Using fanart In an AMV?

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Using fanart In an AMV?

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Hey guys! I got anouther question for you..I've seen some AMV's where people have used parts of manga in there editing but I haven't seen much of fanart or offical art of the anime used. Is that something I can use with in my video?
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There's no rule against it. A few of last year's finalists did it - hell, the winner of Best Editing had fan art commissioned for the video itself.
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There is no explicit rule against it,

However tread carefully as fan art is some deep water and there are several AMV's in the 'archives' whom used fan art and did not succeed in their vision or goal.

Much like Lip Syncing, Text over Video, and Lens Flair it can be done well, but when it is not done well it is quite spectacular in how "not a finalist" it can be.
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Also make sure to get permission from the artist if you use any of their fanart in your video. I know that seems like an obvious thing to say but I've seen enough people not credit artists that I feel like it's worth pointing out.
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chaobunny wrote:Also make sure to get permission from the artist if you use any of their fanart in your video. I know that seems like an obvious thing to say but I've seen enough people not credit artists that I feel like it's worth pointing out.
Just like you do with the music and anime... ohwait...
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BasharOfTheAges wrote:
chaobunny wrote:Also make sure to get permission from the artist if you use any of their fanart in your video. I know that seems like an obvious thing to say but I've seen enough people not credit artists that I feel like it's worth pointing out.
Just like you do with the music and anime... ohwait...
Well...to be fair, it hurts an individual artist a lot more when someone uses their stuff without permission than it does a studio or recording company. :|
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chaobunny wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:
chaobunny wrote:Also make sure to get permission from the artist if you use any of their fanart in your video. I know that seems like an obvious thing to say but I've seen enough people not credit artists that I feel like it's worth pointing out.
Just like you do with the music and anime... ohwait...
Well...to be fair, it hurts an individual artist a lot more when someone uses their stuff without permission than it does a studio or recording company. :|
It hurts no one at all.
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Aidan2 wrote:Lens Flair it can be done well
Seems like quite the stylish effect
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