See this right here is a reminder not to take life and AMVs too seriously. Thank you!SailorDeath wrote:Alright, finally had time to sit down and watch all the Pro videos. Decided to go with a different kind of viewing experience this time. I watched all the videos on my Oculus Rift in the Riftmax VR Cinema. The experience was pretty neat itself. Anywho, here's my ratings:
The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
DriftRoot wrote: See this right here is a reminder not to take life and AMVs too seriously. Thank you!
I never do
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
Some great reviews there:SailorDeath wrote:Alright, finally had time to sit down and watch all the Pro videos. Decided to go with a different kind of viewing experience this time. I watched all the videos on my Oculus Rift in the Riftmax VR Cinema. The experience was pretty neat itself. Anywho, here's my ratings:
4, Uninspiring... Falls a bit short. Just... the critical acclaim. A masterpiece
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
Reviews continued....
14-098 - 7/10 - Creepy feeling all the way through. Editing was decent. The pacing of the video from what I can tell looked and felt good. However it felt like the video did drag on a little too long.
14-099 - 7.58/10 -I like the use of the slide transitions as I felt it went with the rhythm of the music. Good Love Story. Felt like the scenes in the beginning were too fast for the music, and I could tell when you slowed down footage. A scene or two looked like they lagged. The smooth transitions scenes felt weird for this video as this song is not a smooth pacing song and is harsher on the beats. The effects were used well in this video and weren't just thrown in there randomly. This was an entertaining one to watch.
14-101 - 9/10 - Really nice editing and an impressive job with the effects. Solid video overall. I don't have much else to say about this one.
14-105 - 5.9/10 - It had a nice theme and decent pacing. However it just felt like it was lacking to be more impactful. The capture quality was also poor fullscreen. It had fuzziness and pixelation too.
14-107 - 3.9/10 - This is not a pro level video. It something I would randomly find online somewhere. The capture quality was mixed. Recorded footage, gifs, etc. Okay timing.
14-108 - 7.2/10 - Interesting song. Decent sync throughout and lyrical sync was there giving that the song is based on a movie. Felt like there could have been more beat sync. Effects were okay too. Towards the end the video really wasn't holding my attention.
14-109 - 7.1/10 - Nice to see an older anime. Capture quality could have been better. The sync was decent. Nice to see a video not using effects. It was an okay watch but not much different from the other AMV's I've seen to this anime, eventhough it has been a while.
14-110 - 7.7/10 - Good lyrical sync, but lacks change of pace during the song. Interesting anime and good song choice. Clean capture quality. However felt similar to other amv's I have seen using this song.
14-111 - 5.7/10 - Transitions felt rough at times in the beginning. Capture quality had pixelation badly during some scenes. Syn got better as the video went on but lacked early in the video. Didn't hold my attention.
14-112 - 9.3/10 - Don't know where to begin on this one. Great Sync and original. Music selection sounds very familiar.
14-113 - 8.2/10 - Again I don't have the words here to describe this video. Good sync, was this suppose to be messed up funny. Yeah...so...again good sync.
14-114 - 8.1/10 - Interesting song and anime choice. Good sync, both lyrical and beat wise. This video made me feel sleepy.
14-115 - 6.67/10 - It had good sync in the video, but it felt like it dragged on too long. It wasn't amazingly different than the other amv's that I have seen to this anime.
14-116 - 3/10 - So no comment here besides what did I just watch.
14-118 - 7.5/10 - The video was well done, however the joke did feel like it was going on a little too long. I think I've may have seen a video similar to this earlier this year too.
14-119 - 7.1/10 - Nice idea crossing over these two series but why did it cut off randomly at the end?
14-120 - 9.2/10 - Nice storytelling, and great lyrical sync. Very cleanly edited.
14-121 - 6.3/10 - Technically speaking the video is there, however I just don't get it and didn't enjoy it that much. Halfway through I was done, but continued watching.
14-122 - 9.4/10 - This video is AWESOME! Talk about bringing back my childhood. Nice work.
14-123 - 9.1/10 - Great video here. Nice idea and love how you cross everything together. The effects looked pretty good, could have been a little smoother on the cutouts. The capture quality was a little fuzzier than other scenes from the same show.
14-124 - 6.4/10 - Timing was good at points in the video. However it seemed a little random. The good guys were fighting each other, scene selection for this anime didn't fit some of the lyrics and looked to be filler. Overall could have been executed much better.
14-125 - 7.5/10 - Good sync overall and good flow. Some smooth transitions didn't look like they fit with the next scene. It seemed like this video was used to show off smooth transitions.
14-126 - 7.92/10 - Good lyrical and beat sync. Flowed very nicely. Like the storytelling. Had some nice drama too. The only downside is how overused the source is, but for me this was one of the more enjoyable ones to watch.
14-127 - 6.6/10 - Was Action Packed, could have used more cuts with the music. There was a lot of knocking things out.
