sea. Then it says "I scare myself because I know I'm right". That's when the Crusaders are shown, thrusting their swords into the sky before they try and fight the sin spawn on the shores. The crusaders believed there was an actual way to kill sin for good by luring him out. Thus, this shows why they "know I'm right". :D *crusaders dead - Here the song says "I see the evil in your savage eye". This is when Sin attacks, using this weird round sphere attack directed towards the shore. I always thought of it as an eye, looking at its victims before decimating them. That's why I added that. Then the song says "as it cuts right through the sky!". That's when Sin's blast flies in the sky towards the shore. *crusaders obliterated - This is where the chorus hits, which is "Burning Inside". The first two times it yells Burning Inside, the Crusaders on the shore are wiped out in an instant. They are burned to a crisp, hence why the scene fits. *Al Bhed city destroyed - The rest of the chorus shows the Al Bhed city completely destroyed by the missiles. Burning Inside -here- stands for the city destroyed from all the fire, and also from when the ship escaped from the huge explosion. *Auron enters - the next scene is where the song says "calling a mantra from a blade in the skin, for the demons within". This is where Auron, with his huge Bushido type blade, pulls out his left arm (which he ONLY uses for fighting) and prepares to battle the creature swarming through the city. *Anima strikes - The next scene is where Anima kills all the fiends in the city. The song says "I feel the pain is the death and decay". This matches with two things. One, Anima looks like a rotting dead zombie type thing. Two, the 'death' matches with the fiends. Fiends, if you remember, are what happen when a person dies and does not go to the realm they are supposed to go. So, they stay on the planet and attack people, which is why they are called fiends. *Fate turns on Tidus - The next part of the song goes "another slave and a victim of fate, another lesson in hate". This is where Tidus is basically forced to leave his 'world'. Basically, its his fate to leave, and he is much like a slave in that he has no control of what happens from thereon. The "lesson in hate" is basically what Tidus is going through - he is filled with loads of hate throughout the story, but more importantly when he figures out his world wasn't real. His mother. His dad. His life. It was all just a dream. *Zanarkand obliterated - The next scene is the chorus again, showing Zanarkand destoryed. Fire, fire, everywhere! *The remaining scenes mainly show destruction, chaos, and other references to Burning Inside! So, that is MOST of the work I did while working on this video. To H E L L to anyone who says creating a music video is easy, stupid, or something else ridiculous. Thank you. :D That should prove that creating music videos is not only just a frilly art form that anyone can pick up. It requires patience, diligence and loads of creativity to make everything blend together. w00t Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marked 197 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 I had a movies section, but removed it because i didnt think it would be an active forum. If members want a movie section, i will make a movie section. Satiel, this definately proves that creating music videos is not something anyone can do. I've tried it myself, and its not easy. But i can tell that you put so much effort into this, and thought about each part. But the problem is that, somepeople do just do things randomly, and shove anything anywhere. But I had no idea how much it took to make a music video, thats quite an impressive list. I'll watch your music video when it finished loading. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Satiel 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 Aww, thanks Marked! Actually, I'm still a novice in this area. I know people online who literally spend months learning new techniques just to create ONE video. Yup! I would definitely enjoy a movie section. It might even inspire me to keep going with this. Thanks for the comments! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marked 197 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 If its a movies section you, then its a movie section you will get. I watched some of your music video, and its awsome! It stopped loading half through though, some I'll have to reload it. What program do you use? I know of I really good one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Satiel 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 Well, I use Windows Movie Maker. It is quite limited, but for a novice-intermediate user like me, it works just fine. What other program do you know of? Also, if you wish to see my other videos, you can find them here: http://youtube.com/profile?user=Satiel Those are my previous videos. None of them are as well thought out as this latest one, but I still love them. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marked 197 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 I was thinking of Ulead Video Studio, I like it much better than Windows Movie Maker. You should take a look, you can download the demo through that link. The movies section has been made...So I will move this to the movies showcase, because it has links to your movies. I'll take a look at some of your other videos now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Satiel 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 Ahh excellent, thanks for the movie section. I'm going to go check out Ulead right now. The main reason I used Movie Maker for so long is because, other than it being free, its easy as hell to use. Timeline, storyboard, etc. But I suppose now its time for me to move up to bigger and better things to unleash my full potention. :D Oh and thanks for looking at my other videos too! :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marked 197 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 Well, it suppose its advanced, but not really. I think it was when i first got it, but i cant tell now because I learnt how to use it. Its pretty simnple actually, you dont need any tutorials. I watched your Satiels Profile video. That was pretty cool. I liked the works in there, and you're a scripter to. That was the first time seeing Final Fantasy(Apart from in the top post ofcourse), that has such good animation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Satiel 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 Oh well no I'm not a scripter, I'm not sure where you read that. I know some small stuff, but never had enough motivation to continue with it XD Thanks for the comments. Hehe, you're boosting my ego by a bunch :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
