DBZ AMV's

[Vegeta12]

This one incredible Vegeta tribute

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-82gRYpmG90

[Hades]

This is a pretty good AMV as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mejpvxWcpM

[Jackal puFF]

I was never really into fan made music videos.. They just all seemed whatever to me except for this one..

For You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXKjEIDXzxg

I'm sure it's been seen by some of y'all. Still so good. Too bad this guy never made more huh?

You could really feel for Goku in this one.

[TrunksTrevelyan0064]

For You is incredible indeed.

Here's one that is very well edited and goes quite well with the lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7S8NpxruKY

[Insertclevername]

This is a pretty awesome one. What's the name of the song used. I know it's JAM project but I don't know the specific song.

[Hades]

In memory of Jeff Hanneman, another Slayer amv: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAXOv9Ha80w

[Zarathustra]

Classics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCRANHCLMvE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DiHKRoZe-E

Remember these floating around in the early 2000s on Kazaa and the like. The template for a good AMV can be found here.

[TheGmGoken]

This is a pretty good AMV as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mejpvxWcpM

Very funny lol.

[Hades]

This is a pretty good AMV as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mejpvxWcpM

Very funny lol.

what do you mean?

[TheGmGoken]

This is a pretty good AMV as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mejpvxWcpM

Very funny lol.

what do you mean?

U said the amv was good

[Hades]

Very funny lol.

what do you mean?

U said the amv was good

Well, I define "good" by the following criteria.

Does it use anything other than Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot? Not only does it not, but it also uses Slayer, aka one of the best bands out there.

Is it well executed? Yes

The only downside is the quality of the footage, but then in the scheme of things, it is far above and beyond 94% of the dreck.

[TheGmGoken]

Very funny lol.

what do you mean?[/quote]

U said the amv was good [/quote]

Well, I define "good" by the following criteria.

Does it use anything other than Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot? Not only does it not, but it also uses Slayer, aka one of the best bands out there.

Is it well executed? Yes

The only downside is the quality of the footage, but then in the scheme of things, it is far above and beyond 94% of the dreck.[/quote]

I can tell you're not a huge amv fan lol. They're many bands who are more overuse then LP,LB, and SK. I should know I'm in the amv community and makes amv myself. I'm also subscribed. to a lot of amv makers. I don't judge on quality but the video quality is only better then 30% not 94%. Which is how i also know your not a huge fan. The video was just random clips put together with no real story or going with the lyrics. Similar to most amvs on this forum. There are some on here that are good but not all of them lol. Here are examples how MODERN amvs are made with story or going with lyrics. I might even say effect whore style(not bad effects good effects that made sense).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkFqD08KVXo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbw52AzNa3c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvkHhy0Ands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13zT740RToA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxnF_e6gxPs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjlt941cMgA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BptLMfQjRhE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UT1RUUUq-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXk4b2gshuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z1F-3uw1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO8TWf88Pxw

I know this is a lot. But just watch them and you'll understand what I'm talking about. I'm not trying to promote myself but Bm121v3 is me. Killerhackin1212 and Xgytis are the editors that taught me. Most amvs on this forum are just random clips put together with no real purpose. Any video editor can do that which makes the amv bland,boring, and quite frankly uninteresting. That what I like about advance editing software. It makes a lot of editors special.

[DragonBoxZTheMovies]

I really, really love this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14TAP9zfZJg
Free-flowing and action-packed, this one's a real boredom killer; although the beginning is a little cheesy.

[TheGmGoken]

I really, really love this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14TAP9zfZJg
Free-flowing and action-packed, this one's a real boredom killer; although the beginning is a little cheesy.

Yes the one of my favorite amvs. The unique thing about the amv is the person who made it did the narration.

[Zephyr]

In memory of Jeff Hanneman, another Slayer amv: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAXOv9Ha80w

I really like Slayer, and I really like Dragon Ball, but they really do not go well together.

I think Iron Maiden fits much better, like so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxBOVPGYdlI

Also there's this classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0td9gdwe-g8

[Kuwabara]

Most amvs on this forum are just random clips put together with no real purpose. Any video editor can do that which makes the amv bland,boring, and quite frankly uninteresting.

That's kind of insulting, videos with sheer good editing can't be done by "any editor." And I actually disagree with your other point for the most part, AMVs with too many effects and emphasis on "story" are usually really tryhard and cheesy to me. For the sake of comparison, all of the promos Toonami put out for Dragon Ball Z were more effective than all of those AMVs you posted just because of how strong the editing was. There are so many glaring problems, but I'll just key on a few.

-I laughed at how out of place those feathers looked in the beginning of the first video you linked.
-The screen shaking in the All Or Nothing video was really obnoxious and it would have been so much better without it. I'll never know why so many AMV editors like to add random screen shaking for no reason, especially during scenes where it was originally present to begin with. All Or Nothing was probably the best video you linked otherwise.
-The one effect XGytis likes to use (ex. 0:33 of AFTERMATH) is similarly off putting and the video would have been perfectly fine without it.

All of those embellishments (I use this term loosely) were so distracting that they actually detracted from what might have otherwise been strong videos. Kanzenshuu's own Project Doomrider pretty much hit the perfect balance for effect usage, kind of sad how that's still the best example after all of these years. And even though I didn't like the music, that Indestructible video someone else posted isn't bad either.

