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Hareoic
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Okay, can somebody give me a general outline of what all the AMV categories mean? I can't tell whether or not some of them would apply to a video that I'm making and would like it if somebody could tell me what has to be in the video for it to fit into whatever category.
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Willen
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I'm sure there was a listing somewhere around here...
Most are pretty self-explanatory, but in the meantime, I'll crib from the Recommended AMVs section's category descriptions.
Action: "These are often high-adrenaline videos featuring conflicts and/or dangerous and exciting events such as combat, chases and so on."
Character Profile: "... depict the actions or feelings of a character or characters from anime shows."
Comedy: "... designed to make you laugh."
Dance: "... are fun and upbeat - perhaps about dancing or good times. Sometimes funny but not necessarily comedy."
Drama: "... try to create a feeling of pathos or poignancy - e.g. a video about the theme of loss." ... "that express themes of tension, conflict or determination." ... "that have a positive or uplifting feeling, message or resolution. This does not include Romance videos."
Fun (aka. Upbeat): see Dance (minus the dancing, usually).
Horror: "... that are scary, gorey or in some other way intended to be disturbing or horrific."
Instrumental: "... that use music without any lyrics and create meaning without the assistance of words."
Other: "I am not sure what category it falls into." - Kwasek (from the video description)
Parody: "A parody, in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satirical imitation." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody)
Romance: "... that are about (or create) romantic stories or romantic relationships."
Sentimental: "... that contain sentimental themes - i.e. ones that are not quite dramatic and not quite romantic. These can be sympathetic or uplifting depending on the video."
Serious: basically, the opposite of Comedy and Fun. Related to Drama.
Trailer: "Trailers or previews are film advertisements for films that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, on whose screen they are shown." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_%28film%29) Commercials and other advertisements fall into this category. Many of the AMVs in this category are also Parodies of actual trailers, but there are exceptions.
Most are pretty self-explanatory, but in the meantime, I'll crib from the Recommended AMVs section's category descriptions.
Action: "These are often high-adrenaline videos featuring conflicts and/or dangerous and exciting events such as combat, chases and so on."
Character Profile: "... depict the actions or feelings of a character or characters from anime shows."
Comedy: "... designed to make you laugh."
Dance: "... are fun and upbeat - perhaps about dancing or good times. Sometimes funny but not necessarily comedy."
Drama: "... try to create a feeling of pathos or poignancy - e.g. a video about the theme of loss." ... "that express themes of tension, conflict or determination." ... "that have a positive or uplifting feeling, message or resolution. This does not include Romance videos."
Fun (aka. Upbeat): see Dance (minus the dancing, usually).
Horror: "... that are scary, gorey or in some other way intended to be disturbing or horrific."
Instrumental: "... that use music without any lyrics and create meaning without the assistance of words."
Other: "I am not sure what category it falls into." - Kwasek (from the video description)
Parody: "A parody, in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satirical imitation." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody)
Romance: "... that are about (or create) romantic stories or romantic relationships."
Sentimental: "... that contain sentimental themes - i.e. ones that are not quite dramatic and not quite romantic. These can be sympathetic or uplifting depending on the video."
Serious: basically, the opposite of Comedy and Fun. Related to Drama.
Trailer: "Trailers or previews are film advertisements for films that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, on whose screen they are shown." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_%28film%29) Commercials and other advertisements fall into this category. Many of the AMVs in this category are also Parodies of actual trailers, but there are exceptions.
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