BauziThis is a non commercial fanmade video based on the song 16 Volt - Suffering you.
So this is it. This is my first original live action music video project for my digital film college. I had a very stressful time pulling this off. I made everything from planing, to shooting, to directing and post production. Special thanks go out to my mates Stefan, Alex, JoeJoe and Marcus for assistance during shooting. Without you this video wouldn't be possible in this quality!!!
This is a short story about an everyday guy that is actually a murder. He is good in hiding his inner monster. That's symbolized by the paper mask that he is wearing. If you want to find out more about his motivations, than you have just to listen to the lyrics. I just hope that the base storyline is clear for everyone.
I had this idea with this song for a long time and due to my film college this was the perfect time to execute it. If you enjoy this song than you can buy it on 16 Volt's album "Full Black Habit" (the same record where you can find the song of this video's credits: "You Run") or on "The Best of Sixteen Volt™". Check out their music!
I would also like to thank me great actors (Alice Csango, Bane Uy and Lisa Fertner) for being part of the project. Also a big thank you to Paul (The Amazing Flying Pig) for letting us film in his bar. A big hug goes to Kathi for getting me this awesome paper bags from the US. *big hug*
Time for some technical details!
This video was filmed with my own Canon EOS 7D (720p@50fps) and a Panasonic Leica HVX 200. I used the HVX for the camcorder scenes, because the camera has solid automatic mode and a wide depth of field. This give the shots a perfect camcorder feeling in HD resolution.
Lenses I've used:
Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Tamron 17-55mm f2.8
Sigma 50mm f1.4 (I fell in love with this one during shooting. F1.4 is amazing)
The editing was done in Premiere Pro CS5, fx in After Effects CS5 with support of additional plugins like Trapcode Particular and Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks.
I hope you enjoy it and let me know your thoughts on it =)
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios // January - April 2011
Mr. Happy Face - 16 Volt - Suffering You [Fanmade Musicvideo]Bauzi2011-05-03 | This is a non commercial fanmade video based on the song 16 Volt - Suffering you.
So this is it. This is my first original live action music video project for my digital film college. I had a very stressful time pulling this off. I made everything from planing, to shooting, to directing and post production. Special thanks go out to my mates Stefan, Alex, JoeJoe and Marcus for assistance during shooting. Without you this video wouldn't be possible in this quality!!!
This is a short story about an everyday guy that is actually a murder. He is good in hiding his inner monster. That's symbolized by the paper mask that he is wearing. If you want to find out more about his motivations, than you have just to listen to the lyrics. I just hope that the base storyline is clear for everyone.
I had this idea with this song for a long time and due to my film college this was the perfect time to execute it. If you enjoy this song than you can buy it on 16 Volt's album "Full Black Habit" (the same record where you can find the song of this video's credits: "You Run") or on "The Best of Sixteen Volt™". Check out their music!
I would also like to thank me great actors (Alice Csango, Bane Uy and Lisa Fertner) for being part of the project. Also a big thank you to Paul (The Amazing Flying Pig) for letting us film in his bar. A big hug goes to Kathi for getting me this awesome paper bags from the US. *big hug*
Time for some technical details!
This video was filmed with my own Canon EOS 7D (720p@50fps) and a Panasonic Leica HVX 200. I used the HVX for the camcorder scenes, because the camera has solid automatic mode and a wide depth of field. This give the shots a perfect camcorder feeling in HD resolution.
Lenses I've used:
Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Tamron 17-55mm f2.8
Sigma 50mm f1.4 (I fell in love with this one during shooting. F1.4 is amazing)
The editing was done in Premiere Pro CS5, fx in After Effects CS5 with support of additional plugins like Trapcode Particular and Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks.
I hope you enjoy it and let me know your thoughts on it =)
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios // January - April 2011Tokyo Skytree city view by day and night [Sony Alpha 7iv and Canon EF 24-105MM F/4L IS II USM]Bauzi2024-06-08 | This was my Tokyo Skytree view (東京スカイツリービュー) from May 5th 2024, shot on Sony Alpha 7iv and Canon EF 24-105MM F/4L IS II USM on a Metabones lens adapter.
I sort through my vacation videos and fotos and got tons of material. To get my head around it, I will continue to edit and release themed highlight videos of my trip. So maybe I can afterwards focus on one summarizing overview video at the end. Also I can try out different things. Like gimmiky play arounds in Adobe Premiere Pro's Lumetri Color panel.
Song: Lucy in Disguise - Sky At NightSuzumes Roadtrip [LORN - Timesink | RICE 2024 - Best Storytelling]Bauzi2024-03-13 | You found an old tape and decided to watch it...
Editor comments: This was once again an attempt to make a liminal lofi simple AMV. Things evolved to be more. The content is open for interpretation. For me it's about a nosey girl with the love for the occult uncovering an ancient secret and bringing disaster over the world. I also placed hints to lovecraftian lore with The King In Yellow or the Dreamworlds.
I tried to make this more authentic by going with an original 4:3 vhs tape aspectratio, but it just didn't look good. I added lot's of small mistakes intentionaly to make it look more like amateuer camerawork.
I'm very happy that so many people enjoyed this in RICE contest and voted for it. This was a surprise to me and fills my heart with warmth and convidence.
Anime: Suzume, Weathering With You, Your Name, Children Who Chase Lost Voices Song: LORN - Timesink
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - December 2023/January 2024Masters Of The Craft [Battle Tapes - Weight of the World | RICE 2024-Coordinator Choice]Bauzi2024-03-12 | Just a celebration of the awesome animation in the videogame DAVE THE DIVER. This won the "Omakase"-Award (Coordinator Choice) at the RICE 2024 online video contest.
