Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest Thread - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!

[ChosenExiled]

Warning: Incoming cheesiness!

I... can't... even... believe...

I missed the live announcement last night by about 2 or 3 minutes. I went to bed with some anxiety, knowing the announcements would be posted today. Since I'm a huge drama AMV fan, If I got into the Drama category one of my biggest AMV dreams would come true. There were so many, to say the least extraordinary editors who submitted this year and ones that submit every year to AX, so I was accepting that my videos getting in would probably be unlikely. Holding my breath, I came on this afternoon to check if the finalists were announced. I saw my name twice! I've read it about 6 times since, to make sure it hasn't changed or something. I clicked the video link and watched that too. At first, before I saw the video I was convinced I dozed off somehow and was dreaming. A few happy tears slipped out! (Yes, I know. :') Cheesy, right? ) This is seriously a huge dream come true. To think I almost gave up converting on the last day and didn't send this year. If I gave up, I wouldn't have achieved one of my biggest AMV dreams, one I thought might never come true. /cheese

Drama category at Anime Expo. Holy moly...

Kazemon15, I truly hope you don't give up. Keep trying! ChosenExiled, what happened to me tonight and today seems a lot like what happened to you! Congrats!

More to say, but I've got to finish getting ready to go to work now. I will be back here later tonight.

Lol, same thing happened to you, huh? Our dreams came true! Best of luck to you, fellow dreamer/competitor! Although, I think we really need it, since we are competing against really strong AMVers. But maybe you probably don't need it if your AMV is awesome, lol.

[Castor Troy]

I edit with DBZ and Naruto which are the bane of every AMV judge.

I'll share DBZ/Naruto horror stories after con with you, Ryan...

I'll be plastered for sure.

[Kazemon15]

Kaz, your resolution could not be any more random XD

Hey, it's not random. If it gets licensed, then I can edit with my R2s as a "promotion" for it for people to buy....that is, if I get in. Nothing goes according to plan for me...

[Castor Troy]

I have never, ever edited a video with the crowd in mind. I've always edited what I want to see. The crowd has to learn to appreciate and sit through that.

I never say "Will this be funny for the crowd?". I always say "HAR HAR MY OWN JOKE IS FUNNY TO ME AND EVERYONE WILL LOVE IT! I'M A FJCKING GENIUS! ".



For as long as I've been at this game, there's no magic formula to get into contests (other than the technical "Good Audio/Video" that doesn't look and sound like shit) and every contest is different strokes for different folks. I used to have a pretty good AX streak from 2002-2006 and it took me another 5 years of rejections to get back in. Was I disappointed? Hell yes, I was. But I still stuck to my principle of making what *I* want to see and that's why I got back in.

Now go out and make some videos.

You're totally right. My AMVs are FUCKING awesome and they deserve to be displayed on a 4k projector with audio levels reaching the threshold of pain! haha. I will always make what I want -- popular or not. It's upsetting this time around, but my spirit is not broken in the slightest! The way I see it, my AMVs were too amazing for this year's contest. There's no other explanation for it. I mean, who doesn't like boobs, cybernetic robots, violence and Progressive Rock? Of course, it would have been even more glorious if I could have used an anime source that has all that and Dinosaurs (hint hint Japan)! Sorry crowd, you're not ready.

Your PS3 no jutsu video from Anime LA was fucking awesome.

[Hagaren Viper]

Kaz, your resolution could not be any more random XD

Hey, it's not random. If it gets licensed, then I can edit with my R2s as a "promotion" for it for people to buy....that is, if I get in. Nothing goes according to plan for me...

Oh you say it like you'll never use your R2s otherwise! Edit because you love editing weather or not you enter, kay? ;p

[Rider4Z]

Kinda gutted the new AMV didn't make the cut, probably means it needs more polishing before release than I thought it did. Still I'm pretty happy with 2/3.

same here. initial reactions have all been "cool but eh..." i think i'll be hanging onto it a bit longer....

[XStylus]

So where is the contest gonna be held at AX? big room please!

Unfortunately don't have the Nokia this year, but AMV will be in Main Events proper, which has a little over 4000 seats. There will also be a re-screening and awards on Sunday before Masquerade, and the room that'll be held in has about 1500 seats.

Oh, and 100% of pre-show will be from this year's non-finalists. I'm aiming to have at least an hour's worth if at all possible, so get your seats EARLY.

And I *might* screen the prize winners during Masquerade intermission. There's another cool AMV-related thing Vlad and I are cooking up so it's all depending on what time is available. But if there's time I might even have the winners come up on stage for an ovation if they're in attendance.

[Castor Troy]

So where is the contest gonna be held at AX? big room please!

Unfortunately don't have the Nokia this year, but AMV will be in Main Events proper, which has a little over 4000 seats. There will also be a re-screening and awards on Sunday before Masquerade, and the room that'll be held in has about 1500 seats.

Oh, and 100% of pre-show will be from this year's non-finalists. I'm aiming to have at least an hour's worth if at all possible, so get your seats EARLY.

Vote for best of preshow?!

[XStylus]

Vote for best of preshow?!

Thought about it. Seriously. But no, that'd be a bit much.

[milkmandan]

oh god our video is going up against Fate Matrix. ><><><<>>< /wrists.

grats to all the finalists.

Don't think like that, I didn't worry about Fate Matrix at Kawaii-Kon, and I won best in showcase there with Fate Matrix coming in second ! It's all about what the crowd likes and votes for

haha thanks for the boost of confidence >< I guess you're right.
There are too many random factors that are involved in each individual contest that you can never tell if you're video is gna win.
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Though I am glad that we're going up against so many fantastic editors.
Here is to hoping for a smooth run show and many hours of entertainment!