Why do YOU Edit
- l33tmeatwad
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Re: Why do YOU Edit
Honestly, I edit because I like to complete. Now I don't send one video to a ton of cons and I don't get upset about not winning and such, but having played sports all my life I've always enjoyed good competition of any sort. I mostly try to send to larger conventions because I know the competition is tougher, but I also send to the ones that I am going to or have been to in the past. When it comes to all of the other smaller conventions, I will send to some that talk a lot about needing more entries (especially if it's a category that I have a video for) or if they are a new AMV contest.
With all of that said, I don't audience pander and I only make videos that I enjoy myself. The competition mainly helps to give me deadlines and give me something to look forward to ! I have made videos that I didn't think anyone would enjoy just for fun. I was actually expecting Rough Love to be hated due to the audio source, lol...
With all of that said, I don't audience pander and I only make videos that I enjoy myself. The competition mainly helps to give me deadlines and give me something to look forward to ! I have made videos that I didn't think anyone would enjoy just for fun. I was actually expecting Rough Love to be hated due to the audio source, lol...
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- l33tmeatwad
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Re: Why do YOU Edit
Complete was a typo...supposed to be compete...
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- Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Re: Why do YOU Edit
Because other people don't make things I want to see.
This is partly why I'm so reluctant to actually work on things like MEPs and rarely enter contests competitively - unless people nag me. It's not that I don't like these things. But honestly speaking, I don't really care whether I'm good at editing or whether I can accomplish things as well, or better, or worse than other people. I hate the technical side of editing. I don't want to deal with pretenses at art and originality, either. I just want to see certain things visualized, and AMVs are an easy way to do so and the .org is a good structure for doing so.
Heck, if someone with the same musical tastes as me showed up on the .org and actually made decent videos, I'd probably happily retire! But that doesn't happen. Other people probably can do what I do with editing, and probably do better at it. The problem is that noone actually does. So, I keep making my own stuff to scratch the itch to see something specific every once a while.
But that's purely the editing side of it. Then there's the community side, and I probably wouldn't really be involved in AMVs or even video editing generally if it weren't for some awesome people I met here. They've done a lot to inspire my imagination as far as visualizing things. It's also kind of nice knowing you'll have at least a little bit of an audience and a creative scene to be involved with by way of editing. It's even nice to be prodded by friends or by going to cons into making more stuff every once in a while. So, that's the other side of it I guess.
This is partly why I'm so reluctant to actually work on things like MEPs and rarely enter contests competitively - unless people nag me. It's not that I don't like these things. But honestly speaking, I don't really care whether I'm good at editing or whether I can accomplish things as well, or better, or worse than other people. I hate the technical side of editing. I don't want to deal with pretenses at art and originality, either. I just want to see certain things visualized, and AMVs are an easy way to do so and the .org is a good structure for doing so.
Heck, if someone with the same musical tastes as me showed up on the .org and actually made decent videos, I'd probably happily retire! But that doesn't happen. Other people probably can do what I do with editing, and probably do better at it. The problem is that noone actually does. So, I keep making my own stuff to scratch the itch to see something specific every once a while.
But that's purely the editing side of it. Then there's the community side, and I probably wouldn't really be involved in AMVs or even video editing generally if it weren't for some awesome people I met here. They've done a lot to inspire my imagination as far as visualizing things. It's also kind of nice knowing you'll have at least a little bit of an audience and a creative scene to be involved with by way of editing. It's even nice to be prodded by friends or by going to cons into making more stuff every once in a while. So, that's the other side of it I guess.
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- gotegenks
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Re: Why do YOU Edit
Nya-chan Production wrote:Because...
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To create them is my real test
To edit is my cause
I will travel across the land
Searching far and wide
Each AMV to understand
The power that's inside!
AMV!
It's you and me.
I know it's my destiny!
AMV!
Oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend!
AMV!
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
A. M. V!
Gotta edit them... AMVs!
gotegenks wrote:I wanna be an editor.
Like no one at my school
To cut/paste is my real test
To render is my cause
I will open firefox
Browsing far and wide
Teach editors to understand
that i'm the fucking shit
A-M-V!
Gotta cut and paste--
Just youtube me
I know it's my destiny
A-M-V!
Ooooh, you're my best friends
but you're all a bunch of fags.
A-M-V!
Gotta flash and blur--
Our hearts so true
Our sources will pull us through
Critique me and I'll flame you
A-M-V!
Gotta cut and paste!
Gotta flash and blur!
Yeeaa.
Every Mep along the way
I'll join and pussy out
I will edit everyday
Cause i don't have a life
Cum with me, and close the porn
And open adobe
Break Copyrights, and go to court.
Oh shit, that sucks, i'm sorry!
A-M-V!
Gotta cut and paste--
Just youtube me
I know it's my destiny
A-M-V!
Ooooh, you're my best friends
but you're all a bunch of fags.
A-M-V!
Gotta flash and blur--
Our hearts so true
Our sources will pull us through
Critique me and I'll flame you
A-M-V!
Gotta cut and paste!
Gotta flash and blur!
A-M-V!
- gotegenks
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Re: Why do YOU Edit
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/v ... s#p1325992
ahh, i wish i wasn't so quick to submit...
ahh, i wish i wasn't so quick to submit...
- CodeZTM
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Re: Why do YOU Edit
I've always enjoyed making AMVs that mirror my own life at points. My AMVs are little creative outlets for myself. A kind of a way to vent my anger or express my happiness. I don't have any artistic talents (well, perhaps writing, but that doesn't count...), so this is a good means.
Plus, I've got a lot of good online friends built up between a-m-v.org and Re-Evo, so it's a fun experience for me to share as well.
Although I'd be lying if I didn't do it for a little attention too. XD I always love hearing when people like/enjoy my work and felt something from it. I don't do it exclusively for this reason though. If I did, it wouldn't be any fun!
Plus, I've got a lot of good online friends built up between a-m-v.org and Re-Evo, so it's a fun experience for me to share as well.
Although I'd be lying if I didn't do it for a little attention too. XD I always love hearing when people like/enjoy my work and felt something from it. I don't do it exclusively for this reason though. If I did, it wouldn't be any fun!
- Warlike Swans
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Re: Why do YOU Edit
I picked up the hobby from my sister, it's a fun activity to do together, and fun in general (except when it pisses me off).
You two are adorable.gotegenks wrote:[song]Nya-chan Production wrote:Because...
[song]
Pandering and making videos that you enjoy yourself aren't mutually exclusive. I view pandering on a spectrum, and using super-popular anime and pop songs definitely makes you register on that scale regardless of motive.l33tmeatwad wrote: ....
With all of that said, I don't audience pander and I only make videos that I enjoy myself.
Writing counts.CodeZTM wrote: I don't have any artistic talents (well, perhaps writing, but that doesn't count...), so this is a good means.
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- l33tmeatwad
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True, pandering can happen, but that's not my goal in the development process of videos.Warlike Swans wrote:Pandering and making videos that you enjoy yourself aren't mutually exclusive. I view pandering on a spectrum, and using super-popular anime and pop songs definitely makes you register on that scale regardless of motive.l33tmeatwad wrote: ....
With all of that said, I don't audience pander and I only make videos that I enjoy myself.
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- JaddziaDax
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Re: Why do YOU Edit
because I have an idea that won't leave me alone until I do it myself.
I really don't know why I edit anymore, it's not as fun as it used to be, but I might just be in an emotional rut... or it could be a side effect of my medication.
I really don't know why I edit anymore, it's not as fun as it used to be, but I might just be in an emotional rut... or it could be a side effect of my medication.