thundercatlord wrote:Opening: tune in to TNT or AMC or any other cable channel when they transition between shows. It looks something like that. Maybe I could throw it in after the closing credits or even as an additive while the credits are rolling but it's gonna take some work. As is now, there's a movie trailer going in the window while the announcements for upcoming shows are being spoken and displayed on screen.
I say leave it alone. I totally was pulled into the concept of a half hour programming block with that.
If removing it is not to everyone's liking, I go for the overhaul idea. Right now the aquamarine is a bit saturated and the text isn't aligned very well so it seems very haphazard. Deuce, if you want to post a link to something you wanted to emulate, gimme some time in photoshop and I can do something for you that may help it be more unified. I still believe removing it would strengthen the overall movie, since the Reservoir Dogs clip is just too long and doesn't have any real impact to me, but if everyone vetoes that idea, let's make it look great and seem professional. It won't take long.
As an afterthought, I think I know what hurts it the most: scale down the movie clip a bit and allow space above and to the right of it of equal distance. This way it gives the effect more of a screen with a clip IN it, as opposed to the bisection of information that's going on. It needs more than this, but this may help.
thundercatlord wrote:I got the match.com joke. As for the timing issues that other people have mentioned... I don't really see a problem... Also, when I watch a MEP, I go in knowing that the clips were made by different people, with different styles, and different skill levels.
Trust me, it's there. It looks like the animation was sped up through scaling and there's a rogue frame in it somewhere that makes her foot teleport for a moment as if the program didn't know what to do (could be the render?). It's an easy fix. And I think different levels of skill is what makes this fun, but mainly because it's a way for editors to get critique in a project rather than people they aren't working with. There's no reason to leave clips behind in quality. Hopefully next year time constraints won't cause that to happen like it did this year.
thundercatlord wrote:* I also like the text and the Adobe Premiere joke in the "Demolition Man" one. I was cracking up when the "you swear AT it" came up. For me that really make the joke, and as an editor I find it hilarious.
* The AMV Salad 4 promo is mine. This one came about when we had realized Deuce had left one of my clips out. So rather than squeeze in the the main video at the last minute, we decided we'd do an after the credits thing. The original clip was text less, but I personally am ok with all the text in this. I found it quite funny actually, and am pleased with what Deuce did with it.
In this case, I think you being an editor may be preventing you from seeing what it's doing for the joke that's not for the editors ^^ The premiere thing is an editor inside joke, one for us, but for the audience, it draws away from the original clip, which I personally liked. Attention leaps from one joke to the other, and you lose both. I don't think sakuraslight likes the change either based on the post above. If you like the text on yours, I personally can't see why, because I want to see your Excel clip, not the overlayed text. The ending 'AMV Salad 4' text is fine with that major establishing shot. But every other clip with added text I believe with every fiber of my being should have the text removed unless it was in the original.
deuceloosely wrote:Gaelstrom wrote:
Deuce, you saw it at AMA, so you can tell better if the reaction was confused laughter or not.
The laughter came at the very end when the MW logo popped up. I dunno why they reacted so late, but something about it made an impact.

That is interesting. If I were to look at it objectively, the clip never was laugh-out-loud funny, but I guess that's the point where it actually lands as he's advertising and it was a commercial. Hmm... It may be that it's too much of a jump for people to recognize that the 'thing he can't help with' is her situation. ....it... may be worth it just to go: *Test Pattern* Some things we just can't help you with...
Ah! Another alternative is to emulate the original commercial and instead of him sitting there saying 'some things...' that line is overlayed over the frame of them as animals to transition into the commercial aspect. I'll try this out now.
What do you guys think, did you like the initial shenanigans happening to her followed by the commercial, or should we ditch it and make it just him starting off? I like it the way it is, but I'd like to know what you all think.