Do AMVs Screw YOUR AMV

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:20 pm

I had a... how should I say...."spirtual" AMV idea and while encoding footage to finally start editing it, I watched action packed(adrenaline pumping) AMVs... and when I finished encoding, I didn't wanna make the AMV anymore. I wanted to make an action one now. Anyone else experience this? =/

XspitfireDemonX · Post by **XspitfireDemonX** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:27 pm

Nope

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:36 pm

This happens to me a lot, so I stop watching vids once I settle on an idea. I sequester myself so I won't get distracted. I blame my short attention span.

Obsidian Joy · Post by **Obsidian Joy** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:39 pm

This happens to me all the time

Undertow · Post by **Undertow** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:44 pm

It never happens to me. When i'm making an AMV i usually only watch things that eighter have similar music or a similar series, that keeps me distracted and focused on the right thing, and sometimes even helps me into choosing the right scenes when i'm stuck

billy_wires · Post by **billy_wires** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:06 pm

Yes, it happens to me all the time. I have three projects I'm backed up now on, and when I finally resolved to do them my work schedule loads up.

I'M WORKING AS FAST AS I CAN bulghod, SuperFusion, and (recently) Lightningcount!!1

Arigatomina wrote:This happens to me a lot, so I stop watching vids once I settle on an idea. I sequester myself so I won't get distracted. I blame my short attention span.

The writer of the longest posts on this web site (at least that does so consistently) has a short attention span?

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:12 pm

No, I don't think that has anything to do with attention spans - I have the longest attention span of anyone I know, and I still tend to do the exact same thing. It's just that outside artistic input really can interfere...

Quiet Cannon · Post by **Quiet Cannon** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:20 pm

It hasn't happened to me with watching other AMVs, but there have been times when I was working on a video and I heard a song or saw a trailer and thought that would be good to use in a video and possibly easier to make with the time I have. It sometimes causes me to try to work on too many projects at once and not get anything done.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:59 pm

This has always been an interesting topic to me because the general concensus that I've experienced is that once people start editing they stop watching videos with the respective anime, or stop watching videos altogether.

I do the exact opposite. I gather the best videos using the anime I'm using and see what they have in common. Mainly I watch them all to find clips, as sifting through 13 AVS scripts is a pain on any computer. Sometimes I'll take my favorite moments from certain videos and incorporate them into my own videos with my own twist.

This method of course runs the risk of being very derivitive, but I find that my video ideas are so all engrossing that I have a hard time thinking about having to get up and piss, much less the meticulous detail required to copy someone elses work.

I watched Eva Opus many times while making HTTT, as well as Tash's Experience. If you look at Tash's vid and look at mine, you can definitly see his influence on the video, mostly in the use of transparencies. For Eva Opus, I loved Asuka's little "hair flair" moment so much that I used it myself in the same fashion.

I think original thought is the foundation of any art form, but also the interpretation of other people's thoughts and ideas are equally important. When musicians record records, they listen to tons of music. I think the same concept applies.

godix · Post by **godix** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:14 pm

I've had it happen. Usually I take it as a sign that the idea wasn't all that great if I can't maintain enthusiam for it after just 3 minutes of something else.

More common for me though is doing like Beowulf. If I come up with an idea I'll often grab other videos similar to my idea to desconstruct what does and doesn't work. Then I'll take those ideas and play with them to see if I can come up with something somewhat original from them.