WIP Amnesty #1

[niko]

I've been poking around my hard drive for things that merit being posted for wip_amnesty  week, and while I've got a ton of WIPs that will never go anywhere, most of them are more sort of stream-of-conscious overviews than actual attempts at fic, so there's not much in a postable state this time around.

I did come across a couple things, though.  
 

First up: About 90 seconds of Ken-centric Weiss Kreuz music video, set to "Losing My Religion".  It's been sitting on my hard drive for *SIX* years.  I feel so old.  :(

This was my first (and only) attempt at vidding, so it was never going to be all that great, but I still like the concept and think it could make a good vid.  There are a lot of bits in the song that just speak to Ken's arc for me - the loss of innocence ('losing my religion') and the way he latches onto Aya ('trying to keep up with you') while Aya's always slightly ahead of him on the curve.

I wanted the second verse to segue into Gluhen - there are some really obvious clips to pull in there - but I was afraid that the shift in character designs would make it unworkable and I didn't have a backup plan to fill the rest of the video if that didn't work, so I kept putting it off.  (If the proof-of-concept had worked out, I also would have gotten a clean rip of the videos to get rid of the fansubs that clutter up the current vid.  ^_^ )

http://www.mediafire.com/?wv1zdtfzzzz

 

Comments

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Hee, that's so funny that you thought of it recently, too. :) Once I noticed the Ken-vibe of it, I can't hear the song anymore without it being *about* him.

On rewatching, I was pleasantly surprised by that Verbrechen/Strafe sequence, too... the music felt like it was in time to the clash of the weapons or something. I don't think I planned it that way...

(I'm also insanely fond of the gimmicky little transition to flashback!Ken at "that's me in the corner". That shot of the ball whizzing past him is probably one of my favorite animation moments in the series.)

[vr2lbast.livejournal.com]

The soccer shot played quite well in the vid too. For an anime that had its share of really crappy artwork, that one scene was definitely one of the moments that made up for it. Hell, the ball flew by him so closely, it whipped the sweat off his brow. It was an intense moment.