I'm really happy that so many had fun with this video at the contest and some even went on and bought that great game.
Videogame: DAVE THE DIVER Song: Battle Tapes - Weight of the World
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - January 2024HONEYMOAN - Sorry Like You Mean It [A Silent Voice/Eiga Koe no Katachi AMV | Kokorokon 2024]Bauzi2024-02-10 | This was my entry for the Kokorokon 2024 Romance/Drama AMV contest. Personally I think that this came out as a mix and became more of a character profile, but I'm really happy for the outcome! The timeframe for this project was about a week and I'm surprised, what came out to be the final result.
The first time I heard this song on the radio, it was so catchy, exciting and engaging, I just had to do an AMV with it a few days later. My interpretation of the lyrics is maybe a little bit stretched out, but I think the overall tone and themes came out to be right for me. I'm happy that I tried something different for me this time. My works are usualy not on the romance/drama side of things.
Anime: A Silent Voice (Eiga Koe no Katachi) Song: HONEYMOAN - Sorry Like You Mean It
You can directly buy, support and listen to their music on bandcamp: honeymoan.bandcamp.com (no affiliate link!)
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - January 2024Blue Eye Samurai | Forest Swords - Crow (DJ-Kicks) [4k, AMV]Bauzi2023-12-09 | A simple ~8 hour project, because I really felt like doing something with this mesmerizing song and awesome new animation series on Netflix. It's very basic, but I think it still has this special something and I enjoy those edits, because it gets editing down to the very much essentials. How do I this and that? What do I tell and imply, if I do this? How do I get from A to B? How do I center the scenes? It makes every choice feel more important and feel like a puzzle to solve.
Support he music artist "Forest Swords" and buy his incredible music here: forestswords.bandcamp.com (no affiliate link!)
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - December 2023Haunted Child - Outtakes & AI failsBauzi2023-11-02 | The AI of the "Pika Labs beta" is sillyHaunted Child [LORN - Silhouette | AMV]Bauzi2023-10-23 | This project was yet again all about using AI in AMVs. I tried to use PikaLabs for storytelling purposes and simply style. It’s a service that generates you images out of prompts or animates your still images. I fell in love with animating still images. Here is a full ai-shotlist with timecodes and used methods: pastebin.com/CXyZupHX
I wanted the visual style of this video to be really slow, uneasy and eerie. It’s a mix of camera lens blur, light rays and luma adjustments. The color style is inspired by the videogame “The Shrouded Isle”. Videoclips got interpolated with varies methods (Twixtor, FlowFrames…) to give this an even more uncanny eerie feeling.
The song is called “Silhouette” and LORN was once again my musical artist of choice, since I can’t stop thinking about his unique music. There are still many songs to edit to, before I feel satisfied, so expect more to come. You can check out and buy his music on bandcamp: lorn.bandcamp.com/album/remnant
Please consider to financially support the artists you love!Controlnet Colour Transformation for anime and AMVs (with Stable Diffusion)Bauzi2023-10-18 | A detailed guide on how to transform colour from one image to another via Controlnet. Controlnet is an AI based technology to limit the workings of your Stable Diffusion AI in very useful ways.
Video timestamps:
00:00 Opening 01:07 Introduction to Colour Transformation 02:14 Requirements and 03:10 Installation 05:35 Fast howto (Overview) 08:35 Detailed howto 15:08 Advanced techniques – Interpolation with EbSynth 16:58 Advanced techniques – Multiple Controlnet units 17:28 Advanced techniques – Batch Controlnet input 19:17 Advanced techniques – Preservation of original colour 21:47 Advanced techniques – Motiontracked Colour Overlay 23:07 Final Words
Disclaimer: This video might very well be already outdated, since AI tech moves so fast. Also there will be probably many mistakes and half baked knowledge in this video. However, this will give you all you need to know to use this in your AMVs. This is based on my personal limited knowledge and experience. Please keep that in mind and feel free to browse other tutorials, manuals, videos and GitHub pages for a full coverage.► Onirica - Dreamscapes [AMV] ◄► Bauzi - Arcothy collab ◄► ♪ Kid Francescoli - Moon ♪ ◄Bauzi2023-09-04 | THIS IS A COLLAB - Check out Arcothy B3stEck's Channel here: youtube.com/c/ArcothyB3stEck
Theme:
The everyday life is often gray, oppressive, and monotonous due to the given circumstances. Children and creative individuals escape into relaxing, joyful, life-affirming fantasy worlds in their thoughts. It's a getaway from reality, constraints, and conformity. Some discover themselves in the process, becoming less lonely and more empowered in real life. "Onirica" is derived from the word "oneiric," which relates to dreams or resembling a dream. It is often used to describe something dreamlike, fantastical, or related to dreams and imagination. In your provided text, the term "Fantasiewelten" could be translated as "dream worlds" or "fantasy realms," which aligns with the concept of "Onirica."
Making of notes:
AI technology came in fast in 2022 and for me personally it was clear, that my next main project needs to revolve around this exciting technology. However at it turns out things are developing fast and are getting tiresome. I remember a time, when Bard, ChatGPT-4 and Midijourney 5 were announced right at the same times. Keeping up with burned me out. You need a full time job on this and maybe even then you only specialize in one area. Also when a lot of the smaller tasks get done by AI, you are left with all the creative work. Constantly being creative and original burns you out, while at the same time you sometimes battle with errors and bad images, that AI gives you. That's why I felt it was time to try out my first collab between AMV editors, after a raw cut was finished. I joined up with my coworker Arcothy to battle this challenge together. This was probably the best choice for this input. Together there were enough creative power to pull this off. Also we added up pretty nicely. The cut got better, the scene selection more interesting and there were great ideas on how to implement AI into pictures. Refining effects, masks and scenes got more important as well. We worked together via Adobe Cloud Team Projects, which was not as smooth as we first thought, but after a bumpy start it was alright.
