AMV Contests and Creators

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Re: AMV Contests and Creators

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:46 pm

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.

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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. :|
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Re: AMV Contests and Creators

Postby ngsilver » Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:12 am

BasharOfTheAges wrote:Most of us prefer to be able to compete in the contest too much to agree to that. So yea... loyalty in action. :|
It's really annoying that I can't compete against everyone for ACEN, no matter how much I want to.

Back on topic, it can be a lot of work to get an AMV room setup as well as the politics involved with trying to keep it running and make it grow. I'm currently dukeing it out with the head of live programing at Youmacon right now in order to secure more room at our new venue. We both want the space to grow, but the venue only has so much. In the end it really all comes down to who has bigger pull with the rest of the administration.

For getting convention rooms and programming it really seems to matter who is in charge and how much passion they have for the content. Though, having access to lots of videos helps too.
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Re: AMV Contests and Creators

Postby OzzieAlThor79 » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:05 pm

I am one of those "loyal to the con/amv-runner" people.

Personally I really only do a video or two a year and they are all for Anime Detour. That convention is my main anime fix for the year (vacation time used before and after FTW) since it's the big one in my area and I find it to be well run. I like the idea of my fellow midwesterners seeing something I made (hopefully well) and enjoying (hopefully) it.

I don't feel the need to upload the videos here sometimes as the goal was to just have room full of people react to what I did. That's it for me really. It's my weekend to geek out and serve my fragile ego.
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Re: AMV Contests and Creators

Postby Infinity Squared » Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:47 am

ngsilver wrote:For getting convention rooms and programming it really seems to matter who is in charge and how much passion they have for the content. Though, having access to lots of videos helps too.


This is probably one of the biggest things that matter when it comes to a competition. Back in Manifest 2007 when I was both AMV coordinator AND Executive of Scheduling and Venue, I was able to place the competition and AMV events in dominant slots in the con and this equated to solidifying the AMV stuff as the second most popular event of the con. Prior to that in 2006, we also had the biggest number of entrants AND audience due to my being a lot more involved in the general AMV community and taking an active approach to advertising the convention.

So I think, a coordinator can be dedicated, but on top of that they need to be able to relate to the community and be part of it to bring the convention with you. Sadly I think this is where last year's Manifest didn't do so well in because the coordinator though dedicated, didn't have enough presence in things like the org. The giant conventions have a pull of their own which have been built on years of presence, but for the rest, I really do think the coordinator makes the AMV events happen.
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Re: AMV Contests and Creators

Postby Beowulf » Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:25 am

I stopped entering contests because I already think so highly of my own work. When I entered Dead to the World in the AWA Pro competition, and it lost after going to the EXPO judges to break the tie vote, I gave up on trying to win contests. I knew it was a masterpiece, I knew it was ahead of its time, and I knew they didn't know wtf they were talking about.

I've always been loyal to AWA though, because out of all the conventions I've entered, they are the smartest classiest group of dudes running things. AWA was the AMV oscars. Every other convention I've entered is either ruled by a mob of drooling virgins, or judged by a group obese 30somethings and their girlfriends, non of whom have ever edited anything. I remember working very hard to not punch this AKON judge right in his fat face after he explained to me that the reason Wonka's video just screened with no audio was because "IT WAS SENT TO US THAT WAY I PROMISE".

Jesus I get furious just typing that shit.
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