• A "psychological" SFM video (Looking for feedback)
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So I recently created this fairly fast. Something I've had in my mind for a while. I am looking for some critique anyway. If it was well done, or not. Anything that helps really! I took some advice from other people in one of my previous posts and used it as much as I could! [video=youtube;hlN0q_oiXlQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlN0q_oiXlQ[/video] [highlight]Quick story that this video is based off:[/highlight] [sp]It all started with a boy, he found the perfect looking girl in his eyes (angel) and he managed to get really close to her. But she ended up hurting him really bad (knife) which made him a bit more... "reckless" (wine). The reason I chose to make the knife take the wines place at times is because alcohol ended up hurting him just as much, but in another way. The end scene is to symbolize that he had her but lost her/let go of her. [/sp]
Was I supposed to laugh?
[QUOTE=Katatonic717;49443033]Was I supposed to laugh?[/QUOTE] Not sure, Wasn't inteded. Why did you laugh though?
I don't really get it.
Jesus Christ I burst out laughing in the first two seconds
[QUOTE=Pandamobile;49443094]I don't really get it.[/QUOTE] That is kind of the point. It's meant to confuse a bit so people can make up their own theories [editline]3rd January 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=SpaceDude;49443120]Jesus Christ I burst out laughing in the first two seconds[/QUOTE] Because of the first scene? I expected it to weird people out rather than make them laugh
[QUOTE=maxkhson;49443133]That is kind of the point. It's meant to confuse a bit so people can make up their own theories [editline]3rd January 2016[/editline] Because of the first scene? I expected it to weird people out rather than make them laugh[/QUOTE] Making something that has no purpose in hopes other make their own theories is shitty dude. Anything thats halfway decent meets that half-way. It explains enough to keep you hooked and interested, and possibly filled with some great shit, and then purposely keep some stuff ambiguous because it adds. If you keep it entirely ambiguous it just is well, pointless, shit, and means nothing ultimately. The point of stuff like shit, which would be more artistic/expression, is to have an actual point or something expressed by the creator/s. I mean, lets look at this imagery. Angel robot or just angel Sexy guy with no face shown so could just be a desire/dream Girl who seems to love and hate that man, with the knife. Alcohol showing either someones drugged or they are drunk. So like is the guy dead, hence the angel at the start, and the girl ended up killing him or something? Even if you were trying to make it purposely weird, it still has shit that connects but at the sametime if it ultimately means nothing, then it means nothing at all.
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;49443305]Making something that has no purpose in hopes other make their own theories is shitty dude. Anything thats halfway decent meets that half-way. It explains enough to keep you hooked and interested, and possibly filled with some great shit, and then purposely keep some stuff ambiguous because it adds. If you keep it entirely ambiguous it just is well, pointless, shit, and means nothing ultimately. The point of stuff like shit, which would be more artistic/expression, is to have an actual point or something expressed by the creator/s. I mean, lets look at this imagery. Angel robot or just angel Sexy guy with no face shown so could just be a desire/dream Girl who seems to love and hate that man, with the knife. Alcohol showing either someones drugged or they are drunk. So like is the guy dead, hence the angel at the start, and the girl ended up killing him or something? Even if you were trying to make it purposely weird, it still has shit that connects but at the sametime if it ultimately means nothing, then it means nothing at all.[/QUOTE] It obviously has a meaning and a story behind it. I want people to interpret it differently. You even made up your own theory, which is what I want to see. I don't want people to be like "Oh, that's what he meant?" instead be like "I think it's this way" I might have worded it wrong before, but it does have a purpose and it has a meaning.
It's garbage. Barely anyone will think of the theme in the video because they happen far too slowly and would be incredibly easy to examine and come up with a conclusion which makes it rather boring. Shaving off a full minute from the video too would have also done it wonders making the scenes much faster and giving less time for a person to analyse. It's a good idea that is poorly executed; but with a little movie magic you can easily salvage this and make the more psychedelic experience you wanted. Basically, cut a lot of unnecessary garbage up, speed up some scenes to be much faster. Your music choice also fails to compliment the scenes simply because the scenes are too slow while the music is too fast.
[QUOTE=THATCAKEISASPY;49443380]It's garbage. Barely anyone will think of the theme in the video because they happen far too slowly and would be incredibly easy to examine and come up with a conclusion which makes it rather boring. Shaving off a full minute from the video too would have also done it wonders making the scenes much faster and giving less time for a person to analyse. It's a good idea that is poorly executed; but with a little movie magic you can easily salvage this and make the more psychedelic experience you wanted. Basically, cut a lot of unnecessary garbage up, speed up some scenes to be much faster. Your music choice also fails to compliment the scenes simply because the scenes are too slow while the music is too fast.[/QUOTE] Thank you for your feedback! Well I made it with personal preference. I personally do not like when things happen to fast, I like to analyse it. It's to late to change now anyway, but I could keep it in mind if I make something similiar!
