How do you storyboad\plan your amvs?

[Chiikaboom]

Storyboard? Haha nooooo

I get a song and i think of an animu and if it clicks i just start ripping clips and see wut happens in the long run. If it doesnt work out.. well at least i didnt spend a long time writing some long-arse storyboard which probably was what killed my motivation in the first place.

I personally find the less preparation I have to do for an amv, the more likely itll actually get finished. Heil laziness :<

[Moonie]

Storyboard? Haha nooooo

I get a song and i think of an animu and if it clicks i just start ripping clips and see wut happens in the long run. If it doesnt work out.. well at least i didnt spend a long time writing some long-arse storyboard which probably was what killed my motivation in the first place.

I personally find the less preparation I have to do for an amv, the more likely itll actually get finished. Heil laziness :<

Same with me.
The only thing i write when im making a video is the sources used if im using alot.

[Kitsuner]

If I like the video idea a lot, I let it gestate in my head for a few years while I edit it completely in my head.

Eventually I either lay the actual clips down and possibly change it as I go, or I decide that I can't live up to the amazing video in my head that I don't share my brilliance with anyone else.

[Koopiskeva]

All in my head.

[Dejo510]

I can't say I really plan my vids. The stuff I do is pretty spontaneous
-I listen to a song I like.
-I feel like making a vid to said song.
-I try and find an anime that works with the song.

From there I imagine certain points in the video and then just let the rest flow/fall into place.

[Shui]

I take random scenes.

[Qyot27]

If I do 'storyboard', it's usually in a sense of context - I have the scene in mind and simply describe in a few words or something, typically next to the lyric I was going to pair it to. In other situations, it has more to do with the presentation of the scene. Generally though, this happens during the editing process, rather than before - that's mainly in my head.

Then on the other hand, some of the videos I did completely by building from the start forward, in which case I go with how I can manage to make the timeline make sense (Fate Against Will, In Search Of Meaning, and potentially even Eien no... fall into this category). Other times I simply throw together sequences on the timeline and see what sticks (like with ...Whatever...).

[theDarkSite]

When I listen to a good song or instrumental, I usually come up with a few ideas. Then, curious if these ideas may be some good realization, I start searching for animes which will fit the song/instrumental. And then, if everything is good as I can see it in my head, I start making the AMV.

Something like that ^^

[Animated]

I plan the final scene.


Then create the rest of the video so it leads up to that.

Haha, that's exactly the way i edit... And it's working!

[Knowname]

I'm talking more about what happens before you even rip the source. I for one can't keep a detailed plan in mind for the amount of time it takes to rip.

I don't rip... or rather I don't clip (or clean) so ripping only takes like 20 minutes I admit the next part involving using the entire vob to make a 4 minute amv takes forever but time flys, for me, by this point. It's practically imposible to forget. Besides:

All in my head.

long trips are BRUTAL for me nowadays... I typically sit there totally phazed out laughing to myself... ppl think I'm strange. I am kind of.

Anyway you'd probly say I use this time to 'storyboard' in my head. say 2-3 hours a couple times a week makes it so I'll never forget a thing about my AMVs lol.