AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal (Nekocon 14, here we come!)

[Warlike Swans]

Of the current options I'd go with the alphabet or the explosions.

[Gaelstrom]

Of the current options I'd go with the alphabet or the explosions.

Alphabet is one that I don't have an idea for if we did do it, but I also thought it could be a decent one if handled correctly.

They're the ideas I came up with, but I do believe Dalek and Explosion are decent choices. Explosion will be much easier to do, especially with limited time. So if I had to make a choice now, I'd want to move ahead with the explosion idea unless someone could give an example of how we could make other ideas work with good impact. I can even make the audio file for the explosion available for everyone very quickly. We just need a good general explosion, and I think it'll be fun and kind of classical to use something over the top, BUT something with meaning that can have implied meaning whenever used.

For an example, starting with an Evangelion clip and have something like Shinji tripping onto Rei, and as soon as his hand is on her breast it does *click* *BOOOOM* and we show Second Impact. Then every subsequent clip is a play off how easily a simple mistake causes the Second Impact. Like starting with that, then one clip could be a character lights a cigarette or throws the cigarette away nonchalantly and that causes second impact. And then something like a scene with a big race where the protagonist is about to win, show the tape breaking and use the click sound, then second impact. Hell, it could even become a character, someone looks around a corner and his eyes widen and it causes Second Impact.

Those aren't that good, I know, but they're just quick examples to reiterate the basic idea of how the explosion is more than just a sound and visual, it becomes a story how ridiculous shit can cause the explosion. Much like that vid Deuce posted earlier in response to the idea.

[Squancho]

Now that I see it clearer I'll put my vote in for the explosions.
Can't really go wrong.

[moonbunnychan]

My laptop power cable died...least I'm hooooping it's just that and not a much more serious problem. If it is, least I have all my salad stuff backed up. (phew).
I wanna see the full thing first, but I have one other clip that would either be awesome for the "AMV Salad 6 coming next year" thing or if not for that just as one more clip from me. Till I figure out what's going on with my laptop though my checking here is gonna be a bit spotty since all I've got is my phone.
But explosions are awesome (plus it's quick and easy to do). There's nothing saying though that the other ideas couldn't make for having one clip each for them, because they're awesome ideas.

Also when you say a panel, do you mean have a panel and not be in the fan parodies, or a separate panel just about the project? Since I kinda feel being in the fan parodies gets the bigger audience. I know AMV Hell had a huge panel last year but they also have more of a massive following.

[Squancho]

It would be a separate panel where we can spotlight the editors that are present with the clips they've contributed in past episodes. Maybe I'd play AMVS4 to get everyone caught up so they can go see 5 at parodies but I haven't heard if it's been accepted or not.

[Angelyco]

FINALLY sent you my video, Deuce.

[Gaelstrom]

Speaking of showing 4, Deuce, can you please attempt to get 3 and 4 to get a re-show again? I know all three probably wouldn't work, but would you please suggest to Scott that showing 4 again would be a good idea, and since 3 didn't get its encore, it should be given its shot?

I know it probably won't work, he doesn't particularly like AMV Hell style stuff, but I REALLY REALLY WANT TO RECORD A REACTION TO AMVS3! ^^ ...and I want another recording of 4 in a big 2000-person room.

Yes, selfish reason.

Anyway, tomorrow I'll get the explosion audio posted for everyone. I'd really like to get into a live chat with people somehow to figure out a good idea.

Based on the idea of second impact, is there another explosion that has meaning like Second Impact? I was thinking the explosion in Code Geass, but that one's meaning is more dark and less grandiose. I'm thinking we need to find a good way to connect the explosion occurrence with something extreme, to the point that it gets more and more ridiculous. It's why all the jokes work where something small causes a nuclear explosion, because a nuclear explosion has meaning and severity, but is also kind of fantastical.

Actually, we could even use the Earth exploding from my clip in AMVS3 with DBZ.

[Squancho]

There's also the "Bombshell" explosion at the end of AMVS2.

[Gaelstrom]

There's also the "Bombshell" explosion at the end of AMVS2.

Actually I was thinking of that clip when I said nuclear explosion, but nuclear explosions are overused in this joke to begin with. We can default to it if need be, but even if Second Impact isn't the best idea, I just came up with it at that moment for an example, I'd choose that right now over anything else because it's different. Think about the nuke after 3 or 4 clips. You'd see it coming, and that may be useful as long as we have a clip where seeing it coming is part of the joke. Like someone's about to press a button, and they go 'no, that won't work" and another character presses it instead.

I have more animation work today, but tonight I'll post the audio as soon as I can.

[moonbunnychan]

Unrelated to an actual in show explosion, I wanna make an explosion either with the volleyball scene or the penguin knocking over the bucket scene in Azumanga.