The search for the AMV superstar, (American idol style!)

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Postby Brad » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:50 pm

I actually had an idea very similar to this a while back. I was originally going to run the AMV events for a new convention in Houston that's starting in 2005 (remaining nameless for the sake of covering my bases and whatnot, and I have since decided against running these events due to time/location constraints). We were gonna have a huge ballroom dedicated to AMV events for 2 days for 8 hours each day, and I was planning on having a big Iron Chef event on the first night. I wanted to have some kind of fun game show type dealie going on while the IC'ers were editing. So I thought about doing an "AMV Idol". Basically, long beforehand, I was going to post up the submission rules for the main contest, and also talk about a special AMV Idol contest. I was going to let the first 8 people that signed up and KNEW they were going to be AT the con participate. Here's how it would've gone down.

The 8 contestants each make their own original video. There are no constraints on the source/theme/song/etc. Just, whatever they want to create (somewhat like how on American Idol, they choose whatever they want to sing). Something to show off their editing talent and really wow the audience. We'd bring each editor on stage 1 by 1, and play the video in front of our Idol panel. Of course we'd have our variety of judges from the really nice, to the kind of on-the-fence guy, to the super-critical prick. After the 8 videos are played and critiqued, the audience would write in their votes on tally sheets (kind of like the phone-in voting for American Idol). Another idea I had that would kind of affect the voting, would be where each judge could pick one video that they simply hated, and could eliminate that person. However, that's a tad too mean-spirited for such a light hearted and fun event. Anyways, the votes would be tallied up, and the winner would be announced alongside the winner of that night's Iron Chef, and each winner would get a prize of some kind :)

So yeah, I like the idea. However, I'd rather it be a con event. Adds a lot more to the fun of it all. So, that's my two cents!
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Postby Bakadeshi [AuN Studios] » Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:07 am

angelx03 wrote:Since this is going to be like American Idol, is that mean the judges can be brutal? :roll:

yup thats where all the fun is. :lol: especially when we have the realy bad ones that think they are good, just like on american idol ;p

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:I can be Simon, being an arrogant brit and so on

If you can be brutal like him :lol:
Now we just need a paula and a randy... (know anyone that can't finish a sentence without "dawg" somewhere in it?)

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Yea I see your point on the con environment. It would be much more fun with live audience. But I don't see any cons taking this idea up for the same reasons you didn't go with yours. probably just takes too much time to dedicate such a large time slot to such an event. Not to mention I am no Con coordinator, nor do I know any. I think it could still be fun online, if we execute it right, even if not quite as fun as in a con setting. And then if its successful maybe some cons will take up the idea. who knows :D
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Postby Brad » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:03 am

Well, no the reason I'm not doing it with mine, is that I'm not running that con's events at all. If I were, then yeah I'd definitely do it.

I could see AWA easily doing something like this.
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