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@mike_sunday FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN CAME OUT 21 YEARS AGO • I HAD THAT HANGING WALL SCROLL OF TIFA • MY UNCLE GOT ME A BOOTLEG VERSION AND MY PARENTS ASKED ME IF IT WAS 🌽😭#FINALFANTASYVII #ADVENTCHILDREN #FFVII
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Video #42948 · Talking Head Edit
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The creator explains the history and development of the 2005 film 'Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.' He contrasts the original 1997 game's graphics with the film's photorealistic style, details the key creative team members like Tetsuya Nomura, discusses the technical challenges, and clarifies the film's place in the broader Final Fantasy VII timeline. He concludes by stating that the film's aesthetic inspired the modern FFVII Remake trilogy and asks viewers for their memories of the film.
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 35%
Imagine
Verbal hook · 35%
Imagine the last time you saw your favorite characters looking like this and then they showed up like this.
Visual hook · 30%
The creator holds up a physical CD case while low-polygon 3D models of video game characters (Cloud and Sephiroth) pop up on screen, creating a strong visual contrast between old and new.
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
A stark 'before and after' visual comparison that immediately establishes a dramatic transformation, creating curiosity about the process behind the change.
Payoff
Connects the historical subject directly to a current, popular successor, framing it as the foundational 'blueprint' for the modern iteration. This establishes its enduring legacy and relevance, followed by a direct call-to-action prompting community discussion.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Legacy Blueprint
To tell the behind-the-scenes story of a culturally significant piece of media, positioning it as a pivotal moment that directly influences its modern-day successor, thereby establishing its historical importance and current relevance.
The Dormant Desire
Sets the historical context by establishing a long-unfulfilled need or question within the community, creating a problem that the subject of the video will solve.
The Catalyst Reveal
Pinpoints the specific origin event or initial project that sparked the creation process, providing the 'how it started' moment.
The Creative Assembly
Introduces the key creators and decision-makers behind the project, attributing the vision to specific, authoritative figures.
The Aesthetic Revolution
Defines the core principles of the new creative direction, explaining the 'why' behind the dramatic visual and tonal shift.
The Legendary Obstacle
Highlights a specific, difficult, and time-consuming production challenge, making the creative achievement feel more tangible and hard-won.
The Expert Correction
Debunks a common misconception held by the audience, positioning the creator as an expert and providing 'insider' value.
The Expanded Timeline
Places the subject within a broader chronological sequence of related works, demonstrating deep knowledge and contextualizing its place in the overall evolution.
FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN CAME OUT 21 YEARS AGO • I HAD THAT HANGING WALL SCROLL OF TIFA • MY UNCLE GOT ME A BOOTLEG VERSION AND MY PARENTS ASKED ME IF IT WAS 🌽😭#FINALFANTASYVII #ADVENTCHILDREN #FFVII
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let's have a discussion down in the comments.
Imagine the last time you saw your favorite characters looking like this and then they showed up like this. After the 1997 smash hit Final Fantasy seven, there was an enthusiasm to expand the worse, but it largely remained unanswered for years. The plot of Advent Children takes place two years after the events of the 1997 game, but I won't get into it too much. Square had a pre rendered CGI division called Visual Worse, and they wanted to showcase their advanced rendering techniques. So a twenty minute pilot was the initial catalyst and idea behind Final Fantasy Advent Children. The screenwriter Kazushige Nojima behind the helm. Yoshinori Kitase approached legendary character designer Tetsuya Nomura rank Nomura was pretty hot on pre rendered CGI cut scenes after directing one for Kingdom Hearts. There was even talk about using the style for a video game better visual works really specialized in pre rendered graphics. Now Nomura oversaw everything completely redesigning the cast from the ground up to fit this anime more mature, semi photorealistic style. Apparently, the model of Sephiroth was the hardest to rank, taking almost two years to get the geometry and physics for his model correct. Now a common misconception is that Final Fantasy Advent Children was the first time time we saw the characters in a three d post 1997 game environment, but that's actually not true. We saw Cloud and Tier Geese Good Save the Ring, sort of a weird mashup better. Kingdom Hearts one, of worse, then came Advent Children, Kingdom Hearts two. We had Dirge of Cerberus and then Crisis Core. And although everyone was hoping to see Advent Children costumes for the new Final Fantasy seven Revelation, the blueprint established in Advent Children were what inspired the models for the whole Final Fantasy seven trilogy remake. So do you remember Final Fantasy seven Advent Children? If so, let's have a discussion down in the comments.