How has the AMV landscape changed?

[Kionon]

I'm pretty much retired. I do mostly MEPs when people ask me to. I have about twenty projects I never get to.

Honestly, between the MA (still writing my thesis on Japanese radical ultranationalism) and my day job (JHS teacher), most nights I get home and head to sleep. I've been pulling some twelve hour days recently. On weekends I fiddle, but never really add much. My days of sitting around with loads of time to spend rotoscoping dancing Obamas and Lynn Minmay are largely over.

Animated is right, old school *is* dead. What's worse is part of the reason why is because not only are some of us oldsters retiring, some of us actually are dying. Which is absolutely depressing. I don't know if you noticed, but we lost Quu. I'm still not taking it well. Godix's death was a large part of my lack of motivation, and Quu just made it worse. Along with Zetzu (who I admit, I did not know well) I'm starting to equate the hobby with untimely death, and I'm not old enough to watch my friends from my teenage years dying, but that's precisely what's starting to happen...

[ZephyrStar]

If anything, the hobby is booming. It's spread out now far more than it used to be. Youtube has become huge, and there are lots of youtube-only editors. The org membership and active people have changed quite a bit, but most of us oldfags are still here even if we don't edit (I'm making a movie, so that counts >:O).

Crackers, come to AWA?

[Nya-chan Production]

- Beat sync is dead

Except this I have to agree :3

[Otohiko]

AMVs are not a landscape.

[BasharOfTheAges]

The happy trees are now despondent.

The rocks, however, are taken to fits of maniacal laughter.

[Mr Pilkington]

King of Spayn has become the most coveted award in all of AMVdom

[Kionon]

AMVs are not a landscape.

Yes. We now make AMVs in portrait mode to better fit people's smartphones and tablets...

Not really. But we could!

[Melanchthon]

What is old-school anyway?

[BasharOfTheAges]

What is old-school anyway?

In the context of AMVs? Poorly timed, SD video sources from VHS era productions.

[Bauzi]

What is old-school anyway?

In the context of AMVs? Poorly timed, SD video sources from VHS era productions.

In terms of editing? My last video has almost straight cuts and was very well received from audience and judges at the con where I have premiered it. Linky link...

YAY! Ben! Seriously... I was thinking about you some weeks ago. I was thinking about what happened to some members. You know... back in the Project Gateway days. I see you still wearing the same banner in your sig =)


I think YouTube still got more and more a place of ADS editors and audience. There are more and more those really short videos. Have fun the way you like, but I disagree in only picking the best parts of a song and making a mindless video to it. For what? For your regular content for your YouTube subscribers? Your present to them, because you've hit 300 subs? I wish there would be more time spent on full length concepts and AMVs. Not saying that there aren't enough of them around...

Some editing styles are more present in specific editor types than in others. Like... those typical Sony Vegas-cookie cutter vids that float around in YouTube.

After harsh censorship of my latest AMV on YouTube, I'm still the opinion that the org matters and has it's place.

People at the conventions still love amvs. AMV-contest became some regular bitch for every convention in my country. Almost like cosplay contests. Everybody just has to have one.

Personally: I'm back! After almost two years of some sort of break. People thought that I've quit! oO


Godix died too? Wow... Zetzu already shocked me a lot. -.-