Just wondering if people could give some feedback on an amv I just created. I don't make them often and would like to know what areas to improve on or what is good about the video. Any advice is appreciated.
Pure Madness
Feeback on my AMV
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Kireblue
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Re: Feeback on my AMV
Welcome to the Org! The rules of announcing videos in the "AMV Announcement forum" require you to catalog your video first. So please do that as soon as possible. If you don't know how, here is the FAQ post about it: How to Catalog & Upload Videos
Until then, I'm going to move your thread to the “Awaiting Catalog Entry” forum. And I can move it back once I see that you've done it.
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boagz57
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Re: Feeback on my AMV
Okay, I believe I cataloged my video (Pure Madness - Ruelle Madness). Let me know if there was something I did wrong
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seasons
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Re: Feeback on my AMV
There are some pretty well-edited passages throughout this video. The theme is consistent and it's obvious what you're going for and I think that a lot of viewers who gravitate towards this kind of epic/dark vibes are going to get a lot out of this. Effective use of match cuts and internal sync. And when the song reaches its climax, the visuals really do reflect what the music sounds like.
My only complaint, or maybe what held me back from really feeling everything that you were going for here, was the introduction to this AMV, or the first 30 seconds or so. There's a lot of action and intense scenes here, and this limits just how comparatively intense the rest of the video feels, or at least it doesn't give it quite as much room to build up into something bigger, from the beginning we're practically there already.
Or at least that was my impression on the first viewing. Watching it again, this section does feel a little toned down compared to what comes later, so it's obvious that you put thought into how that was structured and the effect that it would have on viewers. I think most AMV fans just like more action and visually active scenes in these kind of videos than I do, so I'm probably in the minority with this particular reaction.
My only complaint, or maybe what held me back from really feeling everything that you were going for here, was the introduction to this AMV, or the first 30 seconds or so. There's a lot of action and intense scenes here, and this limits just how comparatively intense the rest of the video feels, or at least it doesn't give it quite as much room to build up into something bigger, from the beginning we're practically there already.
Or at least that was my impression on the first viewing. Watching it again, this section does feel a little toned down compared to what comes later, so it's obvious that you put thought into how that was structured and the effect that it would have on viewers. I think most AMV fans just like more action and visually active scenes in these kind of videos than I do, so I'm probably in the minority with this particular reaction.
The only other video on your YouTube account--with a juicy 5.5 million views--is from 11 years ago! What brought you back into editing?
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boagz57
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Re: Feeback on my AMV
Thank you for your comments. Really appreciate it. Ya I try to balance the need to make the beginning of the video interesting while also trying to keep the pace a bit slower/less chaotic. I guess in my mind if the beginning of the video is too slow the viewer will lose interest and not view the rest. This is actually the problem I'm trying to balance with another video I'm making since the beginning of the song is pretty slow, and the clips will reflect that pace with less motion in them. My current idea is to try and make the beginning more visually interesting by providing faster cuts and maybe mix some audio in there to keep the viewer hooked until the action parts.
Haha, ya. I have no idea how that got up to so many views. Perfect timing I guess. And I don't know, I just had a couple songs recently hit me in a certain way that made me want to try and create something with them. I also found davinici resolve which I tend to like better and makes editing a bit more manageable then sony vegas (which I used for all my amvs prior).The only other video on your YouTube account--with a juicy 5.5 million views--is from 11 years ago! What brought you back into editing?
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Megamom
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Re: Feeback on my AMV
Good AMV I like how concise the idea is and how it conveys it to the viewer. My only two complaints, first, I totally agree with Seasons on how the AMV starts, I would say that it is the weakest part of the work, second, the strange cut of music at 1:24 to 1:26, I checked the original song and at It seems that it is due to some technical and not human problem, in any case, it is advisable to try to avoid these errors.
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boagz57
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Re: Feeback on my AMV
Thank you for your input. I'm definitely thinking about how to better handle the beginning of videos. Hoping to better balance this with my next video.
Ha, ya, I noticed that after I already exported it and loaded it to youtube. Wish I could re-upload but oh well.the strange cut of music at 1:24 to 1:26