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• Member: Castor Troy
• Studio: Random Destination Studios
• Title: Go the distance
• Premiered: 2008-05-16
• Categories:
  • Other
  • Character Profile
• Song:
  • Bill Conti Gonna fly now (John X Remix)
• Anime:
  • Fighting Spirit (TV)
  • Hajime No Ippo
• Participation:
  • Anime Central 2008, Anime Central 2008 AMV Contest (2008-05-16)
  • Anime Expo 2008, Anime Expo 2008 - Anime Music Video Contest (2008-07-03)
  • Otakon, Otakon AMV Contest (2008-08-08)
  • Animethon 15, Animethon 15's AMV Contest (2008-09-08)
  • Nan Desu Kan, NDK Anime Music Video Contest (2008-09-12)
  • Anime Weekend Atlanta 14, AWA 14 Exposition Contest (2008-09-19)
• Comments: Video #73
  
  Announcement Thread
  
  Japanator Article
  
  My first video under the RDS name.
  
  This is a tribute to the Rocky series using Hajime no Ippo (Fighting Spirit).
  
  I always wanted to make a live action Rocky video. When Rocky Balboa finally came out to DVD in spring of 07', I would finally have all the footage I needed to make a video. Sadly I couldn't really think of an idea that I liked very much. I also had plans to do an individual Ippo video. It was originally gonna be a simple Ippo video to the original Gonna fly now, but I couldn't really think of a way to put it together. After much thought, I decided... why not combine the two video ideas together?
  
  I thought the John X remix of Gonna Fly Now on the Rocky Balboa soundtrack sounded much more vibrant and energetic as opposed to the original theme (don't get me wrong, it's a great theme, but the John X remix sounded better for the idea I had in mind). The actual term in the movies is "Going the Distance", but I went with "Go the distance" instead as it sounded a little better for some reason.
  
  The video's a simple tribute to the Rocky films and there's really no story involved as opposed to my past crossover videos.
  
  Tidbits
  
  - Most of the cuts in the video are simple straight cuts in order to match the feel of the Rocky training montages. I think I used less than 5 fades in the entire video.
  
  - There's something from all 6 Rocky films in the video. See if you can spot them all!
  
  - I don't fully consider this a crossover video like my past ones since there's no story involved. There's alot of crossover elements, but I don't consider it a full crossover.
  
  - The last part of the video was obviously the most difficult to do. I don't think it's "Who framed Roger Rabbit" quality, so I hope I did an ok job...
  
  - I don't hate Rocky 5 :P
  
  Awards and other showings:
  - Best of Show Anime Central (ACen) 2008
  
  - Shown during the Anime Expo 2008 AMV contest seating
  
  - Shown at Otakon 2008's overflow
  
  - Best Upbeat/Fun Animethon 15
  
  - Best Tribute AWA 14
  
  YO ADRIAN, I DID IT!