Flashy AMV's are overrated...

inthesto · Post by **inthesto** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:35 pm

AdAmisK wrote:quite simply that those of us that put in the real effort get less credit (usually)... as I said "like children".

I generally assume that effects-heavy videos take a lot of effort, because they require a lot more knowledge and work than I possess.

JMZ · Post by **JMZ** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:27 pm

Well put, Shada. I'd have to agree. What program a person uses doesn't matter as much as the ability and skill of the person making the AMV. Sorta like comparing the quality of art materials. An artist armed with nothing more than a mechanical pencil can produce far superior work as opposed to someone using high-quality paints and materials while possessing the art talent of a baboon. Or a pro golfer using low-grade clubs and a novice swinging some $500 titanium pro-model.

-Amber

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:44 pm

How many times is this topic going to be brought up?

Wong · Post by **Wong** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:52 pm

untill we don't care about it anymore.......and people start useing the search command to see if its been posted before.

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:36 pm

LENSFLAIR!

DrngdKreationz · Post by **DrngdKreationz** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:37 pm

lens FLARE...

Pie Row Maniac · Post by **Pie Row Maniac** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:39 pm

Some flashy AMVs are good, some aren't; it depends on the video and how it's made.

Yay! A dead horse to beat!

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:56 pm

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^As far as I'm concerned, that's how I see ratings made.

Everybody has their own matter of opinion and preferences on things.
Some rate flashy AMVs bad, others don't.
Some love pie, some don't.

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:00 am

quadir wrote: I think that our very own rating system produced this. A flashy video required a lot of knowledge of the edition and video/photo editing. This usually leads to:

- Better video source material, so your effect can look sharp
- Better audio, because they are more aware of quality from the above
- Better encoding, because they understand video editing better
- A significant increase in time spend on avarege
- Many times an effect will be used to sortof match video or audio, and be considered a decent attempt at synch, after all, they spent so much time on it!

So already, you have a 10 on video quality, a 10 in audio quality, a 8-10 in `effort' and 7-8 in synch. Without even having a good video. A for Effort. True Life in this case. And since that's most of the categories, the person is likely to rate high in `overall' as well.

I think it's been pointed out, but I think your a somewhat wrong here... I've seen som very flashy videos with very poor quality to them... and flashy videos don't nessesarily require a LOT of effort, a simple stobe effect and brightness changes are quite easy and make it quite flashy as well...

Vlad

Beaujames · Post by **Beaujames** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:15 am

I agree with you mostly, but on a more broad scale Many of the AMVs I have opinions on are highly overrated, espically in oraginality. But what your talking about is mostly limited to DBZ AMVs, and I try to avoid those. They are overrated because of the insane number of DBZ fanboys.

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... php?v=8101
Shellshock is a good video (infact it is my favorite), but it isn't at all oraginal. The only thing slightly unique about it is that it has gundam war is hell type propaganda in the beginning and end.

You were going to mention a video in your first post, but you held back because you didn't want to get flamed. what was it if someone was going to flame you they wouldn't read this deep into a thread to do it.

AnimeMusicVideos.org

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