Enigma wrote:Zarxrax wrote:Castor Troy wrote:
this
Ugh, that piece of trash?
90% of videos from the past 5 years have better effects
Even so, those videos rather lack charm
^biased
Enigma wrote:Zarxrax wrote:Castor Troy wrote:
this
Ugh, that piece of trash?
90% of videos from the past 5 years have better effects
Even so, those videos rather lack charm
Corran wrote:I never really felt that I wanted to give up after any particular video release, but these videos have definately made me feel out of my league so to speak when they first appeared.
take your pick...
These are pretty much all technical videos. Really good non-tech videos have also left strong impressions on me but usually they fall into the realm of "I can do that".

CorpseGoddess wrote:Corran wrote:I never really felt that I wanted to give up after any particular video release, but these videos have definately made me feel out of my league so to speak when they first appeared.
take your pick...
These are pretty much all technical videos. Really good non-tech videos have also left strong impressions on me but usually they fall into the realm of "I can do that".
"Magic Pad" has the ability to both make me despair and inspire me to edit better. It's one of the few videos that's technically amazing and yet still has an emotional connection with the music.
The first time I saw the smoke effect in "Property of a Lady", I just wanted to curl up into a ball and cry.




JudgeHolden wrote:CorpseGoddess wrote:Corran wrote:I never really felt that I wanted to give up after any particular video release, but these videos have definately made me feel out of my league so to speak when they first appeared.
take your pick...
These are pretty much all technical videos. Really good non-tech videos have also left strong impressions on me but usually they fall into the realm of "I can do that".
"Magic Pad" has the ability to both make me despair and inspire me to edit better. It's one of the few videos that's technically amazing and yet still has an emotional connection with the music.
The first time I saw the smoke effect in "Property of a Lady", I just wanted to curl up into a ball and cry.
That's just an ink drop from Riot Gear (of course, used very well). Funimation also uses it in their animated logo as well (which is an example of a real life company using Riot Gear).

seasons wrote:Like anyone wants to watch "simple" AMVs anymore, anyway.
seasons wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxEXbsgWYss
I'm watching this and I'm mildly impressed by the complexity of it all, and it's even using a source that I really enjoy, and yet... I don't feel a single thing but complete and utter indifference from start to finish. It's technically impressive and even "works" with the source material pretty well. But it just bores me in a way that even a truly bad AMV has yet to do.
I don't edit like this myself, and -- even as I learn basic effects little by little -- don't know if I'll ever be at the level where I could actually make something like this. And even if I did... well, watching this, I have to ask myself: would it even be worth my time to do so? When someone (who obviously has some level of talent) makes something as impressive-looking as this, something so completely out of my league, and it just doesn't move me at all... then what hope do I have of making a video that would move anyone else? I guess that's the issue that I'm trying to get at.
Obviously, here's where someone comes in and tells me to man up and to "make a better AMV then" or something. I don't know. It's not like I'm not trying. Like anyone wants to watch "simple" AMVs anymore, anyway.
I'll probably regret starting this thread by the end of the night. Oh well.

Cutfilm Toventngsilver wrote:Keep making vids you wanna make. Just don't expect everyone to like them, you'll be sorely disappointed.
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