About half a year ago I made my first Card Captor Sakura music video. It featured Chad Kroeger's "Hero", from the Spiderman soundtrack, and boasted footage from the first Card Captor Sakura movie.
It was given decent reviews, but the reason why it wasn't great was because of a few technical details. The whole presentation of the video seemed mechanical altogether, but worse still was the shrinked aspect ratio, which I had to change in order to fit into Windows Movie Maker, and the constant appearance of subtitles, which further detracted from the overall enjoyment of the viewer.
I have recently received a copy, unedited and unsubtitled, of The Card Captor Sakura Movie, I have created a, what they call in the movie industry, "digitally remastered" variation of the music video. With it comes newer special effects and a higher level of quality (hopefully bordering that of a DVD movie).
Not only have some new special post-production ideas been implemented, but the overall video has changed in many aspects. Certain scenes have been removed and replaced to give the viewer a better feel for the music video.
My original goal in this video was to represent the Card Captor Sakura movie in an understandable form, and make it appear interesting to anyone outside of the fancommunity. However, I knew this was a long-shot, so I decided to go for something else. To mix and match all the scenes in a way that made it captivatingly interesting, yet on a pace everyone could follow. I also wanted to make it an exciting romp for anyone to enjoy, even if they had already seen the movie. In order to do this, one thing I concentrated most on was the timing. Everything had to happen to a certain beat to the music. I'd time impending explosions to drum rolls, the explosion itself to a clashing of symbals, a pause in battle to a slower pace in the music, and the oncoming rush of hope to a slowly rising guitar riff. EVERYTHING had to match. This gave the music video an exciting and exhilirating feel to it that even the ones who've seen the movie 50
2 times, or if they hate Card Captor Sakura with a passion (EVIL HUMANS), could enjoy. I can't say I'm satisfied with everything, but there are certain scenes in the video of which I am extremely proud of. I have to appreciate my own work, after all.
You can download it at three different sites:
Hi-Res:
Easy SharingLo-Res: (Link Expired)
The hi-res version is 41.8 MB, and nears DVD quality at 640 x 480 pixels.
This video is inspired by Princess Kayla. Her videos may be found
here.
Please watch and review. Any criticism, helpful tips, and flames will be greatly appreciated (er, the latter... not so much).
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Reviews"Goodness, I loved it, all the fading and well placement and such!"
"Brilliant. Well, brilliant might be too strong a word. It was tad on the slow side. Like... the scene right after the dream, when she finds that bruise on her arm. But the water part [where she was fighting the sorceress]... that was perfect. It helps that I like the song. As a whole I enjoyed watching it. Overall a good experience. Not overly anime-ish."
7 out of 10
"Oh [censor] dude. omfg. Your video... I [censor]ing hate you! How can you make a video that pwnage? Bastard."
(Nominated for The Tustin Unified School Disctrict Anime Club Federation's "AMV of the Year" Award)
"OMG! OMG OMG! This AMV you made is freakin' awesome! Oh lord, this is going into my favorites folder."
9.5 out of 10
"That was pretty amazing. I'm not really even that much of a fan of that show, but it looked pretty cool."
8.5 out of 10
"I didn't enjoy it, but someone else could have. I can't base it on personal opinion; merely what faults I could find. I would have selected a different song, but that was pretty much it."
9 out of 10
"W00t! Awesome job man. Mind if you could gimme thw song too?"
"Wow it is really cool and so pretty! Great job Takeru! ^^"
"It's very nice, Takeru. I think it was better than the original.
I also noticed that you added some extra footage, like Sakura getting ready for her trip... I also liked how you added the plane in there too.
All up, I think it's very well done. Keep up with the great work, Takeru! =D"
I liked it a lot... it brought back a lot of the good memories of when I used to watch the series. I really liked the song you picked to go with it... it suited the footage really well. Do you think you'd be able to send me the song?
i like it. really. nice work. *gives high priority to the ccs torrent*
Sugoi! I really loved it! (the high quality) It's one of the best-made CCS videos I've seen. I owe you a cookie for that one!
really good work, keep it up!
WoW that was awesome!!! Keep it up!
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