first amv discussions

dragoon38900 · Post by **dragoon38900** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:10 pm

hey, im not sure if this kind of thread was already made, or if this kind of thread belongs here...anyway, i just wanna see everyone's very first amvs and see how we have learned from them, compare them, or sumthing...

(we can also *laugh* at them and see how newbish we were, hehe)
oh and plz dont post up first amv in the site, i mean first amv made ever. if you never uploaded them, then just forget it....

Ean · Post by **Ean** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:18 pm

My first AMV:
Tanshin - http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... php?v=8481

I thought it was a good first attempt at an AMV... not exactly perfect, far from it, but pretty decent.

Undertow · Post by **Undertow** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:25 pm

Well, the first that i made is also the first on the site. It's not a bad AMV atleast editing wise i think, but the footage came from dutch dvds, and those really suck, as you can see in that video, they are full of interlacing, and it's the worst kind (Full Field Blend, the kind that is impossible to remove). So as a whole, it's not bad, just that it looks like crap, and is also encoded in MPEG1, which means it looks even worse.

Well, just decided to watch them again, but i have to say, even if they don't look too good, they were still funny to make, and funny to watch.

Maverick-Rubik · Post by **Maverick-Rubik** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:59 pm

Ean wrote:My first AMV:
Tanshin - http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... php?v=8481

I thought it was a good first attempt at an AMV... not exactly perfect, far from it, but pretty decent.

Wow, I saw that video maybe 2 years ago. It was one of my favorites... good vid, man.

Bote · Post by **Bote** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:32 pm

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=21711
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=54381

My first and latest. Make a comparisson.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:57 pm

When I go back to look at my first video, there's only a few technical things that I would've done differently, particularly regarding footage, proper slowdowns, some minor timing tweaks in early sections, and a few changed transitions.

And, of course, the terribly-embarassing problem with volume being a tad too low.

Otherwise, I think it's been a complete success as far as it's original aim, and I honestly can't see myself making any other video as my first. I'm every bit as proud of it as I can possibly be, and it really established my editing style from then on.

An interesting fact about that video: the first scenes of the video are literally the first cuts I ever placed in a video editing program. I just took the previous week to read up on manuals and guides, and jumped right in, never did any 'dummy runs', never did any tutorials. Just went in and made a video that I wanted to make, and it came out just as I thought it should have, and still do. I'd say that's something to be proud of - not on a popular level, no, but on the level of personal artistic aim.

Coffee 54 · Post by **Coffee 54** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:33 pm

bote wrote:http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=21711

This one was great. I even liked better then the remake you made, and probably about the same as your latest. Both videos have a lot going for them, and a few tiny strikes against them.

On Topic:
My first vid consited of exactly fifteen cuts from the same two episodes of Dragonball Z laid out across one video track. Compared to my latest which had well over 300 cuts from an entire series over as many as ten tracks. I like them both about the same, it all depends what I'm in the mood for.

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:41 pm

My first (which I remastered almost exactly one year ago):
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=10678

That was sort of a fluke, though. The next three videos were disasters, my fifth was a lot like the first but was a lot tighter (and I'm almost done remastering it; just need the 5th Eva Platinum disc, whenever it comes out), and then I veered off into mood videos (that weren't very tight and had bad video quality; not as bad as the first few, but still).

This is more typical of the way I used to edit (yet another remastered vid; this is the prototype of those mood vids I was talking about; it's also a reedit of my second video, not much was changed between the two - part of the reason I didn't make a catalog entry for the second but gave it a little blurb in the vid description for this one):
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=23132

And this is where I am now, two and a half years later:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=55719

Overall, my editing and timing has gotten a lot more precise, especially when I moved to using Premiere a year and a half ago. Before that I was editing with only VirtualDub (which explains a lot about the preciseness of the editing in those early videos). There's still a dim glimmer of my current editing style in those really early videos, but as time has gone by it's just gotten refined and is now front and center.

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:53 pm

My first video, To A New Love, actually is still one of my favorites. I've gone back and re-edited it since its first release, but the core video is still the same. Of course, I've improved some since then, but I do enjoy the video, even now.

BunofGovt · Post by **BunofGovt** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:54 pm

This is the first amv I ever made, and the first I posted to this site. I don't know if I learned anything more since then (we are doomed to repeat our mistakes) except that it's important for me to plan and organize more before starting. I started with all these clips from Yu Yu Hakusho I was going to combine with Steam Detectives and Licensed by Royalty but Steam Detectives took over the amv completely. I was editing on the fly and got frustrated when I deleted a scene, realized later I wanted it back, and had to re-create it. I also thought I needed the title frames at the beginning to lead into the amv (my first three amvs are the same way). My goal is to have more fun with making these and not stress about perfection or acceptibility. Also, I know my ideas won't be original, but as long as I'm not flat out copying someone else (but don't great minds think alike? Let's call it being inspired by others.) I'll be happy with what I do. Unless of course my version sucks.

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=46683