AWA 2011 Pro Video Discussion Thread

[SailorDeath]

I'm a bit disappointed I didn't make it into the finals, but not exactly surprised. I had #4 the Rainbow Dash vid, and #49 the eye melting one.

For Betrayl, it was originally my IC from earlier this year. I did some extra work on it, tightened up the editing, finished the story I was trying to tell, and added the eye melting flashes. Seems most were not happy with the look I was trying to go for, essentially an older film flash look. Oh well...

As for RD, really, that vid is rather incomplete. I've made many changes to it since and I'm still working on it. The feedback I've gotten on it has been invaluable and quite interestingly in contrast to much of the feedback I've gotten from my beta testers. I would have been surprised to win anything with an incomplete video like that, though still sad it didn't make it into the final voting.

If only #4 had more yiffing...

[Rider4Z]

Well, I'm not too surprised that i didn't make it. My video was #39, the "Love Will Find a Way" video. I knew it was ridiculously slow, but the restrictive nature of FF8 footage [and how little of it there is...] kind of killed that for me. But it was something that a IRL friend specifically requested, so I delivered, and it was the Pro deadline, so yeah. XD

i nominated that one. i thought it was lovely.

[AimoAio]

Well, I'm not too surprised that i didn't make it. My video was #39, the "Love Will Find a Way" video. I knew it was ridiculously slow, but the restrictive nature of FF8 footage [and how little of it there is...] kind of killed that for me. But it was something that a IRL friend specifically requested, so I delivered, and it was the Pro deadline, so yeah. XD

i nominated that one. i thought it was lovely.

Me too~! But for best sentimental and not romance. Also your quality was just top-notch.

[kiarrens]

Well, I'm not too surprised that i didn't make it. My video was #39, the "Love Will Find a Way" video. I knew it was ridiculously slow, but the restrictive nature of FF8 footage [and how little of it there is...] kind of killed that for me. But it was something that a IRL friend specifically requested, so I delivered, and it was the Pro deadline, so yeah. XD

Also your quality was just top-notch.

Seriously, absolutely gorgeous video quality. What did you use to get it to look so nice?

[The Wired Knight]

Finals are a mixed bag to me. There are plenty of great videos in there and a number of which which made voting easy for me because they were ones I nominated for their catagoires. But there are some that baffle me taht they got there. Actually there is one catagory I didn't vote on because I didn't think any of the videos nominated deserved it (forgot the catagory atm).

Anyway as to my work since none of them made it I migh tas wel post. Not that it will surprise anybody since they were my AX entries this year - at least as to one of them.

Videos #10 and #19 were mine.

So I had the one to The Animatrix to Death by White Lies and the Tower of Druaga to Final Fantasy with Lyrics.

[CodeZTM]

Tower of Druaga to Final Fantasy with Lyrics.

That was my favorite video in the entire contest this year.

[Rider4Z]

Finals are a mixed bag to me. There are plenty of great videos in there and a number of which which made voting easy for me because they were ones I nominated for their catagoires. But there are some that baffle me taht they got there. Actually there is one catagory I didn't vote on because I didn't think any of the videos nominated deserved it (forgot the catagory atm).

Anyway as to my work since none of them made it I migh tas wel post. Not that it will surprise anybody since they were my AX entries this year - at least as to one of them.

Videos #10 and #19 were mine.

So I had the one to The Animatrix to Death by White Lies and the Tower of Druaga to Final Fantasy with Lyrics.

both deserved to be finalists

[Lord Rae]

I did the Kung Fu Panda one...

Got into editing it and realized "Crap...the bad guy isn't actually in the movie as much as I remembered and when he is in a scene he's talking the entire time. Severely limited what I wanted to go for and I had to shorten the song. But oh well. The bad thing about not getting the nomination is there isn't as much breath holding and anticipation before the awards ceremony.

I figured I'd get a nom for character profile if nothing else. Oh well I'm glad at least a few enjoyed it. Now to finish voting.

[l33tmeatwad]

I did the Kung Fu Panda one...

Got into editing it and realized "Crap...the bad guy isn't actually in the movie as much as I remembered and when he is in a scene he's talking the entire time. Severely limited what I wanted to go for and I had to shorten the song. But oh well. The bad thing about not getting the nomination is there isn't as much breath holding and anticipation before the awards ceremony.

I figured I'd get a nom for character profile if nothing else. Oh well I'm glad at least a few enjoyed it. Now to finish voting.

I really enjoyed that, but I also understood the limitation of the source material.

[Sephiroth]

I did number 6. Too hot for AWA despite my best efforts. While i'm fine with the decision I will state that i find the violence=ok sex=not viewpoint of our society to be rather silly.