Arigatomina wrote:Which conventions in particular?
Well, if it's reaching the widest possible audience that you're most concerned about, you'd probably be best off going with one of the bigger cons like Anime Expo or Otakon.
OR SO YOU'D THINK. Because generally speaking, the bigger the con, the more submissions it'll receive, the fewer of them (proportionally) actually make it into the contest. (Obvious exception: AWA.)
So you might want to consider starting off small if you're not sure your videos can handle the competition at the bigger cons. Or not. Your call.
Arigatomina wrote:And is this a way to get known, or a way to get *better* known?
Well, just as an example, as far as I know, no one knew who *I* was until Otakon and AWA 2003.
DV:UI didn't really get popular until after it showed at Katsucon (and then again at Anime Boston).
However, I may not be the best example in the world, because I only put out about 3 new videos a year, as opposed to someone like yourself.
Obviously one shouldn't underestimate the power of word of mouth and P2P networks, but as far as I've seen, cons are one of the surest ways of making sure your video gets seen by large numbers of people.
But it's a good question, a distinction I'd not really considered much.
Arigatomina wrote:I've never submittted to a convention*, so I'm skeptical as to how that is supposed to make a person well known. The few times I've seen a 'lesser known' editor winning at a convention, he's still as 'lesser known' afterward as he was before he sent his vid in. His hits, stars, reviews don't change a bit.
Hm, really? That's quite an interesting observation... you'd think people would remember the video if it was good enough to win. I admit I don't exactly have the broadest base of experience to go by...
Arigatomina wrote:To me, it seems videos that are good enough (generally liked by all) to be loved on the org will win at conventions as well. So the popularity does increase after the convention, but it was already there before they submitted it. All the convention did was get a few extra people stopping by (to download a copy), and bragging rights for the creator.
There are videos, though, that are really good and simply never get popular for whatever reason (like, if the creator doesn't really promote them), aren't there?
I suppose I should also mention the people that, for whatever reason, don't really watch that many AMVs outside of convention contests, e.g. myself, DWChang (he has mentioned it before), etc.
Unless it happens to have a song/anime match I find interesting and I stumble upon it, or someone politely shoves it in my face until I download it, or it gets a LOT of good press on the forums, I'm not likely to download any given video.
As a result, I'm probably missing a lot of really good videos like <a href="
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... 5635">this one</a>, which was shoved in my face over AOLIM just last week. I never would have found it otherwise.
SarahtheBoring wrote:It's probably a chicken-and-the-egg bit. Are there any editors who only submit to cons and don't use the org at all, but are well-known anyway?
I'm still wondering who that Michael Zubrzycki guy is...
And I believe Tom the Fish doesn't make most of his videos available for download.
SarahtheBoring wrote:Are there any editors who only use the org, never submit to cons, but are well-known anyway? [note: for the quality of their videos, and not just "oh yeah, they made a few good ones". I mean hardcore, everyone on earth knows who they are, that kind of thing.]
Well, I suppose the question is, by "on earth" do you mean among the Org populace, or a more general audience?
SarahtheBoring wrote:I don't know if there are, but that might be useful in trying to plan one's takeover of the world through the awesome power of their AMVs.
I love you too, Sarah
Funny how that works...
