it 13 secs too long

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:53 am

It's not the length that matters, it's what's in the length.

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Sub0 · Post by **Sub0** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 9:41 pm

<a href=http://www.animemusicvideos.org/legacy/ ... =7712>this video</a> has exactly what your talking about... What Lather has in mind (I think) is those little translucent blocks of text in the corner. not a 'cheat' at all (though a little harder on the eyes than a plain black on white or vica versa). My vid btw ;-p...

anyway only thing I absolutely hate is when there's NO bumper. Have some respect! You didn't buy the copyright so least you can do is represent... anyway... ;-p ignore the goody goody in the corner ;-p.

Aetherfukz · Post by **Aetherfukz** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 8:55 am

I personally like bumpers, but not too long ones. I usually put a short black-white bumper in the beginning (with my studio, my name, and maybe the title of the video), and in the outro I say what anime, music, and such stuff. Also after the video, you can do whatever magical bumpers you want, cause then the viewer always can hit stop.

I think NHMK does it very good. Like in "Souls of Rage and Sorrow" where it counts down 2-3 sec (like in old movies, before they start, don't know how it's called in proper english

), and then just black and white short bumpers. Also he uses another music for the bumpers, which is also cool.

Darkseid · Post by **Darkseid** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 12:21 pm

hmm... well, i've used text before in my vids. for Random Acts of Violence, i used a 6 second text clip to create a mood without telling exactly what the vid was going to show. another one i did as an intro to anime had scrolling text in various parts. there's no discernable concrete way to use it all the time. just experiment and see what you find entertaining.

Wyverex · Post by **Wyverex** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 12:45 pm

Darkseid wrote:just experiment and see what you find entertaining.

This is the only rule in AMV making ^_^.

Trust · Post by **Trust** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 2:25 pm

I do mine MTV style too.. Black screen, words introducing in the bottom left hand corner.

I'm not a huge fan of huge intros

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 4:02 pm

But that's not what I consider MTV-style, if your credits are just on a black screen; I'm talking about having the credits dissolve on when the video first starts.

The only time I might consider otherwise is if the song's lyrics start right up from the get-go, and have chance of taking attention from a sight gag or good edit at that point.

(NERD Studios) Arturo · Post by **(NERD Studios) Arturo** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 4:56 pm

My studio uses a black screen with a big logo on the left and all the info on the right. That fades in and back out again in roughly 6 seconds, then we have a spoiler warning (if neccessary) that lasts about 3 seconds. Our first video (my friend's) also had a soundbite over the logo/info screen. It was supposed to be funny, but I didn't hear anyone at the con laugh

. For my bumper I'm considering either not using sound or perhaps sticking with something that's just an ambiance bit. I have lots of instrumental music, so I'm sure I can find something interesting.

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 7:07 pm

I tend to do whatever I think works at the time. My last two had bumpers, the one before didnt (although I did plan a funky opening 8 frames that I coulnt get to look right).

It just depends on whether I think the song has a natural space for it.