Uploaded March 2013 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Z is for Zero. | Please watch in HD!
This is the final video of The ABC Project and one of my best works ever.
**Warning, Spoilers and sudden flashes. Spoilers for Anohana, Durarara, & Fruits Basket.
FYI: There is a "credits" video I made for The ABC Project. They're just a fun way to look back on the project and you can watch them if you'd like. ^^ Here:
youtube.com/watch?v=oiy_bADAuE4
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Masterpiece Theatre III by Marianas Trench is a song that takes you through a journey, and that's why I decided to use it. Since The ABC Project was a journey for me, I wanted the final letter to be something of a journey itself. I tried to give life to the lyrics and the song with every piece of footage I used, and I hope I succeeded with that.
The Editing:
I've made a lot of multifandoms in the past, but they always seem a little all-over-the-place to me. I wanted this one to be very well structured and I hope I was able to blend the footage well. Also, since this was the last letter I wanted to put all my editing skills into the making of this video! I tried to make sure every part had good effects that I actually put thought into. I guess that sounds strange since I used more raw-like effects... Well, I didn't want to take away from the footage with too many effects. ^^ I just wanted to enhance the footage. That was my thinking behind a lot of this project.
Oh, and another big part of my thinking behind this? MEPs. I've always loved the idea of a one-man MEP. Although this isn't that, it's still a video with different sections (sort of) and it's not just randomly blending footage together. At least, it's not supposed to be.

I decided on this song for reasons previously stated, plus it's my current favorite song from my favorite band. And then, I started editing. I was terrified of starting xD Because I had all these ideas in my head and I was sure they wouldn't turn out like I wanted... This song is just so awesome that it was so intimidating. I still remember the first few seconds of editing where I was just thinking "Yep. This is gonna turn out horrible." I couldn't even see myself getting to the end o__o so it's shocking I've actually finished! Oh, and I want to say, I could not have chosen a better song. After months of editing to one thing, I thought I would get tired of it and the video at some point, but this song never got old. I still love the song just as much now as I did when I started the video, and it just shows you how awesome Marianas Trench is!
This project was so big, I had to write out a plan for it beforehand. I had certain footage I wanted to use for certain parts of the song, and I wanted to make sure every fandom got its time to shine.
While editing this I split it four parts. If I didn't do that my computer probably would've exploded... Each part took different amounts of time to finish and they each had their challenges. If you want to hear more about each part you can visit the link, where I've rambled a little about the editing and the hard parts along the way.
taintedrose-4.livejournal.com/516.html

I don't think I could be happier about this video! I'm SO proud of it, and I shed some tears when it was ending. This is the greatest video I've ever done. Definitely. But hopefully not the greatest I ever do! It would be amazing if I could make another video someday that would turn out this good. For now though, it's number one. ;D
I'm so happy to be finishing! But also a bit sad. I love The ABC Project so much and I'm sad I won't get to do it anymore! Even if 26 videos doesn't seem like a big deal, it was, and it took so much work and so long to complete -- but it was worth it. I've improved so much as an editor since the beginning! This video project was sort of a chapter of my life, or at least, of my editing career and it's hard to believe it's really over!
I dedicate this last video to all my friends who have supported this project this whole time! Particularly Kan and Kao, two who started the project with me, the lovely commenters Neopets4Life494, RaikoElric, and FF3710Freak who left nice comments on nearly every video, and most of all, my best friend Dez who convinced me to do the project in the first place and who cheered me on the whole time. All of you have helped bring this giant to completion!
I hope everyone who sees this video enjoys it! Because that's what all this hard work was for.
Thanks everyone!
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Video Info: I wrote it at the end of this video's description, sorry there wasn't room for everything here:
youtube.com/watch?v=dGGpVS4fZ2A
Part 1: From 0:00 to 1:47, Part 2: 1:47 to 3:48, Part 3: 3:49 to 5:08, Part 4: 5:09 to end.