my "the beautiful background art of code lyoko" video is done!!!!!
i think it should be possible to appreciate this even if you haven't seen the series
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles:
my "the beautiful background art of code lyoko" video is done!!!!! i think it should be possible to appreciate this even if you haven't seen the series 19 comments
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles:
you gotta be able to catch the low points where someone would probably get bored and close out of your video it's a skill that gets refined over time
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this video is like 50% gorgeous mundane scenery and 50% high-tech cyberpunk awesomeness
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this video overall really encapsulates the general vibe and aesthetic of the show very awesomely i feel
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i couldn't have done this video like a week ago bc the download link for the full version of the end credits song on codelyoko.fr is broken but thankfully, i managed to find project supernova recently -- which also contains the same track
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the one from project supernova is somehow actually in higher quality than the codelyoko.fr one or at the very least, the file is twice as big
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audio quality is when the file is big and the more bigger the file is the more quality it has
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles: replied to razorgrrrl
oh my god what if it IS cliche and boring holy shit
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles: replied to razorgrrrl
i made it just about as interesting as i could possibly make it as a challenge of sorts to myself to see if i could really edit a video that's nothing but still images in a way that keeps the viewer's attention it's not my fault if the subject matter is gonna be uninteresting by default to most people that's just the way things are!!! lol
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles: replied to razorgrrrl
i feel like it takes a really seasoned video editor to strike that perfect balance between too much motion and not enough in a video like this i hope i was able to get it right lol
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles: replied to razorgrrrl
like you don't wanna fatigue your audience with too much motion you wanna give em room to breathe with some still images but not so much room that they grow bored you also gotta keep shit moving enough to keep their attention it's like walking a tightrope
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles: replied to razorgrrrl
and it has to be varied motion too you can't do nothing but zoom-ins, for example or your audience is gonna get fatigued pretty quickly too you need a nice healthy mix of zooms in, zooms out, pans across, etc. and it can't all be to the same percentage, either it has to be sometimes a little bit, sometimes a medium bit, sometimes a lot maybe you really gotta try your hardest to keep shit from getting stale
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles: replied to razorgrrrl
starting with a zoomed-in shot of the hermitage in the 90's, pulling out, then having it switch to the abandoned version from ten years later the moment the music hits is pretty much the only way i could've possibly started this video i was obligated to open it that way lol
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles: replied to razorgrrrl
the closest thing you're gonna get to spoilers from this video is the thought that "huh wow they sure do revisit a lot of areas from the past that end up abandoned later on, wonder what all that's about"
razorgrrrl :black_sparkles: replied to razorgrrrl
and also maybe a bit of mood whiplash when it goes from the beautiful mundane suburban/academic scenery to full-on cyberpunk in the final third lol |
this should prove without a doubt my skill as a video editor
if i can make a video that's nothing but a montage of still images set to music
and still have it hold the viewer's attention all the way through via clever editing tricks
i'll know i'm good at what i do