So what's left was to get AI work in anime and video. Of course there are possible DeForum animation videos, but they were not easily to control and will always have that certain look to them. Runway was at Gen-1 stage and the costs for AI video generation were simply too high and too gimmicky. What's left were still image generation and implementing them in video. StableDiffussion with the use of different AI models and LORAs gave pleasing results. I felt we had more control over things in comparison to MidJourney or Firefly. Arcothy made it work via Ebsynth or Adobe Generative Fills and I often took the time to give it a well touch up in After Effects or Premiere Pro.
What I really enjoyed was applying abstract Color via ControlNet to scenes. Some scenes turned out really good. Others need lot's of prework with masks, tracking or color layers. The use of various overlay techniques and stock videos helped integrating the images a lot! This and Adobe Generative Fill will highly return in my future projects.
The crazy thing about the technology is, that everything is so fast. A few months later things would look differently, because tech improved or new workflows came out. I hope that this video will not look too dated. Only time will tell. AMVs can be truly timeless works, but this will probably not be one of them.
Thanks a lot to Arcothy for truly immerse into the project and making it possible by giving his best!
Song: Kid Francescoli - Moon (Custom Edit)
Used anime: Belle, Drifting Home, Weathering with You, Your Name, COLORs, SPY x FAMILY, Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku, A Whisker Away, Bubble, Penguin Highway, Fireworks, 5 centimeters per second, Children of the Sea, Her Blue Sky, Howls Moving Castle, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Ef - A Tale of Two, Liz to Aoi Tori, Sora yori mo Tooi Basho, Vivy - Fluorite Eye's Song Sakuga Mad, Hibike! Euphonium, Hello World, Sora yori mo Tooi Basho, Eve - YOKU, Eve - 蒼のワルツ
Detailed AI shotlist available: pastebin.com/Hf08x2k5SIGNALIS - LIMINAL MINDS [LORN - PERFEKT DARK | SIGNALIS | GMV]Bauzi2023-09-04 | I wanted to portrait the atmosphere and pace of SIGNALIS with the unforgetting sounds of the musical artist LORN. It's the slow and steady decent into madness and the dismantling of mind and soul.
This is my first ever GMV and it was made for the Connichi AMV Contest 2023 in Germany. It did not make it to the finals on stage, however it's sibling GMV (Nefarious Depths) did. I don't mind too much, because I really like both videos.
I can only recommend that you play the grandious SIGNALIS yourself. It's the best horror game that came out of Germany for years and maybe since ever: store.steampowered.com/app/1262350/SIGNALIS
Also you really need to give LORN credit for his music. You can buy and listen to his records on bandcamp: lorn.bandcamp.com/album/drown-the-traitor-within (this song "PERFEKT DARK" is featured on the record "Drown the traitor within")
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - JULY 2023SIGNALIS - NEFARIOUS DEPTHS [LORN - THE SLOW BLADE | SIGNALIS | GMV] - 1. Place AniNite 2023 ProBauzi2023-09-03 | (This video also won second place at the Connichi 2023 GMV contest.)
My second GMV based on the game SIGNALIS and musical artist LORN. After "Liminal Minds" the whole project didn't feel complete to me. I really liked what I edited, but I wanted to tell more themes. Everything would have been too much for one videos so I made another one. I'm surprised the level of repeating clips was so low.
This made 1st. place at AniNite AMV Contest 2023 (Pro category and Viewer's Choice)
I wanted to show more the mythical sides of the game (lore: The King In Yellow) and portrait more characters. I'm really pleased with the outcome and this one made it onto stage at the Connichi 2023 AMV contest.
Also you really need to give LORN credit for his music. You can buy and listen to his records on bandcamp: lorn.bandcamp.com/album/drown-the-traitor-within (this song "PERFEKT DARK" is featured on the record "Drown the traitor within")
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - JULY 2023Heite grob ma Tote aus! [HanamiCon 2023/NOCUT CHALLENGE - 1st place]Bauzi2023-05-21 | For the HanamiCon 2023 NOCUT CHALLENGE you were only allowed to trim your videosource and audio with an In/Out point. No effects, no speedramp, no nothing. Excepts handy fade in/outs at the start and the end to make things work out more smoothly. This is a small very fun challenge with surprising outcomings.
I'm proud that many people liked it and it made 1st place at the contest. This was pretty much an instant idea, when I saw that movie back during Halloween.
This is modern Austrian Pop and in heavy Viennese dialect. English subtitles are included.
Musical artist: Vodoo Jürgens Song: Heite grob ma Tote aus Video: Wendell & Wild
This movie should be currently on Netflix. So check it out!Mundane [4k CHAINSAW MAN AMV, BIG CONTEST 2023]Bauzi2023-05-05 | I needed a break from my RICE 2022 AMV project, that is still not finished. Spending so much time in After Effects and not acutally editing something can get tiresome. So I made a short video to give me a motivational boost. I feel in love with a certain mundane sequence in the anime and this song and this suited my concept really well. This is the original length of the song. Actually I fell in love with the musical artist Vitalic. Check him out!
Here is the original post on amvnews.ru including high quality downloads: https://amvnews.ru/index.php?go=Files&in=view&id=12297
Song: El Viaje Artist: Vitalic Anime: Chainsaw Man (Season 1)
Made for Big Contest 2023. I'm glad that I'm part of the contest for the first time!
