about my 30 music videos

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:43 am

Esrhan wrote:If you want to expect something massive or even a small group of watchers for your AMV's, then you have to adjust (conform) your editing style to suit the current trend. In other words NO Dragonball.

I beg to differ. I have a small group of watchers (over 50 if my downloads and good star scores are any evidence) and I have *not* conformed my style. I make the amvs I want to see made - and that includes (but is not limited to) dbz vids. For mass appreciation, give them what they want. But you don't have to sacrifice your own preferences to get an audience - you just have to aim it *toward* an audience - an audience with the same tastes as you have.

OzzieArcane · Post by **OzzieArcane** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:49 am

Arigatomyna wrote:
Esrhan wrote:If you want to expect something massive or even a small group of watchers for your AMV's, then you have to adjust (conform) your editing style to suit the current trend. In other words NO Dragonball.
I beg to differ. I have a small group of watchers (over 50 if my downloads and good star scores are any evidence) and I have *not* conformed my style. I make the amvs I want to see made - and that includes (but is not limited to) dbz vids. For mass appreciation, give them what they want. But you don't have to sacrifice your own preferences to get an audience - you just have to aim it *toward* an audience - an audience with the same tastes as you have.

Yeah! What she said! Sorry but you took all the words out of my mouth and then some.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:54 am

OzzieArcane wrote:Yeah! What she said! Sorry but you took all the words out of my mouth and then some.

Heh, they'll keep saying no one wants to watch them till the org freezes over, but there will still be dbz fans. And telling people to 'conform' is like saying, "throw creativity out the window and make what the most popular editors are making since that's what people want to see."

Eyeck...how bland.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:54 am

Esrhan wrote:
OmniStrata wrote: He will get cooked if he's expecting something massive. As far as editing goes, everyone's different but conforming is a problem [yes, I'm not supposed to be making any sense ^_^]
If "conforming" means what I think it means, then that sentence made perfect sence.
If you want to expect something massive or even a small group of watchers for your AMV's, then you have to adjust (conform) your editing style to suit the current trend. In other words NO Dragonball.

Please die in a fire.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:56 am

Castor Troy wrote:Please die in a fire.

Wish I were that succinct.

Esrhan · Post by **Esrhan** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:12 am

I didn't mean it quite that literally! I just forgot to mention that there are a lot of different "trends" out there and one's own editing style fits in with them somehow.

Venomi · Post by **Venomi** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:34 am

I have to agree with Esrhan. Too much just is too much. That's a simple fact.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:46 am

Venomi wrote:I have to agree with Esrhan. Too much just is too much. That's a simple fact.

But the definition of 'too much' is an opinion. I think there's too much Evanescence videos, I think there's too much Love Hina videos, I think there's too much Samurai X videos, I think there's too much of a lot of things around here. That doesn't make it a fact, simple or not.

Go start another 'anti-dbz' thread and call it a day. This is a thread for helping someone with his videos, not a place to say "I think there's too much of that genre, stop making those vids." Let's just keep those 'discussions' (orders) in the General AMV section with the other threads, shall we? ^_^

To get back on topic (while considering your points), if you want to make the masses happy, crawl on your knees until they deem you worthy of knowing exactly what they want to watch. Then copy other popular videos to give them exactly what they want to watch. You'll be miserable, but by God, you'll be popular! And that's all that matters, right? Enough is enough, give the people what they want. They don't want your preferred genre, so stop doing it - too much is too much, that's a simple fact.

Yeah...I need to learn to be succinct.

Cyanna · Post by **Cyanna** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:43 pm

Arigatomyna wrote: But the definition of 'too much' is an opinion. I think there's too much Evanescence videos, I think there's too much Love Hina videos, I think there's too much Samurai X videos, I think there's too much of a lot of things around here. That doesn't make it a fact, simple or not.

Good point. I happen to enjoy Love Hina and NGE AMVs. I really can't get enough of them and the majority of vids in my hard drive have Eva footage in them. But you don't really care for Love Hina and there seems to be a general complaint about too many Eva vids (to the point where I was questioning whether or not I should announce mine on the boards

). It's all a matter of personal taste. I'm sure if you are a big fan of a certain series, you could never have too many AMVs from it.

Now how many times Eva can be done to Chop Suey I don't know...

But it doesn't bother me as long as everyone has their own approach to it. Come to think of it I don't have a single Eva/Chop Suey AMV in my computer. Ah well...I never really liked the song anyway.

LightningCountX · Post by **LightningCountX** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 8:24 pm

Arigatomyna wrote:
Venomi wrote:I have to agree with Esrhan. Too much just is too much. That's a simple fact.
But the definition of 'too much' is an opinion. I think there's too much Evanescence videos, I think there's too much Love Hina videos, I think there's too much Samurai X videos, I think there's too much of a lot of things around here. That doesn't make it a fact, simple or not.

Go start another 'anti-dbz' thread and call it a day. This is a thread for helping someone with his videos, not a place to say "I think there's too much of that genre, stop making those vids." Let's just keep those 'discussions' (orders) in the General AMV section with the other threads, shall we? ^_^

To get back on topic (while considering your points), if you want to make the masses happy, crawl on your knees until they deem you worthy of knowing exactly what they want to watch. Then copy other popular videos to give them exactly what they want to watch. You'll be miserable, but by God, you'll be popular! And that's all that matters, right? Enough is enough, give the people what they want. They don't want your preferred genre, so stop doing it - too much is too much, that's a simple fact.

Yeah...I need to learn to be succinct.

Holy Shit Arigatomyna, took the words outta my mouth...anyways...Ill check your vids out, since im one of the few people on the org that respects dbz creators...