AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal (Nekocon 14, here we come!)

This forum is for the announcement, organisation and discussion of Multi-Editor AMV Projects.

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Deuce Loosely » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:24 am

I'll see what I can do.
I'm gonna be showing 3&4 Saturday night, November 6 (9pm) at Nekocon.
I'll be playing all four at AUSA (still awaiting time and night) in the AMV room.
Being on staff for Katsucon, I'll be showing 3&4 there as well.
I need to look for my tripod.
OH...I superimposed the audio track of the reaction video to AMVS4 so you can view it full-screen and still hear the audience.
I adjusted the volume levels of both audio tracks to cut down on the echo in the room.
It's a nifty AAC/H264 mp4 if anyone is interested.
I just did it for my own pleasure but I'll share. ;)
AMV Coordinator
Katsucon 2012 - present
Zenkaikon 2013 - present
Anime Mid Atlantic 2010 - 13
Nekocon 2013
IchibanCon 2014

Executive Producer: AMV Salad 1 - 6
AMV Salad 7 is currently in production...
User avatar
Deuce Loosely
 
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Status: Herding wild marshmallows

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Gaelstrom » Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:40 am

Y'know, oddly enough since I know it all by heart, it doesn't make a big difference to me ^^ In fact my friends who couldn't come I showed them the one on Megavideo way back and I was like "Wow, I wanna watch the reaction one again." Somehow my dinky camera really caught the openness of the room and the audience feel. I could check out the mixed audio, but every time I listen to the one I captured, I catch new laughs and subtle comments that probably will have been drowned out in a hybrid video.

And I don't think you really don't need a tripod. I mean any reactions would be awesome, so you don't have to go out of your way for it. I'd absolutely LOVE a reaction vid for AMVS3 though. Both even better. I was so nervous during 3 I can barely remember the reactions to my clips, only that most were pretty good.
ImageImageImage
User avatar
Gaelstrom
 
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
Status: Sending enemies to the next dimension

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby krvabo » Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:46 am

I'll ask before doing the actual editing.
I was planning to use this audio:
http://www.popeater.com/2010/09/09/dian ... -brothers/

Is it populair enough to use, or wouldn't it get any recognition (and therefore lose a lot of it's potential funnyness) at all?

I was also planning to make a video using the other video linked on that page ('Coming through your windows, snatching your people up..') but it has the same problem :P

Any thoughts on this?

Deuce: How many editors are going to contribute, and how many have sent something in? I know it's kinda early to ask though :P
ImageImageImage
User avatar
krvabo
 
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Location: Netherlands / Holland

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Deuce Loosely » Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:36 pm

krvabo: Considering that video has over 3mil views over two weeks, I think perhaps it would be safe to use the audio. I'm sure whoever made the video auto-tuned the person's voice and created the song. I'm confident enough in your skills and ingenuity that you can make it work. I'm rather intrigued to see what will come out of it. ;)

And yes...it's very early yet. I don't expect clips to start rolling in even sporadically for another month or so. It tends to happen that way every year. I did get a few submissions from one editor almost immediately so I'm optimistic.
AMV Coordinator
Katsucon 2012 - present
Zenkaikon 2013 - present
Anime Mid Atlantic 2010 - 13
Nekocon 2013
IchibanCon 2014

Executive Producer: AMV Salad 1 - 6
AMV Salad 7 is currently in production...
User avatar
Deuce Loosely
 
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Status: Herding wild marshmallows

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Gaelstrom » Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:44 pm

Hmm... that's an interesting one. Krvabo, it's kind of a Catch 22 in this situation, because I'd have to know the source in order to tell whether it'd work well with it. This is a tough one you've chosen, because my main rule of thumb is to never choose clips that are recognition-specific. My one major suggestion is to consider if it will work very carefully, and the footage you'll choose as well. Consider it as if you're an audience member who has no clue about the audio, or the anime footage you may use. You don't HAVE to do that to make it successful of course, but that'll hit the biggest portion of the crowd. Internet fad videos don't really become widely known unless they hit the 20 mil views really fast generally, because it'll be out of everyone's mind in a couple months.

If you can determine a source footage that will make it funny without knowing any context in what the audio is talking about, you could have a decent thing going with some creativity there (and the song is a little catchy of course, so that works in your favor). I can see this getting reactions like the Gunther clip if you don't handle it very carefully. From my perspective the song was getting old after about 20-30 seconds.

