Obligatory, annual, elitist AWA 2019 Pro AMV review!

[KeiichiFace]

i'll try to yeet my entry in 2 minutes before the deadline, but i'm not counting on rushing my AMV ;-P

Oh no, the deadline passed! These are all the reviews of the submissions.

[PantsAMV]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s1E ... sp=sharing

I haven't slept so I'm going to sleep now.

[NataLeo]

BIG FAT DISCLAIMER:
If you are reading this there is a 99% chance that you have been editing for longer than I have, so if you take these opinions personally, then that's 100% a you problem. The only thing that qualifies me to give my opinion is the fact that I submitted. That being said, I had a blast watching and reviewing every single one of these. My opinions are HIGHLY subjective and these are mostly Gut-Reaction-Hot-Takes. They might be constructive, they might not. AMV's are silly. Enjoy!!! Dinos are given to my personal faves, regardless of objective quality (also prepare for an aggressive lack of proper capitalization and punctuation)

Spoiler :

1- much wow 6.5/10
29-i am both sad and glad that this exists. yee yee friend 6.75/10
39-conflicted bc i know manga vids take a lot of work, its has heart but its also boring. nice use of photographs as backgrounds. 4.5/10
40-volume issue, solid but passable. 5.5/10
43-yea so im calling the police... 1/10 not funny and a bit of a bore.
48-beautiful and interesting... did think it was a trailer at first though. great stuff 7/10
49-made me cry. i hate you and i love you...you better win something for this. 11/10 phenomenal
64-passable. what even is this song. 3/10
65-ooo!!! butter to my eyes and ears, kept me the whole time. 9/10 lovely
66-interesting, a little choppy and vid quality made me go eh :/ good intentions artistically tho 4.5/10
68-precious. a great use of a minute and a half. 7/10
70-super cute. a little long tho. 6.5/10
71-weirdly paced and kind of hard to watch. 2/10
73-odd squished footage but beautiful concept...super solid! 6.5/10
74-footage quality is noticeably off, nice pairing but doesnt make the most of it. decent watch tho 6/10
77-YES!! my little heart. great, concise, and super sweet. 7.5/10
79-how fun!! great pairing. a little long but a suuuuuuper cool watch. 7/10
86-this turned out wonderful!! only criticism is that its a little long for me, but i love that you turned a meme song on its head. 7/10
87-bit of an underwhelming song choice, a little long, but great overall and Super (ha) solid. 6.5/10
89-passable, starts off slow but manages to pick up. 5.5/10
96-a lot of fun and great narrative, Solid. pew pew 7/10
97-perfect in every way. i screamed. 9/10
98-what did i just watch??? fun and weird. 6/10
99-suuuper cute and doesnt overstay its welcome. good stuff 7/10
100-needs some polishing but solid and sweet. 7/10
103-beautiful and concise, a fabulous watch!!! imagine knowing how to do FX couldnt be me lmao 10/10
104-the song was a meme for me at first but it was Super well made?? an absolute blast great job 8/10
105-great pairing, a little slow but Super solid. 7.5/10
106-an absolute joyride, fabulous stuff and great pairing. 8.5/10
108-cute..? 3/10
109-what musical is this 4/10
110-solid intentions, needs polishing for sure and a little long but cute. 6/10
112-the peen scared me. fun stuff 6.5/10
118-cute pairing but misses the mark. WAY too long and low quality footage. 3/10
119-surprisingly emotional and solid, didnt keep me all the way through tho. 6.5/10
120-not really my cup of tea, way too many closeups of eyes lmao. good pairing tho! 6/10
121-@MCHY keeps bullying me and its your fault 5/10
123-okay... 2.5/10
124-i wish there were producing credits and better textwork. decent lipsync 5.5/10
127-fantastic. perfect length and great pacing. NOICE 8/10 also i loved that you saved the kiss for the end (i know its an obvious move but i uwu'd)
130-precious and concise. our patron saint ben platt 7/10
131-AAAAA i wish this was finished but Fabulous save. GREAT 8.75/10
132- starts off slow but manages to pick up, love the pairing and gave me feels. decent cutting of the song. HES THE AMERICAN 7/10
133-cute i guess. passable 4/10
134-cute and sad but visually lacking. wish it was shorter 5/10
135- a super duper fun watch, love some of the technical choices but overstays its welcome a little. good stuff tho. 7/10
136-needs some polishing at the beginning and end but a super solid watch, i love the pairing and your use of action. 7/10
137- clearly the first trailer youve made, a bit of a stretch and a little short. nice text work and good intentions, but better luck next time. 5.5\10
138-ambitious but im still not sure if it works.funky footage @ 1:50. cute tho 4.5/10
139-paced too slow, but great pairing and super solid concept. just needs some polishing.6/10
140-a drama MHA vid? nicely done. kept me all the way through, very good stuff. 7/10
141-beautiful and made me a lil emo. love triangle took me by surprise 7.5/10
144-why this song. why. 4.5/10
145-i love it but i am still confused 6.5/10
146-funky, fresh, and a Blast to watch. 8/10
147-REALLY good, great pairing. 7.5/10
148-remember that part in Broly where the screen goes black bc they used their animation budget too fast?? 3/10
149-absolutely chilling. best character profile ive seen in a while. awesome job. 9/10
150-interesting pairing that im not sure i like. a bit sloppy. 5/10
152-may i recommend editing with your eyes open 2/10 (seriously what happened?? just looks like first stage scene selection to me)
153-needs some polishing but cute concept 5.5/10
154-...still not sure how i feel about it. the song doesnt lend itself well to its length but its very visually interesting. 6.5/10
155-flattered that several people have (incorrectly) guessed that this was my video! despite needing some technical tightening im obsessed with the pairing and it was a blast to watch. 7.75/10
156-weird song and never really picks up, it just plateaus. zoom zoom 4.5/10
157-sadly too much of a stretch for me, the laughing lipsync solidified that. good textwork and intentions though. 5.5/10
158-the first submission in this comp that makes me want to watch its source. beautiful, clean, and lovely to watch. fantastic job 10/10
159-ow. ambitious with no lyrics but you managed to keep me all the way thru, would benefit from being shorter and not as linear. 6/10
160-if you are who i think you are, i liked your other meme vid idea better. still super cute tho. 6\10
161-cute pairing, feel like it would have hit harder if it was shorter, it seemed like you were running out of clips to use. 6.75/10
164-song choice isnt the best, doesnt really mesh well until the end (kindof) some footage was laggy for me but an okay watch. 5.5/10
165-the first memorable voltron vid ive seen, a funky and fun watch that despite minor technical issues i liked watching! 7/10
166-had me for the first minute and a half but suffers from being Way too long & linear past that mark. beginning was super spooky n nice tho! 5.75/10
168-a little passable but an interesting watch and didnt overstay its welcome. nyoom 6.5/10
169-super solid vid but subject matter made me uneasy...not my cup of tea sorry :^((((((( 5.5/10
173- made me giggle. nice 6.5/10 IQ too large unable to process file
174-you took all my uwus at gunpoint friend. despite technical issues in the first half (some transitions) it was a wonderful pairing and watch. 8/10
177-not sold on the pairing but still a decent watch, especially the action sequences. interested to see how it stacks up against other DS vids. 6.5/10
178-took me a sec to get into the pairing but you NAILED it! fabulous watch that will def being going on my amv favorites playlist in the future. 8.5/10
179-fantastic pairing, only complaint is the length. you made good use of the time tho 7/10
182-probably would be funnier if i watched the show. waaaayyyyyy overstayed its welcome. 3/10
184-butter to my eyes and ears...managed to feel shorter than it was which is Awesome. beautiful job 8/10
193-reminds me of that time @ momocon when Stats Bar played their own music over our amvs on the TV's...except this time its just that scene from the MHA movie. work with what u have i guess 4/10
195-the first fast Your Name amv ive seen that actually works, great pairing & love that you used absolutely everything to the fullest. amazing 8.5/10

