Finalists for Anime Expo Anime Music Video Contest 2008

DigitalPanther · Post by **DigitalPanther** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:39 am

OK boys and girls... sorry for the short notice on this but I have been asked to write a 100 word or less descriptor of the amv contest. There is a reason. I will tell you why later, its good I promise.

Anyway. I have to have it in tonight before I go home from work (4am pst).

What I have so far sucks.
I am asking for y'alls input. here is what I have so far. Like I said I know it sucks. Help me make it awesome.
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Anime Music Video Contest
One of the oldest and most popular contests at Anime Expo. The Anime Music Video Contest is a chance for Anime fans and editors to show off their creative editing abilities by creating Music Videos as tributes to their favorite anime.
With varying genres be it Drama, Action/Adventure, Comedy or AMTVPro, you will see some of the most eye popping and impressive “amateur” music videos done to your favorite anime titles.
MTV ain’t got nothing on us!

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-DP

XStylus · Post by **XStylus** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:46 am

DigitalPanther wrote:OK boys and girls... sorry for the short notice on this but I have been asked to write a 100 word or less descriptor of the amv contest. There is a reason. I will tell you why later, its good I promise.

[whistles quietly...]

ToriK1 · Post by **ToriK1** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:48 am

xstylus wrote:
ToriK1 wrote: How Far Has Arjuna Come: http://www.boochsack.com/watch?v=7EyEYCvQ_38
Ouran's Tootie Frutie: http://www.boochsack.com/watch?v=XZPg17knrII
So you made the Arjuna video? Nice! I don't remember it in great detail, but I remember that after I watched it I was interested in watching the series, and that's probably one of the highest complements an AMV can receive. I gave your video decent marks.

Good work.

Thank you very much. I worked very hard on it. After I heard the song on the radio I could just see the series playing along with the music.

DigitalPanther · Post by **DigitalPanther** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:53 am

ToriK1 wrote: I had heard that the judging scale had been done in numbers, so I was wondering if I could get my hands on either the numbers or perhaps some feedback. I know you guys are all busy, but I really want to be able to enter next year, so I want to improve all my weaker areas.

Thanks ahead of time.

I will not be releasing or sharing the details of what amv received what scores.
That is just asking for drama. Also, while Troy(as the only judge who really outted himself) may vote his numbers with emphasis on video quality, another may vote more on timing and suitability of concept. We very deliberately tried to select judges with varying tastes to get a good cross sampling. Unfortunately alot of my originally preffered judges either A: entered the contest or B: had last minute life interferences that required scrambling for a few to replace the ones that couldn't make it and fill out to the desired pool size.
-DP

ToriK1 · Post by **ToriK1** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:59 am

DigitalPanther wrote:
ToriK1 wrote: I had heard that the judging scale had been done in numbers, so I was wondering if I could get my hands on either the numbers or perhaps some feedback. I know you guys are all busy, but I really want to be able to enter next year, so I want to improve all my weaker areas.

Thanks ahead of time.
I will not be releasing or sharing the details of what amv received what scores.
That is just asking for drama. Also, while Troy(as the only judge who really outted himself) may vote his numbers with emphasis on video quality, another may vote more on timing and suitability of concept. We very deliberately tried to select judges with varying tastes to get a good cross sampling. Unfortunately alot of my originally preffered judges either A: entered the contest or B: had last minute life interferences that required scrambling for a few to replace the ones that couldn't make it and fill out to the desired pool size.
-DP

Well now, I never thought of it like that. Thanks for responding so quickly. I also understand that one judge may sway one way over another. If possible, then I'd like to hear from all the judges. I'm big on getting more than one opinion and finding a range of places to improve. I mean currently the only thing I have, is my mother. She knows nothing of anime, and if I can get her to understand a series or feel for it, then I've done something right.

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:52 am

Description is fine if you ask me; though the phrase "Anime fans and editors" reads odd to me because technically these things should be one and the same (unless anime modifies both making an "anime editor" something else). But then again this is just grammer nitpicking. Otherwise looks good to me.

Kazemon15 · Post by **Kazemon15** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:25 am

xstylus wrote:
Kazemon15 wrote:^

=/ I can understand about the jagged lines and stuff. I talked to James last year after the AMV awards and he gave me alot of advice as well as what he looks for in videos. He told me even if a video does have such distractions such as jagged lines and whatnot, the overall video can surpass that if it's good enough.
I should be honest, jagged lines is something I'm not as much of a hardass on because sometimes it can be a result of the playback program, and I took that into account during judging. I've seen Quicktime do jaggies that on some files that were perfectly encoded, yet VLC plays them beautifully. But massive macroblocks and Divx logos though... Grrrr...

Granted, just because a video has them doesn't mean it sucks, and it didn't automatically guarantee a video the kiss of death from me (video quality was only one of five criteria we were judging on). Still, it's a pet peeve of mine because it takes just an ounce of care to assure good quality.

He also mentioned that not all DVDs (such as boxsets) are as clear. Since some dvds cram 5 or 6 episodes on one disk, lowering the quality.
Almost all legit boxsets contain the exact same discs as the singles, just repackaged with a pretty box. ADV is the only one that puts different discs in their sets, and they just remove extras to fit in an additional episode. Buy them with confidence.

Bootleg sets, however, are poor quality and cram too many episodes per disc, so those should be avoided at all costs. That's an explosively volatile subject with me so that's all I'll say on that matter.

I believe a video should be judged on quantity not quality. If the quality is decent enough and the video is very good, I think that's all that should matter.... =/
Er... I disagree with the quantity vs. quality part, but I wholeheartedly agree with the rest of that sentence. It's just that this judge's opinion of decent doesn't include Divx logos and large macroblocks.

Heh okay, I understand. Thanks. =3

Yes... bootleg = bad bad bad! I learned in 2006 the hard way of sucky quality amvs. XD Let's just say when the DVDs came out in English, I bought every single one for quality. lol.

I can understand why it's a pet peeve though... it can get annoying sometime.

Yeah I can also understand about ADV boxsets....other boxsets I dont have a problem with, but ADV... I love having creditless op and end extras, so I try to buy those in volumes. =3

DigitalPanther · Post by **DigitalPanther** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:26 am

The Wired Knight wrote:Description is fine if you ask me; though the phrase "Anime fans and editors" reads odd to me because technically these things should be one and the same (unless anime modifies both making an "anime editor" something else). But then again this is just grammer nitpicking. Otherwise looks good to me.

Thanks. Between that and many suggestions from Troy and some hashing back and forth we got something together that I think works pretty well. As soon as it is approved I will let you guys know what it was for.

-DP

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:45 am

All you really needed to write was this..

amv > cosplay

DigitalPanther · Post by **DigitalPanther** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:45 am

Castor Troy wrote:All you really needed to write was this..

amv > cosplay

Yeah last time I implied one was better or more popular than the other, my ass lost several pounds...the hard way. Y'all are sharks when riled. Cosplayers? Just as bad.

-DP