Some AMV research.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:22 pm

cyberbird05 wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:on this site I have found that what truely makes a "popular video"(or gets higher ratings) is an attention to detail, something that is emotional on some level (weather it be emo, drama, fun, exciting, dance, comedic or whatever, it moves a person emotionally in some way), a good song, great concept, well excecuted, and a good anime.

Shouldn't that be the basis for making an amv in general?

of course not XD you should make amvs cause you enjoy it or like to XD

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:31 pm

The Wired Knight wrote:Furthermore the good videos that are on there are harder to find (here you ca check the forums, popular lists on the filters, contests etc etc ).

This is the exact problem I have with looking around that site for good videos. I keep getting mislead by the score. I see a video with 4 stars and I think "oh this video should be good" only to find it's a piece of garbage and that the peoples interpretations there are garbage. I use to think that score would actually mean anything, now I don't. Higher percent chance I'll enjoy a random 4 star video here than over there. I've ran into hundreds of videos over at that site that have a 4 stars as it's rating that have divx logos, subtitles, repeated scenes, longwinded clips side by side, very little actual editing, while over here, a video that has had a lot of stars given to it and ends up having a 4 star rating, it ends up never having all of that I just mentioned. Even though you get to watch a video the second it starts downloading, you have a higher chance running into good videos here using filter options for advance searches, top ten list, Recommended AMVs and AMV Announcements. I'm sure there are plenty that would agree with me on that.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:59 pm

I certainly don't think anyone's disagreeing with you. I've seen very few vids with like 500 or more ratings and 3.8+ stars here that i didn't keep. There are a some though. The people using the system aren't prefect. As for there, i only have an account to get my stuff taken down the few times anything has popped up there.

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:45 am

short explanation: people are idiots on youtube

longer explanation:people are huge idiots on youtube

cyberbird05 · Post by **cyberbird05** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:09 am

JaddziaDax wrote:
cyberbird05 wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:on this site I have found that what truely makes a "popular video"(or gets higher ratings) is an attention to detail, something that is emotional on some level (weather it be emo, drama, fun, exciting, dance, comedic or whatever, it moves a person emotionally in some way), a good song, great concept, well excecuted, and a good anime.

Shouldn't that be the basis for making an amv in general?
of course not XD you should make amvs cause you enjoy it or like to XD

lol! well I know that's the primary goal of making an amv, I'm just saying that if you want to make a good amv it's best to be "attentive to detail", and SOME of that other stuff you said (not all). ^-^

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:26 pm

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Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:33 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:so which is it?
do you want to be popular? or
popular with the girls? XD

Is that even a question?? I GOTTA BE ME! of coarse ;p. But yeah, not everybody takes this line of thought.... Too many after school specials and not enough outside activitys for me I guess lol.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:34 pm

cyberbird05 wrote:lol! well I know that's the primary goal of making an amv, I'm just saying that if you want to make a good amv it's best to be "attentive to detail", and SOME of that other stuff you said (not all). ^-^

well yea if thats what you consider a good amv O.o then that should be your goal... but if you only make amvs to have fun or ammuse yourself then that should be your goal...

though truthfully you should make amvs cause you like to make them, or you enjoy the end result,

not because you want everyone else to like them or because you want praise or highscores... praise and high scores are easy to get if you have enough friends to lie to you XD

Knowname wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:so which is it?
do you want to be popular? or
popular with the girls? XD
Is that even a question?? I GOTTA BE ME! of coarse ;p. But yeah, not everybody takes this line of thought.... Too many after school specials and not enough outside activitys for me I guess lol.

i was being silly... and yea its a question....
but the truth is: if you want to be popular with the girls then make girley videos that they would like (duh!)

cyberbird05 · Post by **cyberbird05** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:26 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:
cyberbird05 wrote:lol! well I know that's the primary goal of making an amv, I'm just saying that if you want to make a good amv it's best to be "attentive to detail", and SOME of that other stuff you said (not all). ^-^
well yea if thats what you consider a good amv O.o then that should be your goal... but if you only make amvs to have fun or ammuse yourself then that should be your goal...

though truthfully you should make amvs cause you like to make them, or you enjoy the end result,

not because you want everyone else to like them or because you want praise or highscores... praise and high scores are easy to get if you have enough friends to lie to you XD

I think you misunderstood me, what I meant was that the primary goal should be to have fun and secondary one should put a little effort into the stuff that he/she makes

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:17 pm

Pshawww, I don't want to be popular with the fangirls...