[SQ]

Disclaimer:
I haven't seen the sources of like 99% of these videos.
Also, despite my join date, you're probably a better editor than I am.
This is my first time ever sending anything to pro, and it's also my first time in forever taking an amv contest seriously. I think the last time I did that was like 2005 so. Yeah.
I've written these as I was watching them, so they are first impressions only. Sometimes my feeling about a vid changes over time.
Read at your own peril.

Spoiler :

001 - Technically good but I have a bias against parody entries.

029 - Much love for this. Was pulled off really well. Congrats

039 - I haven't seen many MMVs but I know they're hard to do. You did a good job, loved your use of stock footage. Some animations were rather rough. A+ Storytelling.

040 - Audio level is super low?? If these were your masks and/or transitions, they're really nice.

043 - I made it through the whole thing but it's just really not my type of video. I don't think the song is good AMV material. Good effort anyway.

048 - Esca's my favorite anime and this footage looks gorgeous. Either from the new bluray and/or you've got an epic avs game. Intro is great, I feel like it doesn't really flow after that for some reason. Good editing, I'm just in the minority and this didn't really hit me overall.

049 - It's good but out of my scope to say anything about it. Nice homage.

055 - I REALLY REALLY LIKED THIS ONE. Nice timing, A++ story game. I usually find stories hard to follow in AMVs but you made it crystal clear what the progression was in this video. Amazing job. Standout for sure, I hope others appreciate it.

064 - Interesting concept, edited well, just didn't really grab me. I don't think the music is a good pair. Might be fixed if you had shortened the song. Seemed like it went on for too long.

065 - Good build up and good drops, but doesn't seem to keep up the tempo overall. Might've benefitted from the song being shortened. But I also have a bias as I've seen way too many Death Parade AMVs and I'm kinda Death Parade AMV'd out. Props for going with a different genre of music than is usual, though.

066 - Speed Grapher! Another of my fave anime. I don't think I've EVER seen an AMV of that. Unfortunately that seems to be the only thing going for this one. Didn't really grab me.

067 - It's well done for what it is, but I don't really go for these types of videos. Sorry.

