Are digital/video effects really necessary for a good AMV?

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:02 am

Fall_Child42 wrote:#6) Funny Accents. All of the best effect creators have accents better than yours. Unless you speak like a southern belle hand have blonde curls, If this is the case please contact inthesto@graffiti.net.
BEING EUROPEAN AND SHIT

A shit, I gotta get to work on this one

Also

#6-B) Awsome names. All well known AMV creators have totally awsome names that just seeth cool. If your name is merely Jacob Smith, then forget it, you're not cut out for this work.

Megamom · Post by **Megamom** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:10 pm

It depends on what you want the editor?

hasteroth · Post by **hasteroth** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:52 pm

Iced Earth Fan · Post by **Iced Earth Fan** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:27 pm

Tono_Fyr wrote:Fuck effects as far as what you need to make a GOOD video.

As a metalhead, I'm sure you know this next fact I'm about to state. Good is not necessarily popular.

Yeah, I definetly can relate to that fact:)

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:03 pm

Hm ... no, but if somebody obviously spend a lot of time on elaborate effects, then of course i'm going to like it (well, not always, but usually). The more effort you put into an amv the better it will be, right?

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:20 pm

guy07 wrote:The more effort you put into an amv the better it will be, right?

Depends if that effort only goes into one aspect of the video or not......or are you just playing devil's advocate? >_>

Kevmaster · Post by **Kevmaster** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:25 am

SSJ3 Son Jp wrote:The org doesn't really know what it wants..... Ok there I said it.

That's probably because the Org is not just 1 Mind, but a hell of minds

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:07 am

LivingFlame wrote:
guy07 wrote:The more effort you put into an amv the better it will be, right?
Depends if that effort only goes into one aspect of the video or not......or are you just playing devil's advocate? >_>

i'm serious, if you try really hard, then at the very least your efforts will be recognized. not necessarily on effects, but in general. some interesting use of effects would just be the icing on the cake.

anneke · Post by **anneke** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:52 pm

A good/strong video concept will be good regardless of how it's edited. The best editing is when you don't see/realize there is editing going on because it feels right/natural.

-Anneke

shonen_jidai · Post by **shonen_jidai** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:34 pm

I don't think a lot of flashy special effects are necessary for a good AMV. But it does seem that AMVs with the most creative use of special effects get the most notice. Not that there's anything wrong with that though. Just use whatever you need to tell your story.