Vlad G Pohnert wrote: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.
Actually, it is a lot of work to make it successful. For the rooms I run we come up with original programming that puts a spin of showing AMVs in a non traditional manor. So far that has provided to be a HUGE success... Actually to a point it's moving too fast. For Sakura there was even talk of getting a even bigger room, but that comes with it’s fair share of politics and issues too.
The problem is to do it at that kind of level means a LOT of hours of prep work and you really have to have a passion for it to commit all that much time. Not everyone can sacrifice that much time to it or want to jump through all the hoops you have to in order to get what you want and know works.
Vlad
Tangentially related to both the reply and your OP: We've actually had the contest coordinator and the panel coordinator at Anime Boston suggest doing a whole block of AMV programming, but with the implied request that some of the regulars (myself, dokool, kiarrens, lantis, driftroot, etc.) actually become staff to run it. Most of us prefer to be able to compete in the contest too much to agree to that. So yea... loyalty in action.