070 - lol. Well. Points for originality.

071 - I see what you're going for here and it's a really nice idea, it just wasn't executed as well as it could've been. Did the Pro deadline sneak up on you? Seems like it could be tuned up more. Not sure if my pc or the video, but almost every edit seemed off.

073 - oof. wrong aspect ratio my dude. This concept is kind of overdone in the vidding community since infinity war came out. Your video isn't bad, but there's also nothing good that makes it stands apart from other vids like this.

074 - Pretty good but doesn't seem polished until about 1:12. The song starting there seems like more of your editing style's strong point. 2:07 - 2:25 another standout. Doesn't seem like the faster parts of the song were paced out as well as they could've been. Was there a filter put on this? Some of the scenes seem like a 3d effect was added. I know Spiderverse has some funky things going on with it but I don't remember some of these scenes looking like that. If it was a filter, it's a bit too distracting imo. Despite all this I liked the video.

077 - Static overlay for memories is surprisingly innovative. Not too distracting either. Great story progression, nice romance video.

079 - lol nice use of stock footage. Great story progression, love the song - atypical of these types of videos. Great synch. However, video quality differs a lot from sources/scenes. Didn't always seem intentional.

086 - It's not bad in any way really, but it doesn't really stand out, either. Probably hits home a lot more for people who've seen the anime (I haven't, but I know what it's about). 2:10 - 2:28 is a standout. Unfortunately the same feeling and tempo doesn't continue afterward - only picks up again some time later for the ending.

087 - See 074's review. You don't have any technical errors though. 3:14 - 3:33 I thought was your strongest part.

089 - A source I don't like with a music genre that I don't like which is overused YET. THIS IS A VERY GOOD VIDEO. Nice. Love your synch choices. Black flashes also used well but not overdone. Hard to pull off. Another stand out. A++

096 - It's well put-together. Can't comment much. I guess it goes in the same realm of 049. A good homage. I'm sure it's a great vid for fans.


097 - This is very much out of the scope of my editing style, so I can't comment on technique aside from the fact that this held my attention and seems like a cool video. 1:46 - 2:05 and 2:29 - 2:49 I felt were your strongest parts.

098 - The concept is there but it doesn't seem like it's finished. The lip sync is not... there. Either synch it or remove the lip flaps, what you have now just doesn't work. How unfinished this is is extremely apparent at the tone shift at 2:20 when the lip synch is on point. Did 2 different editors do this? You could've had something amazing here. Give yourself more time before the deadline to pull it off.

099 - Cute, well done, good contender for best romance. Made "boring" scenes keep my attention really well. Good story progression. This is sweet =]

100 - Some timing seems off but overall a nice, cute vid =]

103 - 0:57 - 1:10 was a stand out. nice. Also greatly enjoyed 1:46 - 2:30. Having seen a few other Fate vids (all of which are effects heavy), I'm not sure if these effects are yours or inherit to the anime. Sometimes they're done well, other times they're kind of distracting. In particular I felt the glitching was overused. Obviously, ignore this if you didn't put the effects there. Overall, a good vid but seems a little unfinished. Some more polish and I think it will be a very unforgettable AMV that sticks with you.

104 - Very nice video quality for the source material. I felt 0:54 - 1:00 was your strongest synch. 1:48 - 2:03 another stand out.

105 - Ooooooooooooooo. This is different. Only "bad" thing is, did you filter this footage? Looks kinda blotchy for lack of better wording.

106 - Tight timing all through. Felt 2:26 - 2:40 was your strongest segment. Points to the synched breath, thought that was cool.

108 - :/

109 - Not my type of video but there's nothing wrong with it and must confess I chuckled.

110 - Not my type of video. Nothing to distinguish it from similar videos. Shortening the song would likely have helped you here.

112 - Good for what it is, but not really my thing. Probably hilarious for fans or those familiar with the show.

118 - Love digimon! Take more care in trying to achieve a constant video quality. But I know it's hard for these sources. Alltogether just doesn't seem like you have developed an editing style or are solid with your editing fundamentals. But you have a good foundation. Keep practicing and making AMVs. The spirit is there.

119 - It's well-edited with higher video quality than I'm used to seeing in One Piece videos. It's solid, but like the escaflowne video (048), it doesn't really capture me. I'm probably in the extreme minority here.

120 - Timing is mostly on point but seems unfinished. Especially seems to fall apart toward the end. Give yourself some more time before deadline for polish. Still a really good video as-is. Nice contender for romance. Points for being distinctive from other AMVs with this anime.

121 - Not my thing, but very well done for what it is. Props for not overlooking lip synch at 0:48. That attention paid off. Some lip synch looks a little off but with this much synch, it doesn't take away from the video overall and is easily overlooked. Not lip synching 2:16 ("No more questions" ) I think detracts from the vid. I assume credits come after. That sequence is awesome if you made it yourself. Props.

123 - lol. Good for what it is.