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - April 2023ATTACK! of the Giant Mega Squirrel 🐿️🔥🏙️🎞️ [4k YuniCon 2022, 1st place] Kaiju Monster AMVBauzi2022-10-29 | 00:00 Intro 01:02 Mainvideo
This is an hommage to 1950s black and white kaiju movies like the black and white Godzilla movies.
Behind the scene notes: Between my gf and me there is a joke: "Is there a squirrel in your video? No? Than it sucks!" ... Let's turn this around and put squirrels in this. Not just squirrels, but our favourite plushies that we love so much. So I got her a greenscreen morphsuite and put her into the professional greenscreen studio at my workplace. It's an idea, that I thought about pulling of at last year's YuniCon convention.
Technical notes: This was filmed with a Sony FX6. Some parts are even in 120fps 4k, but I don't think there was a visible benefit to it to be honest. Some assets like smokeclouds were created with Stable Diffusion and Midjourney AI. The reason is that, even if you pay for stock footage like Envato Elements, these kind assets are harder to come by than I would have thought. So why not generate them by myself and increase my AI skills too? The video editing was smooth and fast. The cut was done in less than 8 hours. Most time took scene searching and of course the massive compositing work. My gf was so sweet to learn masking and helped me out on so many scenes. Love. Also I was able to pull off every 42 scenes on sets in less than 42 hours and the vast majority worked out like a charm in post. This makes me quite proud.
Please let us know, what you think about this AMV!
Used Anime in no particular order: Akira, Earth Girl Arjuna, GATE, Godzilla Singular Point, Macross Zero, Neon Genesis Evangelion (movies), One Punch Man, SSSS.GRIDMAN, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
There is actually nothing to say about this AMV. Let me tell you something about modern metropolis instead.
The modern metropolis is a strange living organism. It grows. It sucks people into it. It lures them with opportunities and excitement. Its chaos hold together by a strange order and rhythm. In this cycle day and night fade together. To be awake or to sleep doesn't matter. Everything is running and up all the time. New technologies creep in and flip your life upside down. You've been to a place yesterday and now there is a new hive of apartments, offices and living quarters. The metropolis hunger drew it out from seemingly nowhere. Art installations break you up in your routine and attack your senses like guerrilla warriors. Some try to escape their dream day like state. However daily life has a tight grip on them. The sense of loneliness and sadness keeps creeping in, while you are surrounded by masses of anonymous faces, that don't matter to you. Some try to break free from the repetition and succeed. They got enough money to flee to rural areas or distant lose suburbs. Either you are a part of the monster, or you run and never come back.
This is the 21st Century Metropolis.
On a personal note: This is heavily inspired to my trips to the sprawls of Tokyo and Osaka. Those who were there, might understand my feelings. It calls to me again. After years of Covid I'm eager to go again.
Technical notes: This is a wild mix of anime, live action, stock material, found footage, fotos and 3D graphics. All held together by a colour scheme and pixelart. This took a lot of time, with a lot of long breaks and a complete overhaul. However, when I see the result, I don't want this any other way. I can't believe I indulged this madness and finished it!
Media info: The song is "Cirrus" made by the great artist "Bonobo". It's the official music video mix with some smaller edits and changes made by me. Used animes are as follows: Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell 2.0, Ghost in the Shell 2, Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex, Flavors of Youth, Odd Taxi, Psycho Pass, Akira, Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.11/2.22/3.33, Patlabor 2 - The Movie, Patlabor - The Movie, One Punch Man, The Boy and the Beast, Terror in Ressonance, Your Name, Weathering With You, Garden of Words, Edgerunner (Trailer), Blade Runner - Black Out 2022, Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - The Movie, Metropolis, Bakemonogatari, Belle, Aggretsuko, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Genius Party Beyond
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios // February 2020 - July 202221st Century Metropolis - Prototype (Outtake) #shortsBauzi2022-08-10 | My newest AMV "21st Century Metropolis" celebrates it's premiere at the AniNite convetion 2022 in Austria this weekend. Also the release is just right around the corner. I wanted to show you the projects original prototype graphic, that didn't made the cut in the final video. I also wanted to try out this YouTube Shorts thing.Making-Of Stream: In The Realm Of The King In YellowBauzi2022-03-24 | Tiefe Einblicke in das AMV Projekt: In The Realm Of The King In YellowIn The Realm Of The King In Yellow (AMV, 4k TOS Contest 2021) Nine Inch Nails - 37 GhostsBauzi2022-03-12 | Anime: Mahō Tsukai no Yome, Cossette no Shouzou, Death Note, Death Parade, Devilman Crybaby, Junji Itō Collection, Shoujo Kakumei Utena, Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Song: Nine Inch Nails - 37 Ghosts
Video description: This is my own interpretation of Robert W. Chambers short story collection "The King In Yellow" from 1895. It is heavily influenced by story and art of H.P. Lovecraft, the pen and paper Call of Cthulhu by Chaosium Inc and the Arkham Horror board and card game franchise by Fantasy Flight Games. The original mythos goes as follows: There is a cursed theater play called "The King In Yellow". Everybody reading the play starts decending into madness. The reader gets visions of Hastur (The King In Yellow), the lake Hali and Carcosa (the damned city). The blessed reader also receives visions of The Yellow Sign. Those seeing it are chosen to preapre the kings decent onto our planet. My video is based on those stories. It's a fanfiction. I'm well aware that this is extremly niche. However I hope that I can reach many fans of the original stories and I had a lot of fun creating this video and craming in as many references as possible. This is packed on with messages and easter eggs. I still believe this is an enjoyable horror video to people not knowing of the original mythos and maybe I can inspire some people to read the stories. I can especially recommend "The King In Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers and the Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft.
