AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (next stop - Nekocon)

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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby Gaelstrom » Tue May 18, 2010 5:05 am

...the POS? I was using that as a buffer to go between the Salads as a PSA or "news break," hence no test pattern.


Hmm... well if that's the case, then how about this. What if there were an actual AMVS4 title between the Sony POS and the first clips? It'll solve multiple problems, including the fade, the lack of a stronger AMVS4 intro, and clear it off that first slap chop clip (which could use a bit crisper editing in the beginning I think). If you want, it's almost nothing to do a 3D logo with some reflectivity and lighting. Could do something fun with it. Like off the top of my head, have AMVS4 floating in with the Space Odyssey 2001 theme, and right when it gets to the trumpet flourish, have it spark and the music cut in and out, kind of like the THX logo in theaters that needed to repair bot, but have it just fall the hell out of the screen and just have someone curse or something ^^ I could do that relatively easily, especially with so much time to do it. I know the exact curse to use too ^^

Also, is it decided that AMVS3 and AMVS4 are going to be separate? Were the AMVS3 credits there just to test how it'd be if they were connected?

I originally had yours and Commander in Heat switched. I'll make the adjustment and look again for the DV. As far as the credits, I can see how they're sloppy, even for a first beta. I knew there would have to be work done on those. We'll work on it.


Looking at it, that may be a little too soon, but yeah. Ideally it'd be around the 16-18 minute mark in the current version of things. Also, a strange thing I noticed that may be worth looking out for. Watching the Commander in Heat one, I realized it may be 'dangerous' to the connectivity of Haruvi Baadoman and the end credits clip if there's another Haruhi clip between them. It may actually disconnect them in the audience's mind to see her out of that context between them. Guess just something for us to watch out for just in case.

Thunderbirds: Will see what the creator says.


I'll backpedal on this one. Watching it again, it works the way it is. I was in 'first impression mode' when I first watched, and didn't focus that the editing was solid enough that it worked as a continuation. I still believe the joke lands after the first Thunderbirds, but the later edits punctuate it, so it doesn't harm the joke at all.

Kyoko Bunch:: Honestly, even though it's not a closing punchline, keeping the theme song intact is important; especially filling in he center square.


Agreed... without the center square it would feel unfinished. It could actually be shortened in the theme. Could be Soundforge edited to bring the ending trumpets up against the first "way they all became the brady bunch" section and cut out a good ten seconds of audio without losing anything. Could do an experiment with it if the author doesn't have soundforge or anything to see what it's like.

Hallmark:: Not too sure about doing anything with this one except for, maybe, placing it earlier on the timeline. Anyone who's seen That 70s Show should recognize the source. Also, the opening segment is needed as a setup so I understand it being there.


Guess that makes sense. I've never really liked That 70s Show so I didn't recognize it. All I know is I was left generally confused by it. I was listening to everything with the base thought "Will the general audience get these?" and this is one that is dependent on the popularity of That 70s Show I guess, which is apparently pretty popular. So no biggy there I guess.
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby moonbunnychan » Tue May 18, 2010 6:03 am

Oh man, I had a big long reply typed up and it seems to have just vanished into the oblivion. I'm retype it later if it doesn't magically show up. -_-

But also, I actually liked the Birdman/Haruhi one being right before the credits. I honestly don't think I would have connected the two jokes if they hadn't been right after each other. It flowed nicely that way and connected the ending to the credits.
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby Gaelstrom » Tue May 18, 2010 6:24 am

Oh man, I had a big long reply typed up and it seems to have just vanished into the oblivion. I'm retype it later if it doesn't magically show up. -_-

But also, I actually liked the Birdman/Haruhi one being right before the credits. I honestly don't think I would have connected the two jokes if they hadn't been right after each other. It flowed nicely that way and connected the ending to the credits.


