We are Denise and Rosy and, every once in a while, we make AMVs.
Rosy told me she thought this song went perfectly with Dead Space — and she is right! I used it as a test in our search for new video editing software in 2016. I picked up this AMV again in 2021, but I was pretty stumped. Yet in 2023, the remake came out, providing lots of nice new footage for me to play with! I finally finished polishing up in 2026. The long intro was the hardest part and the last to come together, whew!
Space-engineer Isaac Clarke answers a distress signal from a "planetcracker" mining ship — the very spaceship that his girlfriend Nicole has been stationed on as a medical officer. Nicole had been reluctant about being long-distance in deep space, but Isaac encouraged and supported her during such an important step in her career. When Isaac arrives to the damaged ship, he finds almost everyone is dead — or rather, undead, reanimated by a strange alien microorganism from an excavated artifact. Isaac has to survive against alien zombies, the Unitology cult, and the mind-altering effects of the Marker, while wrestling with his guilt and grief about what happened to Nicole.
This is what AMVs are for, isn't it? It's almost cheating, to have the perfect song over one of the most beautiful animated movies ever made.
The song in this one is a short edit. I've wanted to make this AMV for more than 15 years, but every time the length of the song stopped me - well, what if I trimmed the song to what I want to show? Now this seems obvious, but making a partial AMV is a relatively new thing. I also made a hard-subbed version for the purpose of sharing it on platforms where people would usually first see it with the sound off.
I thought these lyrics were just too fitting for Adrien's dilemma and angst during chapters 19-22 of The Gifts of Darkness, so I made a little AMV!
This is the first time I've made a pan-over-the-art style of video, so I probably have much to learn, but Rosy's art is so gorgeous I feel like the result is automatically a success.
Warnings for: bright flashes, eye trauma, and spoilers for Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Tales from the Borderlands.
This AMV shows the depravity and downfall of Handsome Jack, the awful pretzel-eating villain we love to hate.
An AMV about the entirety of the Mewtwo saga, including Mewtwo, Mew, Dr. Fuji, Ai, Giovanni, and even Ash and Pikachu. The clips were taken from both Mewtwo Strikes Back and Mewtwo Returns. Having to fill a 6-minute song with two of the least animated movies ever wasn't easy... But behold the climax!
I used the old DVD releases because I prefer the fuzzier look (and also because it's not like Mewtwo Returns was ever remastered anyway). Also, I promise that one day I will make an AMV about something other than Mewtwo.
I worked on this AMV on-and-off over a few years, starting in 2009. At the end of 2013, I exported the version that I have now... and literally the next day, my computer died and took all the files with it! So, the AMV is forced to be finished, and this is the final, best quality version I have.
The Studio Ghibli film Howl's Moving Castle is about a young woman named Sophie who is cursed to appear as an old crone. She ends up meeting the mysterious wizard Howl who is similarly afflicted: he has made a deal with a demon and, the more he uses his magic, the more he gradually transforms into a crow-like monster. The world around them is being torn apart by a war fought by other wizards who, likewise, lose their humanity the more they fight. Sophie and Howl both want to break each other's respective curses and keep their little hodgepodge family safe; to do that, Sophie will need to delve into the past and figure out the terms of Howl's contract.
I wanted to emphasize the darker aspects of the movie, and the song Death of Seasons by A.F.I. is the perfect, with lots of matching details I could play with: crippling apathy, falling stars, world-ending war, and losing yourself to hate.
While I wanted to make an AMV of something for a long time, it was the distinct dearth of Little Nemo AMVs that finally spurred me to figure out how to actually make one of my own. The song Nemo by Nightwish was so perfect, I am surprised that it had not been used for this movie before (I found out later that this song is one of those that gets overused for AMVs, yet somehow Nemo hadn't been put to Little Nemo yet). I worked hard on this AMV off and on for about two years, and then submitted it to the Otakon 2009 AMV contest. To my amazement, it won 1st place in the Drama/Serious Category!
Little Nemo is about a young boy who is invited in his dreams to the magical kingdom of Slumberland; he is an honored guest and even made future heir to the throne! Yet because of his curiosity (and some questionable influences), he opens the forbidden door to Nightmareland, allowing the Nightmare King to launch an attack and destroy the good dreams. It is up to Nemo and a troupe of friendly goblins to face off against the Nightmare King and rescue his friends.
This AMV focuses on the forgotten friendship between Mewtwo and Ai, and, as you can guess, it is kind of a downer. I originally made this in 2006, and then I remastered it in 2014 for higher resolution (and since I was there I did a few small changes). Here is the 2006 original.