Sakura-Con 2005 AMV Contest

[trythil]

1. A Kaleido Star video, missed the title
Nice timing and energy, but...
At the time I decided this was a good video to launch the show. But I have to admit, I was just getting exposed to the audio and visual problems and not really paying attention.

Doh!

Ah well.

[Osakaness]

39. Against All Odds
<fangirl city> This is comedy? Some cute scenes, but what ?
Sorry, can't recall this one. I guess there was plenty of screaming, though.

I was thinking the samething... I actually entered this into drama/romance, but it got changed to Comedy

[Voices_Of_Ryan]

DRAMA

20. The Tomorrow Sky (Millenium Actress)
?
I remember this as an OK vid. Guess I brain-locked at the time.

23. Halos Beneath Us
Angsty guitar rock. Done well enough.
Confession time: I have this thing about teenage angst in rock music (i.e. it bores me). It's a personal defect. I'm working on it. Sometimes I take medication. And I'm sure this type of video has an audience somewhere. And it was good editing.


TRAILERS/COMMERCIALS

40. The Prescott Affair (Evangelion)
Some dialogue incomprehensible. Not a trailer or commercial.
I'm ready to change my mind and admit this was a trailer, but it didn't feel like one at the time. It was more like an actual story. The audience was really into it while I was struggling to hear the dialogue.

: ]
I'm glad (as most of us on the team were) that The Prescott Affair got quite a bit of Audience reaction. And I'm quite pleased with Halos even if you didn't like the audio I'm atleast a little happy that you remembered it enough : P.

[Voices_Of_Ryan]

Anyone got the results yet?

[genestarwind21122]

17. Pain of War (Kenshin)
Odd synching. w/ blank space.
Not sure what this comment means. I'd have to watch it again.

Yeah I'm curious what are the results. And well this was my second only true action video. So I think I should have faded just a little bit more in it so it wasn't a rough cut. I'm not sure what was odd about the syncing?

[Seijin_Dinger]

I am posting results on the Sakura-Con Message Board now, when I finish that I will post a new topic here.

[Pwolf]

5. Mitternacht (Vampire Hunter and Blood)
Same imagery problems, too dark, colors washed. Nice action edits. Some steppiness? intended?
I should probably download this one to watch it again.

Includes Hellsing also... what do you mean by steppiness? o.O

26. Omoidaite Ida (spelling?)
(Gasaraki theme song) Fast fades washed out.
Can't remember this one, so I'm not sure why I made this comment.

Omoidaite Ima

43. Ace Combat Zero Trailer 2
Nicely done.
Can't remember this one.

can't remember?!?1 nuuuuuu.. oh well

Pwolf

[TaranT]

I thought I'd point out that I did not vote in this contest, nor did I discuss the vids with anyone at the showing. So, if anyone is concerned that my op's affected the placement of their entry, there's no need to be.

Doh!
Ah well.

Well, I can say there was a lot of cheering going on. The first one out usually gets that, but I think the audience liked it.

17. Pain of War (Kenshin)
Odd synching. w/ blank space.
Not sure what this comment means. I'd have to watch it again.

Yeah I'm curious what are the results. And well this was my second only true action video. So I think I should have faded just a little bit more in it so it wasn't a rough cut. I'm not sure what was odd about the syncing?

Again, I can't remember why I wrote that. But it may be that the playback had the timing problems that some of the other vids had. If you're convinced the timing was right, then don't worry about it.

Includes Hellsing also... what do you mean by steppiness? o.O

That would be something like dropped frames. Like when something is moving across the screen at 10 frames per second. Again, this could have been a playback or encoding issue, not really a problem with the vid itself.

can't remember?!?1 nuuuuuu.. oh well

Sorry! The trailers were so short and coming one right after another, I barely had time to scribble something down.

I also wanted that long post above to be as "raw" as possible. So I avoided reading any of the video d/b pages - which led to some minor errors. Actually, in most cases I didn't even know who did what.

That was probably true of the audience as well. With exceptions like Vlad who is world-renowned . When the title card for "Classical Flight" came up, I heard someone behind me say something like, "Pay attention!" to whomever they were with.

[Vlad G Pohnert]

13. Classical Flight (miscellaneous Ghibli)
Timing badly off in some parts Doesn't make sense, though...Too many cuts. Not enough fluid motion.
When I say, "doesn't make sense", it's because this is one of Vlad's videos. I can't believe he would miss beats like that. Maybe he was doing something that I couldn't grasp at the time. Anyway, my problem with this was the concept. Short clips and fast cuts are not the way to present "flight". Miyazaki himself presented it in these long scenes of fluid motion of the object or person. So, this one didn't work for me (good song, though).

Since it's a instrumental with fast cuts, any sync issues (as was present) will show up to be very painfull and make it look not very smooth... I don't think flow has to be exacly fluid so as long as it works with the beats and music... The only comment I would have is to watch it with original sync once I have it for download.

There were a few other videos I did notice with slight sing issues as well but it was not as evident (I thought I'd mention it since I do notice you making references to that in your reviews and in some cases).

28. Love In Digital (Video Girl Ai)
NICE, but you have to know the anime.
As I was watching this, I thought it would be cool if it avoided any of the fantasy elements in the actual story; just keep it a simple teenage romance triangle (quadrangle?). I guess this was my favorite video in the whole show. Even better than exploding plushie guts.

I did not think so many people would like this video as not a lot of younger anime fans as were in the audiance can identify with an old series such as Video Girl Ai. I was actually very amazed that out of so many Drama vidoes (the largest catagory) it was runnerup

The only other comment I would have, that format worked quite well for the contest, however, I feel that having the audience pick the best technical video and artistic didn't really work as the general audiance I feel don't quite understand what they are looking for... Idealy these types of cataglories are more suited for a panel of judges with some experience or better understanding of what they should be looking for

Vlad

[Lady Shinsei]

Hey, I heard the words to D Minor. I also know that song already and it was
freakin' hilarious at that one point in the vid when Sakura was used for the
whiny, bitchy part in the song.....I burst out laughing...

Overall, I highly enjoyed all of this year's entries despite flaws (both seen
and unseen) and give my best regards to everyone who's vids were used.

Only gripe I have is my own damn fault. I was so excited by several of the
vids that I was yelling too loud (saying things like "Atsui") and it really hurt
my voicebox. Though I made things worse at the Cosplay contest, but unless you were actually there you wouldn't want to hear my account of that night.

Still wish that Entry #62, "Trial By Combat", could've made it..... *sigh*

(especially after the pain in the ass I went through to submit it via FTP)

LOL.....in all truth, however, the one vid I loved most wasn't in the contest,
but the one they created from photos taken during the con and shown at the
closing ceremonies. There's nothing more awesome than sitting with two of
your friends and seeing all three of you in one of the shots and the joy of
high-fiving each other over getting major publicity for your Cosplay gear.

(Note: I was dressed Kankuro, and my buds were Rock Lee and Jiraiya...)