I agree, I don't want it very far away from the credits for that exact reason, but maybe not directly before. But also the music over the clip completely destroys the audience's ability to concentrate on either the clip or the credit song. I'd like in the next beta to interrupt the credits with an obvious visual and audio interruption, then have the full clip play. The intention was to make the audience have to think just a bit to recognize the voice during the hallway scenes, and make it more obvious when they saw the students and Kyon. Separating the clip into two didn't work well. But if it fits better at the end, so be it. I only wanted a reasonable gap between the two to get the effect. The credits themselves may pull that off.
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby moonbunnychan » Tue May 18, 2010 6:32 am

Ya...I think the credits give it a good separation. Plus it's a real solid thing to end on, as it's definitely one of the funnier bits...and like I said makes a good link between the end and credits. I just think it works well personally.
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby Gaelstrom » Tue May 18, 2010 7:19 am

I'm open to it being at the end after some consideration. I may be overestimating the time required. If the actual credits clip is separated by some author sigs, then it should give the desired effect without too much distraction. The problem I can see is that people may think it's just another author sig then, and take too much time adapting. Another thought is it could be a clip or two from the end, then the first thing to play after like... 10-15 frames of credits is the Haruhi credits clip, but before any author sigs, to guarantee it's not mistaken for one. If we're going to do a couple more betas, we could try it different ways perhaps.

I'm not sure if you read what I wrote before regarding the Geico commercials, but would you be willing to look for some still shots of just scenes with nobody there for Princess Tutu and the others so that the 'money you could be saving' doesn't look so pixelated and floating? Your idea's very sound, but I think it could be given some more lovin'. If there's a scene with a character walking in to sit on a bench for example, you could take two shots from the scene and composite an empty image and place it there. I'm certain you can do that with Haruhi scenes, I know of several from looking through the footage where it'd work. You could even place it in strange places each time, like on Haruhi's monitor or something. I'd be willing to help with some photoshopping as well to get a character out of a scene if need be.

Would that be something you'd be willing to look into?
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby kireblue » Tue May 18, 2010 7:59 am

Kyoko Bunch: Little long, but the text commentary trying to keep up with the inconsistencies was pretty funny so I didn't feel the length as much. It was the ending that I couldn't follow. After the text commentary I guess the rest you'd have had to have seen the show to get. Personally I'd suggest cutting it after the Kyoko Bunch logo comes up, but it depends how popular the series is I guess. I am not familiar with it.

Oh I see. The names that I used were the names of the voice actors that play Kyoka, Oka and Akeru "Pierre". In the anime series, Kyoka is the mother. Oka is the father, and Pierre always makes them and the children food.

Anyway, I'm glad that you liked the text commentary. The series isn't very popular, so only a few people would be get all of the jokes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dran_Kazoku_Nikki And my Hollywood Squares reference "Arranges Marriages FTW" can be easily missed as well, but if someone has seen the anime, they'll laugh for a different reason.

Kyoko Bunch:: Honestly, even though it's not a closing punchline, keeping the theme song intact is important; especially filling in he center square.

Agreed... without the center square it would feel unfinished. It could actually be shortened in the theme. Could be Soundforge edited to bring the ending trumpets up against the first "way they all became the brady bunch" section and cut out a good ten seconds of audio without losing anything. Could do an experiment with it if the author doesn't have soundforge or anything to see what it's like.

I have soundforge, but I don't think that it would sound right to edit out 10 seconds of the theme. Also, that would mean that I would have to add the center square immediately after "The Kyoka Bunch" leaves the screen, and even take out the "and staring Eri Kitamura as Pierre" text. I feel that the "and staring Ann B. Davis as Alice" line from the original opening is just a iconic as the center square. So I don't think that the video would feel complete without it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-FeOoKDq4
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby Angelyco » Tue May 18, 2010 9:04 am

I thought the Haruhi clips during the credits were fine, it reminded me of when they show deleted scenes during the credits of a movie. I think an actual interruption would jar me too much and interrupt the flow, but that's just me.
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby krvabo » Tue May 18, 2010 1:16 pm

Gaelstrom wrote:All right, first impressions that this is definitely more consistently strong than AMVS3 ^^ These are awesome.

Thunderbirds: I laughed after "Thunderbirds are GO!". After that was okay, but the punchline had landed, so I found myself waiting for it to end. Definitely a good clip, just went on a bit too long I feel.

Chris Hansen clip: Took me a couple times to realize what it was, but after that I liked it. One part that I found weak though is between the office scene and the ball to the... balls ^^ I'd suggest searching for a reaction shot for the teacher guy to place in between. Otherwise it's pretty stoic.

