Beowulf wrote:If you want an AMV that tells a story, just click my sig. Its a 25 minute story.
I think a point worth mentioning is that (I would bet) people don't appreciate the story in the video unless EVERYHTING else is good. If your video is telling a narrative but the editing is boring, say goodbye to your narrative, because no one cares.
Things poeple notice in a video in order of priority:
Song
Effects (if present)
Anime
Editing
Story
If all your ducks are in a row, THEN you can appreciate the story and the other finer things. But if they aren't, you can't. I don't give a shit about the story the video is telling if I hate the song, or I think the effects are tacky.
sort of. There are amvs that watching the anime is a MUST, describes the anime, and there are amvs that stand up on their own, so you can flic ole anime out of that equation.
my akira video would be
song
effects (not present)
anime (not relative)
story
editing (it ABSOLUTELEY sucks so I can't see how anybody could rate this over story on my video)
a few others like it would be... would be... well none other like it (mostly cuz I don't want to say Elvis vs. Anime's or Purpose of Pursocon's editing sucks ;p) a CLOSE one, though would be The Wired Knight's Ephalumps and Woozles vid.
On my second vid I'd put the order more EXACTLY as you said, though.