124 - lol. Very creative synch and scene decisions. You REALLY wanted this pairing to happen. Valiant effort, but still seems to fall flat for me. Nothing technically wrong with your editing, just don't think the sources mixed well enough. Don't take this too hard. It's extremely difficult to pull off trailers well.

127 - Interesting synch choices. 1:05 - 1:08 and 3:05 - 3:23 I felt were especially strong. 1:41 - 1:44 another standout. Good as-is but also seems like it could use a bit more time to polish.

130 - Interlacing at 0:36 distracts heavily from otherwise beautiful source quality. Timing is good but scene selection and story progression needs work. Still an enjoyable romance vid.

131 - Was waiting for a good AMV to come out of this movie lol..... damn your fake out. Was gonna say this looked like a late stage rough draft til that part. Guess I called it. Hope you finish this some day.

132 - Good timing, synch, mood, story progression. Emotionally provocative, even for the only person on the planet who hasn't seen this series (me). Strong audio/video source pairing. Could use some polish in some areas but A+ as-is.

133 - Funncy concept, technically nothing wrong with it, but it failed to catch me, which is interesting since this is an anime I'm familiar with.

134 - Lip flap detracts from some parts. Seems like a late stage beta. Still a nice, emotional vid.

135 - Nice mask work (if that's not in the anime). Another one that seems like a late stage beta. 2:10 - 2:17 stood out to me. Still a contender for best romance imo.

136 - Cool concept. Good use of the tone shifts. Seems unfinished. Try not to reuse scenes so much. 2:42 - 2:52 seems especially weak. This could be an amazing video if you spent some more time on it.

137 - Audio quality seems bad, but I know it can be hard to get good sources for this. I thought this was executed really well, but some scene choices held you back. Not really a fault of you. You're limited by the material. Perhaps editing the trailer audio would've helped you here (or using a different trailer version). A+ on your titles.

138 - Live action trailer mashup? What a rare gem. Good effort, especially creative solution to lip synch. Unfortunately the whole thing just doesn't land for me. I can see and really appreciate the intent, though.

139 - Your fades could greatly benefit from eases (easy ease, ease in, ease out, etc.). Lack of this doesn't detract from video, however. Excellent overall. Doesn't hit me quite close to home as 055 did, but I have all the same remarks for you. I felt 2:14 - 2:26 was especially strong. Great source pairing. Loved the ending scene.

140 - Excellent storytelling for probably the only person on the planet who hasn't seen this anime. Beginning constant wipes were a bit distracting but this is a tight, strong vid beside that. Loved it.

141 - I like your editing style. It's so smooth. Another good romance video. That lens flare/color light effect thing gets really distracting after a while though. Try not to rely on it so much. It's more effective when you just use the subtle hue change as the transition instead (imo). Romance category is going to be real tough to judge this year.

144 - Ooo nice video quality for such an old anime. An odd song for an odd anime. Nice pairing. Some scene choices seemed like placeholders, but these were few. Late stage beta? 98% awesome, though. Probably will reach only a limited appreciation, but this is weird enough that's it's going to grow on me. I welcome myself to your editing niche.

145 - "this trailer is a parody of a parody" oh shit what am I in for.
ok damn that was good. That should not have worked as well as it did. Post this to r/marvelStudios when AWA is over. Will probably get tons of attention there. You have my vote for best trailer if we wind up with that category.

146 - I've no idea what's going on here but I like it. Fun. Great internal synch.

147 - The filter you used in the beginning hurts my eyes and doesn't add anything to your video. Really great internal synch. Gotta say I hate the intermission. Sorry. Gotta mention how great that internal synch is a second time though. I'm a bit jealous. I am very conflicted about this video but overall it is good.

148 - You are brave.... It may benefit you to look up frequently used source combos before going for your own. Your video doesn't seem to have anything going for it that sets it apart from the masses. Will probably appeal to fans of this particular movie, but otherwise falls flat.

149 - i n t e r e s t i n g... Excellent concept, but needs work. Spend more time polishing it and you will have a very nice vid on your hands. There are times it drags. Some more polish will fix the momemtum and buildup. Felt you could've ended at 5:04 on a more thought-provoking moment, but the last 30 seconds doesn't really detract from video anyway. You had my attention throughout the whole thing. The flaws I mention are minute. Very difficult to pull off for a vid like this in our community, especially considering its length. Congrats to you. Hope others appreciate it.

150 - Audio seems really low? Oof, don't try to lip synch live action. Live action sources aren't like anime, you can't edit them the same way. This style doesn't mesh well for your source. Practice/research a bit more before trying to bridge the communities. You've reached an unfortunate culture shock here.

152 - Your editing style does not go well with this song at all. Take some time to practice/research other AMVs with styles you like before entering more contests.

153 - I can't pinpoint any technical or artistic error in this video, but I don't know. It just falls flat. Sorry.

154 - This hit me in a good way. I can't really explain it. I get the feeling you might not be wholly happy with this video. Extremely late stage beta, perhaps? Well, rest assured this nobody is filing this AMV away for later. You and 144's editor would probably work well together if you haven't already. I feel like the brainstorms you two could come up with would be amazingly unique and a much needed divergence from typical AMVs.

