What makes an AMV good?

inthesto · Post by **inthesto** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:49 pm

[insert Dancing Vash joke here]

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:45 pm

A fan. If someone thinks the vid is good, it's good. Good is an opinion.

Me, if it has characters I like, or a song I love (or both), or a theme that appeals to me dispite the unknown anime, I like it and it's a good video to me. I don't care how flawless a video is - if I don't want to watch it again, it's not a good video.

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 5:12 pm

Quality.
Theme.
Lip Sync.
Timing.
Good use of effects.

Bonus:
Anime or song I like.

Pie Row Maniac · Post by **Pie Row Maniac** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:09 pm

I'm going to scream if I see another one of these threads again in the next year...

/leaves the General AMV section for a year

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:34 pm

Arigatomyna wrote:A fan. If someone thinks the vid is good, it's good. Good is an opinion.

As long as you can count yourself a fan. ;p

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:37 pm

ok.

inthesto wrote:[insert Dancing Vash joke here

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:03 pm

It's all about constant style...
If your making a good video, make the same all the way
thourgh don't speed through large easy parts.. Make them
flow correctly with the rest of you AMV. Unless off course
your doing live and let die by guns and roses, where the beat
and style may change rapidly

Ixiel · Post by **Ixiel** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:17 pm

Well, it's a lot easier to say what makes a video bad. Too many unnecessary effects is the most common mistake I think. There are a lot of good videos that just match scenes - with original timing - with the music, and do it well. It's like drill team; ever see them? They go very slowly and don't do much that's too flashy and fancy because it looks better and actually does take more thought. It's easy to hide a poor segue orc. behind a few zillion effects. Also, there's an old saying that casting is the most important part of directing. This goes here. You could do the best editing in the world and make it to DBZ or (a very bad AMV anime, that I thought was called...) Jin Roh, something quality-wise that looks like you pointed a webcam ar your TV and recorded via your phone at a concert, or use some musically poor performer, like Cake or most rap (My take on Lincoln Park: Yes it's overused; yes it *can* be done right), and the video would still be tripe. So all that negative stuff? Don't do that, and it'll be fine.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:04 am

flint_the_dwarf wrote:
Arigatomyna wrote:A fan. If someone thinks the vid is good, it's good. Good is an opinion.
As long as you can count yourself a fan. ;p

But that would be cheating.

Who is it who had the sig about how a fanatic only needs one fan to justify himself? You have to get at least that one fan, or you can't be a justified fanatic. Unless you have split personalities and they happen to agree on the video. ;p

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:15 am

Arigatomyna wrote:
flint_the_dwarf wrote:
Arigatomyna wrote:A fan. If someone thinks the vid is good, it's good. Good is an opinion.
As long as you can count yourself a fan. ;p
But that would be cheating.

Who is it who had the sig about how a fanatic only needs one fan to justify himself? You have to get at least that one fan, or you can't be a justified fanatic. Unless you have split personalities and they happen to agree on the video. ;p

Ok, got it... Wait a sec what if they don't agree?

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