AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (next stop - Nekocon)

[SammySamaProductions]

The new hypno toad looks much better but I have to agree, the website is at strange angle.

[Gaelstrom]

Deuce, are you able to make another beta before the final is sent off? The majority of the suggested changes in the main production are very quick, but I think the credits are in need of serious work and another glance. I think there's a way to safely reduce the time, even by 10-20 seconds in general.

[moonbunnychan]

Hey, also I just noticed a typo in the credits. It says Moew Mix lol.

[Squancho]

Hey, also I just noticed a typo in the credits. It says Moew Mix lol.

I frequent meetings of DAM (Mothers Against Dyslexia).

You know what they say: If life gives you melons, you're dyslexic.

Yeahhhhhh...I'll shut up now.

[Gaelstrom]

Just take off the 'w' and you've got "Moe Mix." Then we're dealing with a totally different type of... candy

[SammySamaProductions]

I think we need to have at least one other beta before Otakon just to finalize things a bit more before the premiere. I am very happy with this years project however. Everyone did a great job and having seen the audiences reaction at AMA I think it will go over really well.

[Squancho]

Gaelstrom: What was the audio source for "White Meat?"

moonbunnychan: I fixed that glitch in the teaser clip by splicing the first half of the first version with the second half of the new one. You'll see later today when the final beta is released.

Hopefully this was the final round of fixes and adjustments...

[Squancho]

The final beta is rendering.(mpeg1 this time - bigger file size but better visual quality).
It appears all the glitches and such have been fixed.
With the exception of one missing production tag (the Black Ink Productions one) and one missing bit of info in the credits (which I'll NEVER be truly happy with), I think this thing is in as perfect a form as it can be.
But, of course, you're the jury.
Stay tuned...

EDIT: I dunno why the mpeg1 looks so bad but I'm going with mpeg2 this time. I hope it's just the media players making it look this way...

[Squancho]

It's 429mb in size but the mpeg2 was over 900. Ignore the visual quality. I have no idea why everything but mpeg2 comes out looking like this.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UGBGRTTZ

Just pay attention to the lineup, flow, continuity, etc.

[Gaelstrom]

This one's definitely like 99% there, Deuce!

Coffee Toffee: Thanks so much for fixing for the Coffee Toffee one (whether it was you or sammysama), I'm so happy that jump is no longer there. That one gave me goose bumps it was so up-beat and catchy, and that small jump just kept pulling me out of it.

Slap Chop: The new slap chop version was a surprise. Better, definitely! Would have some suggestions for making it stronger, but it's a bit late now.

Jojo Psycho and Neighbors: Sorry if I wasn't clear here. You have Jojo exactly where I meant, but I meant that Neighbors may fit better after the Jamaica one. That way Jojo's got the laughter leeway by being followed by a longer clip (Jamaica), then the shorter Neighbors clip in between Jamaica and Ace of Cakes. My mistake for not being clearer.

Ace of Cakes/Hallmark: These really do fit very nicely beside one another for some reason. Maybe it's because they both have a more sweet feel, but I liked this move a lot. ...and I love the "Your smiling face" part ^^ Totally didn't notice that before.

Captain Planet: Thanks so much for removing the monitor ^^ This clip was and is great, and the monitor gone really is a tremendous benefit. This one definitely deserves the ROFL it got in the beta screening.

Haruhi Credits: That's exactly how I always pictured the Haruhi credits clip happening. Exactly. Thanks so much for trying that Deuce. Now of course it's entirely up to everyone else if they liked it that way, but I feel that has more impact than the other ways. The pedobear clip is totally fine there and I don't think it loses anything at all. Those, plus the last Money clip, and the tags I think really break up the credits well.

Production Tags: The production tags being increased in size was a nice touch, it added more visuals to the credits I think. It's nothing major, but the only problem is that the white text on some of the flashing makes it difficult to read during those moments. It's pretty much only during the flash on moonbunnychan's tag and the saturation of the left screen of sammysama's so nothing major at all.

Test Patterns: I apologize, Deuce. What I meant when I was talking about reverting to the original test pattern noise, I meant the one that was originally there in the earlier betas, the same one as AMV Hell 3.14 (or even the one in AMVS3, that one's good too). I was only elaborating on how the reeling noise from that acted LIKE 'white noise' to clear the mind as an analogy. I'm sorry if it sounded like I was saying it should be white noise. What I was trying to explain was why the original test pattern noise you had was so effective in comparison to the one you were trying in Beta 3. That was my miscommunication, I'm sorry. Really both the one used in AMV Hell 3.14 and the one in AMVS 3 are good, I'd be happy with either ^^ (I rewatched AMV Hell 3.14 today as well... think Darkness would cede to begging and come back? I want to see him in AMVS 5 next year)

Credit Layout: The only other thing is that I didn't notice any change to the credits layout. Really the layout is fine if there's only one line of information, but gets very convoluted when there are longer titles like "Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" and such. Do you have any plans for this?

Special thanks: Is it possible to put the people who helped me in the credits in parentheses like this:

Sony POS
Gaelstrom Productions
(Thanks to: Troy Fillmore and Caleb Rightnowar)
etc...

It's just that otherwise these names are just randomly there and nobody knows the reason, since nobody else has the extra line. If you can fit the extra word, if you could put (Special thanks to: ...) in there I'd be grateful.

Great job, Deuce! Really that's all there is left I think is a couple minor moves and just a switch with the test patterns. The credits don't seem to have any real problem with becoming too boring, especially with more production tags now, the only issue is the slight confusion in the layout I think.

Home stretch!

Edit: Oh yes, and the audio source for White Meat is the same as the Clannad one, it's Comedy Central Presents: Steve McGrew, I thought I'd e-mailed that info to you.