

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Seem to me there is an explosion of AMV contests as every con, club and organization is getting into having a AMV contest, let there seems to be less and less creators entering them and I see a lot of contests struggling to get their share of entries.
Even though there seems to be a lot more AMVs more world wide these days, the number of contests in North America has grown by a huge amount by the amount of editors that participate has shrunk. Some of that may even have to do with Youtube as there is less need by some to have a large audience see their video when hundred of thousands can from the comforts of their home.
Interestingly enough, submitting to too many contests use to be a real controversial subject (trolling, etc) however seeing there are so many contests screaming out for entries, I wonder how this has changed that perception.
It is also intrusting to note that some of the traditional contests still end up wit a lot of entries even to this day. Do people feel loyal to a particular contest? What actually draws creators to enter a specific contest? It is loyalty, the person running it or the way its run?
Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Ironically though, AMV rooms at cons (at least the ones I run or know about) seem to be very popular and continue to grow. At Sakura-Con, only three years ago the room size was 90 and today it’s 840 with many hours at full capacity. So is that people want to actually go and just enjoy videos rather then watch them in a contest?
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This is it, in my opinion. We have been running a panel at some conventions, The Ten Greatest AMVs of All Time and The Ten Funniest AMVs of All Time. It's not really a pannel, just a showing of ten really good AMVs. Always to a crowded and even sro room.Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Ironically though, AMV rooms at cons (at least the ones I run or know about) seem to be very popular and continue to grow. At Sakura-Con, only three years ago the room size was 90 and today it’s 840 with many hours at full capacity. So is that people want to actually go and just enjoy videos rather then watch them in a contest
Castor Troy wrote:Absolutely nothing beats a live screening. I used to think that live screenings and awards were the main reason why so many editors enter cons in the first place.
Sadly, alot of the editors that started before youtube, hell, even before the .org's local hosting are just moving onto other things or have just lost interest. The youtube generation has literally de-valued videos in a sense that it's not so hard to get your work shown anymore. Got rejected from a contest? Fuck that, just put your video on youtube.![]()
I thought the digital age was going to bring even more participation to contests because of the ease of accessing the technology. Apparently, the biggest contest now is seeing how many hits and subscribers you get on youtube.
Castor Troy wrote:Absolutely nothing beats a live screening. I used to think that live screenings and awards were the main reason why so many editors enter cons in the first place.
Sadly, alot of the editors that started before youtube, hell, even before the .org's local hosting are just moving onto other things or have just lost interest. The youtube generation has literally de-valued videos in a sense that it's not so hard to get your work shown anymore. Got rejected from a contest? Fuck that, just put your video on youtube.![]()
I thought the digital age was going to bring even more participation to contests because of the ease of accessing the technology. Apparently, the biggest contest now is seeing how many hits and subscribers you get on youtube.
Some people are still stuck in their ways regarding this. They don't realize it's about providing the fans a good time more than bruising the egos of the locals that sometimes only get in because the con is hurting for entries.Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Interestingly enough, submitting to too many contests use to be a real controversial subject (tolling, etc) however seeing there are so many contests screaming out for entries, I wonder how this has changed that perception.
Probably a bit of each. I submit to the same general contests year after year if they coincide with the general deadline for the one big con I always go to and they don't do anything I see as a slight to me or the community at large. I will hold a grudge against a con.Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Do people feel loyal to a particular contest? What actually draws creators to enter a specific contest? It is loyalty, the person running it or the way its run?
Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Ironically though, AMV rooms at cons (at least the ones I run or know about) seem to be very popular and continue to grow. At Sakura-Con, only three years ago the room size was 90 and today it’s 840 with many hours at full capacity. So is that people want to actually go and just enjoy videos rather then watch them in a contest?
BasharOfTheAges wrote:A dedicated programming track for AMVs sounds great - how many cons actually do this though? I can surely see it catching on if there's the will for it in a given area.
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