Aha! I fooled you all, the secret truth is I've been working hard to learn how to animate properly all this time! Yeah ok, so it's not technically 'proper' animation...

This took just over 41 hours to complete, I was going to break it down into work progress sections but I'm terrible at keeping a track of these things and I jump all over the place while working, so I gave up on that idea.

Yes yes, I know my last PMV was called Blue Bird, that was just pure coincidence. I'm 99% sure my next PMV won't follow the same theme. :P
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The song used was 'Blackbird' by the Beatles, the remake from the movie 'Across the Universe'. You can find the full song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaRLf8fKRQU

Due to legal stuff with the music, some countries won't be able to view this video. Here is a vimeo mirror for you: http://vimeo.com/user22213368/blackbird
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For anyone interested, the quote at the end was from the song 'A True, True Friend' with the lyrics slightly rearranged by your truly, to sound more poetic and meaningful.


Credit goes to:
Hasbro for My Little Pony, most of the footage was from S1 E23 and S2 E22.
The Double Rainboom team for the Rainbow Dash puppet.
Blackgryph0n for 'Fluttershy Cutie Mark' vector.
Pony Vectors for 'Frozen Fluttershy' vector.
ThatGuy1945 for 'Fluttershy is, um ready' vector.
TheGoldCrowonDVD for 'Fluttershy' vector.
LVGCombine for 'Sad Fluttershy' vector.
And to you guys for watching!

The video was made using Adobe After Effects CS5, with a few details going through Photoshop first.

Featured post on EQD: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/03/pmv-curse-of-alicorn.html

Voted Best Video of the Week on PMV Today: http://pmvtoday.com/2013/03/blackbird/