Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

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Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby Castor Troy » Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:07 pm

In doing my part to encourage more discussion on the .org, here's something I've wanted to address for a long time.

I've talked to several editors before about this and some were pissed off that they missed a contest deadline because "the submission deadline was announced too late".

what?

Why do some editors wait until the announcement of a con deadline before they start editing? I know several editors who actually work like this and I don't understand why they wait and then complain they "can't finish/had to rush" their video because the con deadline is only a week long.

Why not start at the beginning of the year, get it done, then you'll have a video to submit to every con as the deadlines start popping up. I've literally even had the counter-argument that some editors like to wait because holding off on a video for so long will drive them NUTS. Oh noes. :ying:

Maybe some editors like to work under more pressure? Why not work hard now and play World of Warcraft later? Seriously, it's a no brainer.

Discuss. :dino:
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby Castor Troy » Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:08 pm

Castor Troy wrote:Why not start at the beginning of the year, get it done, then you'll have a video to submit to every con as the deadlines start popping up. I've literally even had the counter-argument that some editors don't like to wait because holding off on a video for so long will drive them NUTS. Oh noes.


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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby Enigma » Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:15 pm

Probably because it gives them a drive to edit? or something like that.
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby LantisEscudo » Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:15 pm

I don't wait for deadline announcements, but I do edit with the deadlines in mind, since I work better if I have a target date for completion. "It needs to be done by THIS DATE, no excuses."

But I think waiting for the official deadline announcement before editing is kind of stupid, since we know generally when the deadlines will be already. For most cons, about a month before the actual con, AWA Pro in late July, AWA Expo in mid-August, Otakon in late June, and so on. The general time period is known, only the specific date is up in the air until the announcement.

I start editing toward the general deadlines, and get more focused once the official dates are announced.
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby Beowulf » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:26 pm

This entire topic is alien to me. I edit video when I feel inspired to. I've never made a video because of a con deadline, quite the opposite: I finish a video and then decide if I want to enter it into a contest.

Everyone has their work ethic, and I'm sure a lot of people function better when they have a gun to their head. Not me. I can't iron chef for shit
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:40 pm

LantisEscudo wrote:But I think waiting for the official deadline announcement before editing is kind of stupid, since we know generally when the deadlines will be already. For most cons, about a month before the actual con, AWA Pro in late July, AWA Expo in mid-August, Otakon in late June, and so on. The general time period is known, only the specific date is up in the air until the announcement.

Pretty much this. I can't understand why the exact day would matter. You know when the con is (or can check animecons.com if you need to) and you can extrapolate back from there. The argument doesn't make any sense at all.

Unless, of course, it's not about the date but, rather, about a possible rules change.
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby HalOfBorg » Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:16 pm

Beowulf wrote:This entire topic is alien to me. I edit video when I feel inspired to. I've never made a video because of a con deadline, quite the opposite: I finish a video and then decide if I want to enter it into a contest.
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby Pwolf » Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:57 pm

Beowulf wrote:This entire topic is alien to me. I edit video when I feel inspired to. I've never made a video because of a con deadline, quite the opposite: I finish a video and then decide if I want to enter it into a contest.


ditto... there's the occasion i'll try to make a video for a contest but I always edit a video when I want to and not wait for anything.
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby Nya-chan Production » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:14 pm

A week? Too short?

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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby CodeZTM » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:51 pm

Contests are generally an afterthought for me. I prefer to edit when i hear a song or see an anime that hits me. Granted, if a video is close to completion, a con deadline might be an inspiration to finish it up.
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby Fall_Child42 » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:08 pm

Castor Troy wrote:