AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal (Nekocon 14, here we come!)

[moonbunnychan]

The showing at AUSA was a smaller but very dedicated audience. (but then it's a con a fraction of a fraction of the size of Otakon) From the reaction when it got announced what was next it was obvious a lot of them were familiar with it. It was a VERY loud cheer. The people behind me at around AMVS 3 were like "this just keeps getting better and better" (so I'm sure THEY were seeing it all for the first time). I think the vast majority of the people stayed and watched all 4 of them.
Also the more talky ones (like the Family Guy/Death Note one and the Haruhi Birdman one) got a LOT more laughs then at Otakon (probably because people could actually here...in fact they were adjusting audio on everything as need be). Also after the "awws" when the credits on 4 started rolling the timing for the second Haruhi bit was PERFECT. A lot of people had gotten up and were starting to leave when the second clip broke in and then all the people who'd gotten up had stopped and all were standing in the back watching and then proceeded to stay for the entirety of the credits.

[Gaelstrom]

Oh god, you totally just made me want to see it so bad... and I was just heading to bed -_- As I had hoped, it seems there may be a chance any reaction vid will have more specific reactions to look/listen for. I still am 'amused' by the fact that the guy directly in front of me at Otakon neeeever laughed. Or seemed to not laugh.

Did you happen to also get AMVS3 reactions? I never got the chance beyond my single viewing at Otakon last year to see any reactions. I was.... bummed... understatement... that it didn't get to show this year. Last year I was so nervous it was over before I could even remember anything too clearly.

[Squancho]

I didn't have the battery power or storage capacity in my camera to facilitate both videos.
The Nekocon audience was actually somewhat more responsive to AMVS4 than at AUSA.
Probably because the attendees frequenting the AMV room are dedicated to the art form and are therefore more discriminating.
Whatever.
We'll never get a better reaction than at Otakon.
BTW, the reactions to the clips themselves have been consistent with each screening.
The Geico ads, Family Guy clip, "Rubber Ducky," "Jackass Through Time," "Neighbors,"...the usual suspects.

[Gaelstrom]

I forget... AUSA was the beta screening, and Nekocon was last weekend? Really the only ones I know well are Otakon and AX, so sorry I keep mixing things up. Anyway, whenever you get the chance, I'd still love to see whatever reaction vid you could get if any. I want to see how smaller audiences react to it as well... in places where you can actually hear things.

[moonbunnychan]

Nekocon was last weekend (didn't go to that one), and AUSA was this weekend.
Also as far as the showing at AUSA went the people sitting there had also all mostly been watching an hour (or more actually, I don't remember when they started) of comedy amvs even before the salads started(so they may have been a bit laughed out)...it's in a dedicated amv room. It still went well though. Everybody around me was enjoying it and there was a large amount of cheering and awwing when it was over.
But ya, as Deuce said the reactions were more or less the same...people clapping during Fraggle Rock, awwing during Rubber Ducky, laughing progressively more at the Geicos, getting really excited over the use of that anime in the bakery one, The One Piece/Coming to America one and the one of running over people with cars still got HUGE laughs...the ones that were hard hitters at Otakon were still hard hitters there.

[Angelyco]

people clapping during Fraggle Rock . . . getting really excited over the use of that anime in the bakery one

That just made my day

[Squancho]

people clapping during Fraggle Rock . . . getting really excited over the use of that anime in the bakery one

That just made my day

I'd never heard of the Patisserie anime before this but, correct me if I'm wrong, it appears to be the kind of shoujo-based thing the fangirls would go goofy for the same way as they did Ouran. It surprises me that there aren't any cosplayers for it yet. Anyway, one of the things I'm most impressed with this year is the variety of anime used. I hope that remains the case for AMVS5.

[Gaelstrom]

My variety is kind of monitored... I stick to animes that are more well-known, even if they may not have been seen by many people, anyone in the anime community knows of its existence to a certain degree. This way it allows a higher percentage of people to have some conduit into the visual, and most times I try to go for either extremely recognizable audio, or audio that needs no explanation. It's why I'm still using Haruhi and original FMA and those types of sources. That and I really don't watch as many series as I should JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is sort of a lesser known one among the mainstream it seems (ironically, considering it's like the longest running manga ever) but let's face it... that audio and that footage needed no explanation

I'll do my best to consider new sources as I watch more over the next few months though. I finally dipped into Spice and Wolf, and just started the second season, and also went through Busou Renkin not too long (4 months) ago ^^ I'm sincerely debating the merit of doing a Papillon/Monarch parody... but.... it's just.... TOO EASY!

Anyway, daddy needs his reaction video spinach! *taps vein and ties off* Inject it, go!

Edit: Oh yeah, and Moonbunnychan... you do realize we're all gonna have a helluva time trying to outdo the Geico Money Ads for next year's running gag, right? ^^ Anyone had any fun thoughts in that direction?

[moonbunnychan]

God I know...I think the Geico ones worked so well because there really are like 4 Geico commercials for every half hour of real television.

But the other thing I wanted inquire about is how the theme is supposed to be kids stuff this time. Anybody else finding that kinda restrictive? I've got a couple of things in the works but I'm kinda struggling to come up with more.

[Gaelstrom]

In all honesty, this isn't against Deuce or rules in general or anything, but I've never followed the limitations, because I've never understood them. There really is no point. I followed my heart, and my sense of humor. Obviously I mis-read the barometer for Sony POS, but even that turned into an even better clip because of it (or so I'm told ^^). There's no plot to follow to make a unification, there's no continuity with which to require a restriction, and all evidence through all AMV Hells and Salads have shown that audiences get less tired and bored when there's a variation in the content styles. I have a couple that follow the criteria, but they're not at the top of my list as ones I think are very amusing. So really I've gone by the same criteria for the last two and a half years, and that is "What is truly, unequivocally funny to me in the context of anime?" The end result seemed to have worked better than I'd hoped. In two years, I don't think I've made a clip that has 'missed' so to speak.

So in all honesty, if you're feeling restricted, just get rid of those restrictions and make the audience laugh. None of them signed on to be shown only ironic kid stuff alone. It's a very good direction to start in, since off-color irony is often very humorous, but once you've milked it for everything your imagination's given you, I'm of the belief it's good to let loose from then on. That, to me, was always the true beauty of the Hells and Salads and why I joined in the first place.

...then again, if AMVS4's restriction birthed the Geico money, then perhaps you should be restricted even more so that you can turn stone into gold with three weeks to a deadline like you did this year

As for the running gag, I think there could be some potential gold in the Old Spice commercials. They may be a bit too obvious, and footage is tough to think of for it... especially a horse... but I think if we are careful it could be done well.