Technical note: Most storytelling is done by mixing the main anime "Mahō Tsukai no Yome" with "Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku". There are some support scenes from other anime as well. Additional material ranges from original 3D, original book cover art, fan art and supportive stock videos. Most scenes are done with compositions in After Affects. Adobe's brand new Photoshop neural filters, machine learning and AI effects played a huge role in pulling that video off.
This is a custom extended version of the song. It is lengthed with Adobe Premiere Pro Beta's latest remix tools in Essential Sounds. The crackling in the music is itential by the musical artist and is no encoding error.
This video placed 9th at TOS Contest 2021 storytelling and 6th at the creativity category. Which makes me quiet proud of it!
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios / September - December 2021Luz is an amv editor! (Welcome To The Owl House)Bauzi2022-02-14 | This blew my mind! The main character of Welcome To The Owl House is an AMV editor! It's in the very first episode.AMV / Est 2001 - 20 Years in Retrospective 📺📼Bauzi2021-08-28 | This year I celebrate 20 years of editing AMVs. That's right! I edit AMVs since 2001 and this is my way to celebrate it. I composed my major releases and AMVs into one nostalgic supercut. This even includes some of my very first AMVs. So far probably only Mac has seen those videos and no other person up to date.
I wanted to show you those videos as they were: Low quality, full of mistakes. That's how they were and I want to send a message out: I was a noob and did every possible mistake you can imagine, however I managed to come out good with my AMVs and so can you! Don't give up. Don't be afraid to get help and never stop believing. It took me 3 years to put out something remotely acceptable, because Mac and I thought us everything we know on our own first. That's okay at the era of 2001 internet, but don't repeat this today. Get in touch with AMV editors. Make friends. Have fun!
Thank you to everyone who is and was supporting me in various ways. This means a lot to me. This hobby means so much to me. It defined me to who I am and how I stand in the world. I can't imagine what would've happend without it. Almost every friend I know is somehow tied to this. So much wouldn't have happend without AMVs. Let AMVs live on forever! Let me be clear as well: This is no Goodbye. I don't quit.
Song: The Bloody Beetroots - Albion Anime: Various Live Action Video: Various stock footage
Technical notes:
For me it was important to not alter the footage too much. I only changed it up with hard cuts and some fades to make it work better. I wanted to preserve original edits and effects, because that's how things were. There are no changes in speed. You can basically recreate this on your own with my videos. I hope I can spark some memories for you :)
I kept lossless encodes since 2007. That makes the video quality look good. Some scenes got cleaned up using AI upscaling "Cupscale".
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - July/August 2021That Feeling / Hanami Con 2021 - No Cut ChallengeBauzi2021-07-31 | Mein Beitrag für die "No Cut Challenge 2021" der "Hanami Con". Es ist meine erste No Cut Challenge und für mich hat das in dem Moment einfach gepasst. Ich hatte den Film vor kurzem gesehen und wollte die Szene irgendwie "verewigen" und das Lied hatte ich auch zuvor im Radio gehört. Fast hätte ich "The Passanger" von Iggy Pop genommen, aber das hat dann doch nicht so gut gepasst als Song. Es hätte schon funktioniert, aber eben nur mit anständigem Editing.
Film: Luca (2021) Song: "Don't Stop Believin" von "Journey"
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios / Juli 2021Ende Gelände (4K - Aggretusko AMV)Bauzi2019-08-31 | Schluss aus Ende. Ende im Gelände.
Kommentar: Es war unfassbar anstrengend dieses Video zu machen in dieser recht kurzen Zeit (3 Wochen). Dennoch bin ich recht zufrieden mit dem Endergebnis. Es ist vor allem angenehm anders. Ich war mir nicht sicher wie gut der dritte Part mit weniger offensiven Effekten ankommt, aber es funktioniert und macht vor allem für das Video und die "Storyline" an sich Sinn. Das beruhigt! Materialmangel hat mich sehr nach vorne an die Grenzen meiner Kreativität gepusht. Die Mischung aus Zeitmangel und Materialmangel nötigt einen dazu Ideen umzusetzen, die man sonst verworfen hätte. Gerade diese Ideen machen es aber aus und funktioniert so oft so erstaunlich gut! Wenn ich die alte Webserie aus 2016 nicht entdeckt hätte, hätte ich auf den Release der Season 3 in 2020 (hoffentlich? Please Netlfix!) warten müssen. So hat aber noch alles funktioniert. Die Webserie ist wirklich empfehlenswert. Retsuko kommt darin, aber schon fast wie eine Kolerikerin rüber ^^
JA! DAS DING IST IN 4K! Möglich gemacht wurde es durch ein neurales Netzwerk namens Waiffu2x. Eine wirklich super Software für Upscaling. Die Webserie die ich gefunden habe war leider nur in 720p aus YouTube Rips. Durch Waifu wurde es wirklich möglich dieses Material in 1080p umzuwandeln ohne das man es sieht oder merkt. Wahnsinn! Das Material sieht danach besser aus als vorher. Nun dieser 4K Upscale wurde dann aus dem 1080p AMV gemacht und ich finde es schaut wirklich knackig aus, so als wäre das Material schon immer 4K groß gewesen. Vor einem 8K oder 6K Release hat mich dann nur Zeit und Festplattenplatz aufgehalten. Möglich wäre es gewesen. Aggretsuko ist ein super Anime dafür.
