AWA 2011 Pro Video Discussion Thread

[Cenit]

Please don't pay too much attention to the rating. Pay attention to what I’m writing. If you don't get that then maybe the rating will give you a hint. Here we go:

01 - Like the multiple sources. Fit to the song very well but half way through I got bored. Maybe I was in the wrong mood. - 3.0/5

02 - That song … that song is catchy. The video isn't. Song and Anime fit but it doesn't do anything for me. - 2.5/5

03 - Fuck me this was great. At first I was like skeptical but love it! - 4.5/5

04 - It is MLP so you got me. And for some parts it was nice. But just when I thought "why did you have to edit the whole song?" it got really … boring … for the last minute or so. I'm not sure if this could have been better. But it definitely could have been shorter. - 2.5/5

05 - Someone really want to win best lip-synch here … besides it wasn't really good lip-synch. There just was a lot lip flap to the singing in the background. However the editing was decent and mostly enjoyable. But it could have been better. - 3.5/5

06 - Come on wtf is this. I can't watch this like other AMVs and is too awesomely censored to enjoy it as hentai … didn't satisfy me. - 2.5/5

07 - A Joy for the Eyes right after that BB AMV but after the first min you kinda lost me. Well edited but nothing more. - 3.0/5

08 - Could it be any more random? Audio editing was a small plus but your scene selection and for the most part was a total "what should I put in here there are not enough nightmare moon scenes i just use that and that and that". And same goes for the AMV. You seem to scream for ideas since you lack of them. - 1.5/5

09 - My first Multi-Anime-MV. That song was nice. It also mostly fit the source. There was just nothing else. The usual problem with multi anime … no red line that connects em. If you do multi anime, your editing needs to be the center of the AMV since multiple Anime usually don't connect any other way. But your editing didn't add anything. - 1.5

10 - The main reason that I didn't like this as much as I might have was the song-anime combination. Good editing for the most parts. It was long but that didn't really bother me. In the end Anime and Song just didn't add up. - 3.0/5

11 - Someone must have spread the word. 3rd MLP so far. Also the best so far. Decent editing. Not to long. No real flaws. Like it. - 4.0/5

12 - I could swear there was one AMV like this 10 years ago. And about 999.998 since. So this would be the 1 millionth. That's at least a achievement. - 1.5/5

13 - Really liked it. Nice to see what one can do with 25 min of footage. Anyway great anime-song combination and well edited. Like. - 3.5/5

14 - Satoshi Kon ;_; … died too soon. Great tribute. Still just a mediocre AMV without the background. - 3.0/5

15- Great combination. Awesome song. Fitting anime. Laughed a lot. Good job! Also god(ix)!!! - 4.0/5

16 - Catchy song. Fitting anime. Good editing. Still weak concept. For a tribute quite enjoyable to watch. - 3.5/5

17 - The awesomeness of the video is not about the song or anime. It's about your editing. While song and anime were still enjoyable, your editing steals the show. Concept? There is none. But totally doesn't matter. Hell this video was like 5 min and I couldn't take my eyes of the screen to make some notes. Great Job! - 4.5/5

18 - Would have liked to have this in clean AND HD! Not this DVD crap. You gave away a good chance here. - 3.0/5

19- There are some combinations that just can't go wrong. Still could have been better. - 3.5/5

20 - I've either seen this a year ago or there is more of it. Either way while editing was solid, i didn't really enjoy it since hands down that audio is just total crap. Anyway nicely edited. - 3.0/5

21- Watched it like 3 times cause I always forgot right away what i was just watching. Total pointless AMV. - 1.5/5

22 - WTF was I just watching. Didn't think this was anyway special but the song made me smile and it did somehow fit. - 3.0/5

23 - One year later … the same shit with a new song. Knew why I made mine last year when it was still fresh and hot. TBH I don't really like the song and it doesn't fit the anime. Your editing is adding nothing. It's just another. Hope that clarified my point. - 2.0/5

24 - Not sure what to say about this … was ok I guess. Movie looked fun. Editing left me down. - 2.5/5

25 - Yikes. Good storytelling. Solid editing. Good Song-Movie combination. - 4.0/5

26 - Very very awesomely synched. Really enjoyed watching it all the way through. You really knew what you were doing. Still at some points you were a bit lazy so no perfect rating here. Anyway one of the best so far. - 4.5/5

27 - No matter how cheap that film looked this was highly interesting. Great story telling and also great combination of Song and Movie. I guess I will have to watch this film. Even if the only winning move is not to watch it. - 4.0/5

28 - Okay since I already know a very good AMV to this song for the most part I thought this was crap but still I have to admit editing was well done. Just the white stuff flying all around was a bit cheap. - 3.0/5

29 - Great work. This combination really worked well. Also liked the way how this was not chronologically edited. It might have been random but it feels very right the way you did it. Good editing. Good AMV. Good Job. - 4.0/5

30 - Very good editing and mostly fun to watch but it felt very pointless. Didn't fully get me. - 3.5/5

31 - Decent storytelling. Some flaws in the beginning but for the most part this really worked out well. - 4.0/5