Again, this is all based on me not having a clue what footage you'd be using or the context in which it would be used.
ImageImageImage
User avatar
Gaelstrom
 
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
Status: Sending enemies to the next dimension

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby MaggIvy » Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:57 pm

Well I finally have a few ideas, now it's a matter of throwing them together.
Image
User avatar
MaggIvy
 
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Canada

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Deuce Loosely » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:06 pm

I'm remixing the "Backin' Up" song and video for the lulz.
Not sure which anime to use with the original video.
This won't be for the Salad since krvabo already claimed it.
Just something to keep me in practice and further my WTF repertoire...
AMV Coordinator
Katsucon 2012 - present
Zenkaikon 2013 - present
Anime Mid Atlantic 2010 - 13
Nekocon 2013
IchibanCon 2014

Executive Producer: AMV Salad 1 - 6
AMV Salad 7 is currently in production...
User avatar
Deuce Loosely
 
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Status: Herding wild marshmallows

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Gaelstrom » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:24 pm

I really want to start working on some of the things I have planned, but some of them I lack to footage, but most of all I'm torn between searching for a job, expanding my demo to make that easier, learning new software and technique to be more appealing to said jobs, and doing more parody stuff for AMVS5. I already have well over a dozen viable ideas and a couple more show up each month, it's just... darnit.

Also, it turns out I'd seen the idea I had for the intro before in another fanparody. I can still make it work if I lampoon that fanparody as well, but I'll have to see how I feel down the line. I may have to spoil the surprise and discuss the idea with you Deuce to see what can be made of it.
ImageImageImage
User avatar
Gaelstrom
 
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
Status: Sending enemies to the next dimension

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Deuce Loosely » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:17 am

Here's what I propose.

No good idea should go unexplored. If you have one and don't think you can finish or follow up on it yourself, post it here. Give the concept, anime, audio source, etc and leave it there for someone to pick up and make a reality.

Don't worry about spoiling any surprises or humor. The magic is in the final product. You can talk all day about how funny something could be but you can't get the full impact of the idea until you see it. Like the Geico ads in AMVS4. They sounded like a good idea and we all saw the potential but didn't get the laughs until we saw them.

So put your ideas out there, whether by word or finished video. Let's get moving. :up:
AMV Coordinator
Katsucon 2012 - present
Zenkaikon 2013 - present
Anime Mid Atlantic 2010 - 13
Nekocon 2013
IchibanCon 2014

Executive Producer: AMV Salad 1 - 6
AMV Salad 7 is currently in production...
User avatar
Deuce Loosely
 
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Status: Herding wild marshmallows

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Gaelstrom » Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:15 am

Oh god dammit, Miko ^^ I saw the episode of Family Guy tonight and I remembered what you said ^^ The ENTIRE episode went through my head as I sketched with Light and L and Misa ^^ Oh my god I've seen these episodes over and over, but damn I haven't laughed that hard in a long time ^^

L: "Oh, but I have to stick around and have more of Gillian's lemonade!"

Misa: "I know, right? It's so good! I just wish they didn't have to kill so many lemons to make it..."

L: "....Is she retarded?"

Oh god, the images of them in that scene... my night was made.
ImageImageImage
User avatar
Gaelstrom
 
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
Status: Sending enemies to the next dimension

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Deuce Loosely » Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:46 pm

I was just thinking of the possibilities of doing a full episode of Family Guy with Death Note.
Side project, of course.
Split the episode into scenes and leave them up for grabs.
Something like that.
Anyway...I hope people are having fun thinking about what to do with this year's AMVS concept. ;)
AMV Coordinator
Katsucon 2012 - present
Zenkaikon 2013 - present
Anime Mid Atlantic 2010 - 13
Nekocon 2013
IchibanCon 2014

Executive Producer: AMV Salad 1 - 6
AMV Salad 7 is currently in production...
User avatar
Deuce Loosely
 
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Status: Herding wild marshmallows

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Gaelstrom » Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:26 pm

What may be even better, and less predictable for the audience, is to do sort of an abridged style thing with it. Take scenes from Family Guy and assemble a sort of redux of Death Note utilizing Family Guy audio, and completely change the dynamic between L and Light :) I'm not sure how much of it would actually work, but I'm sure Family Guy has enough plots to draw several things from. Make Ryuk voiced by Peter or something. The only issue is of course there's not enough Gillian to really make her into Misa. And Lois as Misa just hurts my soul to think about :D Oh god... Rem as Lois... hurts so good...

