Narutoforums Third AMV Competition Judging Thread

[MechaTC]

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Judges, please rate all four videos
The one with the most points between all four judgings will win.

Judges:
1. moe
2. TenshiOni
3. MechaTC

Judges, cast your votes. Leave comments on each of the top three videos and leave a rating (out of 10 for each category like on amv.org, then add them for the total score). The video with the highest accumulated scores will win.

Example:

Video A

Originality: 6/10 + reason/comment
Visual Quality: 8/10 + reason/comment
Audio: 10/10 + reason/comment
Action Sync: 8/10 + reason/comment
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects (combined category for our purposes): 7/10 + reason/comment
Effort: 9/10 + reason/comment
Re-view-ability: 7/10 + reason/comment
Overall: 8/10 + reason/comment

Total: 63/80 Points

[MechaTC]

Diz - The Third Wave

Originality: 8/10 | This was a really nice take on Samurai Champloo. You took the "historical" parts of the anime and set that to a song about government/world corruption. It fit very well with Champloo.
Visual Quality: 8/10 | The fansubs were of fairly good quality. Not to much to complain about.
Audio: 10/10 | Audio was fine. Couldn't find a problem with it.
Action Sync: 9/10 | The synchs were awesome. You fit the action very well to the song. You also synched the special effects very nicely. There were some spots I felt you could tighten it up, or maybe change the beat you synched to.
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 7/10 | I didn't like the beginning effects usage. It seems like you overused the effects. From the time 00:22 - 00:50 is when I didn't like the effects usage. The "double imaging" you used when the guitar was played distorted the video too much in my opinion and took away from the viewing experience for me. The rest of your effects were awesome. Not to intrusive on the viewing and served your purposes very well.
Effort: 9/10 | By now I know you are a top notch AMV creator. I know your level of effort is beyond that of an everyday creator. That's why your AMV's are just amazing. Another great job.
Re-view-ability: 8/10 | I will of course re-view this video, though not as much as your other creation, "Lines." Like I said before, the beginning effects usage detracts from the viewing for me.
Overall: 8/10 | Extremely solid video. Gives a great feel to the viewer.
Total: 67/80 Points

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Silv - [Sabaku no Gaara]

Originality: 6/10 | A video that examines Gaara, his past and why he believes what he does. A fairly nice character profile, but you used...Linkin Park ><, the standard music for all these types of videos.
Visual Quality: 6/10 | The quality of this video was even lower than fansubs. I think you should have played around with the encoding process a bit more when you were encoding your AMV to try to get the best quality possible. You left in the subtitles...but I didn't hold that against you. You used Windows Movie Maker which doesn't allow you to crop out subs. The Divx symbol however is unforgivable XD You can easily remove that by going to the Divx configuration utility in the start menu. Under the toolbar tab, uncheck "show divx watermark" and it will disappear from your videos.
Audio: 10/10 | The audio was fine.
Action Sync: 6/10 | There really wasn't that much that I could see. This song did open up a lot of synch oportunities though. I think you could have worked harder on this.
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 5/10 | You mainly used one effect. The Windows Movie Maker "old film" effect. You used it to a nice effect in the beginning of your video, but then continued to use it...a lot. I think you should have used it a little more sparingly.
Effort: 6/10 | You didn't just set an episode to music. You actually edited it. In future AMV's I do suggest you take some more time though and do some finer edits. It will help out the presentation of your video a lot.
Re-view-ability: 5/10 | I liked your video. It had its moments. I may revisit it again (Numb is my favorite Linkin Park song XD)
Overall: 6/10 | There is a lot of room for improvement. I do see that you tried though and didn't just set an episode to music. Keep on making them and I'll keep on watching.

