Gift for Joyo by condnsdmlk (Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo)

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Title of vid: Equinox
Recipient: Joyo
Vidder: condnsdmlk
Fandom: Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Music: First of the Year (Equinox) by Skrillex
Summary:
Content notes: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills)
Signed length: 03:40
Signed URL:

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Comments

[actiaslunaris]

Whoa. Fantastically trippy, gorgeous, and edited with such skill! I loved the transitions between clips at 1:37 and 3:08 -- very effective.

[condnsdmlk]

Thank you for your excellent feedback! I am so glad you enjoyed the vid :D

[shati]

Wow, I'm kind of at a doge place right now. Very colors. Much stutter. So beauty. Wow.

[joyo]

IAWTC

[condnsdmlk]

:D This comment made me crack up! Thanks so much - I'm very glad you enjoyed the vid!!

[joyo]

I am not sure how else to say this but I think your vid just got me stoned? So...words. Hard.

First of all: HOLY SHIT. Okay, I think I'm just going to list off some things:

1. SONG CHOICE: I liked that the vocals/lyrics were incidental. I'm a big lyrics-type person but this show is just so...COLORS. FEELINGS. You picked a song that not only tonally works very well for the Counts' POV (harsh, menacing, but strangely charismatic), but kept you from being constrained by words. This worked especially well because:

2. Clipping and Internal Motion: Hooooooly shit. It was like watching a *dance*. So nicely attuned to the movements of the song. Just when it seemed like you were settling into something maybe predictable-BAM. You changed it up. Really really cool, vidder.

3. THE WATCH: I loved this as a framing device. I love that there *was* a framing device, because I a huge nerd. Throughout the vid THERE IT WAS. And then Albert THREW IT. He THREW IT ON THE GROUND. Everything is broken but still so gorgeous but SO SO BROKEN. Yes.

There is so much going on in this and I know I haven't picked up on all of it but I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT in a vid. It's just so much to visually digest, but it's also so pleasing to just sit back and experience.

YAY! Thank you!

[condnsdmlk]

\O/
I am SO glad that you liked the vid! Your feedback was amazing and made me very happy :D

I had the absolute best time making this vid and it was so great to rewatch Gankutsuou - it's one of my all time favourite anime series and I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't watched it in quite a while!

This was also my first attempt at making an AMV so that was pretty exciting, I'm thinking I need to make another one at some point!

[revolutionaryjo]

Wow, yes, Skrillex and this show! It never would have occurred to me, but it's perfect. So appropriately trippy! And you've really built the clips with the song. I love how it spirals further and further off into insanity, but there's that little glimpse of Edmond at the end and the pocket watch shattering. I could be somewhat biased by my love of the source, but this is one of my favorite Festivids this year, I think. :)

[condnsdmlk]

:D Thank you so much for the brilliant comment - very high praise indeed! I'm glad you liked the vid so much, it makes me happy to know this \o/

[turlough]

I only know about the show through fannish osmosis but this is a very cool vid.

[condnsdmlk]

Thank you so much! Always great to see people watching vids to source they haven't watched yet - I'm really glad you watched and liked it :D

[franzeska]

Whoaaaaaaaaa. I love the stuttering. Perfect timing.

[condnsdmlk]

Thank you so much!! I'm very glad you watched and liked the vid :D

[cupidsbow]

What a visual feast. you've really brought out the colours and visual eclecticism of the source.

[condnsdmlk]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment! I know I'll be thanking you again before the end of the day ;) I tried to follow your example and watch more vids before reveals this year, but I'm afraid I fell short of my target. Hopefully I'll do better next year!

[cupidsbow]

I never thought about how it must be for vidders who made multiple vids, and kept seeing my name crop up in comment after comment. You've made me feel very accomplished. :)

FWIW, I think fests like this are best enjoyed when they don't feel like a burden or chore. So your way of doing them now it totally fine.

[skygiants]

EVERYTHING IS SO OVER-THE-TOP AND HALLUCINOGENIC AND FULL OF MULTICOLORED PSYCHOTROPIC DOOM. omg, this is amazing. You have 100% captured the spirit of Gankutsuou. SOMEBODY CALL 911 RIGHT AWAY!!!!

[condnsdmlk]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

I'm am extremely pleased with your reaction to the vid and your great feedback - I WAS AIMING FOR AN ALL CAPS REPLY ;D