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Postby Spellweaver » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:13 pm

One thing that really bothers me is when people apologize for something in their description

"Sorry for the Subtitles... but I was too lazy to take them out" is all I hear. There is a thread dedicated to tell you 3-4 different ways if I am not mistaken on how to remove subtitles. If you truly cared how you presented your video you would have looked at it and tried to fix it. People apologize for a lot of things in their video and at the end they say "It only took me 30 mins!!!" it disappoints me more so then it upsets me.
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Postby Kumagarou » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:14 pm

More than likely this has already been said, but subtitles have become increasingly annoying especially since there are multiple sites where raws of the episodes are available.

Oh and pretentious AMV creators. D:
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Postby Knowname » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:04 pm

Castor Troy wrote:I hate it when people bash a video just for the source/song being used and not giving any criticism about the actual editing. :evil:


sometimes that is not fair, but sometimes it goes by the saying 'no news is good news' or 'some things are better left unsaid'.

like on a few first videos I've reviewed (when the other has obviously since improved) I simply might comment 'I didn't like the concept', I don't want to go into his editing style as it's obviously changed since then. Some things are better left unsaid.

Other times (mostly on average videos) I may not have words to describe how INCREDIBLY mediocre it is, most of these follow the guides to a 'T' leaveing no enginuity or problems. For stuff like this I comment on everything/ anything but the editing style as well. No news is good news.
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Postby Knowname » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:13 pm

Kitsuner wrote:Unimagintive titles are a little annoying. I'm tired of seeing titles like "Sasuke's Reason", "Goku's Just a Kid", and "Who Let Inuyasha Out?". A lot of the time, I don't even think about downloading a video with a boring title. The way I see it, if someone doesn't care enough to come up with an interesting title, they probably don't put much effort into their videos. Granted, there are some great videos with crappy titles, but there aren't enough of them to change my opinion.


uhm-hmm... like naming them after PEOPLE! lol... heh, but I agree, 'Who let inuyasha out' sounds a million times better in the video description rather then... did somebody put 'Who let the dogs out' with Inuyasha?? That could be so hillarious!! OMG! *downloads
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Postby Kitsuner » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:32 pm

Knowname wrote:
Kitsuner wrote:Unimagintive titles are a little annoying. I'm tired of seeing titles like "Sasuke's Reason", "Goku's Just a Kid", and "Who Let Inuyasha Out?". A lot of the time, I don't even think about downloading a video with a boring title. The way I see it, if someone doesn't care enough to come up with an interesting title, they probably don't put much effort into their videos. Granted, there are some great videos with crappy titles, but there aren't enough of them to change my opinion.


uhm-hmm... like naming them after PEOPLE! lol... heh, but I agree, 'Who let inuyasha out' sounds a million times better in the video description rather then... did somebody put 'Who let the dogs out' with Inuyasha?? That could be so hillarious!! OMG! *downloads


Even if nobody wants to play, I'm still keeping my name game open. After all, I'm sure someone will eventually decide they want 3 free opinions just for guessing a video's namesake correctly. Besides, all of my videos have a second title to keep them from being too unimaginative. :P

As for the rest of your post, I was saying that "Who Let Inuyasha Out?" did NOT sound like a very clever title, while it seems like you thought I was saying otherwise. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.
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Postby Sub0 » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:48 pm

no, I thought ... what you thought.... like all the videos to enter sandman are named stuff like 'Enter Shinji' hmm... well...
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Postby staces » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:00 pm

Sub0 wrote:no, I thought ... what you thought.... like all the videos to enter sandman are named stuff like 'Enter Shinji' hmm... well...


That sounds more like the title to a YAOI fanfic than an AMV. 0_o
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Postby dj_ultima_the_great » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:25 pm

staces wrote:
Sub0 wrote:no, I thought ... what you thought.... like all the videos to enter sandman are named stuff like 'Enter Shinji' hmm... well...


That sounds more like the title to a YAOI fanfic than an AMV. 0_o


I could see Kaoru getting in on that one. (Or getting it on...?) XD


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Postby Thorblitzer » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:00 pm

I also really hate those vids that are nothing but lip-syncing. Sure, it's cool that you're good at that, but they get really boring really fast if nothing is happening. :?
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Postby ssj4lonewolf » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:50 pm

thorblitzer wrote:I also really hate those vids that are nothing but lip-syncing. Sure, it's cool that you're good at that, but they get really boring really fast if nothing is happening. :?

yea too much lip sync can be a bad thing if the vid has no substance.
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Postby Uanime5 » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:53 am

ssj4lonewolf wrote:
thorblitzer wrote:I also really hate those vids that are nothing but lip-syncing. Sure, it's cool that you're good at that, but they get really boring really fast if nothing is happening. :?

yea too much lip sync can be a bad thing if the vid has no substance.


If a song has no imagery then it is impossible to do anything but lip-sync.
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Postby Kitsuner » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:27 pm

Uanime5 wrote:
ssj4lonewolf wrote:
thorblitzer wrote:I also really hate those vids that are nothing but lip-syncing. Sure, it's cool that you're good at that, but they get really boring really fast if nothing is happening. :?

yea too much lip sync can be a bad thing if the vid has no substance.


If a song has no imagery then it is impossible to do anything but lip-sync.


The song doesn't necessarily need imagery. One could simply come up with one's own idea of what scene fits best. Lipsync should not be used as a crutch.
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Postby Scintilla » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:31 pm

Kitsuner wrote:Lipsync should not be used as a crutch.

God, YES. I hate it when I see an otherwise good video that's ruined by too much (and inappropriate) lip synch.
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Postby [Mike of the Desert] » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:29 pm

Scintilla wrote:
Kitsuner wrote:Lipsync should not be used as a crutch.

God, YES. I hate it when I see an otherwise good video that's ruined by too much (and inappropriate) lip synch.


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Postby Skylink » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:39 am

I'm tired of trying to lipsynch, getting it right in Premiere, exporting, then watching it being 'wrong'. It's not fair! T_T *doesn't lipsynch anymore*

I'm tired of VirtualDubMod dividing by zero on my .ogg files.

And I'm tired of watching the video that I dislike the most getting more stars than the one that I like better. Ah well, my opinion is futile X[
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