If desired, I'll probably be able to give you a more detailed, "this shot really works, this one doesn't," breakdown over IM later, but my overall thoughts...
- I think the use of better source footage really does make a difference to a video like this. One of the most significant things it does is present character expressions more clearly, especially those in the middle ground, and that's an essential part of establishing the emotions of any particular shot or sequence.
- You mentioned in a previous entry the goal of using less "static" footage and I think overall you've succeeded in that.
- As an examination of the character... one thing that really jumps out at me, emphasised by the way you've put this together, is that the people who are the greatest influences in Jamil's life are women, and the people he tends to influence most in turn are also women; I don't think Jamil has a lot of male peers, really. The one person who plays the biggest role in Jamil's backstory and his formative experiences is Lucille, and during the story itself, there's his nigh-familial (to me, more sibling than paternal) closeness to Tiffa and the... complicated interactions involving Sala.
- There's another parallel that comes to mind, prompted by one of the shots in the closing sequence, of Jamil and Sala on the deck after Lucille's burial at sea, with Jamil's photo superimposed on the shot, Lucille's image overlayed on Jamil, young Jamil's image overlayed on Sala. Just as wars, machines, and the world's Newtype obsession came between Jamil and Lucille, so too are wars, machines, and the world's Newtype obsession what separate Sala from Jamil in turn.
- I think the use of better source footage really does make a difference to a video like this. One of the most significant things it does is present character expressions more clearly, especially those in the middle ground, and that's an essential part of establishing the emotions of any particular shot or sequence.
- You mentioned in a previous entry the goal of using less "static" footage and I think overall you've succeeded in that.
- As an examination of the character... one thing that really jumps out at me, emphasised by the way you've put this together, is that the people who are the greatest influences in Jamil's life are women, and the people he tends to influence most in turn are also women; I don't think Jamil has a lot of male peers, really. The one person who plays the biggest role in Jamil's backstory and his formative experiences is Lucille, and during the story itself, there's his nigh-familial (to me, more sibling than paternal) closeness to Tiffa and the... complicated interactions involving Sala.
- There's another parallel that comes to mind, prompted by one of the shots in the closing sequence, of Jamil and Sala on the deck after Lucille's burial at sea, with Jamil's photo superimposed on the shot, Lucille's image overlayed on Jamil, young Jamil's image overlayed on Sala. Just as wars, machines, and the world's Newtype obsession came between Jamil and Lucille, so too are wars, machines, and the world's Newtype obsession what separate Sala from Jamil in turn.
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