



Just Curious: Godix, what can you say about Whisper of the Beast?
McDirty wrote:lokitocatracho wrote:Just Curious: Godix, what can you say about Whisper of the Beast?
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So I'm curious, what's the last original action video you guys have seen? What made it original. Bonus points if your reply doesn't go 'The effects were original....' And, perhaps more importantly, is it possible to make an action video that is more than beat sync and effects, or are those two things so tied up in what action is that going beyond them automatically takes you out of the genre?
That's the type of thing I always say, but it's so true. So if I had to attempt a working definition, I would say Action tries to cause an adrenaline rush by using content that is rooted in conflict of some sort. Let's assume Originality just means something new. Then in order to make an original action video, you can introduce new conflict.BasharOfTheAges wrote:I guess it's all in how you want to set your scope with the definition of Action
Hopefully I don't jump to conclusions here, but to modify this quote:BasharOfTheAges wrote:Anything that isn't focused on that intense connection between musical events and on-screen events (actions) is Drama
If that's what you are saying, I find that a really interesting way to look at it because it makes the term Action become much broader, and really does reflect the way people conventionally categorize Action videos.modified quote wrote:"Anything that is focused on that intense connection between musical events and on-screen events is Action"
IMO while is has some aspects of Classic Action (the sword fight), it would fit the [distorted] conventional definition of Action due to it's sync/motion-- but like you said, the emerging word Upbeat would be very appropriate, and I'm saying that's exactly why we shouldn't lump videos under umbrella terms like Action. That being said, the damage has already been done, and that video will probably always be called an action video. All I can do now, is invent new terms like I did above to distinguish it from other forms of Action. (Music has Classic Rock; AMVs can have Classic Action... and I can confidently say Hold me Now is not Classic Action)BasharOfTheAges wrote:is Hold me now still action?
I should probably resurrect this before you do too much work:BasharOfTheAges wrote:I'm actually doing a genre chart for a con panel now instead of eating... fuck this conversation.
godix wrote:So I'm curious, what's the last original action video you guys have seen?
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