The AMV theorum

[The Wired Knight]

I have a video that I spent only 3 hours on and yet it has won an award. Another video I spent 3 hours on almost won an award as well.

That is ofcourse using awards as a basis of if a video is good, and thus being of quality.

Anneke

Post count =128
Time Spent = 3 Hous

3 - 128 = -125

I still don't see how this is effective at all at rating videos. What the hell does the -125 mean? What about people who don't have jobs and spend time on the boards and on their AMVs all day.

Also, within a two hour limit you can get about twenty to thirty posts but only maybe 10-30 seconds of footage done on an AMV. This mathmatical system is HIGHLY weightend against a video having a postive score. this also means that those of us who have NEVER posted should have the best videos.

Anneke's video has a score of -125 and yet Gerry Hsu has all his videos at a score of 2, higher than Annake by a large margin. Yet from what I've heard the videos are no good. But according to the system Gerry's are better.

[Chaos Angel]

What's the numerical rating scale for quality? Is 1000 good, bad? 50? Without defining a scale for giving the quality factor meaning, it holds no significance. And making a scale arbitrarily isn't fair. So, in order for this theorum to have any credance, first a fair scale must be created for the quality rating.

But even then, it's still bunk, no offense. AMVs are like any other art form: good and bad are highly subjective. Videos that one person loves, another may find to be mediocre. You can't measure how good something is mathematically; it's an opinion of the viewer.

Interesting theory, though.

[Castor Troy]

2+2=5

[Flint the Dwarf]

Heh, this is wrong on so many levels.

1) The scale, it's too convoluted to be successful. And disproportionate. And it cannot be made to be a good scale.

2) Jbone and AD.

3) Other peoples' preferences/opinions. (like Chaos said)

4) And that there are so many ways to judge the "quality" of any kind of art.

But hey, who am I to discourage mathematics? Just... put a little more into it next time.

[SarahtheBoring]

You assume that people only do two things with their lives: post and make AMVs.

So in my case, where do work, sleep, writing, playing games, watching things *without* editing them, sewing three different Halloween getups at once, revamping a website, and making lame RPGs fit in?

It's okay for a brief laugh, but not as anything remotely accurate.

[trythil]

I spent in excess of 350 hours on my latest project, and it is, by far, The Worst Video ever.

I think you need to factor some more variables into your equation. For example, you might try to consider the intelligence of the editor, using me for a baseline of 0.

[trythil]

I should also note that a theorem, by definition, is not a "speculation", but rather a proof. Theorems also do not ever fail for their given conditions. That is, there is never an "exception to a theorem".

But now we're just being pedantic. And double-posting.

[RichLather]

Kill it! Kill it in the head!

[Sub0]

I speculate that the quality of an AMV is equal to the amount of time spent making - the amount of posts on the boards soemone has.

so to put it mathmaticaly
AMV TIME=z
POSTS=x
Qualtiy=y

z-x=y

so is this so mathmatical way to acuratley find the quality of a video? or am I just high?

no, totally untrue!! It all depends on the quality of your idea and how much quality work you get done. my last vid only took me 45 minutes to edit and it's lookin pretty good, my third best work (out of four) so far! and that's 0 time plannin too ;-p I just cut a bunch of chapters, put it with the music and let Premeir edit it ;-p not that I didn't do anything or that it's horrid, no synch. It's just amazing what premeir does on it's own with an idea that's not bad... just had to trim a few scenes here and there and I was done b4 the 5th inning of WS game 1.

BTW that's only compairing my vids against each other... so pretty good may be mediocre in ALU's viewpoint or similar 'pro'.

[anneke]

How good of a creator are you:

Years Creating AMVs * Number of AMVs created / Contests entered + Awards Won.

This takes in that years of experience mean alot more then just a bunch of AMVs. Entering a contest doesn't make you a better creator,
however it does if your able to come out of the contest with awards. Meaning the audience liked them, and using the awards as a basis
for determing quality.

Anneke
P.s. This was done in fun, and should not be taken seriouslly.
3 * 18 / 11 + 5 = 9.9 yeah! heheh