What is it that specifies each amv-genre?

The Origonal Head Hunter · Post by **The Origonal Head Hunter** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:47 pm

There is only one genre: romance. All videos can be boiled down to the love of something. Action- the love of fighting. Romance- the love of another. Horror- the love of fear. AMV Hell- the love of random clips meant to be humorous.

hasteroth · Post by **hasteroth** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:57 pm

Romance ought to be the only category but reality is cruel.

I love sentimental AMVs. They make my cry!

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:35 pm

The only thing the gives me trouble in categorizing some AMVs into one genre is the fact that a lot of them are multiple genres wrapped into one package. (i.e. action and drama often [try to] get lumped together.)

But I guess that's why we can label videos with multiple categories here.

aesling · Post by **aesling** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:06 am

hasteroth wrote:Romance ought to be the only category but reality is cruel. I love sentimental AMVs. They make my cry!

You know what makes me cry? Your posts.

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:47 am

JaddziaDax wrote:I've yet to see a real "horror" amv, mostly because amvs do not scare me.

Would a video that makes your computer explode scare you? Does that mean it would count as horror?

OropherZero · Post by **OropherZero** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:01 am

what the heck is the 'serious' genre anyway, i never tick it because i don't understand it, if serious is about mature/adult themes then shouldn't that belong in drama?

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:03 am

OropherZero wrote:what the heck is the 'serious' genre anyway, i never tick it because i don't understand it, if serious is about mature/adult themes then shouldn't that belong in drama?

On that same token, I've never really understood what the "drama" category is supposed to entail. Can someone please explain what drama is?

OropherZero · Post by **OropherZero** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:09 am

Kitsuner wrote:
OropherZero wrote:what the heck is the 'serious' genre anyway, i never tick it because i don't understand it, if serious is about mature/adult themes then shouldn't that belong in drama?
On that same token, I've never really understood what the "drama" category is supposed to entail. Can someone please explain what drama is?

Drama is a romance AMV, minus the romantic elements? :/

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:16 am

Kitsuner wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:I've yet to see a real "horror" amv, mostly because amvs do not scare me.
Would a video that makes your computer explode scare you? Does that mean it would count as horror?

that depends on how close I am to my computer at the time of explosion, and if it were a surprise... however the video is probably not what would scare more so than the explosion.

however if the files on my computer were lost I'd be rather sad..

The Origonal Head Hunter · Post by **The Origonal Head Hunter** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:17 am

JaddziaDax wrote:
Kitsuner wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:I've yet to see a real "horror" amv, mostly because amvs do not scare me.
Would a video that makes your computer explode scare you? Does that mean it would count as horror?
that depends on how close I am to my computer at the time of explosion, and if it were a surprise... however the video is probably not what would scare more so than the explosion.

however if the files on my computer were lost I'd be rather sad..

would that make the video a drama or a sentimental?