As I'm the creator of both clips I certainly will comment :P

- Thunderbirds: I saw you replied later retracting this comment, but I do agree that it's a bit long. The part after the punchline is content that I felt fit very nicely after it, I'm glad you saw that too. I would not have mind cutting it, but it's at a bit of a weird place though.

- Chris Hansen / Catch a Predator: I'm not really sure what you mean by that. It could be cut in a bit, so the punch comes sooner, but I'm not really sure if that'll sound right. The main reason I left that 'gap' there is because you can 'feel' the guy's shock. It was too bad I could not find any running away scene, otherwise that would've fit perfectly. Could you specify what you mean? :)


I concur that this Salad was very good, I really laughed out loud some times, and that's saying something :)
Here are my favorite clips:

irl lol @ sony - lucky star
lol @ i don't want to lose the house
liked it very much @ jamaica - feel alright
lol @ southpark jezus songs
lol @ 'fuck it, im gonna go masturbate'
lol @ jack ass, maybe there should have an outline around the title / text, so it stands out more
nicely done @ bomberman
wtf lol @ movie commercials / commander heat, is that one part? :D It's awesome
irl lol @ marine 'fuck you too'
irl hard lol @ 'fuck you' from nagato 'number two' from Haruhi
irl lol @ pedobear

There where a few errors / notes I want to make:
- encode errors @ stewie 'let me get a condom'
- the sony / lucky star clip was done -very- nice, but it was -very- long :P
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby Kei83 » Tue May 18, 2010 1:57 pm

Gaelstrom wrote:Hmm... that added part I honestly don't like. It's kind of like a 'captain obvious' moment, commenting to the audience on how it's an abnormal clip, when the whole production is about abnormal clips. So it contradicts the humor. The sound and strange voice and effect coming across the screen actually stopped me from laughing (which I was going to do, because your clip gets me every time when I see Naruto even after half a dozen times seeing it :D). In that regard I can only beg you to accept that you had it right the first time. It may seem like it's cut off there since you don't have a test pattern, but imagine a test pattern after it, and it won't feel empty, I promise.

For example, "Some people stand in the darkness" is all you need for Nancy Boy. Then "Afraid to step into the light" for the girl. That's an effective length, and still fits the timing of a more modern intro, so you won't cause issue with anyone.

And you're right, I had no idea the names were parodies on breast sizes, in fact I'd never ever heard of those terms being used to describe breast sizes, so in that regard I can only suggest making them much more obvious. I'm fond of jokes inside jokes, which is why I suggested having the credits become like a commenting character. The Brady Bunch clip does a similar concept, where the "Narrator" of sorts becomes an active character in the clip. In fact that text is the only reason that clip is amusing to me, otherwise it'd be a bunch of still images of a show I know nothing about. With the text, the text itself becomes the audience perspective character, and draws in even those who know nothing of the show like me.

If you'd like I could help you brainstorm some possibilities for making the clip land a bit stronger. Can't guarantee I'd come up with the best ideas, but my clips all go through the gauntlet of my friends, and they tell me flat out if my idea just doesn't work and help me get it on course. I find that having more heads involved really does guarantee higher quality.


As far as the voice on the captain planet I actually wasn't going for this is abnormal and wrong so goodbye.... Im actually surprised you have never seen the joke it was relating to. there is a very popular internet flash site that has a flash character called "Strongbad" who checks e-mails and replies to them in very funny ways however the running joke is that when he reads an e-mail that he feels is not even worth his time to reply or even read all the way he basically says deleted you see it appear on screen in words the the screen does the green out thing. it was more of a "this is just too crappy to finish joke" as well as the computer monitor around the video. However I did enjoy the joke as it came up originally and worked on that timing initially a lot so maybe i did not feel it would be that funny just ending there without something more and it might be due to seeing it some 100 plus times. I fully concede that being too involved in a project can make you miss the obvious... Unfortunately between work and school full time its hard to have a friend check my work and say what's good and bad.

So i am more than happy to go with it cut right there and if need be i can send that clip cut there.

As for baywatch it is already shorter than the intro for the show by a good 45 seconds if not more. I wanted that movement even though anime does rely on still frames i felt trying to balance the 2 was the best approach. I guess not. I had thought of the commentary aspect but that would run a still frame for longer or be mostly still frames because the source material has a lot of quick cuts to something completely off or wide shots that don't focus on one character to keeping the flow in a simple manner.