Here are two vids that aren't too in your face with the "story" element, and the few effects used are done tastefully as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_o5BS47MzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMBpyAJcbaM

[TheGmGoken]

Most amvs on this forum are just random clips put together with no real purpose. Any video editor can do that which makes the amv bland,boring, and quite frankly uninteresting.

That's kind of insulting, videos with sheer good editing can't be done by "any editor." And I actually disagree with your other point for the most part, AMVs with too many effects and emphasis on "story" are usually really tryhard and cheesy to me. For the sake of comparison, every single promo Toonami put out for Dragon Ball Z were more effective than all of those AMVs you posted just because of how strong the editing was. There are so many glaring problems, but I'll just key on a few.

-I laughed at how out of place those feathers looked in the beginning of the first video you linked.
-The screen shaking in the All Or Nothing video was really obnoxious and it would have been so much better without it. I'll never know why so many AMV editors like to add random screen shaking for no reason, especially in scenes where it's already present to begin with. All Or Nothing was probably the best video you linked otherwise.
-The one effect XGytis likes to use (ex. 0:33 of AFTERMATH) is similarly off putting and the video would have been perfectly fine without it.

All of those embellishments (I use this term loosely) were so distracting that they actually detracted from might have otherwise been strong videos. Kanzenshuu's own Project Doomrider pretty much hit the perfect balance for effect usage, kind of sad how that's still the best example after all of these years. And even though I didn't like the music, that Indestructible video someone else posted isn't bad either.

Here are two vids that aren't too in your face with the "story" element, and the few effects used are done tastefully as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_o5BS47MzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMBpyAJcbaM

Both of those were basic and were just clips with music to be honest. You can do that with powerpoints lol. I said effect whoring sucks but not people who used all effects but are good at it such as this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg1uz6cwPDw . The shakes in ALL or nothing wasn't even shakes. They're called ZOOMS. Also it was needed. It went really well with it. Most editors shakes aren't even random =/. The video with Xgytis that's called impact. Without it he would have missed that beat since Broly power up wasn't impactful enoguh. Hence the small shake and effect. LOL DoomRider wasn't the best example of effect usage. That video whore effects. Good story telling but not good effects. Well they was good but over used in the WRONG way. This is the best example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BptLMfQjRhE

[Kuwabara]

Both of those were basic and were just clips with music to be honest. You can do that with powerpoints lol. I said effect whoring sucks but not people who used all effects but are good at it such as this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg1uz6cwPDw . The shakes in ALL or nothing wasn't even shakes. They're called ZOOMS. Also it was needed. It went really well with it. Most editors shakes aren't even random =/. The video with Xgytis that's called impact. Without it he would have missed that beat since Broly power up wasn't impactful enoguh. Hence the small shake and effect. LOL DoomRider wasn't the best example of effect usage. That video whore effects. Good story telling but not good effects. Well they was good but over used in the WRONG way. This is the best example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BptLMfQjRhE

I'd like to see you literally make those same videos in PowerPoint. Less is more, I say. The effects along with the badly saturated colors in the Naruto video make it completely unwatchable. The "zooms" are so jarring because it's a modern digital effect used in a series from the early to mid-90's! It's completely out of place. They weren't needed and it just looks stupid. The scenes in the XGytis video would have been just as impactful without it. It's not like you have to hit

Every.

Single.

Beat.

To me Project Doomrider is the best because it utilizes effects without detracting from the editing. The editing is only enhanced by the effects. Looking back on it, some effects and transitions might have been a little much, but still no where near as bad as the stuff that typically comes out now. One other common problem I see are the overused fades, which are prevalent in that last video. Having so many fades in quick succession looks really messy. I would avoid the text entirely as well, I've never seen it done without looking cheesy as hell.

[TheGmGoken]

Both of those were basic and were just clips with music to be honest. You can do that with powerpoints lol. I said effect whoring sucks but not people who used all effects but are good at it such as this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg1uz6cwPDw . The shakes in ALL or nothing wasn't even shakes. They're called ZOOMS. Also it was needed. It went really well with it. Most editors shakes aren't even random =/. The video with Xgytis that's called impact. Without it he would have missed that beat since Broly power up wasn't impactful enoguh. Hence the small shake and effect. LOL DoomRider wasn't the best example of effect usage. That video whore effects. Good story telling but not good effects. Well they was good but over used in the WRONG way. This is the best example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BptLMfQjRhE

I'd like to see you literally make those same videos in PowerPoint. Less is more, I say. The effects along with the badly saturated colors in the Naruto video make it completely unwatchable. The "zooms" are so jarring because it's a modern digital effect used in a series from the early to mid-90's! It's completely out of place. They weren't needed and it just looks stupid. The scenes in the XGytis video would have been just as impactful without it. It's not like you have to hit

Every.

Single.

Beat.

To me Project Doomrider is the best because it utilizes effects without detracting from the editing. The editing is only enhanced by the effects. Looking back on it, some effects and transitions might have been a little much, but still no where near as bad as the stuff that typically comes out now. One other common problem I see are the overused fades, which are prevalent in that last video. Having so many fades in quick succession looks really messy. I would avoid the text entirely as well, I've never seen it done without looking cheesy as hell.

You're crazy. That's all I have to say =/.

[Kuwabara]

You're crazy. That's all I have to say =/.

Not DBZ, but maybe this video will help you see where I'm coming from. Here's an example of something I think we would both like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRkz6O3CD-0

Just as an aside, it's amazing to find a modern AMV that volleys usage of cuts and fades, instead of just having the latter.