where Vids = Sex (no really, this explains so so much)

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So I was watching various animes and me and lierdumoa were wondering why anime vids have perfect beatwhoring and yet almost no pacing whatsoever.

Then it hit me:

Teenage boys have NO SENSE OF FOREPLAY.

WHATSOEVER. (most of them, that is ::sends blessings to the enlightened few::)

Now think of the average anime vid. ::waits for it:: Doesn't that make so much more sense now? =D

Also, they've probably haven't been fandom trained in either
1) creating narrative (ie. rising-climax-ending)
2) subtlety (ie. looking for slash clues)

More on this later perhaps...but in essence the general anime vid aesthetic *is* sex. It's just sex via teenage guy.

d'oh. ::headdesks::

[lierdumoa: it's like the whole vid is coming...MAKE IT STOP.]

Comments

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

Hi, I got your message. Looking forward to the file.

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sent! and just in case, my email is kanzeyori@yahoo.com and lierdumoa's lierdumoa@yahoo.com

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

got it. you'll be around tomorrow for a phone call to discuss?

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tomorrow is bad, but tonight or any other day is good!

[luminosity]

bwahahahahahaha!!! **dies** **dies again**

heeh ehee hee hee heee

Yes, exactly. One big premature ejaculation--that just.keeps.coming.

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iconlove!

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

It comes so you don't have to.

[illianaka.livejournal.com]

*remembering Level C* .......

I do not know if I should be amused or disturbed by this revelation of yours... O.O;

P.S. Hello. :D;;

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it's funny 'cause it's true!

And hi! =D

[illianaka.livejournal.com]

XD Then I'll settle for being "amusingly disturbed."

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when one is disturbed one is testing one's boundaries of belief. so all's good! =D

[nightengale.livejournal.com]

dude. that makes so. much. sense.

I did *not* type 'cumh' instead of much, i did not not!

On this thread: have you seen Shonen Bushido (all sortsa anime footage used)? If y, opinion on its pacing?

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::grins and bows::

and I haven't, link me?

[nightengale.livejournal.com]

Here it is!! Thank tragic_elegance for introducing this to me, though I haven't any information on its maker past the info in the vid itself.

http://s38.yousendit.com/e.aspx?id=35NZHAAQYGGC839V6TLX50Z9XB

To expand on what I asked you, what's your opinions on this thing's pacing? I feel it's severely lacking in some areas, but I suffer from lack of vocabulary, and lack of a vidder's eyes, so I'd love to hear your thoughts/initial reaction/whathaveyou.

Also. HOW DID THEY DO IT and is it really as hard as it looks? ^^;

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

It isn't "hard" particularly, it's just mind-numblingly tedious.

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err, the link doesn't work for me...

[nightengale.livejournal.com]

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=35NZHAAQYGGC839V6TLX50Z9XB

perhaps this?

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yay! it's working...

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In how they do it, technically, is alot of erasing/masking, probably through After Effects, Premiere, or Photoshop.

What I got from this vid is that it's basically a celebration vid, like the song itself is; but all it really does is illustrate the chorus of "never give up" with various anime characters that would say that statement. Most of the lipsynch is beautifully matched, but I don't think the facial expression matches with the feel of the song always, nor the context in the anime.

The thing with the pacing in this vid is, I think, the fact that there is nowhere to "pace" to. That quote list that karose did has this one quote:

"A screenplay doesn't have structure, it has trajectory."
-- Fred Haines

And really, it applies for vids too; this particular vid has a moderately set structure, but no real trajectory, and thus shaky pacing. Not that one leads to the other; but rather that having no trajectory makes it harder to figure out what pace your vid should be at unless you are very aware of both sound and song structure and the subtleties in both. This is speaking only of my personal experiences in vidding tho, and my personal aesthetic.

[yoyotan.livejournal.com]

teenage boys? and foreplay?

*laughs long and hard* (there's more foreplay in that statement!)

cheers.

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::grins and nods::

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

This is an incredibly entertaining observation. ;D

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::nods:: dude; me, lierdumoa, and adrienne2 couldn't stop laughing for I think half an hour after the realization...

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

If this is true then these are adolescent bukkake:

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=47463

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=44708

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=71719

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o.0 An "A" for effort and prettiness, definately...but dude.

::ponders:: possibly a good entry for Club Vivid tho.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

You have explained the vidding universe, yay!

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::grins and bows::

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I bow to your bent, brilliant brain. You are so right.

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Your icon, for this, is brilliant. ::grins::

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

heres_luck did us all a great service with these icons. (:

[heresluck]

:::collapses in helpless laughter:::

Yeah, pretty much. I know more about adolescent boy rock bands than anime vids, but -- surprise -- same principle applies.

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::grins:: it's funny, 'cause it's true