Making an amv should I use footage with subs or not

inuyashadragon · Post by **inuyashadragon** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:10 pm

I wnat to make an amv using the pokemon song for like an parody for Inuyasha opening and I'm only using footage from the openings and endings because they have the best quality only prouble is that I don't know if I should make it with those subs things or not

Org Profile · Post by **GloryQuestor** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:23 pm

jbone wrote:Lots of people start with downloaded clips/fansubs. These will let you make something, but your finished video won't look very good. Rather, you should use DVD source for the best results.

I think this is a good maxim to follow.

Not only can you filter out subtitles using DVD Decryptor, but you can also get better quality footage than fansubs.

It takes more work, but the clips you get as a result are 10x better than any fansub or second-hand clip.

If you have InuYasha on DVD, you should consider using it instead if possible. If you don't have any on DVD, save up some money and buy a few of the many volumes out there (or better yet, get the First Season boxset -- a lot of episode for a fair price).

.:SR:. · Post by **.:SR:.** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:23 pm

Unless you can actually edit Frame by Frame, Don't do it.

megaman917 · Post by **megaman917** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:33 pm

Most of the folks around here will say "NO". Personally, I don't care about subtitles; if they're there, they're there; if they're not, they're not. Anyways, it's your AMV; you make it however you want to make it.

inuyashadragon · Post by **inuyashadragon** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:36 pm

Well I want to make it look like an opening for Inuyasha and I think by using it with subs will make it look more like a real opening but I also think that people will think that the quality is bad. So that's why I'm asking about that.

Hax · Post by **Hax** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:43 pm

even in this situation, no sub is the way to go

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:41 pm

Justifications aside, subtitled footage is widely frowned upon. Best not to use it.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:48 pm

What you could do is use non-subtitled footage, and then add your own 'titles' to make it authentic.

pen-pen2002 · Post by **pen-pen2002** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:21 pm

dokool wrote:What you could do is use non-subtitled footage, and then add your own 'titles' to make it authentic.

X2, this makes a world of difference.

Kerydwenn · Post by **Kerydwenn** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:41 am

I'm not sure about this. I see what you're trying to achieve, but on the other hand, subtitles have this nasty side-effect of always (or almost) causing the watcher to look at them rather than pay attention to the images behind. No matter how well they fit the action (sometimes they do, after all), they're still being a distraction, especially that lots of people here have been used to watch anime subtitled for years, and thus are instinctively "drawn" to them, so to say.

Now, one of the above suggestions could be good - you could get rid of the subtitles, make your AMV, then experiment with custom "subtitles" (text) of your own, to see if it looks well or not. It'll be easier to get rid of these again, rather than work with subtitled footage to finally realize in the end that it doesn't fit things very well.