OtakuMan22 wrote:As for the music, it doesn't bother me as much. But it's always the same Linkin Park, Evanescense (sorry folks, but that's NOT real Goth Rock), some psuedo-metal, etc. Looks like some people need to get out of the house more.
There was another thread about this, and I have to agree that AMV makers need a more diverse range of music. I see it as a two-part problem:
1) The AMV maker is very well schooled in anime and decides to make an AMV using an anime that's good, but not often watched or seen. They think it's good, and it is good too. BUT THEY KNOW SQUAT ABOUT MUSIC! They take their MTV (the supposed "source" for good music) stuff and try and put it together to a vid. Since the music is so overdone, the vid comes out bad!
2) The musically talented person may know music history by heart, and can list albums and the songs on them without batting an eye. They want to express their love of music and anime by meshing the two into an AMV. BUT THEY DON'T KNOW MANY ANIME! They take their Cartoon Network and Adult Swim sources, and mesh them together into a vid that can come out good, but because the show is so overdone, it often gets ignored because it's just "another DBZ vid", even if it's the best vid ever with DBZ!
The real skill is to have a knowledge and mastery of both music AND anime to create the really great vids. I remember Kevin Caldwell (considered one of the greatest AMV makers of all time) did the William Tell Overture to Child's Toy. Child's Toy was not released in the US, so it would have been considered rare at the time, and the music was CLASSICAL MUSIC! Practically NOBODY had used classical music before!
But he put them together, edited them, and it WORKED! It worked so well, that even non-members of the org can watch it because it is considered a PRIME example of good AMV making.
So how to stop the influx of new and bad videos?
1) Be helpful on the forums. Answer people's questions and give advice. As long as your nice, some people will actually listen and you'll walk away feeling happy that you helped someone.
2) Leave an opinion for a vid, ESPECIALLY if it has less than 10 opinions. Even if the vid is bad, constructive crticism helps. You might get a reply back from the AMV creator thanking you for your criticism and promises to make a better vid next time, or re-do the vid they made (always allowed!)
3) Share! Always share your knowledge, your wisdom, advice, and especially links to OTHER sources of information. It will help people out greatly.
I've been here for a while now, and I've seen some people from here and abroad thank me for some of the things I've said. Granted it's not all the time, but when it happens, it gives me a sense of satisfaction for staying here on the boards. Makes it all worthwhile, ya' know?
It has even inspired me to try and publish in a weblog or through an online magazine some of my discoveries and advice so that it can be more widely read and recognized and useful.
You never know who might thank you!
~Otaku-Man
What bugs me is that the better amv makers seem to be stuck on the more mediocre music artists like Frau Frau (or even Weird Al). I mean seriously folks.... THEIR NOT ON THE RADIO FOR A REASON! It's one thing to use a song becase you DO really think it's a great tune, but so many ppl put down pop and rap and mainstream rock before even listening to them?? No idea why... probly because their popular... maybe cuz they've heard the song slaughtered a million times in Jimmey Fallon sketches. NO people! These songs are ACTUALLY good, if you want your vid to be good, why purposeley use a mediocre song?! Not trying to spur a pop revolution but sometimes Micheal Jackson can make good songs you know... I mean seriously... it just seems we disregard the radio or mtv when putting it down! In an unbiased world it wouldn't be that way you see.




