The Replacement for AWA Masters

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:22 pm

I know it's logisitaclly impossible, but think about having a contest where a noobie must make a video with a Season creator... the Seasoned creator can't touch the computer and can only talk to his partner

Vlad

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:14 am

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:I know it's logisitaclly impossible, but think about having a contest where a noobie must make a video with a Season creator... the Seasoned creator can't touch the computer and can only talk to his partner :wink:

The hardest part of that would be finding the appropriate spices.

Tyler_yj · Post by **Tyler_yj** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:18 am

Why not just a classic contest with a general classement, without categories ?

Nightowl · Post by **Nightowl** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:54 am

I feel the need to say, simply, I really enjoyed my challenge video. Pat Bohnet dared me to do Triengel, and I had a great time doing it. I'm not sure how many people would truly take the contest seriously, but dealing with previous popularity made the project interesting, it allowed me to do something different with the material. There's my two cents. I won't take a stand, but I will say that if I were dared to remake another classic (with more rules than use Trigun and subtitles!) I would, absolutely, go for it. Besides, if it were pre-judged, one could weed out the ridiculous crap, you could ask creators if it were cool... it's workable and the most interesting and different suggesstion I've heard thus far.

It would even work with the original Masters concept, simply making it the only contest of its kind on the con circuit (am I wrong about this?).

But I think, perhaps, it has already been vetoed.

-N

Ashyukun · Post by **Ashyukun** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:01 am

I rather like the idea of having a contest/event parodying well-known videos. A group of us somewhat seriously discussed the possibility of doing an MEP with nothing but that over dinner at AWA, and it would be a lot of fun I think both for those of us making the videos and a treat for the audience at the con- especially for those who actually recognize what videos are being parodied.

And there's also always (as I think was already suggested, but I'm lazy and am not scrolling back through everything) stealing jbone's 'AMV Gong Show' suggestion from ACen- I think it would actually work far better at AWA than ACen given there's a much higher density of editors and it would likely be far easier to find a panel of bitter old editors to 'judge' the entries, and the audience is already probably quite aware that the convention has a bit of a focus on AMVs.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:06 pm

Ashyukun wrote:I rather like the idea of having a contest/event parodying well-known videos. A group of us somewhat seriously discussed the possibility of doing an MEP with nothing but that over dinner at AWA, and it would be a lot of fun I think both for those of us making the videos and a treat for the audience at the con- especially for those who actually recognize what videos are being parodied.

And there's also always (as I think was already suggested, but I'm lazy and am not scrolling back through everything) stealing jbone's 'AMV Gong Show' suggestion from ACen- I think it would actually work far better at AWA than ACen given there's a much higher density of editors and it would likely be far easier to find a panel of bitter old editors to 'judge' the entries, and the audience is already probably quite aware that the convention has a bit of a focus on AMVs.

I'd join that MEP

I actually thought about doing it once and calling it "Project: Mayhem"

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:19 pm

Nightowl wrote:I feel the need to say, simply, I really enjoyed my challenge video. Pat Bohnet dared me to do Triengel, and I had a great time doing it.

Personally, I love the idea of being challenged to do a video, as long as the concept is sound and not just randomly made up to be difficult. Pat issued a challenge to me a few years back as well, and the only reason I didn't do it was because I couldn't figure out a good way to pull it off (i.e., I failed the challenge

). Contest-wise, though, I don't know a good way to approach it. I think it'd work better as an exposition type deal.

Maybe compile a list of challenge ideas and let creators pick one they like (with no limit as to how many people can use the same idea). The challenges could cover a large range of concepts...from a "remake a classic" (ie, TriEngel) challenge to a kooky anime/song combination (with the caveat that the combination had to be expressed seriously)....

But yeah, this is something that I personally think would be fun, so I don't know how much enthusiasm others would have for it.

MCWagner · Post by **MCWagner** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:28 pm

Please note that I'm mostly looking for a one or two-time contest at the moment, which should open up the field of options a little.

Ashyukun wrote:And there's also always stealing jbone's 'AMV Gong Show' suggestion from ACen- I think it would actually work far better at AWA than ACen given there's a much higher density of editors and it would likely be far easier to find a panel of bitter old editors to 'judge' the entries, and the audience is already probably quite aware that the convention has a bit of a focus on AMVs.

I've been mulling this over, and I can't figure out how a "Gong Show" style vid would work in a fixed time format. How'd they manage?

Nightowl: I'm not sure how the concept would work out, though. There's a lot of potential for someone to get offended, one way or another, and no certainty that the entries would be done without malice.

Tyler_yj wrote:Why not just a classic contest with a general classement, without categories ?

Not sure what you mean... we've already got two classic contests...

Vlad: Hmm... that would require MEP-like organization, at least on some level, which means pre-determined entry list. Uncertain how that would be managed, without giving offense...

MCWagner · Post by **MCWagner** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:32 pm

Kusoyaro wrote:Personally, I love the idea of being challenged to do a video, as long as the concept is sound and not just randomly made up to be difficult. Pat issued a challenge to me a few years back as well, and the only reason I didn't do it was because I couldn't figure out a good way to pull it off (i.e., I failed the challenge ). Contest-wise, though, I don't know a good way to approach it. I think it'd work better as an exposition type deal.

Maybe compile a list of challenge ideas and let creators pick one they like (with no limit as to how many people can use the same idea). The challenges could cover a large range of concepts...from a "remake a classic" (ie, TriEngel) challenge to a kooky anime/song combination (with the caveat that the combination had to be expressed seriously)....

Hmmm... the difficulty would be coming up with a list of challenges comperably equal in challenge, and then judging them against one another. Could be all over the place. "Serious drama to Excel Saga". "Pratfall comedy to Now and Then, Here and There". Hmm...

bloodyfang · Post by **bloodyfang** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:53 pm

I can't come up with a good idea myself..

Maybe a contest revolving around a single music artist(one with a large-ish and varied song library)

Or maybe something like guyver2019's unoriginality project that never got finished. Basically take overused songs and make a video with a strong concept that is actually enjoyable.

I personally like the Spoof idea myself