155 - Could use some tighter editing, especially the beginning claps. Still a pretty good vid as-is, I enjoyed it. Not as stand out as others, but you have age of the anime (and derth of AMVs using it) working against you. I felt 1:53 - 2:03 was your strongest part. 2:42 - 2:55 another standout.

156 - Seems like an early beta. Timing and editing style not a good match up for this song. Picks up and tightens up at 0:49, but then gets too loose again.

157 - A better match of sources than most of the other trailers, but still falls flat. Seems like it would work, just needs some more time to think through scene selection in some spots. You've got a solid foundation here. Might be sitting on gold. Very strong ending. Kudos.

158 - Good atmosphere. I like your editing style. I liked this vid a lot but it seems like it might be a (very) late stage beta. Either way, kudos.

159 - I like this but it drags too much in my opinion. Unfortunately I'm not sure how you'd fix that while still using the same song, which would defeat the whole purpose.

160 - :\ Points for masking effort I guess.

161 - It's better than I expected, but not enough to keep my attention. Seems like it needs tighter editing. Early beta? Very strong beginning but fell flat early.

164 - Failed to keep up with the tempo changes in the music. Good start and it looks like the story progression is solid. Probably your editing style just doesn't mesh well with this type of song.

165 - Solid foundation but feels like an early beta. This seems like a video I should really like but for some reason it just isn't gripping me at all.

166 - Another song choice vs editing style mismatch. Feels like an early beta.

168 - This is definitely out of my editing style preferences but it's well-executed. Ending seems to fall flat though? This will probably grow on me a lot with subsequent viewings.

169 - Well executed. Loved the story progression, but seemed to drag a bit in the beginning. Outside this, I don't think I know enough to comment. Loved 2:20 - 2:33. Was doubting the source pairing til this moment.

173 - I'm biased because I didn't even like the original sketch.

174 - Timing could be tighter in some spots,but it is a technically good video. Can't see anything particularly wrong with it, but it didn't grip me. I'm probably in the minority. I felt 3:19 - 3:36 was your strongest.

177 - Well, points for innovative song type. Unfortunately I think I'm suffering burnout from AMVs using this anime. I felt 1:00 - 1:11 was your strongest segment. 2:00 - 2:20 another standout.

178 - WHOA unique song choice. Points. This has no right being as good as it is. Congrats on the execution. Excellent source pairing. Beyond all expectations. Could probably use some polish, but I overlooked it by how innovative this is. A++.

179 - Thought this was a dance vid to begin with and that was a good fake out. Tight editing, good story progression. Kept surprising me just as I was about to tune out. Also exciting to see a vid to a song like this that is not inundated with effects and masks. Unique and creative all around. Enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. The vid's longer than I usually go for, and it drags a bit in places, especially after 3min in, but it still progresses the story so I wouldn't consider this a complete negative. Overall, it still may be beneficial to shorten the mix by a minute or so.

182 - Not sure you'll find the audience you're looking for in a contest like this. Otherwise, no comment.

184 - Really nice source pairing. Tight editing. Story progression. A standout from the other vids using this anime. I felt 2:14 - 2:42 was your strongest segment. 3:14 - 3:45 another standout.

Nice mask transitions at 3:22, 3:27, 3:30 btw. If they're your's (I'm not familiar with this anime). Overall an A+ vid, contender for best overall imo (if we have that category), but the ending scenes could use work. Different selection/order may hit home better.

193 - Early beta? Needs a lot more work to reach its potential.

195 - I'm a little burned out from AMVs using this anime, but I still ended up liking this. Nice work. I liked your use of motion in your transitions (whether the motion inherit in the source material or manually done). However, like 141, you rely on that lens flare/color light effect thing way too much. It takes away from your otherwise good editing style.

Overall I would say that I personally am likely not a good person to be in pro?? If that makes sense. A bit of a culture shock, if you will.

[BleachShippu5678]

Honestly, I'm not good enough to really judge anyone's video, but since I'm in the contest as well I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm not very good with words and what I think which is why a lot of these are short. I also realized I say "really" a lot

Spoiler :

Pro 2019 Review

001: This exists and I’m honestly glad it does, no lie

029: I hate that I love this so much. I’ve watched it so many times and smiled throughout the whole thing

039: Was pretty good, but didn’t keep my attention too well, but to be fair I’m not really one for MMVs, so don’t take this too hard from me

040: This was really fun to watch and had me glued to the screen the whole time

043: Why?

048: Really smooth and a good watch. And the crisp quality made it even better

049: I absolutely love this, and I’m so happy I get to watch it

055: Never saw the movie before, but it makes me want to watch it. Very pretty

064: Flow was kinda choppy but I really like the idea of it, keep up the good work

065: Really see that you enjoy the series and it showed the animation well. Kinda struggled with the tempo at the second drop but good job

066: A lot of unnecessary crossfades and the flow was choppy and the video quality looked meh. Also try to remove lip flaps if you can

068: A lot of fun

070: Really funny idea and done pretty well

071: Really slow for how fast the song gets and didn’t really hold my attention

073: Really cool video. Even though I don’t watch Marvel movies it really made me understand what people love about them

074: I really felt your love for this movie, but I feel like you missed some opportunities with some of the drops and some scenes were cut too short which made it choppy. Also try to fix the letterboxing. Really loved the idea though.