This is like one of those bizarre fashion perfume commercials which more often than not have nothing to do with what's being advertised.
This reminds me of therapy. I've never gone to therapy. I dont think i like therapy. [editline]2nd January 2016[/editline] Is this a Rorschach test.
The imagery is a little clunky tbh. Either the message or story you are trying to tell is way too obvious or way too obscure. Like, a knife cutting into a wine glass is something that [I]sounds[/I] like it means something, but it's so clumsy and general that it doesn't really inform anything. It's just an empty visual. [editline]3rd January 2016[/editline] I'd say this is more "experimental" then "psychological" tbh
I'm gay now.
[QUOTE=sirdownloadsalot;49443614]The imagery is a little clunky tbh. Either the message or story you are trying to tell is way too obvious or way too obscure. Like, a knife cutting into a wine glass is something that [I]sounds[/I] like it means something, but it's so clumsy and general that it doesn't really inform anything. It's just an empty visual. [editline]3rd January 2016[/editline] I'd say this is more "experimental" then "psychological" tbh[/QUOTE] It's actually not cutting in to the glass. It's pretty far away from the glass. You can see it if you pay attention to how blurry it is. I'm not sure, but I could write the story it was based on if it makes it easier?
Only things that went through my head when watching this while looking for some kind of meaning were "Bitches love abs" "Bitches are also crazy" "Bitches also dissapear randomly."
[QUOTE=maxkhson;49443644]It's actually not cutting in to the glass. It's pretty far away from the glass. You can see it if you pay attention to how blurry it is. I'm not sure, but I could write the story it was based on if it makes it easier?[/QUOTE] Story should be conveyed through the media its in. An explanation wont cut it. If its detrimental to quality, its detrimental to quality. [editline]2nd January 2016[/editline] For future reference, anyway.
[QUOTE=maxkhson;49443081]Not sure, Wasn't inteded. Why did you laugh though?[/QUOTE] Song that sounds like the Harlem shake, random bullshit floating through the air, anime babe stroking some oiled up chest The whole thing is just really dumb and weird
[QUOTE=AaronM202;49443715]Story should be conveyed through the media its in. An explanation wont cut it. If its detrimental to quality, its detrimental to quality. [editline]2nd January 2016[/editline] For future reference, anyway.[/QUOTE] Well, it does convey the story well according to some other people I have talked to. There are some people who do want to know the actual meaning and story behind it though, that's why I was asking.
I have no idea what the story is or what you were trying to convey. Im going to take a wild throw in the dark and say that the people who said it made sense were friends that you explained the idea to beforehand or during it, so they went in with an expectation and went in looking for what you told them to look for.
[QUOTE=Katatonic717;49443722]Song that sounds like the Harlem shake, random bullshit floating through the air, anime babe stroking some oiled up chest The whole thing is just really dumb and weird[/QUOTE] I mean that sounds like some good stuff. What you said right there would get so many wee boys excited
[QUOTE=maxkhson;49443739]I mean that sounds like some good stuff. What you said right there would get so many wee boys excited[/QUOTE] [b]I Fuckin Love Randumb [highlight]MEMES[/highlight] Bro.[/b]
[QUOTE=AaronM202;49443734]I have no idea what the story is or what you were trying to convey. Im going to take a wild throw in the dark and say that the people who said it made sense were friends that you explained the idea to beforehand or during it, so they went in with an expectation and went in looking for what you told them to look for.[/QUOTE] I never explained it to anyone. I asked them what they thought it meant and they gave me different things but they were all kind of pointing at the same direction
Is this the next sequel to Kunoichi?
I am such a simple minded philistine holy FUCK!
It's as if you were trying to create a deep artistic masterpiece but you decided to upload it and post it here without even watching the finished product.
The anime babe stroking the chest is a symbol of how we glorify our looks in a relationship. When she is with the knife stroking the chest it symbolizes how it can even "kill" our relationships. The red wine symbolizes love. The knife is like before in how it can destroy the love. Fuck if I know what the angel means. There. There's my crazy ass theory.
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[QUOTE=maxkhson;49442647]I can't really tell the meaning of the video as it is something you "decide".[/QUOTE] it's people like you that are contributing to the downfall of art and civilization
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;49444253]it's people like you that are contributing to the downfall of art and civilization[/QUOTE] People have been pretentious for thousands of years. Relax. Years from now OP will look back on this video and wonder what the fuck he was thinking.
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