What's in a name?

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What's in a name?

Postby gotegenks » Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:39 pm

How much do you think names matter, screen name of the editor, name of the video, Name of the announcement thread, name of the studio?

You think some get more attention than others? if so, what kinds of names? Like for screen names, you think It's better to have an originalish name than one like "xuchihasharingan1996x." With video titles, you think professional titles are better than "FF/MSI StupidMotherFucker" or how about random names that i see in a bunch of thread that are just jokes. What about putting your studio name in the thread title. What kinds of names have better connotation, what do you think either other people or you would look at in a better light? Do names not matter at all?

I think names contribute to a video or a user's memorability. Easier to remember a user with an original name even if they suck than a decent editor with x's and numbers in their name. Also easier to remember videos that have song-like titles than something like "I made this in an hour.avi," at least for me.
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby JaddziaDax » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:50 pm

I think that being Iliea helps your popularity :P
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby Fall_Child42 » Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:23 pm

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Re: What's in a name?

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:16 pm

Video names show some form of creativity, I suppose - on the same level as any title really. You want something to be memorable enough that people who don't rename their files can search for it easily if nothing else.

I've never really put much thought into studio names, handles, etc. to be completely honest, if you're not familiar to me, i probably won't look at your announcement thread. Nothing personal, I just don't really watch as many videos as I used to, which is a shame. I'm sure a lot of us are in the same boat. Maybe a "watch X random videos + Star/QC them" thread might liven things up around here...
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby Kitsuner » Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:38 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:I think that being Iliea helps your popularity :P

Who?
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby Shin-AMV » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:39 pm

I'm terrible with titles and end up defaulting to the song title or a song lyric for the title most of the time. Its something I want to change though cause I think some titles lend themselves to a little more memorability, but only if the video itself was memorable in the first place, the name/title won't do it on its own unless its some really awesome title. On that note, I get annoyed with titles that would otherwise be plain but use really goofy fonts for weird accents and tick marks above what would have normal letters, unless the theme/motif of the video fit for it.

For usernames/screen names I think there is some sense of name recognition but thats true for anything, if you make good stuff you could probably have a ridiculous name like XxGokuUchihaKurosaki1990xX and still be recognized but it would probably be a hurdle for anyone to take you seriously at first, and people will end up shortening it to some easier to remember nickname anyways.

For Studio-names I think either simple names are better than ones trying to evoke too much of an image. Some names that come to mind that are memorable and not over the top are like soul's team, re-evolution, AuN. They're short and simple and don't whack you over the head with some strange name thats trying to be deep or philosophical but really is empty and meaningless like Dark Echoes of the Abyss Studios or something silly like that.

Although I have no idea what AuN means or stands for and I've been curious for awhile, so someone with the answer fill me in on that please. :P

So I guess in summary, its easier to take seriously something thats associated with names that aren't ridiculous or overly outlandish.

Kitsuner wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:I think that being Iliea helps your popularity :P

Who?

Maybe she meant that one guy... Ilya? I hear he makes good AMVs.
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby l33tmeatwad » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:49 pm

Kitsuner wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:I think that being Iliea helps your popularity :P

Who?

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Re: What's in a name?

Postby CodeZTM » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:21 pm

I generally look more at video titles than editor names, but if you have more than 4 x's, an anime character name, and a string of numbers greater than 3, I'm likely to be VERY afraid of your work. Slightly shallow on my part, I know...

That being said, I generally look at the song/anime more than a username or title.

Oh, and filenames like amvfinal5.mp4 or narutoamv34betazarx264.mp4 irritates the living hell out of me. I would not be a bit sad if the org enforced a file-naming requirement. Generally, I rename files to something like [Editorname] Title.mp4 anyway, so I guess that's not much of a complaint anyway.
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby TritioAFB » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:52 pm

FacePalmStudio...

Hmm creative name
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby gotegenks » Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:17 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:I think that being Iliea helps your popularity :P

i tried that and i didn't notice any particular boom.
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby JaddziaDax » Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:31 am

gotegenks wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:I think that being Iliea helps your popularity :P

i tried that and i didn't notice any particular boom.


you can't rip her off, you have to BE her O:
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby gotegenks » Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:42 am

i adopted her avatar and everything, WHAT MORE DO I HAVE TO DO!~?
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby JaddziaDax » Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:31 am

you have to BE her O:
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Re: What's in a name?

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:49 am

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Re: What's in a name?

Postby kireblue » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:54 am

Shin-AMV wrote: Although I have no idea what AuN means or stands for and I've been curious for awhile, so someone with the answer fill me in on that please. :P

It stands for Anime Universe Network (which was a website that Bakadeshi made). I remember that someone posted this on Chiisus' formspring. http://www.formspring.me/Chiiisus/q/260552050792740092

Anyway, I don't actually look at the song/ anime combination of the video before I watch it. When I scroll down the announcement thread, I search for any creative or catchy thread titles. Then I search for editors that I know of. For about a year, I watched every single video in the announcement thread and rarely let one go unchecked, but that really became tiring. I still watch a significant number of them though.

Back to the point: If you give your video some generic "character x vs character y" name, its gonna turn people off. And if your user name requires significant effort to remember, people won't even be able to remember if you've made good videos in the past. I actually put a lot of thought into naming my videos.
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