077: Some of the scenes looked like they were stuttering and it had some unnecessary crossfades. Good video overall though.

079: Hadn’t seen a Death Note AMV in a while and I really enjoyed this one

086: Really loved some of the sync in this video. Enjoyed it

087: Really good video

089: Saw what you were doing with this video but it just didn’t hold me. Good job though

096: Good video overall and I like the idea a lot

097: I didn’t know this anime existed and I could have gone my whole life without knowing about it

098: Really good video, kept my attention throughout the whole thing and made me laugh a lot. Good stuff

099: Nice video and made me smile

100: Really good

103: Good video and reminded me of why I need to watch the new Fate/Movie

104: Good video and sync

105: Really liked the tone of this one and it was well done

106: Showcased the animation really well and I enjoyed it a lot

108: Yes

109: Made me laugh a lot and was done well

110: The flow was really choppy with really poor crossfades and it really didn’t hold my attention

112: Funny and enjoyable

118: Cool idea, but since I had never seen digimon I didn’t really relate to it much

119: I don’t even like One Piece and this hurt me. Really good video

120: Solid video

121: A lot of fun and really good lip sync

123: This exists

124: Makes me want to watch made in abyss. Good video

127: Absolutely love this video. Watched it multiple times and smiled the whole way through. I need to watch Toradora! again

130: Good video

131: The ending really cracked me up. Good stuff

132: You murdered my heart. Murder is illegal. You’re going to jail, kiddo

133: I really enjoyed this. Good video

134: Good video, I really need to watch this movie

135: Enjoyed this video a lot. Good stuff

136: Was kinda stiff in some spots but good overall. Really enjoyed the part with the solo.

137: Good idea and was done well

137: Really liked how you mixed the two sources. Good stuff

139: Really felt your love for this movie Really well done

140: Enjoyed this a lot

141: Loved the story you made with this. It was well done

144: Good video, though I recommend using Ken Burns

145: Honestly a really good video. I liked the idea a lot

146: Well edited and it flows nicely

147: Fun to watch and I love the sync a lot

148: This exists. Felt like I was in 7th grade again. That’s about it. It really just fell flat

149: Haven’t seen Hannible but I enjoyed it nonetheless

150: Was fun to watch and well put together

152: It really fell flat. Felt like you just threw in a few scenes and said “alright, that’s good”

153: I forgot Mirai Nikki existed, good idea and was well executed

154: Solid video, could use a bit of work, but well done

155: Was well done. A few cuts felt odd to me but other than that nothing really bad about it

156: Not my type of video, but it wasn’t bad. Just not for me

157: Not gonna lie, I thought this wouldn’t work well at all, but you proved me wrong. It fit oddly well and was strongly executed

158: Some sync was really good but some of the flow was really off. Could use a bit of work

159: Really liked the tone you set with this

160: This is not what I wanted today. Really good masking though. Don’t know how you had the patience for this

161: Good video with a good song

164: Felt off in some places. Work on taking out lip flaps

165: Solid idea, but it could use some work

166: The pacing was way too slow for the song and it just didn’t work

168: Enjoyed the flow and sync as well as the feel of the video. Good stuff

169: Extremely well done and really good sync

173: Made me laugh a good bit honestly. Nothing more to say about it though

174: Really well done. Loved that you showed some of the calmer moments and didn’t focus on action. Made me smile a lot

177: Amazing sync and tech. Good stuff. Crow sync for life

178: Love this. And I love that Code Geass is getting the love it deserves. Amazing stuff

179: Felt a little like it dragged on, could benefit from a song cut. Really good overall though

182: Not gonna lie, I just didn’t like it

184: Amazing video. Absolutely loved what you did with this

193: Fix letterboxing and use more than the first five minutes of the movie. That really killed the video honestly

195: Really good video and awesome sync

[UnluckyArtist]

This is my 4th or 5th time participating in this and I remember being the new guy entering this and being terrified and offended at what people were saying. I use to be the noob who's filesize was too big or the noob who's volume was too low or had low quality video, I've been there. Being called out on stuff like that through Pro's anonymous reviews actually helped me get better. It made me realize that I didn't know everything and made me want to reteach myself from the ground up on how to make a video no one can nitpick at. I think that was my goal.

The disclaimer here is that whatever you see or hear from me or anyone else, don't get discouraged. Don't get SHOOK. I've noticed a few more newer editors this year. I want to see all of you improve. Also I wasn't completely sober while reviewing these so this oughta be fun.

NOW...

Trix cereal - pretty self explanatory


The Pot of Gold from Lucky Charms cereal - top favorites


CLOWNS - notice there are 3 different clowns here. only 1 of these clowns mean I actually thought it was funny.

Spoiler :

1 - - favorite part was when there was no music and they were just talking to each other.

