in motion -- ghibli AMV

Clarity:
The proposal is clear about what the final will be, that is, an AMV.

Intent:
The intent is to focus on making an aesthetic supercut from “various clips of run cycles”. Although I haven’t watched Millennium Actress, I like your idea to create an energetic and emotional scene via the run sequence (perhaps you can elaborate more on this part and embody a deeper statement such as life is energetic/vibrant/beautiful). Maybe you need to give some background knowledge about the main theme of Millennium Actress in the Context part of final documentation.

Material & Spread:
From your current proposal, I learned that you plan to supercut Ghibli movies, but are those movies available (as there was no Source part)? Also, I agree that even a background music audio from some popular animation attracts certain views, but you didn’t talk about how you are going to share your work or what platform you plan to use.

Still, I’m looking forward to the final outcome (super curious about which song you’ll choose) as I love Ghibli movies and I’ve been to the Ghibli Museum once.

Clarity: I think the proposal is pretty clear.
Intent: I am unfamiliar with the scene or visual which you are trying to recreate, but it sounds like an interesting idea which has potential. I like the idea of using Ghibli films to create this running scene because the characters are quite active in the films, and their movement is quite emotionally charged so that would be good for the outcome.
Material & Spread: I love the idea of using Ghibli films as the raw material for this because Ghibli films are very well loved by most people who are remotely familiar with them. Most people who saw a Ghibli clip of any sort would probably be likely to watch this amv.

I like how the final project turns out! It is definitely a pleasure to watch with the beautiful video clips and the soothing music. Also, the supercut illustrates your point of "in motion" pretty well and the video clips are connected smoothly. The only thing that I can think of is that there is not much change throughout the video. The best part of the video for me is when the music gets more intense, you have the firework running scene. Great Job!

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I LOVE THIS. If I could double my applaud, I would.

First, while I was watching, I was thinking of the scene from Millennium Actress. And this was before reading your description. So great job on getting your ideas through in video. The cuts are well timed to the music, and the framing for the most part is excellent, and only once can I say my eyes got a bit lost with the cut. Beautiful music too, it was continuing to send shivers down my spine. I maybe teared a little bit with realizing the Millennium Actress influences halfway through the video.

So yeah... I have nothing really major to critique, as the major points you managed to find yourself. However, there are a few tiny nitpicks which I can give to the video, specifically around the edits and making them stronger.

While the Satoshi Kon style is strong, it isn't fully there. There is actually one moment when you have his style down exactly, that is the first cut between the little girl running home and the woman watching the train pass by. It almost feels like the woman is the main focus, as suddenly she is pulled from reminiscing on the train platform to find herself missing her train. It is a classic editing move Satoshi Kon does; jarring yet smart edits mimic the mind of a person in the moment, and in summary tell a story of their own.

But, unfortunately, afterwards the other cuts seem at the very least related in image only. Near the end, you have many cuts of people running on or near water, and although the context connects, there isn't as much impact as before. The train cut to the boy is a bit jarring too, the one cut where my eyes wandered for a split second. And between there and the water I can't really see any connection between the cuts.

BUT... It is still excellent. Sorry if I sounded a bit harsh in the criticism earlier. If it is a bit too harsh, think of it like this; I had to nitpick in order to see anything that is worth commenting, and again, as I said, the first cut between the girl going home and the woman on the platform is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I mean... I would write more paragraphs about how much story you managed to give with that one cut.

I hope this wasn't too long of a critique, and I hope my nitpicking didn't dishearten you! And... if you ever get into editing film etc, I cannot wait to see what else you will do!

I really really enjoyed watching your final product! Miyazaki and DJ Okawari's works are some of my favorites, and I think you really emphasized the beauty and elegance of both by creatively combining them. I love that you chose a theme of motion, and really stuck with it in the videos and in the song selection. I also really liked how open ended the video seemed, as I watched I wanted to piece together a story about the different clips, despite them being from different movies. I would agree with the comment above that towards the end of the video the clips seemed to depart from the song a little more, for example the part from spirited away where the girl is running through the street didn't seem to particularly match the feeling of the song at that moment, but that could be very subjective! I think you showed really good mastery of the tools you were using, and your documentation was great; It was nice to see how you developed and changed your project as you worked.