I got bored and started recording one of the best players of a computer game die. The catch is that he had no idea I was doing it up until the point were I uploaded the finished music video.linky Turned out to be really funny so I just keep making afew.
While looking for a song title that I should use for this music video I just happened to notice amvs. Since then I had the nick name disk jockey gathum(last name) or MortalGathum from a song I remixed. All my freinds now go to see the video of the week at lans. Ive just now started working on anime music videos now that I know how to edit.
How did you start making AMVs?
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madbunny
- Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:12 pm
I used to to CD animation for a small effects house down in North Hollywood. Making one small scene, animating it and never seeing it again. One day, I decided to that I wanted to make a demo reel. Demo reel = video editing.
cut to years later.
I'm telling someone at work about this and the next thing I know, I'm sceduled to teach a class on video editing. Since I'm not going to get my guys to learn CG in a few days, I decide to use anime. = AMV.
That first year was pretty tough, I didn't know how to rip dvd's or compress for anything, half the time downloaded DBZ episodes worked better than my prepped footage. Now I've got a whole library of ripped dvd's (about 20 on average) constantly on the computer as well as about 10 gig of music that stuents have brought in CDs for over time. I have fansub episodes of most of the same series that I have on DVD so the stuents can watch the shows, and then use the full quality prepped (separate) footage later.
cut to years later.
I'm telling someone at work about this and the next thing I know, I'm sceduled to teach a class on video editing. Since I'm not going to get my guys to learn CG in a few days, I decide to use anime. = AMV.
That first year was pretty tough, I didn't know how to rip dvd's or compress for anything, half the time downloaded DBZ episodes worked better than my prepped footage. Now I've got a whole library of ripped dvd's (about 20 on average) constantly on the computer as well as about 10 gig of music that stuents have brought in CDs for over time. I have fansub episodes of most of the same series that I have on DVD so the stuents can watch the shows, and then use the full quality prepped (separate) footage later.
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a night. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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LuluandAuron
- Joined: Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:01 am
- Location: Canada
I didn't get themKnowname wrote:I went and took a picture of every weapon/ summon (I named each knight ;p)/ enemy skill, everything including the hacked squirt gun and umbrella or whatever ;p did you get that?? cuz I lost it.
However there was some beautiful fan art I'd found and decided to look up the artist awhile back.......Lo and behold, she is an background artist now 
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Chiikaboom
- memes
- Joined: Wed Jun 23, 2004 5:01 pm
- Status: Eliminating the male species
- Contact:
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godix
- a disturbed member
- Joined: Sat Aug 03, 2002 12:13 am
I first thought about making AMVs because I hate Shinji and he just didn't suffer enough in the anime to satisfy my desires. So I wanted to have an Eva step on him, Gendo pimp slap him, Rei violate him with a dildo, and whatever other form of pain and punishment I could think of to inflict on Shinji. That is where I started. Over a dozen AMVs later and I still haven't done it though, someday perhaps.
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jurijuri
- Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 11:41 am
- Location: standing RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!
- Contact:
I'd seen a bunch of videos back in the day, mostly stuff by Kevin Caldwell and EK, but I never really had the bug until a bunch of 'real-life' friends started obsessing over it. ^^; So, as always, this is all dwchang's fault. :3
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... >Celebrity: A Perfect Blue video</a>
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AniHawk
- Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:00 am
Well I had downloaded a few videos that a friend recommended, and one day I began screwing with an episode of Trigun when I found out how to use iMovies.
My first video (Trigun: There, There) was very crude, and has very poor cutting and video quality (I didn't know how to do the former well and I didn't know about divx back then). I also ended up cutting the song up pretty bad, and I had no idea about any use of transitions- so all fade-ins are done because the anime had them. I also used a few images at the end of the video because I didn't know how to take a still picture from a clip.
Yeah, it was pretty terrible.
My second video (Cowboy Bebop Everlong) was far better, and I had an improved sense of timing, I knew how to make cuts, I didn't need to edit the song, I was able to transition fairly well, and I was able to tell a much more (though still not too terribly) coherent story. It was when I really started loving doing this as a hobby, and I began work immediately on a third video.
My third was an ill-fated project that used FLCL's fifth episode and Queen's "You're my best friend" in a comedic way... but wasn't funny at all. It was scrapped even though I had completed it.
Then I did Lain - Out of My Depth and Iris right in a row. Iris remains my most popular video with over 3300 downloads and my only video to ever hit the top 10%, giving me a short-lived sort of popularity. Also, dethmajor was kind enough to host it on his website, which greatly boosted hits. I'm not completely proud of it, as I think it's too hokey/cheesy, but I am glad that people enjoyed it since I put a lot of effort into it.
After that I began work on a Spirited Away video, and I'm still wanting to finish it. It began in December of 2003 and I'm racking my brains for ways it could be done.
So I hit a sort of creative snag. There were a lot of ideas that came and passed, a Trigun/Call Me, Call Me vid, a CB/Bittersweet Symphony vid (which I actually had started on and quit), a Lain/Fiction request vid, and a few more. Earlier this year I finall started remaking a video that I had loved, and came out with Cowboy Bebop Everlong Redux. It told a much more cohesive story while still rockin', and despite its problems, I still love it.
Recently I made good on an idea and made a video to FFVIII using Seal's "Crazy." Though only 11 people have given me any sort of feedback whatsoever (star ratings), it's been pretty positive so far (out of 15 downloads). I had fun making it about halfway through when I began going crazy myself looking for scenes to fit the sound and lyrics of the song. Eventually I had to edit the last part, but it isn't too noticeable unless you're looking for it (I hope).
And in the future I have a couple ideas. I want to get started on two right now, but I don't have the right sources yet. And like I previously said, I still wish to finish my Spirited Away video, though it feels incredibly dated.
