[RichterEX2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fBx-Titho

Thoughts?

[kapparomeo]

Sorry for taking a while to get to this, Richter.

For a first effort, it's certainly not bad - the video quality is crisp, and the selection of shots isn't random; you have a clear sense of a theme with appropriate selections of shots and scenes to act as a genuine accompaniment to the music. I also see that you have an awareness of lip-syncing with the neigh and the two "yeahs" around 0:15 There's a solid core to the video.

There are a few elementary errors that can be easily fixed with a little more care - specifically, don't include network idents, watermarks, subtitles or credits on your videos. It's incredibly distracting, like dust on the camera lens, and is the first sign of an amateurish video - simply removing them will make any video look ten times more sophisticated. Do your best to find clean sources of footage, and if you can't then try altering the frame size in your editing program to put them out of the picture - there are a number of programs floating about which can scrub network idents but in my experience they leave behind artefacts just as noticeable, and aren't worth relying on. I'd also suggest tightening your cuts so that you can hit specific beats - for instance, it would have been more dramatic for the orb at 1:49 to start throwing out light beams on the "P" of "Power", which it misses by a few seconds. Also, the character of the anime and music start to diverge and the theme falters once the evil mare is defeated - the music is still pacy and energetic while the characters are having a still, tearful reunion - be sure that both anime and audio are telling the same story.

Still, this is certainly a good start and there's potential for the future. Keep it up, and I look forward to seeing your next video! :)