Songbird21
09-26-2004, 08:01 PM
Title: Chuunin Kombat
Premiered: 2004-02-16
Category(s):Action
Song(s): Utah Saints- Mortal Kombat Theme Song
Anime: Naruto
Link: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=32354
Participation:
animecentral AMV Contest (2004-05-14)
AWARD(S) won:
Anime Central 2004-1st place, Action catagory and 1st runner up for best in show.
(Thank you so much to the judges!)
MY RANTING AND RAVING: It took 2 and a half months to make this one! I have never worked so hard or so long on a vid. There are over 330 clips in this baby! Capturing and cleaning up the footage alone took almost 3 weeks.
This vid is the full Utah Saints version of the Mortal Kombat theme. I wanted to do it to Naruto, but I didn't want to do it to the whole series. I knew other people might do that (Proven by the fact that someone premiered another Naruto MK vid about a month ago [SHI-MA-TA!!!! *Kicks dirt*.]). So I devoted the vid to the entire Chuunin exam arc only. Nothing in this vid is from outside the C.E arc.
EFFECTS: I've never shoved so many effects into one vid. Lens flares, light pulses, color inverts, transparencies, text overlays, find edges.......... Trust me though, I didn't over do it. It all works with the material.
LIP SYNCH: There's only 3 lip synch sections, but they are well done. (In my humble opinion)
The first thing I did when planning this vid was spend well over 2 hours agonizing over who would play each "character" in the song. Finally I chose this casting lineup and I think it works really well. I even consulted a friend who's an expert in MK to tell me the character's personalities.
There's more hits in this vid than a major league baseball game. I really got over obsessive (Apologizes to sweet and understanding hubby.). There's lots of sound effects in this song. I worked VERY hard to pick scenes that match them.
I feel I must explain the end. For those of you who don't know, a female friend of Naruto's was severely wounded during the Chuunin exam preliminary fights. The blood he touches is hers. He promises to beat the jerk who hurt her. I couldn't figure out anything else to do with the end. For such a super fast beat song, the end of MK is very anti-climatic. So I thought I'd get a little drama in there.
Also, on a side note, this vid introduces my new studio bumper. I animated it myself. It came out pretty good for my first animation. I got the sound effects from various sources and I voiced the girl myself. It's meant to be silly. I hope you guys like it.
Anyhoo. I hope you guys like this one. I will be putting up a smaller file size version on a direct download in the near future, for those of you who aren't members of AnimeMusicVideos.org.
Ja ne,
Songbird21
Premiered: 2004-02-16
Category(s):Action
Song(s): Utah Saints- Mortal Kombat Theme Song
Anime: Naruto
Link: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=32354
Participation:
animecentral AMV Contest (2004-05-14)
AWARD(S) won:
Anime Central 2004-1st place, Action catagory and 1st runner up for best in show.
(Thank you so much to the judges!)
MY RANTING AND RAVING: It took 2 and a half months to make this one! I have never worked so hard or so long on a vid. There are over 330 clips in this baby! Capturing and cleaning up the footage alone took almost 3 weeks.
This vid is the full Utah Saints version of the Mortal Kombat theme. I wanted to do it to Naruto, but I didn't want to do it to the whole series. I knew other people might do that (Proven by the fact that someone premiered another Naruto MK vid about a month ago [SHI-MA-TA!!!! *Kicks dirt*.]). So I devoted the vid to the entire Chuunin exam arc only. Nothing in this vid is from outside the C.E arc.
EFFECTS: I've never shoved so many effects into one vid. Lens flares, light pulses, color inverts, transparencies, text overlays, find edges.......... Trust me though, I didn't over do it. It all works with the material.
LIP SYNCH: There's only 3 lip synch sections, but they are well done. (In my humble opinion)
The first thing I did when planning this vid was spend well over 2 hours agonizing over who would play each "character" in the song. Finally I chose this casting lineup and I think it works really well. I even consulted a friend who's an expert in MK to tell me the character's personalities.
There's more hits in this vid than a major league baseball game. I really got over obsessive (Apologizes to sweet and understanding hubby.). There's lots of sound effects in this song. I worked VERY hard to pick scenes that match them.
I feel I must explain the end. For those of you who don't know, a female friend of Naruto's was severely wounded during the Chuunin exam preliminary fights. The blood he touches is hers. He promises to beat the jerk who hurt her. I couldn't figure out anything else to do with the end. For such a super fast beat song, the end of MK is very anti-climatic. So I thought I'd get a little drama in there.
Also, on a side note, this vid introduces my new studio bumper. I animated it myself. It came out pretty good for my first animation. I got the sound effects from various sources and I voiced the girl myself. It's meant to be silly. I hope you guys like it.
Anyhoo. I hope you guys like this one. I will be putting up a smaller file size version on a direct download in the near future, for those of you who aren't members of AnimeMusicVideos.org.
Ja ne,
Songbird21