"Lipsyncing is cruise control for comedy."

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Postby qazyseult » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:35 pm

Guilty, your honor. With lip-synching liek that, it's more like you're using the funny song's inherent funny as the selling point as opposed to adding your own funny. I think that comment makes sense.
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Re: "Lipsyncing is cruise control for comedy."

Postby dokidoki » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:25 pm

badmartialarts wrote:Furthermore, and this is where the comment comes from, there are lots of drama videos that just make me laugh because of the lipsync.

A "famous" example of this is One Day More. This showed in the drama category at AX, and thousands of people were laughing their asses off. As the video info says, it got a standing ovation at the end.

Lipsync good for comedy or bad? Good in drama, or bad?

Good in either if done well. Bad in either if done poorly.
Given its prevalence in comedy, it can be hard for some to take seriously sometimes in drama, as discussed. Generally in comedy AMVs, I want more than just lipsync, but sometimes lipsync-only can be entertaining as well.
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Postby SnhKnives » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:33 pm

i agree with this


however, bad lip sync videos always win out over videos that can sometimes be clever or hard to catch comedic wise.


why? cause the amv crowd's IQ isnt getting any higher
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Postby dokidoki » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:50 pm

SnhKnives wrote:however, bad lip sync videos always win out over videos that can sometimes be clever or hard to catch comedic wise.
why? cause the amv crowd's IQ isnt getting any higher

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Postby Infinity Squared » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:03 pm

SnhKnives wrote:however, bad lip sync videos always win out over videos that can sometimes be clever or hard to catch comedic wise.


why? cause the amv crowd's IQ isnt getting any higher


Hence is a good way to capitalize on competitions... Any other kind of AMV might be good but almost always, at least to me, something personal... in the end to quote Men in Black, "a person is smart, people are dumb (and panicky)"
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Postby Flint the Dwarf » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:22 am

Scintilla wrote:
Flint the Dwarf wrote:Like this. But lots of people laughed at the lip sync in that video at Otakon, and I guess I can understand why.

Well, that wasn't so much because there was lip synch as because of just <i>what</i> the characters (read: Gendo) were being made to say.

Well, that's what I mean. Lots of times, even when lip sync is contextually appropriate, it simply feels silly.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:59 am

Flint the Dwarf wrote:Well, that's what I mean. Lots of times, even when lip sync is contextually appropriate, it simply feels silly.


thats because lipsync is inherently silly, because everyone thinks millivanilli O.o
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Postby Infinity Squared » Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:02 am

Or bad Hong Kong dubs...
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Postby Ashyukun » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:52 am

dokidoki wrote:
SnhKnives wrote:however, bad lip sync videos always win out over videos that can sometimes be clever or hard to catch comedic wise.
why? cause the amv crowd's IQ isnt getting any higher

(Takes notes for next video) :D


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Postby JudgeHolden » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:14 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:
Flint the Dwarf wrote:Well, that's what I mean. Lots of times, even when lip sync is contextually appropriate, it simply feels silly.


thats because lipsync is inherently silly, because everyone thinks millivanilli O.o


Or Ashley Simpson .... :shock:
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Postby Moonlight Soldier » Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:28 pm

I think people will try to use lip sync in comedy since it might help solidify the connection to the character. I mean, when you have the voice of Golum paired up with a perverted high school teacher, it makes the duality between the two characters more hilarious.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
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Postby Beowulf » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:36 pm

Lip sych for comedic purposes is generally pandering to the lowest common denominator, and therfor deplorable.

Its my instinct to think that the creator has sinsister and manipulitive motives when doing this but 5 years of con experience has proven that generally, said creator is part of the lowest common denominator.

Rofl I could rant about this shit for hours.
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Postby AquaSky » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:36 am

What luck. I was just thinking this thread could use more pretentiousness. :?
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Postby dokidoki » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:17 am

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"Lip sych for comedic purposes is generally pandering to
the lowest common denominator, and therfor deplorable."
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Postby Nightowl » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:31 am

Beowulf wrote:Lip sych for comedic purposes is generally pandering to the lowest common denominator, and therfor deplorable.


Stab me in the heart, man. Go ahead. I won't mind. Have you seen Brian's Song, bastard?

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