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• Member: 808-buma
• Title: JAADV [Just Another Azumanga Daioh Video]
• Premiered: 2008-09-19
• Categories:
  • Comedy
  • Fun
• Song:
  • Peter Gabriel Steam
• Anime:
  • Azumanga Daioh (TV)
• Participation:
  • Anime Weekend Atlanta 14, AWA 14 Exposition Contest (2008-09-19)
  • MAniFest 2008, MAniFest 2008 AMV Competition (2008-09-27)
  • Zenkaikon, Zenkaikon (2008-10-17)
• Comments: Just Another Azumanga Daioh Video (JAADV)
  
  
  
  Audio Source
  Steam by Peter Gabriel
  Yeah yeah yeah, another Peter Gabriel song... it wasn't intentional, it just sorta happened - honest! Of course, being a Peter Gabriel song, the song was well over 6 minutes in length (and that was the radio edit I started with) and I ended cutting out about a little over a minute from the final run-time of it.
  
  Video Source
  Azumanga Daioh
  I was a late-comer to this series and had it as well as my audio source above on my PMP on a very long plane trip earlier this year. Switching between watching the series and listening to my music (and having to make the 'obligatory' Azumanga Daioh video all editors seem required to make) it was only time these two would be added together in my head.
  
  Basic Ideas and Themes
  This video was pure and simple an experiment in literalism for me. Song said 'tree', you see a 'tree' - the song said 'car', you see a 'car'. The fun part was finding the 'tree' and 'car' scenes, or trying to equate them with other 'plausible' equivalents.
  
  Lyrics
  As this vid is very lyrically driven, just in case you're not familiar with them, here they are:
  
  Stand Back!
  Stand Back!
  
  [lyrics removed from vid]
  What are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet
  They're on to something, picking up
  Picking up this heat, this heat
  [/lyrics removed from vid]
  
  [Chorus 1:]
  Give me steam
  And how you feel to make it real
  Real as anything you've seen
  Get a life with this dreamer's dream
  
  You know your culture from your trash
  You know your plastic from your cash
  When I lose sight of the track
  You know the way back
  But I know you
  
  You know your stripper from your paint
  You know your sinner from your saint
  Whenever heaven's doors are shut
  You kick them open but
  I know you
  
  [Chorus 2:]
  Give me steam
  And how you feel to make it real
  Real as any place you've been
  Get a life with the dreamer's dream
  
  Stand back!
  Stand back!
  Can't you see I've lost control I'm getting indiscreet
  You're moving in so close 'til I'm picking up
  Picking up this heat, this heat
  
  [Chorus 1]
  
  You know your green from your red
  You know the quick from the dead
  So much better than the rest
  You think you've been blessed
  But I know you
  
  You know your ladder from your snake
  You know the throttle from the brake
  You know your straight line from a curve
  You've got a lot of nerve
  But I know you
  
  [Chorus 2]
  
  Everybody nosedive
  Hold your breath, count to five
  Backslap, boobytrap,
  Cover it up in bubblewrap
  Room shake, earthquake
  Find a way to stay awake
  It's going to blow, it's going to break
  This is more than I can take
  
  Oh yeah, I need steam
  Feel the steam all around me
  [lyrics removed from vid]
  Ah you're turning up the heat
  When I start to dream aloud
  See you move your hands and feet
  Won't you step into this cloud of steam
  This steam
  [/lyrics removed from vid]
  
  [Chorus 1]
  
  Help me yeah
  Ready to steam out the log jam
  [lyrics removed from vid]
  Stir crazy from the freezer to the boil
  Water's bubbling, it's b..b..b..bubbling
  bubbling [x4]
  like it's coming to a boil
  Give me steam, lady
  [/lyrics removed from vid]
  Give me steam around me now
  Aah coming alive [x2]
  Said give me some steam
  
  Visual Effects
  Well, not much - some masking, some frame creation, some lip syncing, some motion tracking. All fun stuff and relatively simple.
  
  Technical
  Video Editor: Magix Movie Edit Pro 10 (I really should upgrade)
  Local Encode: MP4 [Q=25] Zarx264gui (a very awesome program)
  
  Note: to vie the MP4 file, you will either rneed the CCCP codec pack installed onto your computer or use VLC Player (google is your friend).
  
  Time: off and on, for about 6 months - too many hours to count.
  
  Closing Thoughts
  I donno, just a bit of fun for me really. No deeper meanings, no hidden messages - just good ol' plain fun. I hope you enjoy!