don't you feel strange when you've finished an AMV ?

[Cyanna]

Unfortunatly I don't have the DVD's or equipment to make a half decent AMV. So I've been amusing myself with the ad banner contest instead. Yet for some odd reason I still know that feeling of discontent.

I finished a banner and recieved more then 91 worthy votes. So I should be happy. Yet as soon as I uploaded the thing, suddenly I saw EVERYTHING that was wrong with it that I didn't see before when I made it. It's happening again with my latest addition. It disappointed me because it's not as if I can fix it and then upload a new version. People get tired of a theme.

[SarahtheBoring]

I'm the opposite - I feel bad *while* I make the video, but I'm very happy once it's done.

Then after that initial glow wears off, I realize what awesome stuff other people have done and I realize that I'll never be as skilled at this as they are.

I don't get the "this is just a pointless nothing" thought, though. I mean, I don't make AMVs to change the world. I make them to express myself and have fun, and to plug anime and music that I like. I don't take any fanwork seriously (I used to do fanfiction, same idea).

They're hobbies. I think some people make AMVing into The Meaning Of Life, and that makes most people unhappy. Because yes, it is just a way to do something spiffy-looking, express yourself, entertain people, and have fun. If you go looking for some ultimate meaning of life in this, you will end up discouraged.

If however you go in to have a good time... you won't be disappointed.

That's how I try to approach it. Sure, I get attacks of "damn, this looks horrible compared to ____", but I don't feel like a failure as a person because of it. It's not such a big thing. That is paradoxically very freeing.

[Metro]

Usually within 24 to 48 hours after I release a video I began to doubt it. Over the proceding days and weeks I become more and more frustrated with the video. Usually muttering to myself "I can't believe I didn't use a cross fade there..." or "how could I let that mistake go. I'm an idiot." This frustration usually lasts till I get a new video done, and I can become frustrated with that one instead.

[y2kwizard]

I have never made an AMV, but I've made other thematic and musical videos in the past, and I get a very, very satisfied feeling after I complete the work.

I am a prideful person, so naturally I show the video to every one of my friends. I also watch my video 50 or so times after I complete it, just admiring my work and being a narcisist.

[Zarxrax]

When I finish my videos, I'm usually relieved, and usually pleased with what I've done. Sure there's stuff I wish I'd done differently, stuff I wish I had put more effort into, but it doesn't really bother me a whole lot.
Only times I get depressed is if I'm working on something and just can't get it to work how I wanted ^_^

[Pie Row Maniac]

I know how you feel, Willow. When I finish making something, I think to myself "This is my potential, molded using the experiences that have made me and the time I gave myself for this project." Because of the fact that I tend to look down upon my videos (as most do unfortunately), that thought process makes me wonder if I could have done more with it, but if I do it differently in just the tiniest way, would I lower the video's potential?


son of a whore, i think too damn much

[FurryCurry]

I usually feel relief, since I usually find myself exhausted from the last stretch of editing.

Relieved, somewhat happy, and a little proud.

aack! sounds like giving birth...

[Pie Row Maniac]

aack! sounds like giving birth...

Well, you ARE kinda giving life to something. *dorky laugh*

[)v(ajin Koji]

When I make a vid i dont feel anything: i'm just making it, but afterwards when it's done and i know its as good as i can get it, then i feel very proud of myself and the vid....


I really don't know why people get all depressed.

[AtomicWeezleman]

when i finish making a vid, i watch it, sit there horified as my vision of an amv doesnt match what i see before me, and cry myself to sleep......