Why do you like certain AMVs?

Evangelion Unit 01 · Post by **Evangelion Unit 01** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:18 pm

I asked a simlar question on the general anime thread, but the reason I am asking it here is because sometimes I have noticed that I will like a certain AMV just because it has a certain anime or song to it. Usually the anime part.

I feel this effects the star rating a lot, wont help in my case 2.39

But I am only wondering if other AMVers do the same. That's all.

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:25 pm

. We like the round-ish faces and some of the music - sure ^_^
but, just as 99.999% of the people don't like "Liver" for dinner - there are a
few things that everyone "can" agree on; the style of the drawings, the songs, how clean the picture is, and how interesting the composed AMV
would have been - if we had made it.

inthesto · Post by **inthesto** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:36 pm

Synthesis.

Voices_Of_Ryan · Post by **Voices_Of_Ryan** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:52 pm

post-it wrote:. We like the round-ish faces and some of the music - sure ^_^
but, just as 99.999% of the people don't like "Liver" for dinner - there are a
few things that everyone "can" agree on; the style of the drawings, the songs, how clean the picture is, and how interesting the composed AMV
would have been - if we had made it.

Just like everyone agree's that liver smells really good while cooking.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:58 pm

I tend to like 2 types of videos.

1. Videos that are entertaining. The song usually plays a fairly large part in this.

2. Videos that blow my mind technically.

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:05 pm

I like videos that do something that's never been done before. The rare 1% that go against the grain of coarse most of my faverate aren't popular AMVs ether. But videos like stanford prison exsperiment are the reason i watch AMVs.

Pyle · Post by **Pyle** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:08 pm

Zarxrax wrote: 2. Videos that blow my mind technically.

x2

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:10 pm

All Soccer Moms are PURE EVIL!!!!

Voices_Of_Ryan · Post by **Voices_Of_Ryan** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:25 pm

Castor Troy wrote:
All Soccer Moms are PURE EVIL!!!!

x3

mystryl_shada · Post by **mystryl_shada** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:53 pm

The main things I look for in AMVs are editing, timing, content, how the music fits, and overall theme(s). Notice I did NOT put special effects in there. Some of the best ones I've seen have not been the flashy, over-done things, but some of the more well thought out ones. Most of my favorites can be done in Windows Movie Maker. Some of my least favorite AMVs have been done with Premier or After Effects...people who have no clue how or where to use special effects can really ruin what could have been a good vid. To me, special effects are just an added bonus; they are not necessary unless you can make it look good. If I can watch a vid and get totally lost in its rythem, feel, and emotion, then I claim it a masterpiece. If I watch a vid and think "ok...this is a music video...uh, nothing hit that beat...wait, what the heck was THAT wierd effect?", then the video's failed.
That being said, the ones I have more of a chance of downloading are ones that use songs I know and/or like, or animes I know and like (not "or" here...I won't download vids with animes I hate, like DBZ and Evangelion). So I guess music and anime selection are also really important on my list of critera. But just because I don't like an anime or a song doesn't make it a bad vid in my opinion. I just probably won't watch or download it.

~Shada~