What ruins amv, no story or subtitled footage?

Thorblitzer · Post by **Thorblitzer** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:11 pm

I'd rather watch a well-conceived vid with subtitles any day over a bad one without subs.

No story gets my vote.

But, to clarify,

inthesto wrote:I think rather than no story, what's dangerous is no concept.

A concept doesn't have to tell a story, as long as you have some kind of planning throughout the vid. Anything without some kind of concept is almost always crap.

Tormentor · Post by **Tormentor** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:44 am

Well both suck, but still subs are more distracting (as long as the creator didn't build his own ones

).

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:28 am

1) Stupid random scenes that make no sence at all to anything
2) Subtitles
3) Sloppy Footage (P2P)
4) Overuse of effects
5) Songs I don't like.. but that more personal

Imrallion · Post by **Imrallion** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:04 am

i say subtitles ^^

chambeyc · Post by **chambeyc** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:10 am

Subtitles get my vote too.
I saw a lot of good vids without story... Most important thing for me is that the mood of the music stick well to the mood of the images, as QuietCannon said.

Reigna · Post by **Reigna** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:17 pm

Like some others have already mentioned, not having a concept would ruin a video more than subtitles would, in my opinion. It's possible to have a good video with subtitles, but they become more of an annoyance and hack away at the viewing experience as a whole.

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:23 pm

Obsessively trying to pin down what ruins AMVs ruins AMVs.

Bongu-san · Post by **Bongu-san** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:47 pm

Which of the two ruins the amv? subtitled footage or no story(random scenes)?

By "ruins the amv", I am assuming that the amv would have been good if it didn't contain one of the two evils you mention.

...There's no need for story in amvs as long as there's a theme or just good beat syncing.

So, story = concept? If so...

I would choose story.
"Fansubs", though they are an eyesore and the editor will be seen as lazy/cheap/noob, if the video's concept holds, the video will be tolerable.

Garylisk · Post by **Garylisk** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:47 pm

subtitles. no story doesn't matter much.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:04 pm

Kusoyaro wrote:Obsessively trying to pin down what ruins AMVs ruins AMVs.

Yeah.. go away you uptight, anal, negatively aggressive nitpickers.