What makes a amv not a random act

[Otohiko]

Randomness is a method.

Assume innocence.

Bring down the government.

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[bum]

Action is a gendre to throw things in that dont fit specificaly into another gendre.

All amv's are random unless your ear has bein trained to pay more attention to each specific element of a song.

A communist nation has NEVER EXISTED. China, North Korea and Cuba ARE NOT communist nations. Communism is not the rule of society by a single party which maintains a monopoly of political power and suppresses all opposition. It is a society in which the ruling bourgeoisie slightly betters the conditions of life of the working class and oppressed, through such measures as slightly higher taxation of the capitalists.*



*kudos to communism.com for enlightening me

[inthesto]

Had I started my AMVs only a millisecond later than I did, I would have ended up with COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FINAL PRODUCTS.

Also, I'm made up of tiny strings.

[anneke]

I find a video should always tell a story. I have some videos I can write pages about the meaning of each scene etc...(and I have). Even when you have an almost random collection of clips there should be some sort of thread that underlines them all and ties them together. One such example is that if you have a piece of music that has a chorus that repeats, every time the chorus plays you show the same sort of scenes... People being killed by swords (for example). Then during the verses you can focus on something within each verses that ties it together. The First verse you show people being shot. chorus of people killed by swords. 2nd verse is mechas blowing things up. Chorus again showing people killed by swords, third verse you show fluffy bunnies, back to the chorus and killing people by swords, and it ends. It's abit random but you have a connection and pattern to the scenes.

Anneke

[JudgeHolden]

What makes a amv not a random act?

Actually putting effort and hard work into it.

Ding! Ding! Zarxrax got the answer right! All hail Zarxrax!

[mikestrife]

Lens flares, lots of lens flares.

[Adv1sor]

assume your audience hasn't seen the anime and can't understand the lyrics.

This is the best specific advice I've seen so far on this thread.

[JaddziaDax]

Lens flares, lots of lens flares.

ever since this was pointed out to me, I've noticed alot of lensflares used in PROFESSIONAL videos (comercials, news, ect.)

[gypsy]

ac·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kshn)
n.
The state or process of acting or doing: The medical team went into action.
Something done or accomplished; a deed. See Usage Note at act.
Organized activity to accomplish an objective: a problem requiring drastic action.
The causation of change by the exertion of power or a natural process: the action of waves on a beach; the action of a drug on blood pressure.
A movement or a series of movements, as of an actor.
Manner of movement: a horse with fine action.
Habitual or vigorous activity; energy: a woman of action.
Behavior or conduct. Often used in the plural.

The operating parts of a mechanism.
The manner in which such parts operate.
The manner in which a musical instrument can be played; playability: a piano with quick action.
A change that occurs in the body or in a bodily organ as a result of its functioning.
A physical change, as in position, mass, or energy, that an object or a system undergoes.
The series of events and episodes that form the plot of a story or play.
The appearance of animation of a figure in painting or sculpture.
Law. A judicial proceeding whose purpose is to obtain relief at the hands of a court.

Armed encounter; combat: missing in action.
An engagement between troops or ships: fought a rear-guard action.
The most important or exciting work or activity in a specific field or area: always heads for where the action is.

*** from dictionary.com ***

bleh.

[requiett]

Debating the issue at hand until there's no room left for doubt. Don't bother with actually editing here. It's overrated anyhow.