Seeing your videos on the big screen.

NS · Post by NS » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:03 pm

I want to so badly. I wanted so badly to see the sound at ACEN, but wasn't able to, and couldn't find it in the footage of the viewing room, but that's why I gotta keep trying to get my stuff to nearby cons, and then get my ass there ;__;

CorpseGoddess · Post by **CorpseGoddess** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:16 pm

I agree with this, but interestingly enough, sitting through a contest my first few times was a nerve-wracking experience for me for different reasons.

I've acted in many plays, sung in choruses (often with a solo to perform) and played sports when I was a kid. All the competitions or performances I had been involved with pre-amv's were based on my performance in and at the moment. The audience reaction depended on how I did RIGHT THEN, so the nervousness or energy buzz had a channel--and usually caused a positive reaction for me, as it spurred me to be the best I could be at that time. It also gave me (in the theatre, anyway), the opportunity to modulate my performance based on the audience's reaction.

Sitting in a crowd waiting to watch my amv was totally different---there was NOTHING I could do differently in and at that moment. It all depended on my performance up until that time, so all the nervousness and energy has absolutely nowhere to go for me. I had to learn to ride it out, rather than channel it, and that was a huge struggle. Still is, on occasion.

godix wrote:So I submit to cons for other reasons. Trolling. To give myself a deadline to finally finish up the damned video. To get more than the 100 views an org release provides. Occasionally because a coordinator said they needed vids. It's not for the rush of the big screen though.

This is huge for me. I don't do well when left to my own devices or the whim of the muse. Having regular contest deadlines every year has provided the kick in the butt I need to finish one video and move on to the next in a timely fashion.

purplepolecat · Post by **purplepolecat** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:23 pm

Good topic. The first time for me was SakuraCon 2007, and I was sweating bullets. It's ridiculous to be nervous because at that point because nothing you can do will change anything, but it still gets me.

I love showing my vids to a big crowd though, it's the main reason I enter contests, and I rarely enter a contest I'm not attending. It's especially good when I overhear someone near me who I don't know make some kind of comment to a friend. Doesn't even have to be a good comment, it's just nice to hear a completely candid opinion that's not gone through the internet BS filter.

I definitely notice the AV flaws more when it's my vid. At SC2007, I found out the hard way that my naive audio sample rate conversions sounded fine on consumer grade speakers, but kind of crappy on the main events room monster setup.

Infinity Squared · Post by **Infinity Squared** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:37 pm

The first time I've seen my video on the big screen of a contest was AVCon; I forget which year now. That was also the first time I've ever travelled to an interstate con so it was already all an exciting time to begin with. That said, as far as my hazy memory is concerned, I don't think I was a super excited of being in the crowd and seeing my video up in the screen. I blame it on the fact that I just submitted a rushed video in anticipation of me going to the convention, so I wasn't all that thrilled of the video to start with.

I can say I've been far more excited in recent years of seeing my videos in the contests. There's nothing like it. The crowd can be very suprising at times. They might all of a sudden laugh at a bit of the video which you didn't even originally think or design to be funny. You could get people shouting adorations because the characters of the anime appealed to them to start with. And you could have the opposite of receiving barely an applause when you know that when you sent this video to another con beforehand that it was well received there.

Anyway, it all just leaves you fretting by your little corner of the world. It's worse when presenting your Iron Chef video because at the end of it, you're expected to show your face to the crowd regardless of whether or not it was entertaining to begin with.

CorpseGoddess wrote:Sitting in a crowd waiting to watch my amv was totally different---there was NOTHING I could do differently in and at that moment. It all depended on my performance up until that time, so all the nervousness and energy has absolutely nowhere to go for me. I had to learn to ride it out, rather than channel it, and that was a huge struggle. Still is, on occasion.

This is very true.

dj_ultima_the_great · Post by **dj_ultima_the_great** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:41 pm

I've only seen one of my videos on the big screen. For financial reasons, I only go to ACen, and when I submitted Let the World Crash a few years back, it got in to the contest. I was kind of excited to see it play, but like Nya-chan, it was a romance, so the crowd wasn't exactly jumping out of their seats or anything.

I guess I didn't get too nervous or crazy excited, though, because it boils down to two things. If the crowd likes it, great. They cheer and I feel good. If they hate it, oh well. It's not like anybody recognizes me anyway, so I can just slip out the doors afterward and nobody will be the wiser.

To be honest, I don't attend the contests anymore. So many of the videos use anime that I don't know, and I find it hard to connect with something unfamiliar to me. If I ever submitted something that actually made it in again, I would probably attend the viewing to get the experience of a crowd reaction, but otherwise... best of luck to the other editors and I'll be off meandering elsewhere, I suppose.

- Jen

ZephyrStar · Post by **ZephyrStar** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:22 am

I'll never forget the first AWA that I went to and how amazed I was at the contest showing. I didn't even have a video in the contest, but Dr. Dinosaur (Todd) had entered Dewelopers, and it was freakin awesome just to see my nickname in that video from the IRC complete with Milfeuille avatar which I used back then. The rest is history. The past couple of years I've been lazy as hell when it comes to making vids, and I regret it so much every time I'm at a contest and don't have SOMETHING in there. Along with seeing your own stuff and seeing how the crowd reacts to it, seeing the work of 30 of your best friends that are there with you is probably the best feeling ever. EVER.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:23 am

ZephyrStar wrote:I'll never forget the first AWA that I went to and how amazed I was at the contest showing. I didn't even have a video in the contest, but Dr. Dinosaur (Todd) had entered Dewelopers, and it was freakin awesome just to see my nickname in that video from the IRC complete with Milfeuille avatar which I used back then. The rest is history. The past couple of years I've been lazy as hell when it comes to making vids, and I regret it so much every time I'm at a contest and don't have SOMETHING in there. Along with seeing your own stuff and seeing how the crowd reacts to it, seeing the work of 30 of your best friends that are there with you is probably the best feeling ever. EVER.

Agreed. Every time I go to a con, I have a compulsive need to *have* something in a contest or at least showing in a room.

JCD · Post by **JCD** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:35 pm

He He, it's good that you post this, editors nowadays need to get reminded of how good that feels.

I used to have the "screw contests, I'm doing things for myself" opinion when I started 10 years ago. But editing a video for, going to and winning in front of 1k people at Connichi in 2003 changed my life in that regard. From there on, almost every single video I made has been for some contest I attended, and having it play there just feels incredibly good each time. It actually motivates me to get something done, too. I never get finished, or not even started, without an actual deadline.

TritioAFB · Post by **TritioAFB** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:45 pm

I recently seen one of my vids, and I was even called to do a panel. Seeing people dancing with my amv was somethinmg unexpected for me, and when I left the fest everybody wanted to talk with me about software, anime series, etc. I even received DVDs borrowed

In a moment I was nervous, but then I was like: Whatever, I'm gonna enjoy the moment

Kosmit · Post by **Kosmit** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:18 pm

I have entered my AMVs to several contests, but due to me being Polish and most of the bigger contests being far away (Japan Expo, Otakon) or being internet only (most of the russian ones) I never really got to see an audience reaction to them live. Hearing from contest organisers that poeple really enjoyed watching my work/laughed out loud is certainly nice, but hearing about something and seeing it with your own eyes are 2 different things entirely. I'd love to attend AWA one year, but getting an entrance visa to the US is a real pain in the ass...

I did see my AMVs being shown on polish cons of course, but out here cons aren't very big and AMV room attendance is rather low. That being said, during the premiere of "Why So Serious? II", where there were around 300 people present, I had a blast watching people react to some of my segments. Wish I could repeat that...

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