29 - - the guy in the ping pong vine at 1:28 was how i felt. It's also where I wanted to stop

39 - - mmvs tend to impress me more than amvs with all the color corrections and all the twix bar rotoscopes layer on because I don't think there's any plugin that can make drawings on a piece of paper move. Like I don't know how they do it. I imagine it takes alot of editing patience, something i dont have.

40 - - im sure the editor is aware by now the main problem with this and it's okay. It's an easy fix, just re-render it before uploading it anywhere and make sure to check your sound level meter. It should be peeking anywhere between green and red keeping in mind that red is too loud. I made the same mistake starting out with sending to contests and with that being said, I see potential in the editing. Audio aside it was pretty enjoyable.

43 - - this might have been, besides an attempt at humor, an attempt at a PSA for animal abuse. I didn't realize clown school offered editing classes.

48 - - nicely executed, intriguing music and it flowed together in a whole mood except somewhere in the middle where that mood was coming out of sync because of the faster movements and character focus change.

49 - - a nice tribute to mr walt disney but I feel like there's too much of him. As I appreciate what him and his company did for animation I'm not a fan of the man himself or that whole time period. It's called the show must go on but it was stuck on Walt. I wanted more of the animation itself. Isn't that the whole point? To see how far Disney has come as a brand?

55 - - um, beautiful. professionally crafted edit here im taking notes.

64 - - maybe its the anime.. but why tf is the whole thing the anticipation of pressing a button? A BUTTON?? the song makes it somewhat interesting to watch i'll give it that

65 - - um, I like. it's makes me anxious. the elevator door sync and kenneth burns really makes this stand out but several times throughout I wondered how well it was actually connecting... lyrically.

66 - - i have nothing to say about the amv but the anime is not one that I like.

68 - - i forgot weezer can make a catchy rock song about damn near anything, great idea, great execution

70 - - great clip choices, especially for the dialogue parts. gotta say though that the mix of 90s batman with 2010's marvel felt uncomfortable.

71 - - nice quality game footage, 1st step to making someone watch a gmv of a game they never played. the audio cuts could be smoother. can't say I want to learn more about warframe after watching.

73 - - i appreciate the vid, kinda had me in my feelings. you should dm the maker of 87 and ask where they bought their copy of avengers endgame and maybe ask them about MPEG4 as well.

74 - - upon hearing the song i was like eh.. but it seems to work okay with spiderverse. also at 3:47 my hearing sense was tingling in a bad way like suddenly the audio was louder, hurting my ears. Side note, taking HD video like Spiderverse and making a mpeg clip out of it will make the quality look worse. Like it's DVD quality. That's what happened here.

77 - - the grain actually was a nice touch I think. and a fade out in the end would've been nice. Also you might have heard already but theres no reason the file size should be over 500mb. Encode the render to something at least half that size for the final.

79 - - i liked the vibe and how you were toying with the brightness but sometimes during this effect it made it too dark. Like in the beginning around 5 seconds in the darkness ruined the transition there.

86 - - hearing the song at first was a little cringey but i got into the video pretty fast regardless. It's a healthy matchup that should be watched at some point.. like vegetables like.. some people might not want to eat vegetables but if they do they'll feel a little better because vegetables are good for the body.

87 - - it's fine i guess

89 - - nice character focus, cool music choice

96 - - you opened this with 10 seconds of palpatine and anakin just sitting there... this was a chilling character overview. it says alot about evil influence and the type of people they try to manipulate.. you could use another 10 minutes to show the emperor's negative influence and how far it reached. yikes. style of this and 87 is identical btw i know who you are.

97 - - replace the roaches with clowns and replace the title name with the name of the editor.

98 - - hi im uncomfortable . i kinda like the song though, yikes

99 - - CUTE

100 - - also CUTE, good character prof

103 - - good job

104 - - somewhat nostalgic. nicely done, reminds me to try the KH remakes, i have yet to play it.

105 - - a good fate amv. I don't usually see them so this is a treat

106 - - an enjoyable action, obviously it fits nicely cause the whole fighting demons concept

108 - - 2.75 mb is too big. this should have been 0 mb

109 - - amusing. i'm also glad it's less than a minute long

110 - - i don't think i'll ever get tired of this song, it's too good. finally some fucking dance videos.

112 - - 2:16 is how I feel.

118 - - I like the digimon tribute with the 80s music. and i dont care if its long... but the zoom sync at 2:09 was so uncalled for its almost funny. like maybe you aren't done with the video. go back to the timeline, take the zoom-ins, and throw them away. Also the ratio/dimensions are nuts. Why is this 1164x960.

119 - - cool but do you know what would've been so much better? using the original styx song. seeing this done to a sad cover version is disappointing.

120 - - braid girl romance, i approve

121 - - it funny.. uh.. it reminds me of another natalies rap amv i saw that was done with the yellow haired girl from that shaft anime i forget the name... yours is better.

