Do you work on multiple AMVs at the same time?

Bakadeshi · Post by **Bakadeshi** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:05 am

Kusoyaro wrote:I currently have 5 or 6 videos in progress on my PC. I tend to get ideas really quickly, start editing, and then lose steam just as quickly. So lately I've been starting a lot of projects, but hardly finishing any of them

I hope your ayu-mix track isn't one of those "hardly finishing" ones

Bakadeshi · Post by **Bakadeshi** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:07 am

silly me hit button too quick... forgot to post my response to the actual topic at hand, instead i'm double posting and being off topic lol...

anyways, I have about 4 or 5 unfinished projects on my HD and 3 that I am actually actively working on at once. So the answer is yes.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:10 am

When I first started, I didn't have enough HD space to work on multiple videos. Now that I have the space, I find working on multiple videos a good thing. Sometimes I'm not in the mood to work on one video, so I can work on another. Or, if I come up with a great idea for a particular one, I can focus on that one.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:19 am

Rozard wrote:When I first started, I didn't have enough HD space to work on multiple videos. Now that I have the space, I find working on multiple videos a good thing. Sometimes I'm not in the mood to work on one video, so I can work on another. Or, if I come up with a great idea for a particular one, I can focus on that one.

Yeah same here.

Nandez · Post by **Nandez** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:36 am

I used to have alot going but since now I only have enough space to only hold like 6 episodes of a series at a time I have limited down how many projects I work on at one time.

LenWidleheyt · Post by **LenWidleheyt** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:39 am

Digitalex wrote:Losing steam...that's what I don't want to do.

Keep reading for an idea on how not to do this.

I've never worked on more than one AMV at a time, and the reason for that is a very simple one: when I first got into AMV's, I didn't have any anime DVD's. And it takes time for me to save up to buy them. This way, I have a lot of time to think and work through an AMV idea before I start editing. It's a pain, of course, because you're anxious to get started, but in the long run, I think this does a lot for "keeping up steam" and making good AMV's. Even when I expand my anime collection and start making AMV's with the source I already have, I hope to keep up this habit of working through an idea thoroughly before even ripping the footage.

At the moment, I have too many AMV ideas to count, and about 7 or more that I seriously intend to make someday. It's a pain not to be able to start editing them, but there's a lot to be done with the meantime; thinking through the concept, plotting out the storyline, watching lots of other AMV's for inspiration, reflecting on how to use effects, wathing anime, etc etc. All this means the video will be that much better once it's finished.

Now if you don't have a limited anime collection or a tight budget to help you with this, you'll just have to rely on good old-fashioned patience...

Digitalex wrote:The good thing is that I pretty much have my concept laid out on my current video. I just need to execute now.

In summary, I think this is a good way to go.

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:20 am

Oh hell yeah, working on an amv that wasnt surposed to happen and cause of this I put another 3 on hold that were surposed to finished already and got a multi-editor project i need to keep high on my priority list I promise ill get back to you with that soon Qyot27

godix · Post by **godix** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:59 am

I currently have eight different almost empty timelines and two mostly finished scripts that I haven't started ripping footage for yet. I occasionally open up Premiere and stare at the mostly empty timeline for 10 or 15 minutes until I start feeling depressed and go cry myself to sleep. Does that count or am I using and overly broad definition of 'work' here?

Infinity Squared · Post by **Infinity Squared** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:05 am

There's a higher chance that none of the videos that I make end up not being finished at all if I actually edit a few at the same time.

Sometimes I do it purposely but usually on the same concept. It's just that I might have an idea for a video, but in terms of music perhaps I have too much to choose from and there's nothing left to it but actually edit and try on those music tracks I've picked... it hasn't worked too well yet...

So in summary, I'm a one project at a time kind of guy.

chambeyc · Post by **chambeyc** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:43 am

Wow!:shock: I'm amazed that there's so many creators courageous enough to have multiple project at the same time !
Personally, I'm a really lazy guy, so it already takes me a lot of time for doing one... and a lot of HD space, as I usually worked with Uncompressed or Huffyuv videos.