VicBond007 wrote:
Emo/Srs Bsnss: Defying Gravity. There wasn't a video in this category that I didn't love. Meri and Mike cranked out an interesting Tainted Donuts tribute, Re-Evolution Studios actually made a Clannad video that made the story a bit more accessible to those of us who've never seen the show, Mycathatesyou did the same thing by focusing on the story instead of just showing sad people and cute girls, Tech Crew Never Dies made a catchy drama video only marred by poor source footage, and Curry Mutton Pizza gave us the best Misa Misa profile video that I've ever seen, marred only by the completely unnecessary middle section. Cyber Ninja Productions however made an UPLIFTING, well-edited drama video that stood out against all of the other livejournal sob-fests.
I totally agree about Defying Gravity - we NEEDED something uplifting in that category and it was so beautifully done. Serious doesn't have to mean sad! (I say this as someone who submitted something totally depressing, but hey!) And yes, I wish to God that there was a way to cut that Near section out, but musically it would have made absolutely no sense. :/ I definitely needed the "on the shore, we sat and hoped, under the same pale moon whose guiding light chose you" because I mean HELLO HIS NAME IS LIGHT AND HIS KANJI MEANS MOON AND HE CHOOSES GOOD PEOPLE TO LIVE AND SERVE HIM but since that was so heavily tied to the previous musical movement, there was no way around it. Was never comfortable with that section so I take absolutely no offense - I'm definitely willing to take the hit because I feel that the rest of the video was worth making (and perhaps useful in opening people's eyes to a truly tragic situation that's sadly covered up with comic relief).
VicBond007 wrote:
I will never show the AMV contest in the Marina, nor will I allow the contest to go back to the double-sized hangar. Once you get to a room that size, it becomes like trying to watch a movie in a football stadium. One of the former co-ordinators tried it and it was a disaster. Seating 4,000 people doesn't matter if nobody can hear anything but big booty bass echoing through the room. The Sunday showing was supposed to alleviate the capacity issue, but for the first time in as long as I can remember, it was cut from Otakon's schedule. Even if people leave, we can't allow other people to take their place because quite frankly, in a dark 2,500+ seat room, good luck finding their empty seats. VERY few people leave the event, and it's not worth having people with flashlights run the aisles and disrupt the contest for everyone else so that a few people can come in late. I also don't think that a lot of people are coming to both showings. If anyone, it's the creators themselves going to both showings, and I don't ever want to shut them out. Yeah there's gonna be a few people who go to both showings, but not enough to cause a problem that'd require a policy change.
Lining up early wasn't an option on Saturday considering we had to kick everyone out of the building right before seating started. I also don't want to create a Masquerade-like situation where people are lining up several hours before-hand and missing out on the rest of the con. Again, the Sunday encore would have ensured that almost everyone who wanted to see the contest, could have done so.
Good to know - on the forums I asked if it was at all plausible to show it in the Arena, and I didn't try to push for that specifically. The reason I thought it was a good idea space-wise is that as you said, people don't usually go to both showings, so a large room to hold the entire turnout would hypothetically be great, and give us the audience we've always had without imposing much on Otakon's schedule. Unfortunately, hypothetical situations rarely work perfectly. ^^;
As far as the possibility of Overflow ceasing to exist... to quote what I posted on the Otakon boards, as I believe such a suggestion goes better here than there:
"In order to keep the support for the non-finalists, though - what about collaborating on an online list of ALL participants, everyone's videos, a-m-v.org and YT accounts if they have them... and at the end of the contest, have one of those "For these and more great AMVs, please visit (insert URL here) and support the creators!" It would promote the event, too - especially if YT accounts are linked, as those are more shareable - and get everyone exposure. (Hell, I lost my original YT account, it had 985 subscribers and now my new one has 56 - with the way YT is these days I'm sure there are a lot of people in the same situation, so it would be a great tactic for everyone to gain exposure.)"
edit: now that I think of it, put this both at the end of the contest AND on the ballots.
HOW ABOUT IT?
kickass331 wrote:i hated all your top picks, those were the worst of the categories
lol.
That also got my vote.
