Otohiko wrote:Just like last round, I feel like having editors submit a little blurb about what they were going for with their videos would be helpful. It's easier to figure it out than last round, but sometimes you still have to kind of just guess...
IMO, if they didn't
clearly portray the sin, that should be a markdown for the theme. I can understand some interpretation, but if it boils down to "Oh, you have to have seen the show, and know about this certain character and understand how I was using the song." then they'll be losing points with me.
If I host a cake competition, bring cupcakes, wedding cakes, funnel cakes, you can even bring a picture of a cake if you want to try to get smart. But if you bring a bucket of horse droppings with the word cake written on it and say "YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS THHHIIINNNKKIINNNG AND THE BAAACCKKKSSTTOOORRRRY."
Then I shake my head and say "No."
So in other words, being creative is fine
But if the judges have to do a ton of research just to figure out how to judge it, then the editor didn't do their job.