Dreamy Theater 2nd - Stir Up! feat. Hatsune Miku

Stir Up! feat. Hatsune Miku by Allium Project
English lyrics translation by Jodi MB

With the announcement of Dreamy Theater 2nd, I wanted to try and create a Miku music video performance that would take advantage of the updated graphics while she wears the cool looking "Append" costume. Of course this was before I realized that the "Append" costume came with a software upgrade to her voice bank. I just thought it looked cool. So the song I chose, "Stir Up!", is unrelated and uses Miku's original voice.

A lot of Allium Project's works are of the repetitious techno/trance variety (done very well I might add). "Stir Up!" adds a little bit more of a discernible melody which keeps the song fresh and interesting throughout. And it seemed like the type of song Miku would perform on-stage, which made it a good choice for the selected background venue.

Drawing from my learnings (and mistakes) of my first edit attempt in Project Diva 2nd with "Candy Or Dreams" I tried to hone down Miku's performance in "Stir Up!" with less backdrop changes but more precision in timing with camera movements, lip syncing, and on-the-fly dance move changes that don't look too noticeably choppy (it's hard to get around this though). I hope and I believe there is a marked improvement, though there are a few timing issues with which I'm still dissatisfied. The upgraded resolution of the HD graphics on the PS3 gives amazing results compared to the PSP counterpart and helps hide some sloppiness but enhances other miscues.

With only the titles and some minor transition fades, I let the video remain true to the pure output of Dreamy Theater mainly because I did not want to over-render and lose too much of the original HD visual quality.

A requirement for maximum enjoyment is turning up the bass and letting that thumping sound drive your neighbors crazy! If you don't want to "stir up" trouble then put on some headphones and crank it...

A special thank you to Jodi MB who translated these elusive lyrics for me after this PV's been posted for almost 2 years with a request to help me with that.

Enjoy!

Hardware:
PS3
Hauppauge Colossus Video Capture Card
PC Intel Core 2 Duo 8500

Software:
Hatsune Miku Project Diva 2nd for PSP (English mod v2.8, translated by Einishi)
Dreamy Theater 2nd for PS3
Sony Vegas v10 (titles, video editing, final rendering)

English Lyrics translation by Jodi MB:

As you let out all these sighs
The day's shadow becomes farther
Even at the time the snow falls
I am close by so the light will shine

When the town's sky becomes darker
It becomes thinner and harder to fly
So I am going to go ahead
And grab your hand

Let's not go and disappear from this world yet
I want to see myself and you change

Let's not go and disappear from this world yet
I want to see myself and you change

As the sky taunts us,
We get farther away from our own feelings
When the rain falls on your path
You stop, but miss the rainbow

Since the inside of the cloud is empty
You can't see any colors either
However my wings
Will surely reach to you

Let's not go disappearing from this world yet
I want to see myself and you change

Let's not go disappearing from this world yet
I want to see myself and you change