Deuce Loosely wrote:already sent the thing in a short time ago. I did miss the credit thing on that clip so my bad on that part. It costs money to send another Priority package out and I was certain this was what everyone wanted for the final version. Either way, I'll have these things corrected before the annual convention "tour" begins.
I lost the sound sources and can't seem to locate the exact ones I used. I seriously thought you were having issues with which sound was being used for the test pattern thing so I tried to find something close to what I had before. I wasn't ignoring anyone or whatever. I just thought the sound I came up with was good enough. If it's some other issue, I'm not clear on what it is. Honestly, I think people will be laughing too much to register the repetition as they'll miss at least half the transitions.
Anyway, I'll see what I can do about sending a replacement tomorrow. Forgive my tone. I'm hot, exhausted, and this process has become a bit annoying at this time. I guess the screaming isn't quite over... *head-desk*
I know you're hot and groggy, and I'm sorry you feel that way, but I believe the reason organizing this is so difficult for you is because you don't seem to use notes to jot down lists of changes as we post them so that you have an organized set of goals. I specifically warned you after AMVS3 to do something like that so it would make things easier for you. Organizing things like this is not about editing and clips alone, it's about actual communication and coordination. I have had to act as a lead animator for a game company, I understand very much what you run into.
You changed something without consulting with us, and I'm just confused how you thought you could change a key thing like the test pattern noise to something none of us had heard and assume it was what we agreed to? If I did that as an animator, I would have screwed up the entire art direction of the videogame I worked on. Yes, the audience will be laughing, but not as hard as they would with a stronger, intentional test pattern noise. The sound the test patterns use is literally part of the joke. They aren't separate. The sound that is used is KEY to how the joke lands. Last year you saw how we were asking for more test patterns, and I'm sure you saw how it actually made the clips funnier. It really does.
I mentioned half a dozen times that we should just stick with the original sound and gave many reasons why I felt it would be beneficial. If audio sources are the issue, that's when you tell us and we help you, that's what we're here for. It's
nothing for me to extract the AMV Hell 3.14 or AMVS3 sound effect into a wav in soundforge and post it to rapidshare for you. This is what I meant when I warned you last year about being sure to communicate with us, because by discussing it with us, it would make everything easier for you and less time consuming.
I don't know how to really explain it, but when the sound changes in the cut to the test pattern, it changes the timing of the joke as well. The original AMV Hell 3.14 test pattern noise has a percussive beat, like music, and like any song, you have to time the beats correctly. I designed my clips specifically for that beat. We are editing our clips literally using the test pattern to 'complete the beat' in our clip, and I'm saying that is the case for non-musical ones too. Comedic timing is like music. Your original AMV Hell 3.14 test pattern noise worked so well, and it just baffles me that you felt that that of all things needed to be changed.
Seriously, if you're worried about priority mail costs, then just tell me the amount and I'll reimburse you at Otakon, no problem. I don't even mind. I thought it was an FTP server you upload to. And also, why can't we just drop off the DVD at the desk on Friday and tell them 'this one has minor edits, nothing in the content has been changed, please use this,' it's not like that'll be difficult for them.
My focus is and always has been to make sure the project is as strong as I know it can be. I mean, I'd like to think I've proven the last couple years that my comedic timing is trustworthy, so I'm not really just saying the stuff I say without purpose. If one of our clips gets stronger, all of ours get stronger.
So please, post here what problems you have, apprehensions, whatever, just let us know and we'll work it out before you send off another version.