Vielleicht mache ich zu Waiffu2x und dem Upscaling Prozess ein kurzes Tutorial.
Ahja! Unbedingt bitte die Band Großstadtgeflüster auschecken. Sie machen wirklich cooles Zeug mit ganz eigenem Lebensgefühl :)
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - August 2019Die Lichter im Moor - Making of (AMV)Bauzi2019-07-28 | Hier ist eine Gegenüberstellung der original Szenen und dem fertigen AMV. Ich habe versucht die Szenen so ursprünglich wie möglich zu zeigen. Die meisten Effekte sind Geschwindigkeitsänderungen, Color Grading, Glow, Content Aware Fills und Kamerabewegungen.Die Lichter im Moor (AMV // Nippon Nation 2019)Bauzi2019-07-20 | Was wirst du tun, wenn die Sirenen im Moor nach dir rufen?
Anime: Musik: Großstadtgeflüster - Sirenen
Bemerkungen: Ein tolles Projekt. Ich bin vor allem begeistert wieviel möglich war in so kurzer Zeit (~55 Arbeitsstunden ohne Rendering) mit meinem neuen Editing Rechner. Die Effizientz bestätigte auch irgendwie mein eigenes Können und das tut natürlich gut. Dieses mal musste ich auch gar keine großen Kompromisse eingehen für meine Grundidee. Inhaltlich habe ich Einflüsse von H.P. Lovecraft und Stephen King eingearbeitet und in betracht gezogen. Dabei geht es vor allem um die Einarbeitung von subtilen Hinweisen, die einem wohl erst beim öfteren Zusehen auffallen werden. Ja, ich bin stolz auf dieses Video und es war stellenweise eine Menge Spaß daran zu arbeiten (vor allem wenn die Gehirnknoten sich lösen, die Zahnräder endlich inneinander greifen und ein Fortschritt sichtbar wird).
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios // Juni - Juli 2019Dont Leave Me Alone - Ghost In The Shell // Moby & The Void Pacific ChoirBauzi2017-08-25 | Music: Moby & The Void Pacific Choir - Don't Leave Me Alone Anime: Everything that is anime Ghost In The Shell from 1995 to 2017.
Description: This is pure fan fiction. With lot's of drama and room for interpretation.
Technical side: To be honest... I whore the Magic Bullet Looks plug in here. You decide, if this works or not. I also paid a lot of time into manipulating scenes. Furthermore I've put my attention to fluid motion. I tried a lot to make things look more dynamic. In the end... I like this video. Although there are lot's of flaws. It's clearly not of my recently better works. I think I did alright with the limited scenes of Battou and Motoko. I wished the action scenes would have more punch in them. Personally this was a huge learning experience. The process of arranging and sorting clips for a clear story, was a make or break situation. I'm glad that I've conquered that challenge and probably became a much better editor because of it. Anyway I hope you like it and have a great time with the AMV :)
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios // July - August 2017HYPERLUST (Serial Experiments Lain, Genius Party - Limit Cycle & Glitchart)Bauzi2017-07-12 | Anime: Serial Experiments Lain, Genius Party - Limit Cycle Music: Röyksopp & Robyn - Sayit
This is my first attempt on making a glitchart AMV. Not quite as glitchy as I would have imagined, but pulling of continuous Datamoshing with hiqh quality video codecs was not reliable enough for tight editing sync. Glitchart is widely ignored in AMVs and I think, I will have a further look into it in future projects.
What the hell is she coding? She programming her own boyfriend via a internet supercomputer network called Golem. Golem is a real project that I'm interessted in, but of course such hyper realistic experiences are not part of it. Let's see if we can get them in the near future.
For my main sources of inspiration check out the digital magazine Glitchet: http://www.glitchet.com
I hope you enjoy it and please share your thoughts and questions on it with me. I'm glad to help you out :)
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - June 2017Hallo Kreuzvideorätsel alias Animemusikvideo (141 Anime in einem AMV!)Bauzi2017-05-29 | Hallo alle die das Video sich ansehen werden. Hallo alle die diesen Text lesen werden.
Mit diesem Projekt bin ich unter die AMV-Philosophen geraten: Ein AMV ist wie ein Kreuzworträtsel. Halt eben mit Musik und Textstellen als Fragen und Videos mit denen man diese Stellen ausfüllt. Wenn alle Antworten richtig sind, ergibt das ein wunderschön verwobenes Videomaterial. Das Lösungswort das aus gewissen Schlüsselpunkten entsteht, wäre dann quasi der rote Faden der sich durch das Video zieht. Je klarer das Lösungswort desto besser und verständlicher das Video?
Besondere Challenge des Videos: Jeden Anime nur einmal verwenden und am besten Material aus der ersten Episode eines Animes verwenden. Eine Ausnahme gibt es, die durch das AMV und den konfusen "Inhalt" führt und einmal habe ich geschummelt, aber wo?! ;P So kam ich dann ganz schnell unbeabsichtigt auf 141 einzigartige Animes in diesem AMV. Wahnsinn. Ist das vielleicht sogar ein Rekord?
Eure Gedankengänge, Inputs und Kommentare sind wie immer herzlich willkommen!
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios // April - Mai 2017Hitem Hard! (2016) - One Punch Man AMV - Nippon Nation 2016 - Best Overall AMVBauzi2016-07-19 | This is about Saitama hitting his enemies hard in the face and about not giving up!
Nippon Nation 2016 - Best Overall AMV The price makes me quite proud and rather confused, because there were a lot of great AMVs at the show. I'm still not able to judge this AMV right, after being a full months deep down in it. I lost objectivity.
