The Otakon 2011 Thread

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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby Junipertay » Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:02 pm

Congrats to everyone for a fantastic AMV contest AND A rockin' Overflow this year! :up: I really enjoyed everything I saw. And thanks to Vic and the AMV team for a beautiful presentation of everyone's submission and the sweet prizes for the winners. Scintilla did a great job hosting IE, and BTW I thought the IE "intro" with the mock TrueBlood opening was sweeeeeet. :awesome:

I honestly enjoyed every single video in the contest, but here's my list of vids that I voted for:

Trailer/Parody:
Well, I did the "GT Taken" one, soooo excluding that one, I actually preferred the "Priest" trailer. I thought it was well-synced and fit perfectly and looked great!! The "Stupid AMV Title" definitely had some very funny moments, but it just didn't work as well for me as a whole.

Drama/Serious:
I picked "Deceiver" because it was excellently done! The editing and timing were great, the song fit perfectly with Princess Tutu, and overall it was just a really well thought-out video. I did hear some people seated near me saying that the song was overused, but I think if you're able to make a good AMV with any song, it doesn't matter how often it's been used before.
As a runner-up I would have picked "Is It Safe?" because it was so different and unique and SPOOKY! Great job!!

Action:
Like, all of these were awesome. :-) But I picked "Sleeping Beauty" because I was sitting there, watching it build up and after the first few scenic shots with the castle and the wind turbines I was like, "Oh...this isn't really an action vi---HOLY CRAP DID THOSE VINES JUST HATCH MONSTERS?!?!" and I was SOLD from that point on. Really, really great buildup, and when the action part hit it was like going from 0-600 mph in two seconds, and I totally loved it.
I also want to mention "VERSUS" because Nightmistress85 and I were talking and we both agreed that, with the addition of some text and a logo, that would make an AWESOME trailer for FFXIII!

Romance/Sentimental
I voted for Re-Evolution's "With You Around" because it was so, so polished and pretty and shiny and it told a great story, too. All the scenes were sweet and well-chosen, and even though I've never seen that anime, I was able to follow it exactly. It left me with a warm fuzzy feeling, so it got my vote!
Shoutout for the Satoshi Kon vid, too, because again it was an "often used song" but re-envisioned and edited perfectly to his work, so it was very refreshing.

Upbeat/Dance
I had to go with Nightmistress85's "Let's Rock" 'cause it totally did rock and was the embodiment of Upbeat. It really got my blood pumping, and it was fun to see it played in IE and that it got everyone in the audience to clap along to the beat!!
I also really liked xDreww's "Always Looking Back" which was extremely breathtakingly pretty.

Comedy
"Shinji does (Not) Mean Business" was outstanding. OUTSTANDING. I loved, loved, loved, the typography, and I'm a graphic designer, so I don't often give praise for that (because effing Comic Sans is everywhere.) But yes, the type, the timing, and the concept was great. And i usually don't vote for a comedy vid to be Best in Show because I figure that's inevitable anyway, but I honestly felt this vid was the best in show. BUSINESS HOURS ARE OVA BABYYYY

Again, great job everyone!
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby l33tmeatwad » Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:41 pm

Junipertay wrote:Comedy
"Shinji does (Not) Mean Business" was outstanding. OUTSTANDING. I loved, loved, loved, the typography, and I'm a graphic designer, so I don't often give praise for that (because effing Comic Sans is everywhere.) But yes, the type, the timing, and the concept was great. And i usually don't vote for a comedy vid to be Best in Show because I figure that's inevitable anyway, but I honestly felt this vid was the best in show. BUSINESS HOURS ARE OVA BABYYYY

Glad you enjoyed it :)! I'm a graphic designer as well, so when starting the project I made sure to have some decent font choices, lol...

btw, I loved your trailer submission (it had my vote) :)!
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby Junipertay » Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:04 pm

l33tmeatwad wrote:Glad you enjoyed it :)! I'm a graphic designer as well, so when starting the project I made sure to have some decent font choices, lol...


