Tasteful FX in AMVs

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:47 am

SSJVegita0609 wrote:I hereby challange someone to use the starwipe tastefully.

Fist of the Star Wipe.

Wait, you said "tastefully"?

Blanco22 · Post by **Blanco22** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:41 am

requiett wrote:Of course. Your logic is infallable: Taste is popular majority. Why didn't I realize that sooner?

What's in good taste is determined by the popular majority. Your individual tastes may or may not coincide with it. That seems like a pretty good definition of tasteful to me. How would you define tasteful?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:21 pm

if i were to go by the feedback i get on my videos, i would have to say that the ones with the most "pretties" and/or effects get the most response...

that doesnt mean that they are in "good taste" cause good taste depends on who you are talking to... but effects will get more of a response than no effects, atleast thats my observation.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:57 pm

The question of "taste" is interesting, because most of my favorite editors I define not by "skill" as such, but precisely by this "taste" that they have.

Interestingly, it's very true that "taste" is a very individual thing. I can honestly recognize AMVs by most of my favorite editors here by nothing other than the way they approach their visuals and music.

Thus the question of effects on the editor front - what one editor can use well, others might not. That's where Beo is damned right, and that's why we have so many downright bad uses of effects - because editors copy effects, or even just feel that they have to use effects without understanding why their "inspiration video" had used them.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:04 pm

Paul Kievits wrote:
Beowulf wrote:It kind of hurts me to say this, but I think you guys are giving people way to much credit.

It wasn't Koop's fault, nor was it AE's fault. Behind all those shitty videos are people who made them, who LIKE them, and who think they are AWESOME. AE doesn't create terrible effect clones. People with god awful fucking taste do.

You can't learn taste. If you genuinly think that those awful tacky effects look great, then thats it. You like it.

Thats why we have bad videos.
It's kind of like people with garden gnomes in their yard!

Garden Gnomes will kill you in your sleep.

Rurounikeitaro · Post by **Rurounikeitaro** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:59 pm

Blanco22 wrote:
requiett wrote:Of course. Your logic is infallable: Taste is popular majority. Why didn't I realize that sooner?
What's in good taste is determined by the popular majority. Your individual tastes may or may not coincide with it. That seems like a pretty good definition of tasteful to me. How would you define tasteful?

Yes! I am so loving what is said here.

Unless you graduated with a major in AMV with all honors classes and straight A's, an individual's opinion on a "tasteful AMV" is like hearing a cow make weird noises in the back of a pasture.

Basically, individual opinions by the minority on this subject are bull$#%&.

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:25 pm

Rurounikeitaro wrote:hearing a cow make weird noises in the back of a pasture.

JCD · Post by **JCD** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:29 pm

SSJVegita0609 wrote:AE allows creators to do similar things, but majorly dumbs down the process. [snip]

It really seems obvious that you never used AE.

But yeah, beo had a harsh way to say it, but brought it to the point. I generally try to respect the taste of the creator to a certain extend tho -> there are people to like effectsy stuff, and people who don't.

So let the war go on

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:44 am

I've never Tasted an effect .. though tastes have had and affect on me ...

JH