So... yeah. Sorry for turning this into the AniHawk: True Hollywood Story. I tend to ramble on when it gets late like this.
My first video (Trigun: There, There) was very crude, and has very poor cutting and video quality (I didn't know how to do the former well and I didn't know about divx back then). I also ended up cutting the song up pretty bad, and I had no idea about any use of transitions- so all fade-ins are done because the anime had them. I also used a few images at the end of the video because I didn't know how to take a still picture from a clip.
Yeah, it was pretty terrible.
My second video (Cowboy Bebop Everlong) was far better, and I had an improved sense of timing, I knew how to make cuts, I didn't need to edit the song, I was able to transition fairly well, and I was able to tell a much more (though still not too terribly) coherent story. It was when I really started loving doing this as a hobby, and I began work immediately on a third video.
My third was an ill-fated project that used FLCL's fifth episode and Queen's "You're my best friend" in a comedic way... but wasn't funny at all. It was scrapped even though I had completed it.
Then I did Lain - Out of My Depth and Iris right in a row. Iris remains my most popular video with over 3300 downloads and my only video to ever hit the top 10%, giving me a short-lived sort of popularity. Also, dethmajor was kind enough to host it on his website, which greatly boosted hits. I'm not completely proud of it, as I think it's too hokey/cheesy, but I am glad that people enjoyed it since I put a lot of effort into it.
After that I began work on a Spirited Away video, and I'm still wanting to finish it. It began in December of 2003 and I'm racking my brains for ways it could be done.
So I hit a sort of creative snag. There were a lot of ideas that came and passed, a Trigun/Call Me, Call Me vid, a CB/Bittersweet Symphony vid (which I actually had started on and quit), a Lain/Fiction request vid, and a few more. Earlier this year I finall started remaking a video that I had loved, and came out with Cowboy Bebop Everlong Redux. It told a much more cohesive story while still rockin', and despite its problems, I still love it.
Recently I made good on an idea and made a video to FFVIII using Seal's "Crazy." Though only 11 people have given me any sort of feedback whatsoever (star ratings), it's been pretty positive so far (out of 15 downloads). I had fun making it about halfway through when I began going crazy myself looking for scenes to fit the sound and lyrics of the song. Eventually I had to edit the last part, but it isn't too noticeable unless you're looking for it (I hope).
And in the future I have a couple ideas. I want to get started on two right now, but I don't have the right sources yet. And like I previously said, I still wish to finish my Spirited Away video, though it feels incredibly dated.
So... yeah. Sorry for turning this into the AniHawk: True Hollywood Story. I tend to ramble on when it gets late like this.
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Aaron
- Joined: Fri Mar 30, 2001 12:23 pm
- Location: Minnesota
I blame Eric for making a crude tutorial for Quicktime Pro back in 2000. I had mad amounts of free time back then, so it's no wonder I was on a video making spree for a good many months.
It all really started though when I stumbled upon DannyPoo's DBZ dragula video, the first video I've ever seen. I stuck around his site DBZwarriors with the likes of Eric, Rae, and NeoGohan.
then it was only a matter of time before the org popped up
It all really started though when I stumbled upon DannyPoo's DBZ dragula video, the first video I've ever seen. I stuck around his site DBZwarriors with the likes of Eric, Rae, and NeoGohan.
then it was only a matter of time before the org popped up
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Coffee 54
- Joined: Tue May 11, 2004 8:26 am
- Contact:
Then I got my start when my brother brought over a CD with one of your videos on it. So I guess that make me the editting grandchild of Eric and DannyPoo.Aaron wrote:I blame Eric for making a crude tutorial for Quicktime Pro back in 2000. I had mad amounts of free time back then, so it's no wonder I was on a video making spree for a good many months.
It all really started though when I stumbled upon DannyPoo's DBZ dragula video, the first video I've ever seen. I stuck around his site DBZwarriors with the likes of Eric, Rae, and NeoGohan.
then it was only a matter of time before the org popped up
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Melanchthon
- Joined: Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:12 am
I can't remember the first AMV I ever saw (it was back in 2002, I think), but I heard about AMVs through a variety of DBZ sites. I remember thinking that the whole thing was rather silly and pointless. 
I was interested anyway and grabbed a few videos here and there out of idle curiosity, and one of them gave me the org's address. I signed up, promptly forgot about the place due to the waiting period (and a 56k connection that disconnected me every two hours), and remembered I had a membership about four months ago when I became vaguely interested in making a video out of my Eva DVDs.
The first things I did were to hit the Recommended AMVs forum and read the guides, and then I got the AMVapp and read the guides. What followed were a few months of downloading, mental planning, reading the guides, and searching the forums. Then, armed with the inflated ego of the novice AMV viewer and the impervious innocence of the newbie AMV editor, I went through the EADFAG and ripped my source.
And... now I'm editing. I wish I could say that there was one video that made me think 'yeah, I've gotta make me one of these', but I just ambled my way into this particular hobby.
I was interested anyway and grabbed a few videos here and there out of idle curiosity, and one of them gave me the org's address. I signed up, promptly forgot about the place due to the waiting period (and a 56k connection that disconnected me every two hours), and remembered I had a membership about four months ago when I became vaguely interested in making a video out of my Eva DVDs.The first things I did were to hit the Recommended AMVs forum and read the guides, and then I got the AMVapp and read the guides. What followed were a few months of downloading, mental planning, reading the guides, and searching the forums. Then, armed with the inflated ego of the novice AMV viewer and the impervious innocence of the newbie AMV editor, I went through the EADFAG and ripped my source.
And... now I'm editing. I wish I could say that there was one video that made me think 'yeah, I've gotta make me one of these', but I just ambled my way into this particular hobby.