I would have been heartbroken if you'd kept everything the same but instead of Helvetica (or did you use Arial?) you'd used Curlz MT. Or Bones font. lol! You choose perfectly, so I applaud you as one designer to another. :up:

And thank you for the compliment on the trailer! :D I SO did not want to do anything with GT because I hate it, and even just scanning through the series (never watched it, never will) I hated it, but I was like, "Gahhhh...It's perfect for Taken! Vegeta would kill EVERYONE!!" lol
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby irriadin » Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:07 pm

I'm not a graphic designer, but I am a web designer. What fonts did everyone use for their video?

In my video I used a combination of the following fonts:

Trade Gothic Extended
Univers Extra Black
Helvetica Neue Condensed Extra Black
Futura Condensed Extra Black

I probably could have done with a bit more consistency... If I wanted I most likely could have just used the Helvetica Neue family for the entire thing. But what's the fun in that? :P
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby l33tmeatwad » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:17 pm

irriadin wrote:What fonts did everyone use for their video?

coolvetica and impact
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby kiarrens » Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:39 pm

I think I remember using Comic Sans for comedic effect in mine... for the "Meanwhile, at the Allies' secret base" bit. For the actual word bubbles, I totally don't remember which font I used. O.o
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby Miracle_Falcon » Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:58 pm

Cyanna wrote:
Miracle_Falcon wrote:Hey, actually, it dawns on me, Cyanna, I met you at the con that night I was panicking about missing the AMV awards. Was that Scintilla you were with? Dressed up as... was he Mephisto Pheles?


Yeah....you asked me about the Drama winners and I had the hardest time trying to describe the runner-up without a ballot. :lol:

He was this guy (the fact that it fit the IE theme was completely coincidental). Sorry that second pic is pretty disturbing but it explains the creepy red contact lenses.


Hey, glad to have met you! :D Sorry I wasn't more pleasant, I was flipping out. Also, I'm fairly certain I accused you of smoking pot at some point in the convention with the red eyes. Was that you too?
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby VivifxAMV » Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:30 pm

Lucia Studios wrote:
VivifxAMV wrote:Yay!! I am so honored :)...I don't know how I managed to beat out Highschool of the Jiggle, but wow <3 But for reals does this mean I get a GUNDAM??? Because that would look so great next to my gundam from last year.

Yay!! :D I was so sad when yours didn't make finals, but the AMVs there were no disappoint.

Also, gundams, wat?



Last Year, the runner up prizes were gundams. I didn't get to attend last year, so I got a nice little gundam package mailed to me along with a few ballots and such. It was pretty neat XD

Loved your AMV btw -- especially the Facebook part - I think I may have fallen out of my chair. This was a really great year -- I am so glad I got to attend. And I had the good fortune of only sitting through 5 or so Overflow videos before getting to see mine on the big screen ^^
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby VicBond007 » Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:40 pm

Brittanysama wrote:Hey Vic i got a question. One of my friends who was at the Con said my Amv got shown at the contest even though it wasn't on that list on the front page. She said it was due to something with another editor vid not being able to be shown. I just a little confused on what happened lol since it wasn't listed on the page in the front. Did it get judged or anything because it not on the ballot thing up there? Or was it just shown to fill the spot?

Also Congrats to all the winners!! =D I bet the con was great, I wish i could have made it...


What happened was that we were alerted to some legal trouble with video #19 the day that the ballots went to print. Real Life got in the way and we didn't get a "fixed" version in time, so at the con I put the next-highest-scoring romance video, which was yours, in the #19 spot. It even got a few votes!
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby VicBond007 » Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:59 pm

Junipertay wrote:Congrats to everyone for a fantastic AMV contest AND A rockin' Overflow this year! :up: I really enjoyed everything I saw. And thanks to Vic and the AMV team for a beautiful presentation of everyone's submission and the sweet prizes for the winners. Scintilla did a great job hosting IE, and BTW I thought the IE "intro" with the mock TrueBlood opening was sweeeeeet. :awesome:


Intro is up on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqZgg-BOoLE
Youtube's black bar detection/resizing kinda asses up the video, but whatever. Someday I'll get around to throwing 6 years worth of intros up on the .org :ying:
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby Lucia Studios » Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:34 pm

VivifxAMV wrote:Last Year, the runner up prizes were gundams. I didn't get to attend last year, so I got a nice little gundam package mailed to me along with a few ballots and such. It was pretty neat XD

...There are prizes? o.o I get more than just bragging rights?