14-128 - 7.33/10 - Could have used more energy at build up around 2:10-2:16. After that the timing was nice. Dramatic. Story was a little unclear for me probably because I have not seen the anime.
14-129 - 2/10 - What?!
14-130 - 3.5/10 - The picture quality was poor, and the sound was compressed it was noticeable. The sync for the video it had a theme and was trying to follow the song, but it was just lacking for me in the sync department.
14-131 - 8.4/10 - Good sync, touching AMV. Flowed nicely. Nice scene selection. Good choice of Anime and Song.
14-132 - 8.67/10 - Interesting to say the least. Nice work with the lipsyncing and clip selection.
14-133 - 6.5/10 - I like the combination of the anime and song. The downside I'm sure others have mentioned already is the audio cracking and the visual quality varying throughout the video. Sync was decent for the most part. Clips were repeated in the video. This AMV could be really great if you cleaned it up some.
14-134 - 5/10 - It was an interesting idea, I just didn't get it. The capture quality was also very poor.
14-135 - 6.1/10 - Had some good scene selections. However the flashing scenes seemed random, as did the split screens that showed up. The split screens did not blend well together. Sync was okay for the most part. Scene selection could have been better as the song is serious and there are some silly scenes that don't fit.
14-136 - 8.1/10 - Like the idea overall. Lipsync could have been better in the sense of keeping one character to one voice. When there are multiple voices in the same audio source like a trailer it is best to identify the character to one voice.
14-137 - 1.5/10 - So yeah...no commment.
14-142 - 6.2/10 - The editing was there and it was decent. However it just didn't impress me, because it wasn't something new. Just seemed very generic. It just need more lift, the song was really upbeat and the video didn't quiet match it
Well there are my reviews. Finally all done.
Gene
14-098 - 7/10 - Creepy feeling all the way through. Editing was decent. The pacing of the video from what I can tell looked and felt good. However it felt like the video did drag on a little too long.
14-099 - 7.58/10 -I like the use of the slide transitions as I felt it went with the rhythm of the music. Good Love Story. Felt like the scenes in the beginning were too fast for the music, and I could tell when you slowed down footage. A scene or two looked like they lagged. The smooth transitions scenes felt weird for this video as this song is not a smooth pacing song and is harsher on the beats. The effects were used well in this video and weren't just thrown in there randomly. This was an entertaining one to watch.
14-101 - 9/10 - Really nice editing and an impressive job with the effects. Solid video overall. I don't have much else to say about this one.
14-105 - 5.9/10 - It had a nice theme and decent pacing. However it just felt like it was lacking to be more impactful. The capture quality was also poor fullscreen. It had fuzziness and pixelation too.
14-107 - 3.9/10 - This is not a pro level video. It something I would randomly find online somewhere. The capture quality was mixed. Recorded footage, gifs, etc. Okay timing.
14-108 - 7.2/10 - Interesting song. Decent sync throughout and lyrical sync was there giving that the song is based on a movie. Felt like there could have been more beat sync. Effects were okay too. Towards the end the video really wasn't holding my attention.
14-109 - 7.1/10 - Nice to see an older anime. Capture quality could have been better. The sync was decent. Nice to see a video not using effects. It was an okay watch but not much different from the other AMV's I've seen to this anime, eventhough it has been a while.
14-110 - 7.7/10 - Good lyrical sync, but lacks change of pace during the song. Interesting anime and good song choice. Clean capture quality. However felt similar to other amv's I have seen using this song.
14-111 - 5.7/10 - Transitions felt rough at times in the beginning. Capture quality had pixelation badly during some scenes. Syn got better as the video went on but lacked early in the video. Didn't hold my attention.
14-112 - 9.3/10 - Don't know where to begin on this one. Great Sync and original. Music selection sounds very familiar.
14-113 - 8.2/10 - Again I don't have the words here to describe this video. Good sync, was this suppose to be messed up funny. Yeah...so...again good sync.
14-114 - 8.1/10 - Interesting song and anime choice. Good sync, both lyrical and beat wise. This video made me feel sleepy.
14-115 - 6.67/10 - It had good sync in the video, but it felt like it dragged on too long. It wasn't amazingly different than the other amv's that I have seen to this anime.
14-116 - 3/10 - So no comment here besides what did I just watch.
14-118 - 7.5/10 - The video was well done, however the joke did feel like it was going on a little too long. I think I've may have seen a video similar to this earlier this year too.
14-119 - 7.1/10 - Nice idea crossing over these two series but why did it cut off randomly at the end?
14-120 - 9.2/10 - Nice storytelling, and great lyrical sync. Very cleanly edited.
14-121 - 6.3/10 - Technically speaking the video is there, however I just don't get it and didn't enjoy it that much. Halfway through I was done, but continued watching.
14-122 - 9.4/10 - This video is AWESOME! Talk about bringing back my childhood. Nice work.
14-123 - 9.1/10 - Great video here. Nice idea and love how you cross everything together. The effects looked pretty good, could have been a little smoother on the cutouts. The capture quality was a little fuzzier than other scenes from the same show.
