Trial of Sisyphus

LavenderLily2 (Novice) (Previous works / Предыдущие работы): Hello, this is my submission to Level Up 2015. I paired up with AdventLostKaichou for this contest. It's my first time submitting to a competition. I chose to work with Pandora Hearts, Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle because they are my favorite series. They also share a theme of desperation and sacrifice in trying to save a person the characters each respectively care about. This is something I thought the song I picked would show very well, which is why I went with it. I chose the title of "Trial of Sisyphus" because they all go through trials while trying to save the people they love, and the story of Sisyphus is about a man who has to roll a boulder up a mountain every day, only for it to fall back to the base before he's reached the top. Basically, their efforts are futile but they keep trying anyway.

AdventLostKaichou (Pro): Advent here! Wanted to say it was a pleasure working with Lily. I pushed her pretty hard, especially considering she ended up only having a few short weeks to edit her entry between all of her exams and schoolwork. Good work putting up with me, Lily, I think that was probably the hardest part of this challenge for you!

Anyway, the goal of this video was to teach her how to build scenes in a manga video. It takes practice to build nice-looking scenes, and I'm glad we decided to focus on that instead of teaching her how to animate. Animating takes a LONG time, and with the time crunch we found ourselves in, we ended up having to cut out the second half of the video (the first chorus onwards) because we didn't have enough time. We didn't realize the deadline had been extended until after we submitted the video...Whoops! Well, c'est la vie. I'm proud to say she still learned a lot and she managed to surprise me several times with the stuff she came up with for the video (like some of the minor animations she did, since I didn't teach her how and I certainly didn't tell her to!) So I'm proud of you, Lily, and if you want to do this again with me next year with a focus on animation, I'm a go for it!

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Аниме: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (Manga), Pandora Hearts (Manga), Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Manga), Steins;Gate (Anime)
Музыка: Florence + the Machine - Over the Love