Your first AMV?

[Omura]

I just completed my very first AMV and it was such a daunting task. I never expected that the hardest part was finding good clips from a single anime to line up perfectly with the music. Maybe next time I will try and storyboard better.

How was your first AMV?
Did it turn out good?
What would you change if it were done today?

[seasons]

Mine was fine, I mean not great but you've got to start somewhere.

Today, I'd probably fuss over it more and the whole intent behind it would be very different, but I don't quite know what that video would even look like.

[CrackTheSky]

I actually kind of still like my first video (I should say, the first one I uploaded to the .org). I've thought about going back and re-doing it, but I probably never will. That said, after that one, it was a while before I made another video that I can watch today without physically cringing.

[Omura]

@seasons
It does seem like the first one is where you learn so much you really want to do a second one so you can see how much you have learned.

@CrackTheSky
I was thinking that as I was doing the basic transitions thinking there was a better way to do them and can't wait to go back and redo them later. Lol.

[Zarxrax]

My first one sucked. I didn't even have a concept beyond "I'll try matching some clips up to music".

[vkamv]

The first AMV I actually "finished", ie, deemed ready to post online I actually re-did like 50 times before posting it online so it's pretty decent for a "first" AMV. It's actually my most popular vid on YouTube as well. Probably put more than 50 hours into it, mostly learning, and trying things.

[SynaesthesiaVideos]

I finished my first amv just a year and a half ago (Jul 2018). It was one of the most satisfying feelings in my life.. I've loved amvs since high school, and really wanted to make them, but never had a real chance to... untill I was 35 and was graciously given a computer with Adobe Premeire Pro. I learned some basics of the program and made a couple short "practice" edits to get accustomed editing. Naturally, I picked a 7-min instrumental to use as my first full edit for some dumb reason. Took me about a month to make it, but I was really proud of myself once it was done.

If there was one thing I could change it would to use bluray quality video, not dvd.

[SQ]

I learned about AMVs through a niche dbz fansite. I didn't have the capability to do things at that precise time so I made slideshows with RealSlideShow instead. Eventually I was able to put actual video to music, so my first "real" AMV was my tv recorded by a digital camera in intervals of about 10 seconds, edited to some techno music using Windows Movie Maker.

It was a various anime AMV and basically I was just making my own version of those AMV ads from "Manga corp" DVDs

It was pretty standard first AMV fair - scenes too long, mostly just cuts, song way too long (I think it was 5 minutes). It and most of my early work is pretty embarrassing, but... It could've been worse, I guess.

The only thing I'd change if I did it today was probably put in more research into How to Edit, because I pretty much just winged it. Everything else was lack of technology available to me at the time rather than ignorance.