Final Fantasy 7: Midgar Burning (Red - Let it Burn - Until We Have Faces) AMV

Anime music video (AMV) featuring footage from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, Crisis Core, and Dirge of Cerberus. Set to the song "Let it Burn" by Red ("Until We Have Faces" album).

This is not your average FF7 AMV, using stereotypical shots of the heroes kicking butt. If anything, it is the reverse--mostly showing the heroes getting *their* butts kicked, and focusing more on minor characters than usual as well. The theme of the video is being willing to fight and die for your cause (for the latter, I used a slight "twist" ending), even in the face of the apparent triumph of evil. This song is perfect for that theme, invoking dual feelings of both despair and hope at the same time, encouraging you to fight for what you believe in even when all appears lost and hopeless.

This is my most technically advanced AMV yet. While in the past I've been hesitant to widely employ effects, preferring a more subtle approach, this time I allowed myself to experiment with a wide variety of effects from simple overlays to altering the colors to some pretty cool masking with the flames during the bridge of the song. The result turned out very well indeed.

LYRICS:
I watch the city burn
These dreams like ashes float away
Your voice I never heard
Only silence
Where were you when our hearts were bleeding
Where were you when it all crashed down
Never thought that you'd deceive me
Where are you now

How long can you stand the pain
How long will you hide your face
How long will you be afraid
Are you afraid
How long will you play this game
Will you fight or will you walk away
How long will you let it burn
Let it burn
Let it burn

I watch the city burn
These passions slowly smoldering
A lesson never learned
Only violence
Is your world just a broken promise
Is your love just a drop of rain
Will we all just burn our fire
Are you still there

How long can you stand the pain
How long will you hide your face
How long will you be afraid
Are you afraid
How long will you play this game
Will you fight or will you walk away
How long will you let it burn
Let it burn
Let it burn

Will you wait until it all burns down
Will you hide until it all burns down
Will it hurt when it all burns down
Will you fight when it all burns down

Will you stand when it all burns down
Will you love when it all burns down
Will it end when it all burns down
Will you just let it all burns down

How long can you stand the pain
How long will you hide your face
How long will you be afraid
Are you afraid
How long will you play this game
Will you fight or will you walk away
How long will you let it burn
Let it burn
Let it burn

Let it burn
Let it burn
Let it burn

Видео Final Fantasy 7: Midgar Burning (Red - Let it Burn - Until We Have Faces) AMV канала DarkLordofDebate