Are amvs fun??

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:30 am

BasharOfTheAges wrote:Also, "otaku" has little to do with anime - it boils down to an overly obsessive personality type commonly linked with introversion and collection.

a similar American stereotype would be a "Trekkie" though their specific point of interest is obviously Star Trek...

I do know Harry Potter fanatics that would fit your Otaku description as well.

I'm not sure if there's a point to this post but yea..

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:24 am

My attitude is: I'd be kicking myself in the shins if I put a lot of effort into making an AMV and didn't take the time to try and clean it up as much as possible. So when I blast someone's commendable "artistic vision" because its suffering from poor video quality, I'm basically grabbing them by the shoulders, shaking them silly and saying "WHY, WHY when you had the chance to make something so much better??"

If you think making an AMV in one weekend is a long project, or a normal project, then maybe bad video quality is a barely worth noticing in your own work or others' because, in your mind, this hobby is not worth that level of effort. For those of us who spend months/years on an AMV, however, it's kind of hard to imagine not fussing over our footage as much as our skill level allows.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:48 am

its not as though clean up work takes years or months or even weeks to do... most clean up can be done within a day (or less), so yea, you could make an amv as a weekend project and still clean it up...

>.>

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:05 am

Yah, it doesn't take long if you know what you're doing. I suspect that most people who don't bother cleaning up footage are just unwilling/unable to put forth the effort required to learn how. I mean, creating nice footage goes all the way back to how you obtain your original rip (assuming you rip...er hem), it's not just the last step.

CorpseGoddess · Post by **CorpseGoddess** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:42 am

kiarrens wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:"Correct" isn't about what you choose to use as a compression format, it's about making your product look nice and take up an amount of space that's appropriate to the video length - showing that you put some effort into the thing.
I'd say that story-telling and song/anime choice are more important, but meh. Without substance, all the amv is is a shiny encode. It's like dessert without dinner. They're both "correct" and important, but not mutually exclusive. I'd rather watch an AMV with a well thought out story and basic editing with a little pixelation than a beautifully compressed effect-crazy smorgasborg with no substance to it at all.

So yes, for me, AMVs are still fun. I love to tell stories, but even more, my goal with AMVs is to make people FEEL something. There's nothing better than seeing people crying or laughing because of something you've made. THAT's what makes it fun for me - watching people in the audience with tears in their eyes, or laughing so hard they fall out of their seats.

x2, Kiarrens. The ones I love the best are the ones that move me in some way, regardless of the technical specifications or polished look and feel. And causing me to flop around on the floor due to a grand mal seizure is *not* the kind of "moving" I mean.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:09 pm

DriftRoot wrote:Yah, it doesn't take long if you know what you're doing. I suspect that most people who don't bother cleaning up footage are just unwilling/unable to put forth the effort required to learn how.

And that is why they fail. Never enable laziness, it sets a bad example.

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:09 am

BasharOfTheAges wrote:
DriftRoot wrote:Yah, it doesn't take long if you know what you're doing. I suspect that most people who don't bother cleaning up footage are just unwilling/unable to put forth the effort required to learn how.
And that is why they fail. Never enable laziness, it sets a bad example.

I'm not enabling laziness...am I?

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:16 pm

DriftRoot wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:
DriftRoot wrote:Yah, it doesn't take long if you know what you're doing. I suspect that most people who don't bother cleaning up footage are just unwilling/unable to put forth the effort required to learn how.
And that is why they fail. Never enable laziness, it sets a bad example.
I'm not enabling laziness...am I?

By recognizing it as an excuse and not dismissing it you're suggesting that it is, indeed, legitimate - yea, i think that classifies as enabling nowadays.

ZephyrStar · Post by **ZephyrStar** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:38 pm

No. AMV's are not fun at all. I really hate them and hate making for them. Vote for me in the VCA's, please?

XD

Amo-Chan · Post by **Amo-Chan** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:17 pm

Are AMVs fun? Sure, they can be. I have a great time making them. I've also had a great time learning how to make them better. I have no illusions about my skill level. Hell, I barely understand the technical aspect of it, but I keep on trucking. I think the only time they aren't fun is when people are cruel about what you've created. I remember my first really really bad qc. I was told I suck, and that I should never make another amv. I believe I curled up into a ball and then ate too much ice cream. And then, I got pissed. I made what I thought was a horrible amv. And then I got a bunch of positive qcs for it. Talk about confusion. But, from that moment, I learned to just take the qcs and even some of the ops with a grain of salt. You can't please everyone and if I'm the one having fun and my kids like them, then it's all good. So, yeah, I still think they're fun.