by Scintilla » Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:28 pm
And here are my thoughts on the other 39 of them.
1.
The joke got old after a while. And more's the shame because the editor clearly knows a thing or two about editing.
2.
This was more entertaining than #40, it's true, but... still, it's sad to see people using their editing talents for drivel like this. I guess people must really enjoy getting to watch and judge these videos every year.
3.
Am I the only one who thought that last smile looked kind of creepy? Despite the fact that this video doesn't really make me want to run out and watch the animé, it's a breath of fresh air after those last two. I am going to kick myself if I haven't correctly guessed who made this video by the time I find out who it is. Also, good use of fades to/from black throughout the video -- but that may be just a personal preference of mine.
4.
Um, what? Was that it?
5.
... That really felt like it should have been longer, just going by how the song sounded. I mean, it was well-edited (the parts with all the accents near the end in particular), but there's nothing really to recommend it.
6.
Surely I can't have been the only one thinking "Gott weiss ich nicht ein Engel sein"? Anyway, it's a well-edited abbreviated DN plot summary with epic music, and enjoyable, but in the past few years we've already had a whole bunch of other videos that do basically the same thing...
7.
I'm not sure I understood the purpose of most of that compositing. Still a decent character profile, but still nothing wowing. Also, that music at the end sounded rather incongruous; that wasn't still the same song, was it? Oh yeah, and that title screen should have read "have known them".
8.
Having seen Code Geass, I can say that Lelouch did in fact do all of those things. Still, you can't really call this an AMV; this kind of thing really belongs in SAST (assuming it will ever be brought back). Also, LAWWWWWWWW.
9.
... Okay. I definitely saw some footage near the end that should have been widescreen. Amusing though. But still missing the wow factor we're looking for.
10.
Is this song SUPPOSED to sound that distorted? This just might be my favourite non-animé video so far.
11.
I'll start by saying that I'm pretty sure the grammatically correct way to convey this title would be "amor vincit somnum", since "somnus" is a second declension masculine noun. As for the video itself... it's so frustrating to see all these well-edited videos with such a crappy source. But I thank the editor for editing the song down to a reasonable length for the concept.
12.
Another good-but-not-great video that still doesn't give me a compelling reason to watch the animé. Pleasant for use as background noise.
13.
The editing is there, I can even say the mood synch is there, but I'm just not seeing the connection (which may be because I haven't ever seen Angel Beats!). Also, the music was so tinny that it was painful to listen to. Someone must not have bought the soundtrack.
14.
What exactly was done to the audio? It doesn't sound like digital compression, but it sounds just lo-fi enough to sound like it actually did come from the late 80s/early 90s -- and in this case, the effect works well. Anyway, the pairing worked well enough, but you really have to have seen Avatar (or at least this trailer) to get why some of the scenes work. Good, but I've seen better trailer parodies.
15.
Boring. I mean, I get that she never changes expressions, but that was just about the extent of the appeal here. Oh, and what was with the random sepia and old-time film effects in two places?
16.
Uh, this song's really about sex, isn't it? The explosions and blood and such are nice to look at, but if there was an overarching plot, I missed it. (Again, I haven't seen this animé.)
17.
Oh geez, where to start? First of all, the constant dirty overlay made it hard to make out some shots correctly. Secondly, what was with those white flashes on cymbal hits WITHOUT changing the shot underneath? If there had been some pattern to them, it wouldn't have been so bad; but these seemed inconsistent and arbitrarily used. And thirdly, those composites using the main character's eyes looked really cheap. Two of them required such a zoom-in that it looked unnatural, and a third had the sub-scene moving around oddly, like it wasn't following the motion of the eye underneath it well enough. In short, while the scene selections themselves seemed fine enough, the editing itself could use a lot of improvement -- in particular, the mis-timing at 1:30 was a real lost opportunity.
18.
Um. So what, is the old film effect the "in" thing this year or something? Well, that video did a good job of creating a nervous, anxious, unstable mood (the constant camera-shaking helped) -- but the only problem was that it wasn't entertaining. It never managed to convince me that something bad was ACTUALLY going to happen, and it ended suddenly and with no sense of closure at all.
