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• Member: NoisyNinja
• Studio: Mad Rush Studios
• Title: Testing Is the Future
• Premiered: 2013-07-04
• Categories:
  • Comedy
  • Parody
  • Fun
• Songs:
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic Polkamon
  • Daniwell-P Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!
  • DJ Splash Base Is Kicking
  • Joe Hisaishi Ponyo by the Cliff by the Sea
  • Mike Morasky Halls of Science
  • Oranges & Lemons Soramimi Cake
  • Psy Gangnam Style
  • Shota Kageyama Pokemon Center BGM
  • The Village People YMCA
• Anime:
  • Big O, The
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Gundam Seed Destiny
  • Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The (TV)
  • Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann (TV)
• Participation:
  • Anime Expo 2013, Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition (2013-07-04)
• Comments: “Testing Is the Future” is a participation based AMV in which a series of questions are asked to the viewers. I first showed the video to the public at Anime Expo 2013 in the AMV Competition. In fact, that was the first time I had ever entered into an AMV contest. Seeing as how I had never shown the video to anyone besides my family before the competition, I was completely shocked by the audience’s reaction when it was shown. Their enthusiasm was what made the video so great.
  
  The video originally began as a series of short comedy clips similar to a Robot Chicken episode, but later evolved into a series of tests based on Portal and an AMV called “Senpai Says” created by Douggie. I loved the Robot Chickenesque clips so much that I decided to leave my favorite ones in the final video as part of a half-time show.
  
  Each test in the video was created from scratch using Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. The lip syncing and monologues were done with Adobe Premiere. For the monologues, I used individual words and syllables from Portal's voice audio to piece together coherent sentences. Before making this video, I had never used either Adobe After Effects or Premiere so there was a bit of a learning curve for me to overcome. From concept to final render, the video was made within a 3 month span (I lost track of the hours).
  
  Fun fact: There are 400 soot sprites in the final test of this video. I still have nightmares about animating all of those little critters.
  
  
  Awards:
  
  Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition: Best Parody & Trailer, Audience Choice/Creators' Choice/Best of Show