AMV Autobiography

[piedpiper]

Koop, *shakes hand* thanks for starting this thread, haven't read all the way through yet but I'm really enjoying reading a few stories each day. Gets me thinking.
And thank you all for the time you've spent on writing all this. ^_^

[Koopiskeva]

Thanks bot.

In other news.. post more people O:

[shumira_chan]

I made 19 AMVs between 2003 and 2007, all realistically
pretty average, but which I personally still like. It
started with a Perfect Blue AMV set to a rare cover of
"Voices Carry" (a song which still isn't listed in the
catalogue, curiously enough).

A few unremarkable (even to me ) AMVs later came "Time
After Time" set to Millennium Actress, the first AMV I
ever submitted to a con. I was told later that during
the show there was a technical glitch and only the
first few seconds were seen.

After that came "Feeling This" set to End of Summer. It
was a precursor to the idea that romantic AMVs could be
sexually explicit, but I didn't really develop that
motif until later on.

A couple of AMVs later came Tokyo Godfathers set to
"Go", which I think was the first video with that
anime.

Sometime later I toyed with the idea of an April Fool's
joke: what if the first AMV ever made had been
discovered on some old VHS tape? The result was a Candy
Candy AMV set to "More Than A Feeling", made with
simple cuts, which could have concievably been edited
in 1976 as both song and anime became popular that
year. I never went through with the prank.

I started to attempt more visual effects, and failed
miserably. In spite of that, I still enjoy an AMV I
made of Omohide Poro Poro set to a very rare (but
amazing) song called "These Are Our Finest Days".

Using the original a-ha music video as a guide, I set
"Take On Me" to Video Girl Ai. It was my first and only
AMV to incorporate manga scans.

I gave up on effects. I later made an Air AMV to a
Spanish song called "Puedes Contar Conmigo". Around
that time I saw Worlds Unbroken by Sierra Lorna and
realized I was wasting my time. I stopped editing for a
while, until someone somehow tracked me down to ask for
a copy (I always submitted my AMVs anonymously to
cons). It was my single happiest moment as an AMV editor.

Realizing that effects would never be my forte, I
focused on more dense storylines. Hajimete was a
romantic, sexually explicit AMV which used End of
Summer and the song "White Houses". Since by this time
anonymous submissions were hardly ever allowed so I used a
pseudonym, and actually won a few contests (which gave
prizes I never accepted). My ruse was discovered after
the Anime North contest and I was disqualified from my
third-place position.

In keeping with the emphasis on storylines, I then
decided to make my AMVs even simpler. I set the nearly
5 minutes of "Don't Stand So Close To Me '86" to 77
frames of Koi Kaze.

My last and final AMV is a single frame of Millennium
Actress set to the 47 chords of "Chiyoko's Theme Mode
3". It was shown at Anime North (no longer under
pretense), and pretty much ignored. Few would agree
with me, but I consider this AMV as leaving on a high
note.

[Koopiskeva]

shimura, I really wish I could actually watch the videos you've mentioned. :\

[*inverse*]

I edit because I like anime. That attitude hasn't changed at all since I started in 2002.

Like most people, I've gotten a little better over time. 2005 was pretty relevant learning period; I learned how to use DVD footage and compression techniques, I also joined my first multi-editor project. I was working with a new editing program too, which at the time, felt like a pretty big step.

I've never thought of amvs being art, nor an expression of creativity. People can say what they want about their videos, but for the most part, they're all the same to me... a song with anime synced to it (in one way, or another). I guess I'm just old fashioned in the sense that I think amvs should be an expression of fandom, like fanart and fanfics. The impression I get here is that most people are editing to impress a bunch of strangers on the internet - I have a hard time believing that's fun.

As for the community, I've never really gotten involved with anything, and at this rate, I don't think that will change. I do, however, love participating in MEPs, and I tend to poke around in the announcement thread to see if anything catches my eye.

This was the first year I've made a music video specifically for a con, and that was an interesting experience. Seeing your work up on a big screen with an audience is a little overwhelming, but exciting at the same time. It was also the first con I'd ever been to - I don't think it will be that last, either.

I've got no intention to stop editing any time soon. I really like what I've done so far, and I still enjoy watching amvs in general. I'll probably *have* to keep editing, anyway - no one else seems to like the anime I like

[godix]

Like most people, I've gotten a little better over time.

For some reason I misread that as 'UNLIKE most people...' and sadly the sentance still made perfect sense even with my misreading it.

[Fluxmeister]

http://nhmkamv.livejournal.com/24751.html

Bonuses:

• Pictures
  Mostly proofread... mostly.
  May expand as my memory conjures more thoughts.

[Koopiskeva]

Fluxy lives O: !

[Bakadeshi]

http://nhmkamv.livejournal.com/24751.html

Bonuses:

• Pictures
  Mostly proofread... mostly.
  May expand as my memory conjures more thoughts.

mmm yea i remember reading this a while back before this thread was started. good times :O

[Beowulf]

http://nhmkamv.livejournal.com/24751.html

Bonuses:

• Pictures
  Mostly proofread... mostly.
  May expand as my memory conjures more thoughts.

I'm so proud of my part in your history