What impresses you the most?

FoxJones · Post by **FoxJones** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:37 am

Nature

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:50 am

Disney songs.

Vancore · Post by **Vancore** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:00 am

hmm,

I would say a cool concept, the vid could suck ass but if the concept is good I would still have to give it credit. Take the AMV 3 Trailer for instance (I dug the background

), or that long 7 min vid Tom the Fish made for AWA in 2003 that constantly repeated 7 different scenes in different variations...

Other then the concept I like flow a lot, if it flows good I'll usually admire it by rewatching it a few times. The more times I do that the more I tend to like it.

Then I guess it would be a few things that surprise me, like a moment in the video I just have to rewatch cause it wowed me. I've seen some rather crappy vids with these types of moments so thats why I've rated it third.

And thats that.. until I think of something else that impresses me.

Eek-1 · Post by **Eek-1** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:19 am

Clear visual and quality art always gets my attention - like anything drawn by Yoshizuki Kumichi, and Shinkai Makoto's recent anime.

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:48 am

How well they carry the theme or emotion of the video.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:50 am

Mario and Megaman sprites.

Roccket · Post by **Roccket** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:26 am

What impresses me the most is the emotional impact a video can have on me, due to a great editing mostly.

Jnzk · Post by **Jnzk** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:01 am

An original and well executed idea.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:20 am

inthesto wrote: The more Otohiko talks, the more I'm convinced he's a professional crazy old man who does nothing but speak in riddles.

...pretty much, except I just turned 21

Pyle wrote:Why does nobody ever mention Dedicated to MIR Station when it comes to effects?

I do, I do!

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I can also be totally sold by 'flow'. Just, you know, when instead of stretching the whole audio-visual-conceptual match, the video is just tight as hell and it's as if all parts of it were made for each other. There's a few videos I like in this way. Sensory candy I suppose, but hot damn!

Thorblitzer · Post by **Thorblitzer** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:32 pm

I love it when an AMV makes me want to go watch or re-watch whatever anime they used.

Well-done timing is always a good thing.

And I'm a sucker for using footage to make it tell a different story than the real anime (when it's done well).

Example: Meri Cantoni's Deceptive Passions