Scene selection in AMV edition

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Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby TritioAFB » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:01 pm

I will like to request to all the editors viewing this thread to give opinions about why the scene selection is important in the edition of AMVs. In the past days viewing different entries from different contests, I have been noticing that a video may have effects, but if its scene selection is bad, the video is in the average group or even down than average.

Even with the editors of my country, I noticed that there is no flow in the video if the scene selection is bad. So what do you think crow?
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby Nya-chan Production » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:28 pm

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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby HalOfBorg » Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:04 pm

If the scene doesn't match the music (even a little), then it's like a youtube video when they changed the sound track. random.
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby godix » Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:35 pm

This is a very common bitchfest of mine. Especially in upbeat vids that use boring scenes with no action in them, then try to make up for that with effects. It's also pretty common in angsty vids, just pick something that looks emo and slap on the grunge. I blame the Russians.
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby Castor Troy » Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:50 pm

godix wrote:I blame the Russians.


In soviet Russia, scene selections you!
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby gotegenks » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:09 pm

what would an amv be without scene selection?
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby Castor Troy » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:20 pm

gotegenks wrote:what would an amv be without scene selection?


An amv on youtube.
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby Knowname » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:29 pm

I've also found that having TOO MUCH scene selection can work against you too. Ppll just don't like to THINK when they watch AMVs. I'm not too sure some of them even have the capacity to anyway >.>
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby TritioAFB » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:32 pm

What about the scene selection in crossover videos? :dino:
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby gotegenks » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:34 pm

Castor Troy wrote:
gotegenks wrote:what would an amv be without scene selection?


An amv on youtube.

lol, not quite what i was trying to say, but I halfway agree.
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby steplan15 » Sun Nov 21, 2010 8:20 pm

well not all youtube amvs sucks. ive seen good ones but its fairly short like a 10 to 50 second videos (i could give links and stuff), anyway its important for me just dont use it excessively, too much of everything is annoying.
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby TritioAFB » Sun Nov 21, 2010 8:46 pm

steplan15 wrote:too much of everything is annoying.


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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby Pwolf » Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:18 am

Scene selection is everything. Well, not everything, but even the most random action videos have some sort of scene selection in mind. If all you do is throw in what ever scene you can find, then you're doing it wrong. That being said, without any sort of rhythm and timing, even the most perfect scene selection will look terrible. There's also no such thing as "too much" scene selection. There's either "no" (just completely random), "some" (you put down what you want, but there's filler), or "perfect" (everything is perfect in your mind to convey your concept) all of which are determined by the editor and then interpreted by the viewer. I can make a video that was just randomly put together and the viewer can find it amazing and "understand" what I was doing even though there might not be anything to understand. I can also make everything exactly how it should be and the viewer wouldn't have a clue. The balance is having "perfect" scene selection but also keeping in mind what the possible viewers might see and modifying your selection or editing to better get your concept across.
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby EvaFan » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:51 am

It would be easier to say why scene selection isn't important because there are no reasons it wouldn't be. This is of course assuming your seriously wanting to make an AMV and not just having fun throwing something together randomly uncaring of how it turns out.

Good scene selection and bad scene selection is too moot to even get into and is a case by category basis thing anyway.
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Re: Scene selection in AMV edition

Postby Kai Stromler » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:09 am

The difference between good scene selection and poor scene selection is that if a video has good scene selection, the video works. If the scene selection is poor, it doesn't.

However, that's absolutely and completely as far as it goes. You can't teach someone to improve their scene selection; you can notice if it's poor, but telling them to fix it amounts to saying "suck less". There's no useful information being transmitted, because there's no such thing as an optimal scene selection process. What sorts of content the editor values when working with certain kinds of music or concepts is always going to be up to personal choice: it's their job to convince the audience that their selections are good rather than bad. Good scene selection is an emergent property of good videos rather than good videos being a necessary consequence of good scene selection.

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