SUPPORT ZARDONIC! Support this amazing musical artist. Buy his stuff or listen for FREE on his own channel: youtube.com/user/djzardonic He went from unkown to one of my current favourites in no time.
Random fact: "Hit 'em Hard!" was the title of my first AMV almost 15 years ago. I couldn't think about a more suiting title for this AMV.
ENJOY!
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios // June - July 2016Life Seems Different - Lana Del Rey AMV (1080p@60fps)Bauzi2015-07-27 | .Story:. This is the story of a strange lonely wanderer that Visite a feudal japanese village on the west coast. He brings them a strange glowing sake. It helps them to forget their daily lives and enjoy nature and the little things again. "Were the trees and the grass always so radiant?"
.:Technical:. A lot of things are going on that you might only notice if you truly know the anime. Many things got manipulated with effects like color grading, masking and even particle effects to make my story work out the way it does. I might upload an FX-breakdown video later. Let me know if you are interested in such things!
.:Used materials:. Mushishi, Mushishi Zoku Shou Lana Del Rey - West Coast (Camo & Krooked Remix)
.:Personal thoughts:. I consider this to be one of my best works yet. It feels different and good and delivers a great atmosphere. I must recommend that you watch this with a Hi-Fi set up or a pair of headphones in full resolution and 59,94fps. It was fun and quite challenging to create such a complete and round storyline. Let me also hear your thoughts on it via comments and feed. I really want to know how you feel about the video.
.:Premiere:. On the 25th July at the Nippon Nation AMV Contest 2015
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios 2015AMV - Denial, Remorse, ConfessionBauzi2014-07-28 | T H I S . V I D E O . C O N T A I N S . S P O I L E R S
Anime: Death Note Song: Skinny Puppy - Killing Game
It feels good to go back to one of my older artstyles. I hope some of you missed it. This is once again a fucked up, deep AMV with anarchic editing and effects. The story revolves around the Light, the main character of the anime Death Note. It's about his sins and crimes. How he sees them and how he denies them until he finally confesses. Every scenes has a thought out meaning. Sometimes even every frame.
This video was made in 3 evenings. I want to thank Edi Edhutschek his really motivating live google+ hang out editing session.
This video premiered on 19. July 2014 at the Nyan Con AMV Contest as bonus video.
[LGS] - Lazy Generation Studios - July 2014AMV - The Last Cowboy (Spike, I feel you)Bauzi2014-02-24 | I think our most favourite heroes are probably the ones who are not perfect, are suffering and have a struggle in accomplishing life or their goals. Especially when the package comes with some Western Film esthetics. This is a simple tribute to one of my favourite characters of all time (Spike) in probably my most favourite anime of all time (Cowboy Bebop).
What do you think about the AMV, Cowboy Bebop or Spike Spiegel? Leave some comments and share it with some friends and fans to spark some discussion around it! I appreciate the talk and your feedback.
The AMV heavily relies on the lyrics of the song and the original storyline of the series and movie. This AMV was originaly screened at the Fuyu-Con AMV Contest in Mürzzuschlag on the 22.02.2014.
Anime: Cowboy Bebop (Series + Movie) Song: Get Well Soon - Roland I feel you
I have to highly recommend the bluray release of Cowboy Bebop, which looks downright amazing and is well done. Check out the band "Get Well Soon" too for some quite original music.
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - February 2014Hagelschlag (Hail) 22.06.2013 (A3/Österreich/Austria)Bauzi2013-06-22 | A3 kurz vor Knoten Guntramsdorf Richtung Wien am 22.06.2013
Zum Falschen Zeitpunkt am falschen Ort!AMV - The Legend of Ziegenpeter & Alm-ÖhiBauzi2013-02-23 | Ziegenpeter ist heute ein erfolgreicher Hip Hoper. Heute erzählt er von seiner Kindheit auf dem Berg und der Beziehung zu seinem Vater...
Ziegenpeter is today a famous Hip Hoper. This time he tells us more about his youth on the mountains and his relationship to his father...
Mein Beitrag für den Japan City AMV Contest 2013
Download & amv.org link: Will be up in a couple of days D:
Song: Blumentopf - Fenster Zum Berg (Buy their very very awesome album?! http://www.amazon.de/Special-Edition-Doppel-Digipack-Seiten-Booklet/dp/B003KEPVRU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1361651305&sr=8-3)
Anime: Heidi - Girl of The Alps, BECK, Full Metal Panic - Fumoffu, Captain Tsubasa - Movie 4, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios / January - February 2013Despicable Me 2 - Taste The Raindow FAKE Teaser (2013) HD MovieBauzi2012-09-11 | I was bored... "Fake" teaser for "Despicable Me 2" coming in 2013.404 - AMV Contest Winner Not Found - AniNite 2012Bauzi2012-08-28 | Dieses Jahr gab es leider kein Siegervideo für die Masters-Kategorie beim AMV Wettbewerb. Chang erklärt hier warum...AniNite 2011 - AMV Contest Intro - Wir sind NerdsBauzi2012-08-16 | DOWNLOAD: http://sdrv.ms/Sx3uDt
Lang ist's her... ein Jahr ungefähr! Als Auftakt zur AniNite 2012 stellen wir endlich das AMV Contest Intro 2011 online. Tut uns leid wegen der langen Wartezeit.
www.aninite.at
Musik: Blumentopf - Nerds Animes: Black Lagoon, Welcome to the NHK, Genshiken, ...
