Your biggest obstacle

Pyle · Post by **Pyle** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:59 pm

To celebrate my 600th post I decided to make a topic completely about whining

Whats the one obstacle in your in-motion AMV that you just can't seem to overcome?

Making something new/innovative

Devolution · Post by **Devolution** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:12 pm

my biggest obstacle right now is that the backups of my footage for my Bombs Over Baghdad video are corrupt(the DVD-Rs with eps 10 and 12 on them are dorked ><). and since i don't have the DVDs anymore(borrowed them from a friend, and she has since moved away), and the local comic shop takes anywhere from 2 - 8 weeks for an order to come in, i am forced to drive nearly 4 hours to the nearest anime store that has the DVDs on hand and purchase said DVDs, using all of my no money.

Wong · Post by **Wong** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:19 pm

my biggest obstacle, is remembering my idea=/

Seriously....when i make a vid, i litteraly stay up for days to make it, becuase if i go to sleep, then i forget it, and have to start all over. Writing it dow does nto help, becuase then i am not in the same mindset when i choose my clips.
So, if there are some really rediculous flashes in some of my vids...its becuase after 2-3 days of no sleep, they look pretty cool...heh.

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:09 pm

Biggest obstacle is thinking I have a cool concept, then realizing that there is (choose one or more of the following):

a) A lack of footage for that concept.
b) Twenty other videos already with the same idea/song/anime.
c) The concept sucks. (e.g. cactus pornography...it sounds cool, IT'S NOT...

)
d) A general sense of ennui falling over me.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:15 pm

... is actually working on it when all the good video games come out in the fall...

I'm no longer in my post-awa editing groove.

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:29 pm

When there's no motivation.

When Premeire crashes when I've just done an effect that took over 30 minutes just for 2-3 seconds.

Startin' a project then you finally realize it blows.

Have a great idea but realize through half of the vid that you've just run out of footage.

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:30 pm

. Obstacle ?
There are no Obstacles in making an AMV; if you can't finish what you dream
then your dream was not real!. Other than that, finding the time to
do it!

mexicanjunior · Post by **mexicanjunior** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:36 pm

Castor Troy wrote: I'm no longer in my post-awa editing groove.

I haven't been in one yet...

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:51 pm

I start feeling really lazy right before editing;
the point up to editing is really fun(ripping, scripting, etc.),
and then I usually cant start editing solidly after that.

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:44 pm

My biggest obstacle ? Knowing when to use effects and which to use. That kind of thing comes more instinctively to some, but as for me, I lack that inherent ability at this point in time and tend to shy away from it all. I've been making a conerted effort to brush up on my skills (including attempting to fumble my way around After Effects), but it's still definitely my weak point.