Total: 50/80 Points

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NightForce - Sick of my Life

Originality: 7/10 | Interesting video. I've never seen any FMP videos. Yours was the first. The song seemed to fit the anime really well. The electronica sound really matched the mechs to me.
Visual Quality: 7/10 | The quality was ok. A little below average for a fansub. I'm glad you cropped the subs (unless this anime was in 16:9) and got rid of the divx symbol XD
Audio: 10/10 | Audio was fine.
Action Sync: 8/10 | The video's synchs were done really well for the most part. I saw a few missed beats however.
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 7/10 | Your effects were pretty nice and well executed. BUT I think you overused the flash. The video was a seizure video D: Also, although your lip synchs were spot on, I would have liked to see you use different scenes, or at least use premiere to imitate the camera being moved around by maybe zooming in at various zooms on his face (or maybe even have the footage move across the screen? :/ There are a lot of things you could have done)
Effort: 8/10 | Very well done video. Synchs were great, song fit the anime well, you didn't recycle footage too much. I liked it.
Re-view-ability: 6/10 | I liked this video, however due to recycled video and the same thing done over and over again (effect wise) I probably won't watch it as much as other videos.
Overall: 7/10 | There's a lot of room for improvement, however your video was solid and good. Keep making videos, I know you can become a master at it :D
Total: 60/80 Points

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Valdens - Say What Bobobo

Originality: 9/10 | It was a very original concept XD. Using all the avatars and sigs of the people on Nforums to make a video. Some of them worked really well to the music too hahaha. Great choices in the dancing animations.
Visual Quality: 6/10 | Animated Gifs...hahaha. What do you expect? : P
Audio: 10/10 | Audio was fine.
Action Sync: 6/10 | For the most part, it wasn't synched, but you did have a couple...even if they probably were accidental.
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 2/10 | Ummm...no effects...but I did notice a Nami animation appeared to be lipsynched to the song >_>
Effort: 6/10 | You at least went through the forum and conciously selected Gifs that would work well. And you also made some effort in organizing them in the video XD
Re-view-ability: 8/10 | It's hilarious. I've watched it a lot already >>
Overall: 6/10 | If you ever make one again, try making it work a little better so you get more action synchs at least XD This thing could have been golden.
Total: 53/80 Points

[moe]

Avgac - Pain:The Third Wave:

Originality: 9/10

Im not a frequent AMV watcher, but I must say, from among all the ones Ive seen this stands out. Your choice of song contemplates Samurai Champloo nicely. I frankly never could imagine SC without jazzy hiphop, but you did an ace job with this overview.

Visual Quality: 9/10
Great sub quality. Smooth and crisp.

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Audio: 10/10[/B]
hurrah for 192kb rips!

Action Sync: 8.5/10

Over all, it was quite grand. The only negative parts where in the intro :the guitar riffs + drums didnt time that well with the effect and action, but it picked up greatly midway throu. I'm very fond of the ending, masterfully done.

Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects 8/10

Again, the intro portion was the weakest aspect, the effects weren't well timed well and a bit overly done; but you really fixed that as already stated. The distorted imging you used was really nifty, but could've been used to a more powerful extent if you limited it to the chorus. I do like the wave like effects time with the power riffs thou. On the whole, mixing both effects made for sweet visual aid.

Effort: 9/10

You paid exptionally attention making this video. Using sucha high paced track and speeding up the action sequences must've demanded alot of time and enrgey. Excellent job mate.

Re-view-ability: 8/10

I actually watched this a good number of times aside from judging it. Your sense of timing was sharp like a samuria's sword ().

Overall: 8/10

Unique. Powerful. Smooth. Me likes.

Total: 69.5/80 Points

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Silv - [Sabaku no Gaara:

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Originality: 5/10

GAARA *is a gaara fanboy* A nice overiew of Gaara and his past. Thou song choice isnt the most original ^.^"

Visual Quality: 6/10

The quality is very low, and as mecha stated, lower than fansubs. So you can definiatly improve that. The fansubs and the DIVX symbol didnt quirky me much, though removing will definitaly help alot. Mecha's has better technical grasp, so I cant add much here XD.

