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See Copyright Disclaimer. [EDIT 7: So this has already gotten stolen a couple of times/reuploaded as 'someone elses' AMV without permission. I have nothing against giving them hell :P (I know, I'm terrible). Link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyF8FuFOoVI ...the other one 'sorta' gave me credit for half of it when actually 99% was from this and my old AMVs, so I guess I won't send down my wrath on them. The one first sent to me was taken down...but thanks to Meeehhhhhhhh and TacoPriestess for letting me know.] [EDIT 6: Project time added under AMV details (ok...wayyy too many edits now) lol] [EDIT 5: Hopefully I changed the text to something less lame...and the Japanese is prolly wrong, just fyi...but I felt like putting it there?] [EDIT 4: Since a number of people are asking, details about the sketchy part of the video and the gist of how it was done, can be found under AMV details] [EDIT 3: Alternate download link now available for those that do not have a-m-v.org accounts] [EDIT 2: Download link available. Skip below to AMV details.] [EDIT: I'll be including a download link sometime this weekend, for those that are interested. :) I just need to figure out which file to upload...lol] "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." So apparently the eight upload's the charm. o____O Although the quality's pretty decent, since there's a lot of detail at the very start, even at HD...it's not enough to actually see everything. D: How sad. I'll include a download link if it's requested...otherwise I'm not going to spend time messing with uploading it since it takes forever. Nothing much to say...I think this AMV will speak for itself, lol. This was fun to make, though I think I've personally grown to dislike the middle, but oh well. If I had the time and patience, I would have gone back and redone it. But time is not on my side. I will say that I've been working on this pretty desperately (literally day and night since 'Gone' 'cept for the two days where I did no editing at all) so that I could get this done before Friday. I'm a whole...what, 18 hours early? [Edit: Well, now it's actually -8 hours...this is what happens when it takes you way too long to get youtube to accept the file] Yay for me meeting deadlines. I hope you enjoy it. :] Please subscribe if you would like to see more. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| [AMV Details] -There are minor spoilers at the very end for those that don't read the manga...but I seriously doubt you're going to understand what's being spoiled, because I've purposely done it ambiguously. -In case any of ya'll were wondering, there's a lot of symbolism going on in this AMV...also a lot of detail you prolly won't catch watching it once. For example...the very beginning, the sketchy bit? The people are see through, hazy and tv-colored. The background is (hand)sketched. All of this is supposed to encode what Ichigo sees into the viewer's eyes...he could see ghosts, shinigami, friends, and now he can't. Paralleling this, we can't see the color in the surroundings, and his friends/teachers are hard to make out. Anyways, I'm not gonna bore you with more semantics. But there are other such instances throughout this short piece in case you wanted something more to look for. -Programs used: Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Sony Vegas -Song: Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (Gemini Remix) -Anime: Bleach (lol) -Pairing: Subtle Ichiruki -Download Link [124 mb]: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=185342 -Alternate Download Link [124 mb; mediafire]: http://www.mediafire.com/?bj11rt5bccczor4 -The Sketchy Bit: This isn't an effect per say...just a lot of masking. Ichigo was masked separate from the background. The background was traced in photoshop with a mouse. :] -Estimated Time Spent: 96 - 144 hours [12 days, 8-12 hours per day]. Any other questions, feel free to ask. I'll reply and/or add it up here.