What kind of situation do you need to feel creative?

OzzieAlThor79 · Post by **OzzieAlThor79** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:13 am

I think this sums it all up for me most of the time:

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:16 am

working under the pressure of a short deadline is how some pretty awful videos are made.
exhibit a: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... p?v=139185

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:20 am

hahaha

i use to always have it like a faucet.. now it comes and goes so fast. might be why i don't work that long on a vid. i push it out in one sitting. lazy and impatient too when shit aint turning out the way i want it. and stuff

MaximoffZero · Post by **MaximoffZero** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:29 am

I've learned from previous experiences that I should never edit when I'm tired. When I do, I start just slapping things together rather than taking the time to make them good.

The best time to work on an AMV (at least for me) is when both of these conditions are met:

1.) I feel relaxed and my head is clear of (most) stress.
2.) I am bored out of my friggin' skull. So many good things come from total boredom.

Cornwiggle · Post by **Cornwiggle** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:30 am

If I like my idea enough, I'm motivated. It's that simple for me, I like the idea, I want to make it and turn out good. If one day I don't feel like editing, I do something else. The only way I lose interest is if I work on it for awhile and after reworking the beginning parts over and over I think "Maybe this idea isn't so great" and stop. That's only happened once though.

Niotex · Post by **Niotex** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:45 am

Deadline stress gives you shit like...

I always seem to get most of my idea's or concepts in the train. I need to get a storage medium for on the train so I can write or type out my idea's. I always get a visual image rather then a direct combination. From there on I base things onto each other and see if things work. Anyway yeah... I need a note book... Problem being that I have horrible hand writing and a laptop would be too much of a hassle everywhere.

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:51 am

MaximoffZero wrote:I've learned from previous experiences that I should never edit when I'm tired.

My creativity peaks at that time between 2 and 6 AM when I've stayed up too late to feel tired but I'm not rested enough to be really cognizant. A relaxed, clear mind just makes me too capable overanalyzing everything.

Which is a shame, because I hate staying up late and feel like crap until I can normalize my sleeping schedule again.

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:00 pm

Like Shazzy, I'm more productive when I'm sleep-deprived beyond feeling tired. I've once spent weeks without editing, occasionally turning on my PC and staring at Premiere and then pulled an all-nighter from 10PM to 4AM with a break to watch LOST at midnight. Then I slept, woke up at noon, went to a BBQ in the afternoon and burned the midnight oil again that night. Unlike Shazzy, I don't hate sleep deprivation (I inflict it upon myself on a regular basis by playing late-night poker with my neighbors) and it takes a four-minute afternoon nap for me to normalize my schedule. High metabolic rates kick arse.

As for "inspiration" in the sense of "getting an idea", it comes randomly. Just yesterday I had an idea at the dentist office when the receptionist asked for my insurance card number. Then, upon further inspection of that idea, another one came up that was not related to the first in neither anime, music nor general concept. I forgot the first one five minutes later and am yet to remember it (which sucks since it was better than the second).

Taruto! · Post by **Taruto!** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:26 pm

Editing.. for me it requires lots of time, lots of patience, lots of inspiration and most importantly.. lots of sugar.
If I don't have cake/sweets/sugary things I just fizzle out and give up. It's like my editing fuel. My latest project had about 20% of it completed thanks to a brief supply of cherry lips I had one night, and it turned out pretty good! XD

It also helps to be in a good mood, though, I hate editing in a bad mood. Being in a bad mood just makes me shove stuff anywhere and get inpatient really quickly and have to do it aaaaall again. :/

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:33 pm

Shazzy it's the same with me except the staying up late part... I love being up late