(For example, "Some people stand in the darkness" is all you need for Nancy Boy. Then "Afraid to step into the light" for the girl. That's an effective length, and still fits the timing of a more modern intro, so you won't cause issue with anyone.) I guess maybe I am missing the understanding here would this just be mostly name and still frame or quick movement with name giving the audience very little time to read the name? and the music would be cut in between the lyrics? I wouldn't mind brain storming. (the question is, how much allotted time do i really have to rework the clip because these proposed changes are a little more involved.)

Just one quick comment on the bra size thing... I used DDD and JJ as basically they are most ridiculously largest bra sizes available and thought it would be a little more obvious that way. But i guess its hard for people to have come across that information when they are very uncommon sizes as well so not seen in regular stores you usually just hear about them on news or talk shows where they discuss plastic surgery or breast augmentation. So maybe something to the effect of a different name with a commentary line such as " Pamela anderson. Breast size 44 ddd... Im not sure
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby moonbunnychan » Tue May 18, 2010 5:16 pm

Heh, glad you guys liked the Commander in Heat one...I was so on the fence about including it in part due to length.

I'm totally open to re-editing of the Geico ones. If you've got a good idea for a scene in Haruhi that's like a mostly blank room let me know, I think I can rework the Princess Tutu one, which ya, upon watching it again last night I felt needed it too. I also think it needs a couple more for it really to be more of a running joke...they're kinda spread out as is and kinda easy to forget about. I also think the Princess Tutu one first would set up the joke better, since it's not quite so obvious what's going on.

It would involve making another clip, but it might set it up as more of a running joke if there was a Birdman/Haruhi thing towards the very beginning as well as the end....make it kind of bridge. Just an idea. For the part during the credits, for it to be more a jarring from the credits, the editor tags themselves would have to be less of a jar (since as it is the credits kind of stop for them). Maybe by turning down their volume a bit and still having the TV Dinner song play under them? Something along those lines so the Haruhi part stands out more as not just another tag. Otherwise ya, I think people might just think it's another editor tag. (I do like them music under it though...having it start up partway through kind of adds comedic effect).

I LOVE the Sony POS one. I'm only a touch concerned that the language in it may be a bit much. I know con goers in general are a lot more lax on F-bombs and such then the average Joe, but I'm more concerned about what con staff will stay, especially since it's the very first thing. Are the fan parodies at Otakon 18+? I honestly can't remember. But at other cons you show it at it'd definitely push it over that 18+ ledge. And I know on the Ota page it says offensive things would be shown later...so this might be pushed back to like 1am or something.

I was gonna say something about the Naruto one but that seems to have been taken care of. I'm torn on the length of the Fraggle Rock one. It both overstays it's welcome but also has some good parts later on. I think the Thunderbirds one works the way it is. I AM familiar with the show the Brady Bunch one is from, so I find it hilarious. I'm not sure how popular the show is though. Maybe there's a way to make it a little more clear...or have the last square be a more general joke then specific to the show as more of a punchline. I utterly didn't catch the joke on the Baywatch one, so it just kinda seemed to drag that way....love the concept though. On the Hallmark one, the first part is definitely needed to set up the joke...but...I dunno maybe it's just me but the second half with the black faces, it took me a sec to realize it WASN'T how my brain first interpreted it. The Haruhi one with the dub audio, I know cons in general tend to frown upon using dub audio, like in the regular amv contest it would get it disqualified. I know past ones have had dub audio, but I'd hate to see it get rejected or something for something so minor.

Whoever made the Death Note/Family Guy one...I love you. That's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Bravo!
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby moonbunnychan » Tue May 18, 2010 5:22 pm

Kei83 wrote:Just one quick comment on the bra size thing... I used DDD and JJ as basically they are most ridiculously largest bra sizes available and thought it would be a little more obvious that way. But i guess its hard for people to have come across that information when they are very uncommon sizes as well so not seen in regular stores you usually just hear about them on news or talk shows where they discuss plastic surgery or breast augmentation. So maybe something to the effect of a different name with a commentary line such as " Pamela anderson. Breast size 44 ddd... Im not sure


I get it now, but I just feel it needs to be a little clearer. I don't think most people associate any letters beyond D with a bra. Like I really feel it could work as a joke with just a little more commentary and making it more clear the names correspond to something and aren't another kind of pun.
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby Angelyco » Tue May 18, 2010 5:42 pm

I felt like the Fraggle Rock video seems incredibly short since it was surrounded by some seriously long clips. All 3 of my clips seemed super fast compared to some of the other entries.
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby Gaelstrom » Tue May 18, 2010 6:24 pm

I feel that the "and staring Ann B. Davis as Alice" line from the original opening is just a iconic as the center square. So I don't think that the video would feel complete without it.


