「信義」 IN MEMORIAM | amv
Here's the video I edited for the finals of POE last year. I put a lot of time and thought into the execution, and was really happy I won the contest with it!
The theme for this round was 'time capsule', so pretty self-explanatory. In the end it became quite a personal video for me (as it usually does it seems...)
My great-grandfather was a French soldier stationed in Germany during the early stages of war. It was unthinkable, of course, to fall in love with a German woman. They vowed to escape together - to leave the country, to somewhere out of reach, where rank and nationality wouldn't matter. The day they were meant to meet at the train station, she saw him standing in the hall, waiting for her. Just when she was about to call out to him, she saw military officers approaching. Shocked into silence, she could do nothing but watch as he was led away. It was the last time she would see him. She was already carrying his child.
What sounds like the scene from a movie is the bitter truth for so many families out there. Just because the fighting ends at some point, doesn’t mean the surviving get to reunite. My great-grandmother was a strong woman. Even after the war, for years and years to come she tried everything in her power to find him, to know at least, if he was dead or alive. I wanted to bring that feeling across - being left behind in a war torn world, unable to let go or find closure, just never 'knowing'. Violet in my story is not a war machine, not a soldier bloodied in endless fights – she is just a woman in the aftermath of war, forever wishing and waiting to see his face once more.
I used a crossover of two anime and quite a bit of tweaking to make it work. I had a tough time deciding how to end the video. Originally the final clip was left out, and I ended it at her smiling through tears. But Alicia and Amy were like 'no way, you cannot end it like that!', so, there you go, haha. I decided to keep the background white for it to have sort of a 'dreamy' ambiance - an open ending if you so will.
That was a long description, kudos if you made it this far, have a cookie!
Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy,
Anna~
"Making Of“ : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oC7k...
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INFO:
Anime: Violet Evergarden, Gosick
Songs: You're Gloating (Queen's Gambit OST), Crash Landing on You OST
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