Using Intro's in an AMV

[I3ladeDragon]

I personally think that making AMV's using intros are ok as long as they dont use over 5 seconds of intro in total and as long as it's parts of the intro that doesn't have title credits.

Was just curios as to everyones thoughts on using scenes from an anime's intro sequence in an AMV.

[Otohiko]

I personally think that making AMV's using intros are ok as long as they dont use over 5 seconds of intro in total and as long as it's parts of the intro that doesn't have title credits.

Was just curios as to everyones thoughts on using scenes from an anime's intro sequence in an AMV.

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[SarahtheBoring]

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x2. And I don't believe in specific, nitpicky rules like "only five seconds per video," because originality is, IMO, a good thing. But I do think that some common sense points would include:

1) Try to avoid titles. Clean OP/ED sequences are pretty common on DVDs. Which is where you're getting your source. Not off the damn internet.

2) If the animation quality of the OP is much, much different from or better than the rest of the series, make sure that it doesn't jar the viewer out of your video.

3) Be aware that the viewers have usually seen the OP/ED more often than any other shots in the series. They may be sick of it. Or it may be a cheap shortcut to identifying a show in the middle of a multi-anime video. Just be aware of over-familiarity, either way.

All of these can be followed by the disclaimer "...unless you're doing it intentionally for some reason." As with anything else.

Other than that, do whatever fits your video.

This concludes tonight's performance of Duh Theater. Thank you and goodnight.

[JaddziaDax]

i really dont care as long as they arent covered in credits

[Jasta85]

opening scenes are video material just like any other material, and like other material you have to think carfully about what you are using. If it has credits on it then it is pretty much the same effect as seeing a clip with subs on it, it distracts the viewer and takes away from the amv's quality. There are also some scenes in anime which are used, and reused over and over again in many amvs and therefore will probably be boring if you make them a main part of your amv. However, depending on the theme of your amv and how it is set up, an amv can be perfectly fine with intro scenes. You just have to use them effectively.

[808-buma]

use what works, be it the OP, ED, or anything in-between. Heck, I've even used the credits in one of my videos in (IMHO) a creative way...

whatever works

[Szwagier]

use what works, be it the OP, ED, or anything in-between.

x2

[BasharOfTheAges]

1) Try to avoid titles. Clean OP/ED sequences are pretty common on DVDs.

I wish they were all that easy to find. I went through 14 R2 Bleach DVDs, spanning 3 opening sequences, without finding a single clean version of any of them.

[Niotex]

Intros is where its at first impression has to be the best it being a quick logo or spiffy title sheets. They have to look good and flow over into the video. In other words I've always failed that part

[Cornwiggle]

There are sometimes good scenes to be found in intros that you can't get anywhere in the else in the show. I try and use footage if I have creditless as much as possible.