an element of blank (reworked) : amv

This is an AMV I made over four years ago now. The title, an element of blank, is from an Emily Dickinson poem commonly known as "Pain".

"Pain -- has an Element of Blank --
It cannot recollect
When it begun -- or if there were
A time when it was not --

It has no Future -- but itself --
Its Infinite contain
Its Past -- enlightened to perceive
New Periods -- of Pain"
c. 1862

The images in the video were selected to suit the mood of the song, not necessarily the lyric of the song. Warning: even though it has been remastered, some lame attempts at lip synching remain. Actually, there is only one true lip synch, true being where the scene was heavily edited and manipulated. The rest are just lip flaps that kinda sorta seemed to fit. Also, there are an inordinate amount of "eyeball" shots in this video. Seriously. Some enterprising person somewhere could make a wicked drinking game out of it. Every time you see an eye...oy vay.

The music is "Suicide Note" by Johnette Napolitano from the Underworld soundtrack. Considering the number of eyeballs, I probably should have changed it to "Eye" by Smashing Pumpkins or something. The video contains images from Gasaraki, Hellsing, Shin Seiki Evangelion, Boogiepop Phantom, and Witch Hunter Robin.

This fan vid was built using Pinnacle Studio® v9.1. The original format was RealVideo to try to keep the size on the not so big side, that's why the quality of the playback is a bit naff.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• hellsing
• boogiepop phantom
• gasaraki
• shin seiki evangelion
• johnette napolitano
• suicide note
• witch hunter robin