by CrackTheSky » Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:22 pm
Rest of my notes:
21 - Great editing and storytelling. No frills, but it didn't need any. 4/5
22 - Initially I was like "What the hell?" Then it got okay, then I realized there were waaaayyy too many black fades. Okay overall, kinda cool just for the novelty of its source material. 3.5/5
23 - Incorrect aspect ratio bothered me. Video itself was ineffectual, it just bored me. 1.5/5
24 - Great concept, great editing, and some really fantastic internal sync. Only complaint I have is that the instrumental portion of the video got a little off-topic and random. 4/5
25 - Uninteresting editing, too many crossfades, too much lip flap. 1.5/5
26 - The song's gimmick didn't come through in the video, so it did nothing for me. 1.5/5
27 - The only thing this video did for me was to confirm that I need to see these Eva remakes ASAP. Just because you use a new version of Eva and a different metal song doesn't mean this exact video hasn't been made a thousand times before. 2/5
28 - Really? You could have put ANYthing to that audio and claimed it "fit". 0.5/5
29 - Not terrible. I like the black humor aspect, some of the scenes felt a little off though. Not a whole lot of editing either, save for a few spots. 2.5/5
30 - In a video that relies so heavily on text, the text needs to be made a part of the video, not just subtitled in. Had so much potential, but the utterly static and boring presentation of the text completely ruined it. 1.5/5
31 - Best video in the contest so far, and I doubt it'll be topped. Most original use of effects I've seen in a looooong time, and the video wasn't overloaded with 'em. Beat-perfect editing and impeccable scene selection. As close to flawless as this contest has gotten. 5/5
32 - Nothing about this video was really bad or anything, it's just nothing was all that great either. It floats in the limbo of mediocrity. 3/5
33 - This one wins for emotional impact and storytelling. Some of the scenes went on for too long, and I'm not sure how I feel about how the editor handled the ending, but overall a very good video. 4/5
34 - The best of these goddamn Sleeping With Hinako videos, though still aggravating to sit through. 2.5/5
35 - If this was supposed to be amusing, it wasn't. 1/5
36 - Mixing drama and stupid Internet memes never really works. 1/5
37 - Sleep-inducing. Good at parts but utterly unsurprising. 1.5/5
38 - Everything about this video was just sloppy. 1/5
39 - Edited well but had no substance whatsoever. I could close my eyes and spit and hit a video like this on the .org. 2/5
40 - How did such a stupid, static anime manage to get four entries into this year's Pro contest? The joke is old and unfunny by now, but truthfully it was never really new and funny. 0.5/5
41 - Not really a good joke, and a pretty uninteresting video. 1/5
42 - Unfunny AMV Hell ripoff. 1/5
43 - Editing didn't really work in this video. 1.5/5
44 - Didn't work as a comedy, and below-average editing kept it from being good action. 1/5
45 - Good editing, appropriate level of weird. I just really liked something about this video. 3.5/5
46 - Despite having a good song, cool-looking anime, and being well-edited, I just couldn't get into it. 2.5/5
47 - Good editing and great presentation of the concept. 3.5/5
48 - Haven't I seen this video before? Or...no, I'm thinking of that one Karas video. Or is it that OTHER Karas video I'm thinking of...? 1.5/5
49 - Okay use of effects, but too many of them felt stock and cheesy. Nothing else about the video really grabbed me. 2/5
50 - If this is a comedy video, it fails. If it's action, the very notion of using Godzilla films is too stupid to take seriously. 1/5
51 - Ugh. Just kinda dumb. 1.5/5
52 - Mediocre all-around. Some of the visual puns were okay, others just looked really cruddy. 2.5/5
53 - Original and effective, but kind of boring to have to sit through. 2.5/5
54 - Liked the joke, but some of the scene selection was just ehhhh, and most of those box effects were atrocious. 2.5/5
55 - Oh goody, those various-animes-set-to-electronic-music videos we all love so much have finally gone live action, and just when I thought that trend was on its way out too! Also, the text in the corner constantly reminding me what the name of the track was royally pissed me off. 2.5/5