The AMV thread

[Maguspk]

I'm sorry but it's hard to take these seriously when they try to sync up mouth movements with lyrics in the songs.

Cheesiest shit ever.

[Elcura]

I'm sorry but it's hard to take these seriously when they try to sync up mouth movements with lyrics in the songs.

Cheesiest shit ever.

How about when every cut and transition is done on beat? To a really fast song.

Most annoying shit ever.

[Delenn]

Now for some meta: (animemusicvideos.org page)

How to Create, Recognise, Judge, Bash, Criticize, Analyse, etc. an AMV for Dummies" is what this amv is called. It will show you all the techniques that you can learn from the AWZM SUPAL33T AMV Dictionary (tm) and AMV Manual (tm) and will show you how to use them or not to use them depending on how you look at this AMV. It is meant to be funny and if you're reading this, please be polite and laugh at the appropriate moments marked by a beat (that is every 4 counts). The people in the back who cannot read this - please don't get concerned about what you're missing upon reading this, because I assure you that you will not miss anything at all. The people who can already read this line by now - either you have learned how to speedread (tm) or you have no life at all wanting to read all this crap.

Disclaimer: No anime characters were hurt during the process of making this AMV. Please enjoy & have a good time!

(the youtube video with the highest view count of this video has annoying audio glitches, therefore I chose another one)

[Delenn]

Then some classics

I vaguely remember Gulk providing most of the doujin covers for this one. (animemusicvideos.org page)


Surfing on the Blocks (animemusicvideos.org page)


It's Tricky to Make a Music Video (animemusicvideos.org page)

The original concept for this video came from me spending too much time
playing SSX Tricky...

Awards that incarnations of this video has won at contests that it has trolled^H^H^H^H^H^H^H appeared in:

Best Upbeat Otakon 2003
Audience Choice Anime USA 2003
Best Comedy Ohayocon 2004
Judge's Choice Katsucon 2004
Best Parody AnimeMusicVideos.org VCA 2004

When will the trolling be complete?

Since no one actually reads these things I'm just going to rant about
the creation of this video here, and attempt to explain why this video
has no artistic merit or originality, and thus no one should like it.

In the production of this video, I had several main guiding principles
to make it suck as much as possible:
1. All audiences enjoy watching Vash dance.
2. Most of the amv viewing audience doesn't care for actual
artistic merit, but rather they like silly special effects.
3. People like high energy videos.
4. As much as people complain about spoilers, in the end, everyone
wants to see them.
5. Epilepsy makes everything better
6. The more anime series that an amv uses, the better it is. Thus
I used 69 different anime series.
7. Lens flares also make everything better.
8. Star wipes are cool.
9. Recursion is a beautiful element in all art forms.

...

When I was about half done with the video, I came across an post from
PatrickD about the 10 Commandments of AMVs. Having seen them, and after
vowing to make the absolute worst music video ever, it was important to
break as many of these commandments as possible. Thus they quickly
became added to my todo list. I've broken all but the last one. But I
have plans to break that one too... Here they are in their
entirety(ripped off without permission):

PatrickD's Ten Commandments of Anime Music Videos:
(No offense intended towards God or religion. Deal with it.)

1) Thou shall not take any aspect ratio except one aspect ratio.
Don't intermix full screen video with letterboxed video. Changes
between the two are distracting for the audience. You want your video
to look like one complete product, but intermixing the two aspect ratios
works against that.

2) Thou shall make no image with subtitles.
Subtitles are bad. Don't do it. Text distracts the audience. They'll
be too busy reading to pay attention to the video. This also applies to
the logos that networks stick in the bottom-right corner.

3) Thou shall not let characters talk in vain.
Avoid having characters talking in the video (unless their lips are
synchronized with the lyrics.) If characters are talking while you
can't hear what they're saying, the audience is left wondering what
they're missing.

4) Thou shall honor thy fellow creators.
Don't take anime footage from other videos. If you actually want to
make a good video, you'll need to do it right and record your own source
footage. Go buy the DVDs.

5) Thou shall not steal.
Yeah, Napster might be fun, but if you're going to use a song in a
video, go out and buy the CD. MP3s aren't the same quality anyway.
Plus, you'll get a warm, fuzzy feeling for supporting the music artists.

6) Thou shall not let video static lie.
If you're recording from VHS, put a mask over that video static in the
bottom few lines of the screen. Seeing that hop all over the place
while the video plays is distracting...and it looks bad too.