14-124 - 6.4/10 - Timing was good at points in the video. However it seemed a little random. The good guys were fighting each other, scene selection for this anime didn't fit some of the lyrics and looked to be filler. Overall could have been executed much better.
14-125 - 7.5/10 - Good sync overall and good flow. Some smooth transitions didn't look like they fit with the next scene. It seemed like this video was used to show off smooth transitions.
14-126 - 7.92/10 - Good lyrical and beat sync. Flowed very nicely. Like the storytelling. Had some nice drama too. The only downside is how overused the source is, but for me this was one of the more enjoyable ones to watch.
14-127 - 6.6/10 - Was Action Packed, could have used more cuts with the music. There was a lot of knocking things out.
14-128 - 7.33/10 - Could have used more energy at build up around 2:10-2:16. After that the timing was nice. Dramatic. Story was a little unclear for me probably because I have not seen the anime.
14-129 - 2/10 - What?!
14-130 - 3.5/10 - The picture quality was poor, and the sound was compressed it was noticeable. The sync for the video it had a theme and was trying to follow the song, but it was just lacking for me in the sync department.
14-131 - 8.4/10 - Good sync, touching AMV. Flowed nicely. Nice scene selection. Good choice of Anime and Song.
14-132 - 8.67/10 - Interesting to say the least. Nice work with the lipsyncing and clip selection.
14-133 - 6.5/10 - I like the combination of the anime and song. The downside I'm sure others have mentioned already is the audio cracking and the visual quality varying throughout the video. Sync was decent for the most part. Clips were repeated in the video. This AMV could be really great if you cleaned it up some.
14-134 - 5/10 - It was an interesting idea, I just didn't get it. The capture quality was also very poor.
14-135 - 6.1/10 - Had some good scene selections. However the flashing scenes seemed random, as did the split screens that showed up. The split screens did not blend well together. Sync was okay for the most part. Scene selection could have been better as the song is serious and there are some silly scenes that don't fit.
14-136 - 8.1/10 - Like the idea overall. Lipsync could have been better in the sense of keeping one character to one voice. When there are multiple voices in the same audio source like a trailer it is best to identify the character to one voice.
14-137 - 1.5/10 - So yeah...no commment.
14-142 - 6.2/10 - The editing was there and it was decent. However it just didn't impress me, because it wasn't something new. Just seemed very generic. It just need more lift, the song was really upbeat and the video didn't quiet match it
Well there are my reviews. Finally all done.
Gene
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
Woo woo! Who's ready for Video Nominations? I know Daric's not got it up yet, but if you haven't voted on which categories you want in the contest then I suggest you open your e-mails head to the site and start voting on what awards you like to see. Based on popular opinion here are the categories people liked (Ordered by popularity):
Best Video (37)
Best Action (36)
Best Comedy (36)
Best Drama (32)
Best Upbeat (30)
Best Non-anime (28)
Best Romance(27)
Best Storytelling (24)
Best Character Profile (23)
Best Trailer (23)
Most Artistic (23)
Best Adult Content (21)
Best Technical (20)
Best Sentimental (18)
Best Concept (12)
Best Non-Effect Video (7)
Best Fun (4)
BEST clear attempt at creating an award for my video because it'll get decimated in any other category (2)
Best Video (37)
Best Action (36)
Best Comedy (36)
Best Drama (32)
Best Upbeat (30)
Best Non-anime (28)
Best Romance(27)
Best Storytelling (24)
Best Character Profile (23)
Best Trailer (23)
Most Artistic (23)
Best Adult Content (21)
Best Technical (20)
Best Sentimental (18)
Best Concept (12)
Best Non-Effect Video (7)
Best Fun (4)
BEST clear attempt at creating an award for my video because it'll get decimated in any other category (2)
Gimme a minute, I'll make a cool one....
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MycathatesyouAMV
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
Trailer really should be Trailer/Parody. Having storytelling and character profile also seems potentially redundant.
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SailorDeath
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
Yeah, I don't think they'll all make it in even if they have positive voting. I'm sure Daric doesn't have enough trophies to do all those awards. Anywho hopefully tomorrow I can start nominating my videos for every award regardless if it actually belongs in that category or not.MycathatesyouAMV wrote:Trailer really should be Trailer/Parody. Having storytelling and character profile also seems potentially redundant.
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Rider4Z
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
How so?MycathatesyouAMV wrote:Having storytelling and character profile also seems potentially redundant.
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
Weren't there 16 awards last year? That doesn't eliminate that many from that list.SailorDeath wrote:Yeah, I don't think they'll all make it in even if they have positive voting. I'm sure Daric doesn't have enough trophies to do all those awards.MycathatesyouAMV wrote:Trailer really should be Trailer/Parody. Having storytelling and character profile also seems potentially redundant.
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Re: The AWA 2014 Professional Awards Video Review Thread
If anything, storytelling (using AWA's definition of "creating a new story") should get drastically different videos than character profile would.
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