Why do people prefer time to the actual vid?

[Gepetto]

However, even if I spent 80 hours making crap, it doesn't change the fact that its crap.

you will have proven your point that time doesn't matter, rather than just giving us arguments with no evidence.

How's for giving yourself an answer?

Our argument isn't just that something can be good with little time (and mind that it doesn't need Euphoria-level effects to be good, just look at Engel) but also (as you said yourself) that crap is crap regardless of whether the project is a century-old family heirloom.

[Adv1sor]

I think Hinano said it best.

if it sucks it sucks
if it rocks it rocks

This, for me, applies to the whole enchilada. Who made the AMV? How long did it take them? Was it a joint effort? How many Animes are in the AMV? Who else liked or disliked the AMV? Was the audio edited? What genre? Were there lots of effects? Lip Sync? How long is the AMV? What's the song about? What software did they use?
DOESN'T MATTER!

if it sucks it sucks
if it rocks it rocks

Well said Hinano, very well said.

[Bakadeshi]

stuff

The Azumanga Boogie (or Some Girls Like Crack)

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comedy doesn't count ;p and if that was a serious video, I could point out quite a few things wrong with that still.

gepetto: My argument is not against the fact that time does or doesn't matter, but that everyone is saying stuff without realy backing it up with proof. If you want my personal opinion which is basically what everyones comments here are, just opinions, I'd say time matters to an extent, the more time you spend perfecting something, no matter how good an editor you are, (we are not perfect, there are always mistakes to be fixed or finetuned) the better it will turn out. However, we should not base the whole value of the AMV off of it. As everyone has said, if it sucks it sucks, if its good, its good. Time spent editing it, so long as the time is actually spent improving, and not something deconstructive, however still does play a role in how much of a chance that amv will have of being good rather than bad. And thats just my opinion on the subject.

[Knowname]

yeah, that and I do appreciate vids with more time spent on them (unless it's just, like, to get a small point out... and I don't like shorts anyway -_-) It's not that I don't appreciate vids that seemingly just 'fell' together (as I and a few others pointed out, that does happen) but I can name more failures like that than successes.

[Ezmereth Moriquendi]

semi-automatic maiden mahoro is one of my very favorite amvs, and it was made in 2 DAYS! (which is short for a good vid to me, really...)

[requiett]

You've got it all wrong. The thing that should matter most other than enjoyment when you watch a vid should be - "Have I seen this kind of shit before?"

[wurpess]

All of the vids I have up right now have taken at least a week or two. . .except one, which took 5 hrs from concept to finish. That one video is my best one up there right now. (Granted with the POS's I have up right now, that's not saying much, but that one is the closest to being a decent AMV) But really, and even my b/f, also a creator, can attest to this. I work better on the fly when I don't think and just do, with everything. That's how that one came out. I didn't think, I just did. And I not only came up with something decent, but also quite profound and meaningful. (my brain does funny things when it works without me ) But anyhow, long story short, it shouldn't matter how long it took, only how good the video is. Time and quality aren't always the same thing.

[blaku92]

just enjoy the amv's -- who cares how long it took to make it? that has nothing to do with creativity. how can it?

[faaip_de_oiad]

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