7) Thou shall not kill clips haphazardly.
Don't just stick in footage wherever it fits. Plan ahead and have them
fit with the music. Follow the beat of the music and plan clips around
that.

8 ) Thou shall not use footage more than once.
Avoid using the same video clip more than once. It shows that you
either have a very short memory or you didn't capture enough source
footage. If it's a humor bit, keep in mind that there's a reason
comedians never tell the same joke to the same audience twice.

9) Thou shall not covet thy editor's transitions.
Just because you have all these transitions doesn't mean you have to use
them. Only use what's appropriate for the scene. Putting in
transitions because they're "cool" isn't a good idea. Only use them if
they add to the story.

10) Thou shall keep the output acceptable.
Nobody wants to download a 50 Mb video just to find out that it's been
poorly compressed with garbled sound. Use compression methods such as
QuickTime, MPEG, AVI/DivX, or high-quality RealMedia. Experiment until
you find one that works well...then feel free to stick with it. Avoid
using obscure codecs since nobody really wants to have to install a
codec just to view one video.

-PatrickD - ADEQUATE.com Webmaster - http://www.adequate.com/
See You Space Cowboy...

[Cantih]

How about when every cut and transition is done on beat? To a really fast song.

Most annoying shit ever.

I feel sorry for you, cause you're gonna hate this then.

"58008" by Zarxrax

Tricky video

It's sad the creator thinks it's terrible, because in setting out to break all the best practices, he made a legit funny video.

Of course, the granddaddy of all those kinds of videos

"A Total Waste of 6min 35sec" by XStylus

[Qeomash]

While the character intros in the beginning make me cringe and some of the clip choices bug me, I still really liked the concept behind this one:

[Kerberoz]

[Delenn]

It's sad the creator thinks [the Tricky Video is] terrible, because in setting out to break all the best practices, he made a legit funny video.

I'm pretty sure Bogosort had fun regardless, otherwise he wouldn't have done it. He seemed to be a pretty laid-back and happy guy when I met him at a friend's wedding.

More classics:

Angelic Layer is serious business. (animemusicvideos.org page)


A Princess Tutu AMV winning a "Best Action" award? You bet. (animemusicvideos.org page)


Now for some nostalgic One Piece power metal. (animemusicvideos.org page)

[Silenka]

Delenn posted some winrar vids.

Anyone post this yet?

[Cantih]

Hmm, quality is slipping. Need to up the quotient.

Ok, let's see what can be squeezed out of AX 08/09


"Blue Orchid" by BTaing8 (09)


"Spin On, Simon" by Dakrewkideye Studios (09)


"Baccano Swing!" by Studio Hybrid ( 08 )

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/memb...o.php?v=158077
"Be A Man" by NightHawk ( 08 )
By all evidence I've seen, if it's possible to make a BAD TTGL amv, the creator must be a very special kind of stupid.

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/memb...o.php?v=156961
"Falling Dreams" by MysteriousRyder ( 08 )


"Ouran High School Never Ends" by Melichan923 ( 08 )

[Kerberoz]

From youtube thread

[Gulkeeva]

[Odin'sLaw]

that was actually pretty good bet it took a few days to get the lips and actions right

[Indalecia]

Mostly because I'm too lazy to do it myself, all are already on my harddrive but...

Someone fucking link some Nostromo for the Linkin Park/bleach/naruto kiddies?

He shits gold when he's not even trying.

[Ker]

Starts :24


NSFW

[Gokulo]

Me likey

[Odin'sLaw]

Me likey

was never interested in eva til watching this i must take a look

[Marajade]

Some of my Favorites









Also, in the style of doing anime to movie trailers...

[Gredival]

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/memb...o.php?v=170032

AMG AMV made by the brother of a friend (the Minecraft WoW PLD from Blizzcon). He's pretty good as an editor and I'm a sucker for AMG.



Euphoria -- THE classic AMV as far as I'm concerned



One-Eyed fish -- From Anime Expo 08. I know the TTGL video OP is talking about, but I think this was by far the best composed video.



Monsoon -- From Anime Expo 09 (the earlier Code Geass video in the thread was also this year)



Ouran Day -- From AnimeBoston 08


Some GOOD lip-syncs:




Bride of Berserk -- From Anime Expo 2005



Disney in D Minor -- From Anime Expo 04

[Hitoru]

Still one of my favourites since I love Pendulum