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[kusoyaro.livejournal.com]

Crossposted from my own LJ (and has also been posted in areyouawake and losttranslation):

Footage: Lost in Translation
Song: Peninsula Pomegranate Pendegrass
Artist: Halley
Genre: Character/relationship profile
Summary: "My mind is weak and my heart is sore." -- a lyric from the song, which I think pretty much sums up the characters portrayed in the video.

Download (mpeg1, right click and save.)
Visit Halley's official site (linked up above) for free downloads, lyrics, etc. Unfortunately, the particular song I used is not available for free download on the site. And no, I'm in no way affiliated with Halley, I'm just a fan :D



Also, the introduction stuff:
Hey all, I'm new here...I was pointed here by my friend absolut3destiny, and like him, I am an AMV (anime music video) creator. I've been doing it for 4 or 5 years now, and have made over 50 AMVs...obviously, that's getting a little tiresome, so I've been trying to branch out a bit.

This Lost in Translation video was my second vid using live-action footage. My first one used Punch-Drunk Love as the source, and I'll post it here one day after I recompress it down to a reasonable size (the encode I have right now is 150 MB).
I'm also planning on starting an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind video this weekend, so hopefully you'll be hearing from me again soon :)

Overused and covering the same ground - a problem?

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

As I'm not as intimately familiar with the vidding community as I am the amv one, I was curious whether repeated song + source combinations are an issue.

In the amv communities there are so many videos that again and again the same ideas will be regurgitated (Fighting Anime + Nu Metal Band Du Jour being the most common). Does this happen in vidding? Do you get an infinite amount of Matrix videos to "Bring me back to Life"? (I'm guessing not so much because the demographic seems to be different)

Also, when you come up with a new idea, do you go and find out if anyone has done it before or do you just make whatever you like? Is there an unspoken taboo about doing videos to songs that have been massively popularised by other vidders?

Just a few random musings - any insight would be appreciated.