32 - Just bad. Total lack of ideas. That song again. That anime again. Still no ideas. Not sure what you wanted to achieve with this but it doesn't work. Also way to long. - 2.0/5

33 - The Apple Tree for Games? No it’s not that good but it is a solid piece of work. Enjoyed it for most of the time. Some flaws but all in all good job! - 3.5/5

34 - Waiting for the end to come. So true. Shit song combine with … whatever this is. This song really … this doesn't work. - 2.5/5

35 - It is obvious who did this. Really made me feel uncomfortable. Awesome choice of animation. Audio and Video really fit each other. Needs time to grow but hell it’s dark. Story was simple … maybe a bit too simple but then again this was put together really well. Good job bro. - 4.5/5

36- Meh. Bored me quite hard. TOO many fade/flash to black. Not my type of song. - 2.5/5

37 - Loved watching this but the end left me unsatisfied. Great editing and epic song/film/game combination but the open end is the major down point. - 4.0/5

38 - Way to random for my taste. And once again that song … get yourself some ideas. - 2.0/5

39 - Didn't really get me. Was okay to watch but bored me quite a bit. - 2.5/5

40 - All you do is win … love it. - 4.5/5

41 - Never felt a long video this long … after 3,5 min of lined up action scenes you switched to 1,5 min of lined up dance scenes with no real variation and wtf was the first song meant to achieve in combination with that anime. - 2.5/5

42 - Boring. Or maybe I am bored. Couldn't amaze me either. That anime again. A song about time … again. Come on you can do better. - 2.5/5

43 - I'm the urban hateman and even if lots of scenes are overused … that catchy song and mostly well done editing made the enjoyable. Liked it. - 3.5/5

44 - Editing and song didn't really match up. Your sometimes too fast and sometimes to slow for the song … but it was okay. - 3.0/5

45 - Quite okayish i guess. Those text stuff didn't really looked that fitting but the general atmosphere was good and the rest well edited and fitting so yeah good job. Just could have been better. - 3.5/5

46 - Well edited for the most part but could have been better. Not even the best random games + music video of the contest … but quite alright. - 3.5/5

47- oh god this was random as fuck. I you wanted to tell a story … that song totally didn't deliver it. Bad scene selection mostly destroyed it for me. - 2.0/5

48- Got a bit long towards the end but all in all this was great. Good job. Really like it! - 4.0/5

49 - I'm so 100% sure I’ve seen this video before. But maybe to another song. Anyway like it. Well done. - 4.0/5

50 - Good job. Nicely edited. - 3.5/5

51 - Let’s face it. There have been way bigger wastes of time in this contest than watching 12 min of this. I'm amazed how much work you did put in this. It was quite fun to watch and had lots ideas but then again it’s also just another MLP. Still the best MLP of this contest for sure. Anyway good job. Now there is a MLP to this song, too. - 4.5/5

52 - In a world … where mentally ill Japanese girls visit Paris … stuffed animals will make the difference. Or whatever. That actress looks strange and I not mean the lovely strange. Good choice of movie and song. But this looked weird. Happy but also scary. As if she would take a rifle any second and gun those people down that tell her she's just imagining things. - 4.0/5

53 - Get me one of those. Was funny. Nothin special though. Good job. Next time try for a bit more. - 3.5/5

54 - Enjoyed it. Well edited. Fitting Film Song combination. Good Job. - 4.0/5

55 - And that was the night i watched the guy that fought rocky. Funny well edited. Not the overkill but a solid piece of work. Well done. - 4.0/5

56 - Didn't get me. Way too long. Got me bored quite hard half way through. Editing was alright but that’s it. - 2.5/5

All in all this was a great AWA PRO. Lots of good AMV's a lot more than last year (this year was a 3.18 while last year was a 2.93 so a major step upwards). By last year’s standards I couldn't give a 1,0 on my 1 to 5 scale. But also there was no uber entry this year so no 5,0 either. Anyway glad I participated again. Was fun watching all this stuff. Good job everyone. No one really annoyed me.

[Lord Rae]

I'll get to them all eventually but man... 18 got a genuine laugh out of me. The only possible downside to that is if you haven't seen the original video to the song. That I think really kicked it into a quality product. Usually I would frown on copying the original video... but that worked.

[Sephiroth]

I'm starting to think this should be called the My Little Pony and anime music video contest.

[Shin-AMV]

So I guess Best Ponies video is going to be its own category award?

[SailorDeath]

So I guess Best Ponies video is going to be its own category award?

I was thinking that we should call it "Derpy Hooves' Brony Award"

[l33tmeatwad]

So I guess Best Ponies video is going to be its own category award?

I was thinking that we should call it "Derpy Hooves' Brony Award"

...or the horny horses award

[SailorDeath]

So I guess Best Ponies video is going to be its own category award?

I was thinking that we should call it "Derpy Hooves' Brony Award"

...or the horny horses award

heh well that name might get taken out for being a little too vulgar, at least with Derpy Hooves it's the nick name of one of the characters.

[Kitsuner]

How about The Hasbro Loves You Award?

[macchinainterna]

The Equestrian Editors Award maybe?

[EimiJ7]

The Equestrian Editors Award maybe?

OOoooo I like how that one sounds ^.^