Yeah, it's definitely iconic. It's like the Gurren Lagann clip to me, I'm on the fence about it. That it's not a very well-known show means that unfortunately not many people will get it. Honestly the text commentary is the true joke to me. Brady Bunch is well known, the images speak for themselves, so the commentary is the real joke that most people can relate to. The actual anime reference is lost to all but those who know the show. Every clip I make goes through a gauntlet of 'tests' with me and my friends to guarantee the biggest audience reaction I can get, without leaving many people out, so that's how I critique all clips. If everyone's okay with that, I am too, except that if the audience gets distracted by slowness, or confused by jokes, it actually harms everyone else's because that's how they listen to all following jokes. That's my only concern really, other than that it can be whatever anyone wants.

I used DDD and JJ as basically they are most ridiculously largest bra sizes available and thought it would be a little more obvious that way


Bra sizes don't strike me as much like a joke, honestly. I think what may be the issue is instead of going that route, you explore more layman breast jokes. Keep in mind, you have Baywatch, breasts, and actors as possibilities to play on the Baywatch idea. Honestly what you could do is make names that would make it more breast relatable, such as "Funbags McBoobness as whoever" or something. That was off the top of my head, but you can play with the names and come up with some ridiculous names with the more ridiculous breast euphamisms. One other thing too is you may get more connectivity by having more ocean shots in there. Even if you did something like the names above, I'd still suggest making the credits into a character like with the Kyoka Bunch clip. It will change the joke you had, but I honestly think it'd make a stronger joke. It happens to me all the time. For example last year's FMA clips with Dave Attell were going to be a single clip of Ed saying "I wonder if I have a small penis... or just gigantic balls" and it changed into two clips of Hughes, and it was better for it. One of the biggest lessons I picked up was to let a joke breathe, and even morph if it starts going in that direction. If you try to lock it down, then it loses its authenticity.

I'm totally open to re-editing of the Geico ones. If you've got a good idea for a scene in Haruhi that's like a mostly blank room let me know, I think I can rework the Princess Tutu one, which ya, upon watching it again last night I felt needed it too. I also think it needs a couple more for it really to be more of a running joke...they're kinda spread out as is and kinda easy to forget about. I also think the Princess Tutu one first would set up the joke better, since it's not quite so obvious what's going on.


I agree, another Geico one would be good, if not two more, as long as it's not too long. I like the idea of the Tutu one going first, it totally caught me off guard, even after the first two. What I would suggest though is to have the Money show up in stranger and stranger places. Like for example I had an image of Haruhi looking at her computer and the Money was an icon, and just a still shot of her from the credits clip looking pissed at it. May be too much Haruhi, but that's what flashed in my mind. I can shop a blank room from Haruhi for you, I guess you can play around with it if you'd like or I can help.

It would involve making another clip, but it might set it up as more of a running joke if there was a Birdman/Haruhi thing towards the very beginning as well as the end..


The logo I mentioned to Deuce earlier I was thinking of taking X The Eliminator's "CRAP!" when his death ray breaks. It would take the joke a bit too far perhaps, but I could do the "Do you have any tubes...?" lines for it. I wanna do that one, since I think I can pull it off well. As for more clips, honestly, partway through this I realized I could make an entire fanparody just with these two sources. So I could make another 3 minutes at least before it got really tough ^^ But more of it I'm not sure how well that'll work. There are some lines I'd like to use, but then it'd be out of context. The idea of Haruhi starting with "EVERYBODY GET IN HERE!" was always how I pictured it. Even those who don't know about Birdman know that line by Steven Colbert. And I did the clip in the end because regardless of if you know Birdman, it's totally stuff people could easily see Haruhi saying ^^

I'm only a touch concerned that the language in it may be a bit much.