Audio: 10/10

Ace quailty.

Action Sync: 6/10

The intro got me rather hyped up for the potential, but it became more timid as the AMV went by. There is a large chance of improvment thou and I think working on it again will really spice things up.

Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 4/10

The repeated use of that single effect is becomes drainging as the video progresses (thou it worked exptionally well in the intro). Try experimenting with more effects ^.^

Effort: 7/10

You took quite some time in editing/revamping this video, though you can always

Re-view-ability: 5/10 It's spinnable, but not a frequent basis

Overall: 6/10

You definiatly can enhance this AMV. Starting with a crisper fansub quality, experimenting with a wider range of effects and picking a different song will improve thigns alot. You did put alot of effort in it thou and you didnt simply slap a song to the video and let it stream. So keep at it and you'll get there in no time

Total: 49/80 Points

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NightForce - Sick of my Life:

Originality: 8.5/10

Trance/techno and mechas; match made in heaven.

Visual Quality: 7/10

It's fairly good, but you can find higher quaility subs thou. NevertheGreat job editing it

Audio: 10/10

Again, high bit rate =goodness

Action Sync: 9/10

Time was so spot on. A bit near misses her and there, but still. Sweet job.

Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 6/10

As much as I enjoyed the timing + lip synch, the white flash effect was extremely distracting from everything . Plus, it was a very straight forward video. More variety would sort things out , but currently it's quite tedious to view.

Effort: 8.5/10

Timing is always hard, and takes time. You obviously worked diligently on it.

Re-view-ability: 5.5/10


I really enjoyed it, but the white flashes (ythou they fit the song perfectly) are too spazzy for my liking.

Overall: 7.5/10

Good video, can be better. Tweek things a bit and it would be superb. However you did an excellent job mate, kudos =]


Total: 62/80 Points

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Valdens - Say What Bobobo:

Originality: 9/10

Oooooooookay XD This was so awesome. Using Stoney's dancing lee, patman's retard batman dance and ada's hyper run was wicked. One of the tripiest videos that I've ever seen

Visual Quality: 7/10

For animated gifs, you did the best job trying to enhance their visual qualities

Audio: 10/10

Send me this song!

Action Sync: 5/10

It's random as hell, some lucky synch shots, but stil lrandom (this is not bad in anywa, I love this kind of random XD)

Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 0/10

None that I can point out

Effort: 6/10

you get +++ points for your patience is scrummaging the forums for these. IT mustve been a long term project too, and you didnt randomly toss the gifs everywhere crossing your fingers, so I salute you XD

Re-view-ability: 8.5/10

I will probabily watch this everyday . The song is so hyyper inducing

Overall: 7/10

If you manage to time it right, this will be a classic

Total: 52.5/80 Points

[TenshiOni]

Sorry I'm late, Chris...

Diz - The Third Wave

Originality: 8/10 | Very nice. I loved how you made certain situations in Samurai Champloo match the theme of government and world corruption.
Visual Quality: 10/10 | Excellent quality. No complaints.
Audio: 10/10 | Once again, no complaints. I loved the song.
Action Sync: 9/10 | The synchs definitly got a lot better as the AMV goes on. At first, it was good, but then it became just plain awesome near the end when Jin and Mugen fight the samurai near the water. Is that the samurai that smells like sunflowers? Never finished the series. I'll tell you one thing though, your AMV certainly makes me want to download the rest of it ASAP. So, I will...tonight, probably.
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 7/10 | Now, in the beginning, I've to say I wasn't a big fan of how you used the effects. To tell you the truth, I considered the beginning of it to be rather too flashy to the point where it bothered me just a tad, but as it went on, I had no real complaints. Nicely done. Your skill is definitly better than most.
Effort: 9/10 | You're practically at the top, in my book. I've downloaded a lot of awesome AMVs, and I loved yours. I can't wait to see more of your work.
Re-view-ability: 10/10 | After I saw your vid, I left it on repeat for at least 2 hours. I love the song, and well, I tended to always check-in for the end of the vid when Mugen and Jin fight the samurai near the water. Just an amazingly cool scene.
Overall: 9/10 | Awesome AMV. I added it to my favorite collection without even considering it.
Total: 72/80 Points

