Obligatory, annual, elitist AWA 2016 Pro AMV review!

[VivifxAMV]

Look I'm not really involved in this as a whole, so my thoughts can be taken with that grain of salt. But just to clear here-

I'm not saying Pro reviews need to be "G" rated for the kiddos nor am I saying feedback needs to be muffled. But you can definitely craft an honest and legit critique without being an asshole. For example:

1) While I appreciate the idea, you didn't put enough effort into the work as a whole. The technicals were really messy. You should probably watch a tutorial on AMVlog on color correction cause it was very convoluted.

2) I think you did a great job incorporating your overall idea and vision into this video, but I feel like the technicals could have used work overall. I know there are some great tutorials out there addressing color correction, you should check out this video on AMVlog for some more assistance!


Both are honest, neither is "sugar-coated" both convey the same message. But you can clearly see two comes from a place of assistance, and is generally a more open and positive experience for the reviewee. I think the main difference is that one is very finite where two clearly shows that the author believes the creator could make these changes. Both took me about the same time to write. And honestly if you don't want to give someone any constructive feedback you can just say "I personally wasn't a fan of this video, but I do see that effort was put forth to make it." much tact wow

These are AMVs lol, so I don't really think any sense of professional decorum is always applied, but since this is AWA PRO and as CracktheSky pointed out should be held to a higher standard lets look at it that way.

In the professional creative community critiquing and reviewing are standard fair. So just when you leave a review and critique you could just try to be PROfessional about it. And I can say as an artist who who has been working professionally for several years, while I've personally received both types of critiques, two is the one that would stick more for me and give me some walking away points.

I know its hard in pro cause its anonymous so you don't know who you are writing to. But it is totally possible that while you are saying 'Wow look at this troll video!" its not actually a troll video, its just someone trying their best (I have made this mistake in the past) . And then you've written that person, who may be brand new a very upsetting block of text.

Personally as stated before I'm not making AMVs as a whole right now so this doesn't really effect me. But critiques/reviewing and positive feedback are things that have always been interest to me. I've personally been hurt by some critiques I've received in the past for various things, so I always try to just write the type of reviews I would like to receive. I am with Shin - I am personally ashamed of some of the shit talking I've engaged in - when the people behind the videos are just trying their best. I tend to have thicker skin now than I used to since I work in an industry where its really impossible to be successful unless you learn how to let things roll off of you, but thats not the case with everyone.

But yeah Tl; dr: You Can be politely R Rated, or a G rated asshole - its not really about content, more about how its presented.

[Rider4Z]

Ya'll are taking my "R" vs "PG-13" rating analogy literally? It was just a comparison of what can be considered offensive. Obviously being an asshole puts you in the Deadpool category.

I like the idea of two threads, mostly for my data plan though (all your gifs dangit >:C )

Spoiler :

On a platter.

[Shin-AMV]

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[PieandBeer]

On a platter.

the moment of terror when i saw sailordeath posted his reviews and the loading thing on my phone just kept going and going ;AAAAA;

[MycathatesyouAMV]

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Make a bad review about my entry and the trash man's gonna make you rue the day.

[Shin-AMV]

FAIL

Fixed

*Now that you fixed it, I look like a douche. Well played........

[MycathatesyouAMV]

hmmmm....i see nothing wrong you must be blind

[BecauseImBored1]

[Rider4Z]

the moment of terror when i saw sailordeath posted his reviews and the loading thing on my phone just kept going and going ;AAAAA;

I'll give you that one.

*Now that you fixed it, I look like a douche. Well played........

Take a screenshot next time.

[Xophilarus]

Got the evidence of the struggle here fam.