I'm nervous about that too. I asked Deuce specifically if it were a worry. Since the parodies are after 10, they are for adults, but it still could be a concern. I did everything I could to hit the poignant info so that anyone watching could see I didn't choose it just because there's a bunch of cursing in it. 18+ generally means pornographic there, though. Deuce will have to clear this with the coordinators, and I sincerely hope they don't shove it at the end. We'd run the risk of the room being cleared by a bad parody then. They were okay with "FUCKING JUMP!" last year, it'd be a tad hypocritical to be concerned about swearing if it's used effectively.

I thought the Haruhi clips during the credits were fine, it reminded me of when they show deleted scenes during the credits of a movie. I think an actual interruption would jar me too much and interrupt the flow, but that's just me.


As for the Haruhi end credits, I really believe the music shouldn't be involved. You all may have misunderstood what I meant about an obvious visual/audio interruption there, but the test pattern is the same idea. I'm just thinking something more like a feed interruption, something unmistakable, but quick. My friends and I discussed, and even tried using only half the clip, but then when I went further with it, they liked it a lot more, which is why it's the length that it is. Separating the clip and using fades really harmed it, and I'm afraid I'm gonna have to disagree completely on leaving music over it. Ideally it's basically meant to be another clip that snuck its way into the production due to Haruhi's/Phil's nature. Something either of them would do ^^ At the very least for the next beta, I'd really like us to try it with that concept/design in mind. If everyone still disagrees, then I'll definitely take a second look. I can also go ahead and make a version of the clip with the type of cut in I mean so that can be tried. Would that be acceptable Deuce?

The Haruhi one with the dub audio, I know cons in general tend to frown upon using dub audio, like in the regular amv contest it would get it disqualified. I know past ones have had dub audio, but I'd hate to see it get rejected or something for something so minor.


I did it last year with the Men's Warehouse one, nobody minded. Parodies are a little different in how they're interpreted. It might have caused some people to go 'ew I hate dubs' and not enjoy the joke as much though, but unlike that one, this one only has it for the setup. Japanese then Nagato saying "PHUCK YOO!" in English is a bit disjointed. Plus actually the clip isn't one of ours ^^ It was so funny to me, I asked the creator of it, a Youtube Pooper, if we could include it, so I quickly upressed it and submitted. I STILL lose it when she says it, and I've seen it over 50 times ^^
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby moonbunnychan » Tue May 18, 2010 7:06 pm

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I agree, another Geico one would be good, if not two more, as long as it's not too long. I like the idea of the Tutu one going first, it totally caught me off guard, even after the first two. What I would suggest though is to have the Money show up in stranger and stranger places. Like for example I had an image of Haruhi looking at her computer and the Money was an icon, and just a still shot of her from the credits clip looking pissed at it. May be too much Haruhi, but that's what flashed in my mind. I can shop a blank room from Haruhi for you, I guess you can play around with it if you'd like or I can help.



Oh god, it would be a brilliant final punchline at the very end after the credits to like, open one more email and have the Money on the screen.

And if Deuce is ok with adding more, I'm brainstorming to think of another anime/scenario to make another one from.
And I can stop being lazy and actually fixing it in photoshop...as it was I just did it as an imported image in Vegas. (or if somebody else wants to go for it you totally have my blessing)
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Re: AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (CLOSED!!!)

Postby Gaelstrom » Tue May 18, 2010 7:14 pm

Oh god, it would be a brilliant final punchline at the very end after the credits to like, open one more email and have the Money on the screen.


I'd say do something even more, like shoot the thing or blow it up. I did that with excel last year because I knew everyone was sick of Head On ^^ I think the Money is a little less annoying because the commercials themselves are actually a bit amusing, but I think we can take it a step further and make it excessively random. Like take the scene from Cowboy Bebop where Faye's plane window cracks in front of the moon and put the Money floating out there, and have the music fade up and fade down in a Doppler effect or something. Can never fail with Doppler effect ^^

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Deuce, I went ahead and added a quick effect at the beginning and end of the Haruhi credits clip and sent it to you. It's a low volume sound with a footage adjustment happening for a few frames before the clip actually starts. It should offer a form of a transition. It's not the best sound, but I did it quickly. See how it feels to you with that there. If you know of a better sound, feel free to try it or send it to me and I'll dump it in.
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