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Silv - [Sabaku no Gaara]

Originality: 5/10 | I honestly can't give much for originality when it's a Gaara AMV, a character with a horrible past, and you used a Linkin Park song. But don't get me wrong, it does work. But it just works to easily.
Visual Quality: 6/10 | Hmm...well, for starters, I didn't like that you left in the subtitles in some scenes, but I didn't mind it that much because you chose to only leave in certain lines that strengthen the message of your AMV. As for the quality of the actual video, it was slightly below that of the fansub quality. Not sure if that''s the fault of the program you used, though.
Audio Quality: 10/10 | No complaints.
Action Sync: 5/10 | Well, there unfortunately wasn't much action sync in your vid. You might have been limited by the program you used, though, so I can understand.
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 5/10 | You really shouldn't have used that "old film" effect all throughout your AMV. At first, I liked it. I've seen some great AMVs that use that effect well, but you kind've overused it.
Effort: 6/10 | Honestly, I think you could've made a much better AMV if you have just invested a little more time into the vid's creation. Good attempt, though.
Re-view-ability: 5/10 | It was a nice Gaara AMV. I'm not a huge fan of the song, but it works well with Gaara and I'll definitly play it from time to time if I ever feel the need to hear the song.
Overall: 6/10 | Keep it up, my friend. I can't wait to see how much your improve with your next vid. ^^

Total: 48/80 Points

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NightForce - Sick of my Life

Originality: 8/10 | Interesting vid. The song really seemed to match the FMP scenes really well. I found it quite funny at times. XD
Visual Quality: 7/10 | Well, I'm used to FMP via DVD since I purchased the first two seasons, but I can tell that your visuals were slightly below fansub quality. No big complaints, though.
Audio: 10/10 | No problems. Where's the song from?
Action Sync: 7/10 | For the most part, I didn't have any problems. The music complimented a lot of the mech fights quite nicely. However, it wasn't perfect.
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 7/10 | I really think you overused the "flash" effect. You might want to tone down on that. The lip sync was pretty good for the most part, though.
Effort: 8/10 | I thought you did a good job with the vid. Music fit the anime well. You should've used some different effects, though.
Re-view-ability: 7/10 | I'll definitly re-watch it from time to time. I enjoyed the mech fight scenes a lot.
Overall: 7/10 | A nice AMV. I look foward to viewing more of your work.
Total: 61/80 Points

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Valdens - Say What Bobobo

Originality: 9/10 | Oh, man. Very funny concept. Definitly fitting for a Naruto Forums AMV competition. XD
Visual Quality: 5/10 | Quality of the gifs weren't that great.
Audio: 10/10 | No complaints. Bobobo song, ftw.
Action Sync: 4/10 |No real attempt at sync, but sometimes it just worked with the song. Quite humorous. XD
Lip Sync/Effects/Special Effects: 2/10 | No much to comment on. XD
Effort: 6/10 | Well, I'll give you this because you must've had to go on quit a hunt to find all those gifs here on the forums. XD
Re-view-ability: 9/10 | Freakin' hilarious. I'm definitly gonna re-watch this a lot...and not just cuz I've always wanted the Bobobo song. >_>
Overall: 6/10 | Very original concept. I hope you do more of them...even better ones. XD
Total: 51/80 Points

[MechaTC]

Here are the totals.

Diz - The Third Wave | 208.5/240 ~ WiNNeR!!!

NightForce - Sick of my Life | 183/240 ~ Second

Valdens - Say What Bobobo | 156.5/240 ~ Third

Silv - [Sabaku no Gaara] | 147/240 ~ Fourth