sunshine challenge #1 and AMV

[lizardjay]

Here's hoping I'll do a few of the challenges this year 😅

Prompt 1: Iris
They can represent faith, hope, courage, wisdom and admiration. Specific flower colors attach further meanings to the pretty blooms. Purple iris brings a message of wisdom and compliments, while a bouquet of blue iris blossoms speak of hope and faith.

First of all, irises are my favorite flower! We have purple bearded irises at home, and used to have some peach-colored ones too but they seem to have been taken over by the purple. I didn't even know the non-bearded ones were still called irises...

I won't be doing this for all the prompts (there simply isn't time!), but I thought I'd make a quick AMV for this one. I picked Hinata originally because she wears purple :D but she's actually a perfect pick for every word of the flower meaning. Sai is a little less obvious but he and Hinata are very similar people if you think about it. They're both quiet, steady, and loyal. Hinata's ride or die for Naruto from the beginning; Sai takes some time but once he gets there he's THERE.

I don't know why but the video on youtube is grainier and more saturated than my local copy, despite supposedly being "HD". Another thing to figure out for the final version.

The song is Gleaming by Tatsuya Maruyama. I really like fingerstyle guitar music and I've been listening to his work for a while. This is a new one from a few months ago.

I'll have proper AMV notes like usual when I post it for real; it needs some reworking before it's finished, but I wanted to get something out before the next prompt! I'm currently debating with myself whether I should just pull out the Hinata parts and have them stand alone, or keep Sai in...

Comments

[galerian_ash]

Oh, this is a great AMV! It has a really good flow to it, and your choices of scenes felt very emotional and impactful. The music is lovely too; I'm always happy to discover new instrumental music, so thank you for introducing me to this artist!

[lizardjay]

Thank you!!

I'm also always on the hunt for new instrumental music! (I'll take this moment to give a shoutout to beautifulmechanical, which has tags by music genre. I find a lot of stuff there 😅)

[vriddy]

Lovely!! :D :D Love the tone that the music gives to these scenes.

Look at you, all sunshine challenged...!!! I must follow :D

[lizardjay]

I love the tone of this song as well :)

You have followed!! \o/

[vriddy]

\o/ !!!!

[enemytosleep]

I don't know enough about Naruto to comment on the characters, but as far as this video and the storytelling therein, I was particularly drawn to the girl with purple hair and wanted to see more from her.

(also, what do you mean you won't make seven 3-5 minute AMVs this month???)

[lizardjay]

Hinata is so cool.... the fight I pull from here is her Big Moment where she fights someone who's basically strong enough to be a god, all by herself, until she can't move. A very emotional episode 🥲

Have mercy 😭😭😭 I'm not strong enough to make so many videos...!

[alchemicink]

Very cool AMV! I never thought about it before but I can totally see the similarities between Hinata and Sai too now that you mention it.

Excellent choice of music!

[lizardjay]

Yeah!! I feel like they're the two people most obsessed with protecting Naruto, which says something for a show where everyone ends up a little obsessed with Naruto :D they should be friends!