123 - - i actually laughed a little, but also fuck you

124 - - some good transitions.. and it fits the audio pretty well but the said audio sounds quite bad, maybe that was the best available since it may have been ripped from an old trailer but.. it weakens the overall video

127 - - refreshing, like bubble water

130 - - cute but hey, the audio isn't completely center, I'm hearing it more on the left side than the right side.

131 - - bis is that you?

132 - - i do love a modern 80s homage. oddly enough though I feel like the high definition-ess of the footage (which i know is unavoidable cause it's a 2010's show) is preventing me from being fully immersed in the true 80s melancholy that the music calls for.

133 - - a cute clown

134 - - very warm.. I'm glad the 'she' isn't a cat this time but it's a bit hard to make a connection to the singer and the male character because.. I'm not hearing male vocals. If the guy is now a trans woman and she is now reminising on this past relationship.. then fine. Why, tf is this anime called " I want to eat your pancreas"

135 - - lots of weird little editing choices made here but i enjoyed it. maybe i should actually watch kaguya now.

136 - - refreshing and somewhat nostalgic. nice use of the band animations

137 - - don't listen to the naysayers, Spiderverse fits the trailer just fine. The SIB logo is lacking though. Explain underneath that it means 'spiders in black' or something. Hardly anyone watching will get that it's a parody on the MIB logo while seeing it the first time.

138 - - the atmosphere was there right away and it took a minute for me to realize it was a parody but the clue was there all along (comedic actor don knotts) clever...

139 - - i thank you cause I've never seen the movie. a music video is a good way to see what its all about. cool music choice 2

140 - - solid charater prof

141 - - wow so i heard you started using light leaks. why was he sad at the end is it becasue tamako choses a girl over him

144 - - uh... this might be my favorite. cant really explain why

145 - - a strange mixture of seriousness and quirkyness.... yeah he looks like "the dude" in his depression outfit but why incorporate that in the otherwise solid, serious video concept of Thor processing his actual depression? This had potential but its like you ran out of time or something.

146 - - fun and colorful, I think i like this, this anime. 00:56 is becauseimboard

147 - - why is Free in here also you know 1:45 - 1:52? go back to the timeline, cut out that entire segment and then forget that you cut the segment. outside of the extra attempts at humor, it's fine

148 - - wow so cool, such a great and original use of the new dragon ball movie. I'm sure this person spent a long time working on this one. Also that 30 seconds of black space at the end, smart.

149 - - Hannibal was such a beautifully dark show, somewhat drawn out or maybe not long enough but I appreciate this overview..

150 - - mmm looks like a good period piece to watch. I feel like I need to be more familiar with it to understand why this lady can relate so much to the little mermaid.

152 - - did Toby make this?

153 - - it fits. there's a sweet low key creepiness there along with the music.

154 - - this was a like a carnival ride. there's the start up, it gets faster, final stretch and it slows back down yay that was fun I enjoyed it

155 - - cool

156 - - pretty raw but theres some nice sync in there. angsty.

157 - - mob works so well here its disturbing

158 - - nice

159 - - hauntingly depressing, yes

160 - - how long did this take you to make 5 seconds? You could have at least picked a better background. what a bozo.

161 - - n sync more like kinda n sync for most of the video i guess

164 - - this was nice to just watch and hear the music without it trying too hard to sync. it still flowed well.

165 - - pretty cool, new voltron with this new wave type music, nice match up

166 - - interestingly spooky story here

168 - - seemed balanced, um. focused. took a sad turn, but overall had a light tone

169 - ahhhh wtf is going on

173 - - hey nice job i guess. this was my favorite rick and morty alt dimension commercial I think

174 - - well crafted, i wish you had used 1080p instead of just 720

177 - - something to take the kiddos to since they just got into demon slayer

178 - - i didnt know rapunzel of all princesses had a musical, not bad

179 - - I see what was being done here with the differnet singers cutting into each other and its done pretty well but am I suppose to act like my ears aren't bleeding half way through? I'm suppose to sit through 4 plus minutes of noise, you're kidding right

182 - - did crackthesky make this? im disappointed in you. a couple of these do put a smile on my face though.

184 - - flows like water nice

193 - - how long this take you 4 months?

195 - refreshing like a cold bubble water. the flow could have been better during the no-vocal segment.

[SQ]

This is a PSA that there have been voice chats in the discord server, and notes have been taken regarding all the vids and what was said about them during the calls. It's in a google doc that's publicly viewable. I kinda don't want to link it here just in case, but if you pop in the discord server that was emailed to pro editors, you can grab it.

The feedback for each video in those notes is generally more detailed and positive than the reviews in text, so, if you're feeling especially discouraged, consider joining the voice calls or looking at the notes.

[Rider4Z]

This is a PSA that there have been voice chats in the discord server, and notes have been taken regarding all the vids and what was said about them during the calls. It's in a google doc that's publicly viewable. I kinda don't want to link it here just in case, but if you pop in the discord server that was emailed to pro editors, you can grab it.

The feedback for each video in those notes is generally more detailed and positive than the reviews in text, so, if you're feeling especially discouraged, consider joining the voice calls or looking at the notes.

They're more useful too.

[PantsAMV]

[Opner]

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