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - August 2011Der Mann der Pi zeichnet - TeaserBauzi2012-02-20 | Marketingprojekt 2012[LGS] - Demo Reel - 2011Bauzi2012-01-19 | This is the new 2011 Demoreel for the Lazy Generation Studios. We love to work in many creative ways and welcome all the great and original projects we can work on.
Song: Parov Stelar - CatgrooveQuantum Hand Visualization - Draft 1Bauzi2011-12-22 | WATCH IN FULL HD (1080p)!!!
This is my first attempt to create something similar to Jason Padgett's Quantum Hand painting and to animate it.Moshpitman (One Man Moshpit) - ORIGINALBauzi2011-08-26 | One of the greatest things in doing films are the castings. You meet the stranges people and let them do weird things. This is clip from one of my friends castings. I wasn't there and I have no idea why this actor started a one man moshpit. It's awesome, it's hilarious.
... and... this guy got the role! Congratulations Moshpitman! May the force be with you =DBob Kelso Is Your Yesterday ManBauzi2011-07-13 | Me and Axel had to do a short character profile from the series Scrubs for our AVID course in college. 6 episodes of Scrubs and a couple of ours later we got this video. It's a bit cheesy, but hey: It's made with AVID, which pisses us of and hey in the end it turned better than we thought. I didn't thought that the result would be good enough for a YouTube upload.
Hey I hope you like it guys! Boogah Boogah! hehe...Cubed - Canon EOS 7D - Fan commercialBauzi2011-07-10 | I made this fan commercial for my 3D Animation class at the SAE Vienna with the program Maya 2011 (mental ray renderer). Special thanks go to 64revolt for letting me use their awesome song "Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat".
You can get the song and full albums for free (or you can also support the band and buy it) at their website:
www.64revolt.com
Be sure to check them out!Behind The Face (Behind the scenes of project Mr. Happy Face)Bauzi2011-05-16 | This is a collection of behind the scenes photos of my music video project "Mr. Happy Face". You can watch the original video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80jU7Wy-5k
Used Song: Rosetta Stone - Closer
Special thanks go to JoeJoe and Dr. Streichmann for these photos!Bauzi vs. LukeG - Hope To The End - The Online AMV Iron Chef Tournament v4.0 v - Round 25Bauzi2011-04-14 | Anime: Summer Wars
Musik: Funeral Party - Giant Song
This video was made for the 4th edition of Brad's Online AMV Iron Chef Tournament in which you have to edit in 2 hours to a random song and a "random" anime. Strefful, but fun!
I haven't seen LukeG's video yet, but I have to wonder why I lost another round of an IC again. Please don't get me wrong! I was just quite happy that I was able to pull of a nice video, with nice editing flow and an actual short alternate story of the anime (though I have to admit that the intro is random, but hey at least the rest of the video isn't, right?).
Well anyway good match LukeG and I hope you can defeat Ileia in the next round!Trapcode Particular 2.1 - Tetris Textanimation (Prototype)Bauzi2010-12-23 | This is a prototype of a Tetris-like textanimation that I made with Trapcode Particular 2.1 in After Effects CS5. It worked out quite good. The next steps are to get more varied velocity for the particles and to use less particles. I needed so much particles so you can read the text. I will also try to work with a ground texture instead of reversed gravity.
If it doesn't work, I'll try to do the same in Trapcode Form. This is a nice exercise to learn the plug ins =)
Tetris is a nice source of inspiration.[HD] Reality Is Less Than TV - Canon EOS 7D + After Effects CS5Bauzi2010-12-15 | This is my final project for my After Effects course. I had a lot of fun to create it and I thank Marcus and Stefan for helping me out on the film set for this video. This was shot on a Canon EOS 7D and all the editing and post processing was done in After Effects. Motion Tracking for screen replacement was done in Mocha.
The music is a mix (mixed in Soundbooth) of the following songs:
16 Volt - After Glow
Cyanotic - The Static Screens
Yes this is me in this video doing sloppy lipsyncing.
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios - December 2010
Both are great bands so I hope you check them out ;D[HD] The Empty Lake - Canon EOS 7DBauzi2010-11-30 | I wanted to go out with my EOS 7D and capture some stuff. I just went to our town lake and made some nice photos and videos and compiled them together in a short music video. To my surprise the lake already got dried. It's the same every year: At the beginning of the cold months the lake gets dried for this time period. So I was all alone at the empty lake on a cold and grey november day. Well... I wanted to capture this moment in a video and this is the result in form a quite short video. I hope you like it.
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Tamron 24mm-75mm / 2.8F
Color grading: Magic Bullet Looks 1.4
Postproduction: Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
Musical artist: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Song: It catches up with you
Album: The Social Network - Original Soundtrack
(check out the film and the soundtrack!!)
[LGS] Lazy Generation Studios / November 2010Time Lapse - 14 hours and 5 seconds of a LAN party in 2 minutes and 41 seconds [Canon EOS 7D]Bauzi2010-11-05 | Time Lapse - 14 hours and 5 seconds of a LAN party in 2 minutes and 41 seconds
I was guest of a small, but very nice lan party (RegionaLAN in Austria) and had my new Canon EOS 7D with me. I wanted to try the remote shooting functions of my camera. So I mounted it on my tripod and shot one picture for every 5 seconds from three different perspectives. You see the results in this video.
Alright some further info:
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Primary lens: Tamron 28-75mm F/2.8
Thx to Mr. Who for borrowing me his lens for the second shot in this video!
Music: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - In Motion ("The Social Network" - OST)
It's not a classic film making of, but it shows you a nice comparission between the original trailer, the raw editing and the final product. This might be really interesting for all those who have noticed the colour manipulation in the original video.