19.
You know it's bad when I find myself shouting "KATTO CUT!" no less than four times throughout the video. Also, I feel like I should start taking a drink every time I see a video that has the old-timey film footage effect somewhere. Anyway, I think this editor has potential, but this one just wasn't entertaining enough. Sorry.
20.
It's an enjoyable dance video, even if it's not funny (maybe because I wasn't paying attention to the words). Not much to say about it, this editor clearly knows what s/he's doing.
21.
Saw it already. It's a fine action video (and thank you for using music that not everyone else making action videos this year is using), but now I feel like I no longer need to watch the movie.
22.
Ooookay. Didn't miss a single synch opportunity here -- I like that. I'm not sure how this would fare before a crowd. And where do you people FIND this stuff?
23.
Shouldn't that have been widescreen? Anyway, it's suitably depressing, but... well... I'm not sure it adds anything to the animated version.
24.
Saw it already. I had higher hopes for this one, really -- too much of it didn't seem to fit the music at all. It was very sporadically funny at best. Also, I'm told that SSGWNBTD did this exact same video two years ago, and did it better.
25.
Saw it already. The lack of lyric synch actually doesn't bother me (I know how ironic that sounds coming from me), maybe because what was happening on screen kept my interest well enough without it. I really have no complaints, other than that now I don't need to watch the movie.
26.
The song carries this one, but even so, it's very amusing. Would nominate for best comedy.
27.
All right! Finally, an AMV with the new Evangelion movies that's actually exciting to watch! Despite what everyone else has been saying, this didn't feel old to me, and it didn't remind me for a second of "Engel" -- in fact, I thought this video actually did a very good job of showing off the new movies, in so far as that it used footage that didn't look ANYTHING like the original series. I really like the use of Mari going all feral. Would vote for best action, definitely.
28.
I don't know if we were supposed to laugh, but we totally did. No complaints here.
29.
I'm not seeing the connection here. Didn't do anything for me.
30.
What did I just watch? The footage was certainly pretty, but it felt too preachy to me. Still nice as background noise.
31.
As soon as the vocals came in I had to start laughing. I'd love to know where the heck these DJs get all these vocal tracks -- I couldn't hear a trace of any of the rest of "Bedrock Anthem Give It Away" behind the vocals. Anyway, that was a fun video, even if some of the effects were a little much sometimes -- and "Scene Missing"??
32.
Saw it already. I still like this video. In particular, the part where the girl slides along the catwalk to the piano glissando was quite inspired. Have to remember to nominate for best action.
33.
Why did it feel like there wasn't very much actual editing going on here? I also feel like there was very little mood synch, if any. And again, I didn't see the connection, though perhaps that's because I was focusing too much on the visuals to be able to understand the words.
34.
Okay, this clearly was edited by someone who speaks Russian, because I know I saw and heard "Hinako" in the first title screen bit. Sadly, this still isn't entertaining, and the last bit was just creepy.
35.
God damn, that was random. But I think this video comes closer than any other I've seen so far to making me want to actually watch the animé... too bad it's non-animé. Still brought the laughs, in a WTFey kind of way. The crowd will probably like it.
36.
This video doesn't know what it wants to be, methinks. On one hand, if it's supposed to be serious, then explain the beginning and the ending (don't think I didn't immediately know what that subliminal message frame said!). On the other, if it's supposed to be a comedy (and it DID make us laugh), then WHERE ARE THE RAINBOWS? WHERE ARE THE SPARKLES? WHERE IS THE GAY?
... but if the audience doesn't sing along when it's shown at the con, I will be disappoint.
Also, thank you to the editor for editing the song down to a manageable length for the concept.
37.
Moving, I guess, but it's not doing it for me. Maybe there was too much standing around without much action in the first half of the video?
38.
Was I the only one who liked this video? The split-screens don't bother me -- they're used fine and contribute to the overall effect. I still don't quite get the plotline though (another case in which I haven't seen the source).
39.
Okay, THAT was a fine specimen of horror action editing... but how did this not get flagged for content? I mean, look at all the bones blood!