Besides, it's easy enough (and a good idea) to state why you're recommending a video in the post.
pink haze wrote:In response to DriftRoot's post:
I take it you are questioning why, if one finds an AMV with an excellent storyline and wants to recommend it, one should not do the following: instead of create a new thread in the Recommended AMVs area, find a category among the existing series, genre, or technical threads that a specific video with Narrative excellence would fit in, and add it there.
pink haze wrote:Oh, and lastly:Besides, it's easy enough (and a good idea) to state why you're recommending a video in the post.
I may as well correct this for anyone who doesn't know. It is not only "easy enough (and a good idea)," it is also required, as stated in the rules for the forum.
If you feel that there is a genre, style or popular show that would be good to have a list of recommended videos then please tell us by posting in the Site Feedback fourm.
amvs that contain sentimental themes - i.e. ones that are not quite dramatic and not quite romantic. These can be sympathetic or uplifting depending on the video.
Right now one can argue over whether a video deserves to be recommended as the best in its field, but it's much harder to argue over whether it deserves to be in the category it's placed in.
I hope I have not misunderstood you, DriftRoot, and that I do not sound argumentative.
pink haze wrote:Clearly, the Narrative category would not go under "popular show." That leaves "genre" and "style."
Webster defines "genre" as follows:
1: kind, sort
2: a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content
The Narrative category of music videos is characterized by its recognizable storyline or plot (content or form).
Argument 2 was, I repeat, that the Narrative category is too subjective. Firstly, I will point out that some categories are subjective by nature, such as "sentimental."
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But this may be a moot point, for I have been attempting to define the Narrative video objectively from the beginning. In short, it is a video that was created to communicate to its audience a story, and that does so successfully (if the audience can't find a storyline, it wasn't a success).”
We all watch movies--we know a plot when we see it. Whether we do it objectively or subjectively doesn't really matter as long as most of us can tell at the end of the day. Besides, usually when people intend for there to be a story in their video, they include something about it in their comments. That makes it even easier.
From the Sentimental Videos thread in the Rec forum:amvs that contain sentimental themes - i.e. ones that are not quite dramatic and not quite romantic. These can be sympathetic or uplifting depending on the video.
This is a side note, so I'll stick it at the end:Right now one can argue over whether a video deserves to be recommended as the best in its field, but it's much harder to argue over whether it deserves to be in the category it's placed in.
To the contrary, logically it should be nigh impossible to convincingly argue that a video is the best in its field if one cannot convincingly argue that it belongs in that field at all.
Also, the category definitions at the beginning of each section of the Rec Forum help people determine what category a video falls into, if the video is not already labeled by its creator or if it is not intuitively obvious. Deciding which video you think is the best and coming up with proof requires more thought and effort.
BasharOfTheAges wrote:I hardly think people not using it correctly is a reason to say no to the recommendation - subjectivity is what allows users to recommend complete crap in any thread already.
To think of it on a more basic level, we already have action, dance, and effects videos recommendations, why not have the element that is widely mis-attributed to be the antithesis of those things (videos with an actual story)?![]()
Also, it's not like getting a thread in that forum is a big to-do, they offer threads for specific series for christ's sake. Anything more defined than that should be put up - it's not going to be used that much anyways, and it'll end up like every other rec thread - half full of fanboys with no taste spouting crap about vids that have already been on the list 4 times already and friends jerking each other off.
My pointless/worthless comments were about the way things are in the rec forum in general and my agreement that the thread would be a good idea is partly split between it being a good idea and the fact that getting a thread on there isn't something even worthy of debate. It's not the sacred cow you're making it out to be.DriftRoot wrote:Also, it's not like getting a thread in that forum is a big to-do, they offer threads for specific series for christ's sake. Anything more defined than that should be put up - it's not going to be used that much anyways, and it'll end up like every other rec thread - half full of fanboys with no taste spouting crap about vids that have already been on the list 4 times already and friends jerking each other off.
So you went from saying a narrative category should be implemented because it is really worthwhile and important to saying it should be implemented because it's worthless and pointless anyways?![]()
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