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Post by dji » Mon May 05, 2008 12:57 pm

dwchang wrote:
dji wrote:we're looking forward to seeing what you submit!
Must. Complete. My. Hentai. Romance. Video. to. My Heart Will Go On.

(just to make prescreenings that much more painful :P...I kid >_>)
...do you? do you really?!? hehehe =D ...what if it was good enough to make it to final cut...? ...then you'd end up torturing everyone! zOMG what if you won an award for it! ...cats and dogs making AMVs together! xOMG we're all dead! The world is coming to an.......

*deep breath* oh you were kidding. oh thank god. hehehe =D
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Post by VicBond007 » Mon May 05, 2008 1:20 pm

dwchang wrote: Must. Complete. My. Hentai. Romance. Video. to. My Heart Will Go On.

(just to make prescreenings that much more painful :P...I kid >_>)
This was done for AWA 2 or 3 years ago to Urotsukidoji. I remember it well...
"With free bagels we can live like Kings!...Kings who have to pay for their own castle in order to get the free bagels!" - Omar Jenkins

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Post by dwchang » Mon May 05, 2008 1:22 pm

VicBond007 wrote:
dwchang wrote: Must. Complete. My. Hentai. Romance. Video. to. My Heart Will Go On.

(just to make prescreenings that much more painful :P...I kid >_>)
This was done for AWA 2 or 3 years ago to Urotsukidoji. I remember it well...
NOOOOOO!

My creative idea...ruined! T_T

In all seriousness, even with a later deadline (which I am SO thankful for), final projects are kicking my ass and I haven't been able to edit in the last two weeks. I'm hoping with the summer starting, I can really get down and hammer this thing out. It's fairly ambitious...more so than my Hentai idea ;P.
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Post by Parodic Productions » Wed May 07, 2008 7:47 am

dwchang wrote:
VicBond007 wrote:
dwchang wrote: Must. Complete. My. Hentai. Romance. Video. to. My Heart Will Go On.

(just to make prescreenings that much more painful :P...I kid >_>)
This was done for AWA 2 or 3 years ago to Urotsukidoji. I remember it well...
NOOOOOO!

My creative idea...ruined! T_T

In all seriousness, even with a later deadline (which I am SO thankful for), final projects are kicking my ass and I haven't been able to edit in the last two weeks. I'm hoping with the summer starting, I can really get down and hammer this thing out. It's fairly ambitious...more so than my Hentai idea ;P.
Same here. I've been under a lot of stress lately, questioning whether I even want to do this anymore. But I really want this one vid to make it to Otakon this year. So here's hoping.

I also hope there'll be more comedy videos this year. Is Editinghermit submitting one?

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Post by Adv1sor » Wed May 07, 2008 3:54 pm

A question about obscene words?

Would you consider any of the following words, too obscene?

"Dick"
"Hell"
"Bitch"
"Ass"

Thanks!

/submit random rants about the deadline...

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Post by VicBond007 » Wed May 07, 2008 4:14 pm

It all depends on the context. My rule of thumb has always been "play the video for your mother, and/or underage sibling/child". If none of them are offended, then you're probably OK, as these demographics are most likely to complain about their snowflakes being exposed to bad stuffs.

There are situations where said words might be considered inappropriate, but also situations where they might be fine. An example would be Simple Plan's "Addicted" which features the line "I'm adic...I'm addicted to you" which when heard in the song, sounds very much like "I'm a dick" and considering the pause afterwards, the effect was probably intentional. In my opinion, this would be acceptable content. However, In Eminem's "Suck my Dick" he uses the line "I was high when I wrote this, so suck my dick". In this situation, I would consider the usage inappropriate for a general convention audience.

Unfortunately, as you can see, everything has to be taken in context, with regards to the AMV on a whole, so I can not confirm whether or not you will be DQed for inappropriate content. The only thing that I can tell you is to submit anyways and see what happens :)
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Post by Adv1sor » Wed May 07, 2008 4:23 pm

Thanks for the quick reply.

Not meaning to pin you down but, your answer will determine which AMV I submit.

Would the use of the words, Dick, Bitch, and Ass, in the song Get a Job, by Offspring, be Ok? The lines are:
"My friend's got a girlfriend and he hates that bitch."
"She sits on her ass, he works his hands to the bone."
"My friend's got a boyfriend and she hates that dick, and the guy."

What about a line from the old Duckman cartoon where Duckman says, "What the hell are you staring at?"

Thanks again!

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Post by VicBond007 » Wed May 07, 2008 4:39 pm

I think it'd pass, but my input is only worth so much. There's probably going to be a good 20 or so people prescreening the videos, and they could always flag it for indecency, though it'd take at least half of them to do so before I would be forced to consider your entry indecent.
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Post by outlawed » Wed May 07, 2008 8:33 pm

Old School Alert

Was "Ashura - Eva - Get A Job" shown at Otakon years ago?

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Post by Adv1sor » Thu May 08, 2008 6:46 am

outlawed wrote:Old School Alert

Was "Ashura - Eva - Get A Job" shown at Otakon years ago?
Thanks, I'll take a look at that one. I am undecided right now and what to send in. Split between two AMVs. Or, maybe work through a long weekend and make another? :)

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