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Re: AMV Taboos/Stereotypes/Cliches: Old and New

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:52 am

waitasecond... "PatrickD's Ten Commandments of Anime Music Videos" - he wrote that? seriously? People took PatD's comments about AMVs seriously at some point? :rofl:
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Re: AMV Taboos/Stereotypes/Cliches: Old and New

Postby ngsilver » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:25 am

I've broken almost every single one of those commandments. Most very intentionally after I knew better. :bzz:
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Re: AMV Taboos/Stereotypes/Cliches: Old and New

Postby JaddziaDax » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:37 pm

1. Is easy to get around if you crop things properly and make all the ARs match, however I've broken this one without cropping as well, only difference is it squashed the wide screen to full.

2. I've done this as well... the worst thing about subtitles is not that they are distracting, but just how much people will complain about them. The complaints is why I ended up cropping them out of my old videos.

3. Lipflap in moderation is not harmful, however it can come across as failed attempt to lipsync. I'm pretty sure I've broken this one, but not too much.

4. I admit, I'm guilty on this one >.>; I've done this twice not caring as well, for a couple of those early B-Day vids O:

5. I've broken this one, but I try to at least use iTunes anymore, if not buy the entire CD just to have a good copy of the song.

6. I've never used VHS footage, however I have neglected to crop off the black bars from DVD footage..

7. This is how I edit. There are usually a few things planned in my head, however the rest is usually left up to my intuition.

8. I'm pretty sure I might have done this once.. I honestly can't remember. I know I've used the same scene in two different videos.

9. I've done this.

10. Every single one of my early videos (2005 and before)

Wow looks like I'm a "shitty editor" lawl... but I guess that's what improving is for O:
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Re: AMV Taboos/Stereotypes/Cliches: Old and New

Postby Knowname » Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:31 pm

PatrickD's Ten Commandments of Anime Music Video wrote:(No offense intended towards God or religion. Deal with it.)

1) Thou shall not take any aspect ratio except one aspect ratio.
Don't intermix full screen video with letterboxed video. Changes
between the two are distracting for the audience. You want your video
to look like one complete product, but intermixing the two aspect ratios
works against that.

I actually changed my full-screen content to wide-screen simply cuz I wanted to :P
PatrickD's Ten Commandments of Anime Music Video wrote:2) Thou shall make no image with subtitles.
Subtitles are bad. Don't do it. Text distracts the audience. They'll
be too busy reading to pay attention to the video. This also applies to
the logos that networks stick in the bottom-right corner.

custom subs.... they're still bad (I HATE to read :x) but doable
PatrickD's Ten Commandments of Anime Music Video wrote:3) Thou shall not let characters talk in vain.
Avoid having characters talking in the video (unless their lips are
synchronized with the lyrics.) If characters are talking while you
can't hear what they're saying, the audience is left wondering what
they're missing.

depends on the situation, sometimes (in memories) one can't really expect to hear all the conversation
PatrickD's Ten Commandments of Anime Music Video wrote:4) Thou shall honor thy fellow creators.
Don't take anime footage from other videos. If you actually want to
make a good video, you'll need to do it right and record your own source
footage. Go buy the DVDs.

and I say, hey, why not?? :/ who's gonna stop me.
PatrickD's Ten Commandments of Anime Music Video wrote:5) Thou shall not steal.
Yeah, Napster might be fun, but if you're going to use a song in a
video, go out and buy the CD. MP3s aren't the same quality anyway.
Plus, you'll get a warm, fuzzy feeling for supporting the music artists.

sometimes unavoidable, such as ocremix'
PatrickD's Ten Commandments of Anime Music Video wrote:6) Thou shall not let video static lie.
If you're recording from VHS, put a mask over that video static in the
bottom few lines of the screen. Seeing that hop all over the place
while the video plays is distracting...and it looks bad too.

8) Thou shall not use footage more than once.
Avoid using the same video clip more than once. It shows that you
either have a very short memory or you didn't capture enough source
footage. If it's a humor bit, keep in mind that there's a reason
comedians never tell the same joke to the same audience twice.

and finally I say what?? what?? this guy obviously has a terrible grasp on comedy :|

the rest are all good though :D
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