But I did have a thought today, Deuce. We've GOT to do better music for the credits. Let's face it, the Law and Order theme is barely tolerable for even 30 seconds, and while TV Dinner was a step up, it was just not very upbeat or entertaining really. Granted that's not taking into account the idea that it's too painful to interject random production tags into good music, and it'll just annoy people if the song's a favorite, but you could hear the people in the audience "aww"ing when Angelyco's and MaggIvy's and such production tags went through with more upbeat and fun music and then just stop.

One proposition is for AMVS5, we actually make the credits as something more than an afterthought, something we all agree on, even if it means giving up production tags. Thus far the most successful and ironically epic credits have been 'Song that gets on everybody's nerves' but even that was too long really. I'm glad I finally convinced you to put the Haruhi reading e-mails clip in the way I'd originally suggested ^^ That one I was certain it needed a certain type of presentation to be effective. The pedobear one was definitely an interesting surprise :D I wonder to this day if it would have gotten that reaction elsewhere in the production. The idea is that having clips to look for should now be our baseline, obviously, because it's the best way to split up the boredom. But AMVHell of course has the best idea with making an AMV out of clips from its submissions, yet we don't have as much to work with, and usually trip over the deadline each year anyway.

Basically I think we should consider using much more upbeat music, and perhaps making a more unified production tag. For example, (and chances are this won't happen in time :D) I had an idea of actually taking a song called Siamsa from Celtic Tiger I think it's called and actually doing a Riverdance version of Hare Hare Yukai in 3D. I was considering it for fun and practice, and then as I was listening I started imagining an edited down version of it where all the tags are revealed by the characters dancing through the black background and interacting with one another. This would of course require the tags to be unified and the music to not stop, but of course each person's tag is part of who they are, so it was a bit of a tradeoff.

Anyway, yeah, you get my point. I don't have a great idea myself, but I think it's something to consider. The credits are perpetually the biggest complaint I think, so they seem to require the greatest consideration. AMVS4 though deeeeefinitely was a step up in preventing boredom though I think.
ImageImageImage
User avatar
Gaelstrom
 
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
Status: Sending enemies to the next dimension

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Gaelstrom » Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:20 pm

Hey, Deuce. Is it next week that AMVS3 and 4 will be playing at the con? Was it Nekocon? Either way, can you please get another reaction vid somehow? I'm honestly still very curious how much the audio issues at Otakon affected the audience. That and I'd just love to see more reactions ^^ I'd be lying if I said that watching that reaction vid wasn't a rather common thing in my week :P
ImageImageImage
User avatar
Gaelstrom
 
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
Status: Sending enemies to the next dimension

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Deuce Loosely » Sat Oct 30, 2010 3:24 am

AMV Salad 2010 Tour! :P

Next two stops:
November 6 (Saturday 9pm) - Nekocon
* showing AMVS 3 & 4

November 13 (Saturday 11:30pm) - Anime USA
* showing all four AMV Salads

You can be sure there will be showings at Katsucon in February (as I'm AMV asst. DH) and Tekkoshocon in April. And AMV Salad 5 will, of course, be beta screened at Anime Mid Atlantic in June.

Speaking of the latter, we seem to be getting a slow start after such a massive brainstorm in the beginning. Hopefully things pick up soon. Remember that we also accept "non-theme" clips even though I'd like us to concentrate on the concept set forth. If any of you find that you don't like this idea enough we can figure something else out. Otherwise I hope to see clips coming in sometime before too long. ;)

Everyone have a safe and epic Halloween! |:> :dino: :jester:
AMV Coordinator
Katsucon 2012 - present
Zenkaikon 2013 - present
Anime Mid Atlantic 2010 - 13
Nekocon 2013
IchibanCon 2014

Executive Producer: AMV Salad 1 - 6
AMV Salad 7 is currently in production...
User avatar
Deuce Loosely
 
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Status: Herding wild marshmallows

Re: AMV Salad 5: Happy Meal

Postby Deuce Loosely » Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:04 pm

I thought you all might wanna know.

AMV Salad 4 STATS:
[hits: 1194]
[ops: 0]
[stars: 130]
[star avg: 3.95]
* The lowest "star average" comes from AMV Salad 1 (listed as AMV Hell 3.14) at 3.6 so I think the "franchise" is doing pretty well. |:>
AMV Coordinator
Katsucon 2012 - present
Zenkaikon 2013 - present
Anime Mid Atlantic 2010 - 13
Nekocon 2013
IchibanCon 2014

Executive Producer: AMV Salad 1 - 6
AMV Salad 7 is currently in production...
User avatar
Deuce Loosely
 
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Status: Herding wild marshmallows

PreviousNext

Return to Multi-Editor Projects

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests