Why do YOU Edit

[UpcomingDread]

I love anime and I love music... what other reason do you need? I guess it is pretty fun to try and turn the ideas I see in my head when I listen to music into an AMV.
I also like to edit to show off a new animes and try and get more people to watch them instead of staying mainstream and only watching Naruto and Bleach.

All the attention is fun too haha

[Shin-AMV]

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!

I think at some level everyone has at least a little bit of this. Its great to hear praise for creating something that was fun to make.

[EvaFan]

I try to make amvs with a variety of emotions and story so part of it is to see peoples reactions and thoughts, other part of it is because I enjoy it.

Easy answer: Why not?

[Emong]

Why do I edit? Certainly not for fun and pleasure. The editing process is none of those. The fun stuff happens in the planning stage. The editing is a process by which I'm desperately trying to creative, which in my case basically means a lot of order and discipline. I just want to get the project done, just to make the idea in my head actually happen and be satisfied with the result. And ofcourse share it with the community

[zibbazabba905]

To get the ideas out of my head in a properly rendered fashion...Maddox said in one of his videos: "I could have written... remember that part where the kid drops the plate? Well imagine that kid singing the TMNT song over the intro. Hilarious right? No?"

[Ileia]

At the most basic level?

I like having control over the synchronization/story/mood/etc. Forcing together two things that ordinarily are not together. Some of my favorite aspects of AMVing are things like internal synch, making an alternate storyline, or just plain making a video that is the opposite of the general mood of the anime.

Along with that, I enjoy challenging myself, and there's so much in this hobby that allows for that. Genres, techniques, concepts and such. Different sources, songs, time limits. There are a lot of ways I can challenge myself and improve.

And apparently I'm in the minority, but I do find the editing process to be fun. I don't have crashes/problems that a lot of people seem to have, so I just get into my tunnel-vision-editing-mode and I love it. If I'm not having fun editing a video, I don't edit it. There are exceptions, of course, depending on the situation, but I rarely force myself to edit.

And, lastly, the community. I seriously doubt I would still be editing AMVs (or at the very least, that my editing would've improved) if not for all you fine people.


Edit: Oh, yeah, contests. Sure, I enjoy them, but it's not my main priority. I only send if I'm either a) going to be there in person b) have friends that are going to be there in person or c) trying to help a coordinator I know fill out their contest when they are low on entries. I almost never make a video specifically with a con in mind unless I plan on attending. Contests are pretty low on my list of reasons to make AMVs, maybe a quarter of my 100+ videos have been submitted to contests, and the majority of those were sent to AWA over the past 5 years. >_>

[Prodigi]

I edit when Jay tells me to.

Go edit.

Yes Master.

[l33tmeatwad]

And apparently I'm in the minority, but I do find the editing process to be fun. I don't have crashes/problems that a lot of people seem to have, so I just get into my tunnel-vision-editing-mode and I love it. If I'm not having fun editing a video, I don't edit it. There are exceptions, of course, depending on the situation, but I rarely force myself to edit.

Same here, I don't have to really force myself to edit, I really enjoy the process of creating a video.

[Hagaren Viper]

At this point in time I don't think I could stop editing if I tried. Even before I knew what an AMV was, I visualized scenes together with music, and it's gotten to the point of when I can visualize something to match the music, I might not even listen to it >>

But I do it purely for fun and I hope that it stays that way. I don't do it as often as I want, but I enjoy editing with shows like Pokemon or Digimon because not many other people do. If I can make Pokemon at least LOOK like a respectable anime to someone, then score.

[Otohiko]

Forcing together two things that ordinarily are not together.

That's a really cool way of looking at it! It's not really what I'm after as editor, but I love watching people do that and pull it off successfully as a viewer. I wish more editors would think in those terms - but it does take a bit of talent to actually do it well.

And apparently I'm in the minority, but I do find the editing process to be fun. I don't have crashes/problems that a lot of people seem to have, so I just get into my tunnel-vision-editing-mode and I love it. If I'm not having fun editing a video, I don't edit it. There are exceptions, of course, depending on the situation, but I rarely force myself to edit.

From my own view on that... I don't hate it because I have to force myself to edit - I know that I'll work obsessively and non-stop once I have the "artistic vision" or whatever you want to call it. When I'm ready to edit, no amount of technical frustration will actually stop me, and I rarely do run into tech issues. Sure they're frustrating when they crop up, and frankly I find solving any sort of technical problems (like how to do that one filter right, or tweaking with motion, or doing good encoding, etc. etc.) utterly boring/stupid/brain-numbing/energy-wasting, but that's not going to really stop me. And I love the feeling of having that drive to get a project done for creative reasons.

But the problem is that I find that tunnel-vision-editing-mode incredibly exhausting in the long run. Even when I do it well, it doesn't come naturally to me. I compare it to the same level of concentration as writing an exam - except it's like writing an exam that's a couple dozen hours long. Considering that my job/school already require a lot of concentration to begin with, the tunnel-vision-editing-mode just makes me want to pass out and never touch Premiere again by the time I'm done. I have very limited creative/mental energy, and editing consumes a lot of it when I do it. So I definitely admire people who can actually keep that level of commitment to editing (or other creative things) over and over - I would honestly crash and go insane if I edited even 1/10th as much as you (assuming I haven't already )