NEW AMV (finally) - Courage - Two Gems that are One

[serika-san.livejournal.com]

...First and foremost, although it's been over a year since I had the means to make AMVs, I'm really glad to get back into this again. I missed it and all of the fun that goes into video-editing and brainstorming AMVs.

Anyway, I'll say this right up front: YouTube BUTCHERED this thing. I don't know what happened, since it plays absolutely fine on my normal players, but YT killed the audio (it blips from loud to normal and back again at certain points), the timing in some sections was messed up too, which annoys me, and I recommend High Quality viewing for at least a better picture.

Here's the run-down:

Title: Courage - Two Gems That Are One

Song: Within Temptation - See Who I Am

This is probably the single AMV I've spent the most time editing and putting together out of everything I've done so far (I won't even get into how many issues I had with this or how many things I had to change and fix over and over and over...). It focuses on Fakir/Ahiru, but NOT in a romantic sense for once. This video and song are meant to portray their partnership and how it grew and strengthened over the course of the series. And I think this song is very fitting for that, as there's a huge focus on seeing who each of them really are - past the roles of Tutu and the Knight and finding the duck and the writer. I tried to portray that in multiple and different ways that change to fit the lyrical sections throughout the video. You will realize the AMV doesn't progress in exactly the same timeline as the series, though I got as close as I could while still being able to match up what I wanted to with the lyrics (and I did have limited clips since I can't make any right now).

If you would like to see the video, click here: Courage - Two Gems That Are One

...Okay, so...question. Would anyone be interested in downloading this if I uploaded it to Sendspace or something? I NEVER freely share my videos outside of YouTube, but I'm really, really cheesed off at what YouTube did to this. So if you think you would like to see it that way, let me know. If enough people want to see the better version, I'll upload it. Otherwise it'd be kind of a waste.

Thank you and hope you enjoy the video, despite the trashy quality. ._.;; Any feedback is welcome and appreciated.