AWA Pro & DDR Project 2 Videos - Online

VegettoEX · Post by **VegettoEX** » Wed Oct 02, 2002 4:10 pm

You guys are waaay too kind on the "Smoke" video :D. EVERYONE's DDR tracks were SOOO good this year, I couldn't help but feel severely out-classed. We totally appreciate all the good words, though ^^.

Mag Launcher · Post by **Mag Launcher** » Wed Oct 02, 2002 6:13 pm

amvs are nothing but a fucking digital effects race now. That smoke video could have used any anime and nothing would have changed.

random anime + random effects every time you hear a noise = good amv

...I guess

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Wed Oct 02, 2002 9:22 pm

Ummm...no.

"Smoke" would've sucked with somethin' like Superbook or Fantastic Adventures of Unico. Or DBZ.

My initial thought on a good match would've been Giant Robo.

But to say it's all a digital effects race is overstating things. A hell of a good video can still be made with cuts only.

Mag Launcher · Post by **Mag Launcher** » Thu Oct 03, 2002 11:08 pm

to say it's a dv efx race isn't an overstatement. You just don't see it yet. Soon you'll notice. It's always been going this way and will keep on as long as these geeks beg for more shiny colors.

MeriC · Post by **MeriC** » Thu Oct 03, 2002 11:35 pm

Heheh, thanks for the kind words (and shameless attention, tee hee!) for the video. Hell, ours is so lacking in effects compared to the other videos in the DDR project. Jeff Heller's, for example, made excellent use of effects to help accentuate the music. Same thing for Eric Kobet, Ian, and Scott's videos, for that matter. But, there were also really awesome "straight-cut" videos in the project that fit songs wonderfully. Hopefully, we'll actually learn some advanced techniques for the next project, and churn out something that will be worthy of a nice dance video.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Thu Oct 03, 2002 11:37 pm

Man, I want to get a copy of Tobin and Beef's Akia video

MeriC · Post by **MeriC** » Thu Oct 03, 2002 11:38 pm

Rozard wrote:Man, I want to get a copy of Tobin and Beef's Akia video

Heh, man... all those panties hurt my eyes after awhile, though.

Never seen so many white panties at once. You'd think all those ladies would at least wear different colored undies at some point.

And thus, I think too much.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Thu Oct 03, 2002 11:47 pm

LOL!!! It was just so damn funny. We have a tape of a few people giving props to Tobin for that video. It's a novelty thing, I think. Also, (Getting somewhat back on topic) I loved the "Smoke" video. I loved the dance arrows, and the incorporation of aspects of the game into the video.

"Not good!"

MeriC · Post by **MeriC** » Thu Oct 03, 2002 11:50 pm

Rozard wrote:"Not good!"

Heheh, that was so fun to make. I take credit for that part, ha! Mike did all the arrow stuff though. It's way simple compared to what Scott did in his Gundam video with all of his arrows, though.

In any case, I'm glad you saw all the cheesy DDR gags. Now, if only we had been able to figure out how to make "Freeze" arrows....

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Thu Oct 03, 2002 11:56 pm

"It's the newwwwwwwwwwww style!"

My only beef with the video is how the track tore Deep Purple a new one. I soooooooooo prefer the original "Smoke On The Water."