General opinion about AMV viewing at con's

[BasharOfTheAges]

It's completely unreasonable to expect anyone to ask for permission to show videos in a non-contest capacity at a con. They're put online to be shared and shown. AMV rooms and panels happen at cons almost every week at this point. Well-known videos are shown at these things almost constantly.

Also of interesting note, some cons actually reserve the rights to use your videos to promote the con if you've submitted to them in the past. Anime Boston, for instance, plays them near their info desk at their con events and has (at least in the past) played them at their con-row or dealer's room tables at other cons, like Otakon.

[Vlad G Pohnert]

I run/provide programming to the most AMV rooms of anyone and on an average, about 350 AMVs are compiled for any one con. Also, we don't always play exactly what we plan and sometime play other stuff too on the fly and also have a large pools of extras. Pretty much if it's been released publicly, then it has the potential of being played as I like to showcase as much work of people in this community as much as possible!

If I was to try to hunt every single person., group down to ask to for permission, then I would not have time left to do all the work for the rooms themselves as then would amount to about 1000+ videos and probably 500+ people/groups to try to contact. However, if we do show a special Project or analyze something in a panel then just outright play it, etc, then for that I look at contacting the creator.

In the end, I look at it this way, if it's publicly released its fair game... If anyone does not want any of their videos played for what ever reason, then they need to let me know and I'll take them off the list.

It is my honest opinion that playing AMVs at Cons to a live audiance is they way it was ment to be in the first palce ANd the audience sure loves them! Hell, at most of the cons I run the AMV room has become the biggest room and fastest growing event!

Vlad

[Castor Troy]

It is my honest opinion that playing AMVs at Cons to a live audiance is they way it was ment to be in the first palce ANd the audience sure loves them! Hell, at most of the cons I run the AMV room has become the biggest room and fastest growing event!

Vlad

You hear that, cosplay?

[Kawatta-kun]

Thank you all for your opinions

Being a little bit off-topic, what kind of panels, what do they give to the audience? : )

[JaddziaDax]

These panels mostly consist of people who either show their own videos, try to make some kind of themed grouping of videos, or show videos that inspire them.

I would hope that the first bolded is self-explanatory. Some people would show blocks of their own videos. Some of the panels consisted of showing a mep, and was presented by the mep coordinator.

A themed grouping would be something like what I did for a panel: all magical girl amvs. Me and a friend chose our favorite magical girl amvs to show during our block. Another theme might be adult content/comedy (like what someone else in general amv is trying to coordinate). I know someone else who shows his "top 10 'underground' amvs of the year" - videos that don't get much attention but probably deserve a bit more. Another theme might be all amvs from a single show, or another genre.

As for videos that inspire the person running the panel, that should be pretty self explanatory as well.

[BasharOfTheAges]

The panels I tend to run are about explaining genres and techniques and showing videos (or segments of videos) that exemplify them. We've found that format benefits people that are interested in editing for the first time, those trying to get past the "song + large segments of video = AMV" meme, and the general viewers/voters who are able to generate more informed opinions as a result.

[ngsilver]

Being a little bit off-topic, what kind of panels, what do they give to the audience?

Most of the panels I run tend to be themed more on the line of getting the audience more interested in the broadness of the content out there and also educating them on some of the intricacies of the hobby without turning it into a boring 'how make amv' thing.

Like Nat-chan's Top 10, where I count down in no specific order, the best videos that have come out in the past year since the last panel, IMHO. I like to also include videos that the audience might not have seen otherwise, like older videos as well that are good and have stood the test of time. All the while I explain in a friendly and interactive manner what exactly makes each of the videos good. In the end we all have a good time watching some great videos and perhaps even learning a thing or two. Though I think there is something about the nature of it being a 'countdown' that makes people really like it.

While I consider them more like events, the Iron Chef competitions at cons are also an interesting species of panel. You have Iron Editor and then the plethora of other IC style events around. In the end they generally pit 2 or more editors against each other live and have them make a video in a short time. The rules might differ from event to event, but in the end it's a live audience watching 2 editors make a video. Well, actually, that's kind of boring, so instead the hosts usually play really fun videos and do game show like things and give out prizes as a means to keep the audience entertained. I know for The AMV Wars, like at Youmacon this year, we had the audience singing and dancing and participating along with our hosts and judges with each video being played. We had a limbo contest that grew out of the conga line that started during . It was a blast! I can't wait to get the recorded video feed from the event.

In the end, for me and the programming I come up with at least, it's more about imparting my passion for this hobby onto others by also making them interested and passionate about it. That's the kind of panels that I like to run.

[Kawatta-kun]

How are the winners usually judged?

I mean, if by judges, when do they release the winners to public. And if by the audience, how does it is made? And with both?

[Kawatta-kun]

At contests I mean.

[TritioAFB]

How are the winners usually judged?

I mean, if by judges, when do they release the winners to public. And if by the audience, how does it is made? And with both?

I might not be an expert in the topic, but in all the fests celebrated in my city, the judges stated their conditions: Originality, Variety of Source, Synch, Impact in the audience, etc.

Obviously in the case of Viewers Choice, all the vids are screened and the people says which one is the best. Although I don't share too much the op of people in these cases (One time they chose a WMM amv, WTF?) as participant I have to respect their opinion