Loved your AMV btw -- especially the Facebook part - I think I may have fallen out of my chair. This was a really great year -- I am so glad I got to attend. And I had the good fortune of only sitting through 5 or so Overflow videos before getting to see mine on the big screen ^^

Thank you so much for the compliment, I'm happy you enjoyed it. :ying: I'm not going to freak out because I've been following you since 'An AMV about TV', no I'm not...
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby VivifxAMV » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:09 pm

Lucia Studios wrote:
VivifxAMV wrote:Last Year, the runner up prizes were gundams. I didn't get to attend last year, so I got a nice little gundam package mailed to me along with a few ballots and such. It was pretty neat XD

...There are prizes? o.o I get more than just bragging rights?

Loved your AMV btw -- especially the Facebook part - I think I may have fallen out of my chair. This was a really great year -- I am so glad I got to attend. And I had the good fortune of only sitting through 5 or so Overflow videos before getting to see mine on the big screen ^^

Thank you so much for the compliment, I'm happy you enjoyed it. :ying: I'm not going to freak out because I've been following you since 'An AMV about TV', no I'm not...


Lol Yeah you are going to get a HUGE trophy lol. They look pretty snazzy on mantels I imagine...somewhere you can show everyone how awesome you are.

Haha...Thank you I guess. No need to freak out lol - I add my clips to vegas one at a time just like everyone else. Besides your AMV was way epic. Comedy ftw <33 I can't wait to see what else you come out with ^^
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby Kyssifur » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:02 am

Junipertay wrote:I picked "Sleeping Beauty" because I was sitting there, watching it build up and after the first few scenic shots with the castle and the wind turbines I was like, "Oh...this isn't really an action vi---HOLY CRAP DID THOSE VINES JUST HATCH MONSTERS?!?!" and I was SOLD from that point on. Really, really great buildup, and when the action part hit it was like going from 0-600 mph in two seconds, and I totally loved it.


VicBond007 wrote:Sleeping Beauty totally sold me on the anime and it never slowed down throughout the whole video.


|:> Thank you! :)
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby Honou_Miko » Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:41 am

Davis 51 wrote:War, Basically: We need more comedy videos like this. Seriously. How do we not have more videos like this?


Whee, thanks! I'm hoping my censor sound choices didn't detract... I was thinking of either bleeping or just muting the curses, but then I realized I'd lose half the video... (I ended up using actual Terrence and Phillip fart noises, as well as Ukraine's boob noises, and I censored Poland's f word with his own pony.) But yeah, I think it went by too fast; I won't lie, I was expecting a much bigger reaction for Canada. :<

Davis 51 wrote:Ouran Host Club Welcomes You!: To me...this didn't belong in comedy. In fact, I'm not sure what category it belongs to. Similar problem with War, Basically. As I said earlier, maybe Comedy can be renamed "Comedy/Musical?"


Ttthhhat's a tricky point, because that's restricting the "musical" category to only comedy, when it can be anything at all. Last year we had that awesome romance winner with "That Face" from The Producers, and while it was amusing, I feel it was very rightfully put in the romance category. Another video I did a few years back that didn't make the finals had a similar situation - it was from a musical, and the song started out hilariously but ended on quite a hopeless and depressing note. Wouldn't go over in comedy at all. As it is, I think the fact that the only genre-specific category is "upbeat/dance" is perfect, because that pretty much just covers all "feel-good" videos.
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Re: The Otakon 2011 Thread

Postby l33tmeatwad » Thu Aug 04, 2011 1:02 pm

Honou_Miko wrote:Whee, thanks! I'm hoping my censor sound choices didn't detract... I was thinking of either bleeping or just muting the curses, but then I realized I'd lose half the video... (I ended up using actual Terrence and Phillip fart noises, as well as Ukraine's boob noises, and I censored Poland's f word with his own pony.) But yeah, I think it went by too fast; I won't lie, I was expecting a much bigger reaction for Canada. :<

The concept was solid, the flaw is the fact that the song a compilation of jokes from an entire movie summed up at a very high speed. The pacing doesn't allow for "breaks" between the jokes, making it hard to digest the full video in one sitting. This does make it more re-watchable, but it also make it easy to miss big jokes. That said, great job on the video, it was really good!
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