Editors...do you do other video stuff?
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My wife is entering game design. Does that count? ^_^
I'm editing this for excruciating torture with a glorified result in the end.
But if someone were willing to pay me good $$$ to suffer in front of Adobe computer products, hey, I'll give it a shot ^_^
I'm editing this for excruciating torture with a glorified result in the end.
But if someone were willing to pay me good $$$ to suffer in front of Adobe computer products, hey, I'll give it a shot ^_^
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- Mister Anderson
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I edit for a living - TV commercials & corporate videos. I mainly edit LA movie/TV music vids in my spare time though...I only have a couple of AMV's.
I generally don't put a lot of effort into effects (although I do appreciate & quite enjoy watching those types, like the Technique Beat style videos), for the very fact that it can feel too much like work...as someone mentioned previously. Ive just come home from 8hrs plus of editing....my brain is usually frazzled by the time I'm home & the tendons in my arms are usually on fire.
If I can get it done simply, then mission accomplished. Maximum gain for minimum effort is my mantra.
But there have been/will be a few occassions where I spend a bit more time on certain things.
I generally don't put a lot of effort into effects (although I do appreciate & quite enjoy watching those types, like the Technique Beat style videos), for the very fact that it can feel too much like work...as someone mentioned previously. Ive just come home from 8hrs plus of editing....my brain is usually frazzled by the time I'm home & the tendons in my arms are usually on fire.
If I can get it done simply, then mission accomplished. Maximum gain for minimum effort is my mantra.
But there have been/will be a few occassions where I spend a bit more time on certain things.
- ssj4lonewolf
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I'm envious of you right nowBeowulf wrote:I'm an editor working for Troublemaker Studios in Austin, TX. I'm currently working on two documentaries, neither of which I can really talk about, but its awesome
Working in 'the bizz' is 2 full time jobs put together, as I usually have 50-70 hour weeks, so AMVing has taken a back seat for the last year. Although from what I understand, no one really cares about AMVs anymore, and most of this forum has turned into either spam or off topic.
Climbing the Hollywood latter is not without its cool perks. I got to go backstage at Antone's (famous Austin club) and hang with groupies and various celebs and whatnot.
I do plan to do some weird live action/anime/animation video art type stuff in my free time however. Its never been done before, and you'll either hate it, love it, or think its alright.
Ha its all good grats on making it up in the buisness. I know how hard it is to make it. I accually got an editing job off of my amvs believe it or not for an independent film company(would of worked out great, except that investors got greedy and pretty much screwed our feature)...you guys work with Avid(Which I think by far has more gliches than wmm, and for a professional editing program it really doesn't do the things you ask it too without difficulty) or with Final Cut??
Me oh yea I went to a little college for it, I have my associates almost finshed, made a public service announcement for someone.
Oh god, that black dude with the afro is always making those damn trash ass music hip hop amvs...he needs to do something with techno or rock....
.......as if I would do something like that.
おおかみなく
.......as if I would do something like that.
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- CodeZTM
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Actually, it was my video editing class that got me interested in AMV's. I was searching the internet, looking for something to compress my video footage, and where else would I find but the AMV video guides? I was intrigued, so I joined the site, sort of as a pay-back for the great guides. I left for about a month, then came back, after realizing I could mix my love of anime (at that time, I had about 3-4 anime), with video editing.
As for other stuff, I run an add in the paper I work for offering a mix of senior formal touch-ups in Photoshop, all the way up to Graduation Videos (max 1 hour). I make tons of money on Photoshop Touchups (thank you pimply generations and overpriced photographers), but very little on the Graduation Videos. Although, I can say, I have gotten a few jobs here and there. But in reality, I don't like editing video for money, because then it is work, and I won't want to edit. That's one of the main reasons I am on video editing hiatus.
As for other stuff, I run an add in the paper I work for offering a mix of senior formal touch-ups in Photoshop, all the way up to Graduation Videos (max 1 hour). I make tons of money on Photoshop Touchups (thank you pimply generations and overpriced photographers), but very little on the Graduation Videos. Although, I can say, I have gotten a few jobs here and there. But in reality, I don't like editing video for money, because then it is work, and I won't want to edit. That's one of the main reasons I am on video editing hiatus.
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This is an interesting question to pose to this community.
When I first started this hobby back in 2000, I really didn't think much of it, but as a year of time went by, I found that I really enjoyed what I was doing and also that I loved telling stories, either as an editor or writer. So naturally I gravitated towards Film and TV.
I then went to FullSail, graduated and got that cool film degree and have such began making a career out of this hobby and using my creative talents. From local TV commercials, Church functions, 48 hour Film Festivals in DC and Atlanta, and such, all the way to aprenticeship editor work on Fear Factor and TNA Wrestling.
I'd consider myself a quasi-professional editor and the fact that I've worked with $500,000 Avid editing bays, probably puts me in the realm above hobby. As well as getting paid for it.
It's pretty cool stuff, though as others have said it can kill your drive to make AMVs, as you come home and just spent a good amount of time editing and you'd rather not edit a dorky amv at the moment, heh. But the checks can be verrrry nice, so that's the trade off
Honestly I wish I had daily access to the editing machines I've worked on in the past, I would make some badass motherfuckin AMVs. Real time effects, hardware accelerators, capturing made easy, proprietary effects rendering hardware, render farms, stacked intel xeons, editing on an Avid Nitrus in uncompressed HD, and thousand dollar plug-ins oh my!
Trust me, it's fun.
Hopefully I'll be doing it in LA soon and have my name to some film credits.
When I first started this hobby back in 2000, I really didn't think much of it, but as a year of time went by, I found that I really enjoyed what I was doing and also that I loved telling stories, either as an editor or writer. So naturally I gravitated towards Film and TV.
I then went to FullSail, graduated and got that cool film degree and have such began making a career out of this hobby and using my creative talents. From local TV commercials, Church functions, 48 hour Film Festivals in DC and Atlanta, and such, all the way to aprenticeship editor work on Fear Factor and TNA Wrestling.
I'd consider myself a quasi-professional editor and the fact that I've worked with $500,000 Avid editing bays, probably puts me in the realm above hobby. As well as getting paid for it.
It's pretty cool stuff, though as others have said it can kill your drive to make AMVs, as you come home and just spent a good amount of time editing and you'd rather not edit a dorky amv at the moment, heh. But the checks can be verrrry nice, so that's the trade off
Honestly I wish I had daily access to the editing machines I've worked on in the past, I would make some badass motherfuckin AMVs. Real time effects, hardware accelerators, capturing made easy, proprietary effects rendering hardware, render farms, stacked intel xeons, editing on an Avid Nitrus in uncompressed HD, and thousand dollar plug-ins oh my!
Trust me, it's fun.
Hopefully I'll be doing it in LA soon and have my name to some film credits.
"Your focus determines your reality."
- ssj4lonewolf
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on a side note, a little off topic, I've seen avid basically kill 4 macs, it won't work on mine, at all. Have you used fcp, and what are your thoughts on it??
(Besides the whole real time effects thing, which from what I'm told, the new high end fcp does it in real time)
(Besides the whole real time effects thing, which from what I'm told, the new high end fcp does it in real time)
Oh god, that black dude with the afro is always making those damn trash ass music hip hop amvs...he needs to do something with techno or rock....
.......as if I would do something like that.
おおかみなく
.......as if I would do something like that.
おおかみなく
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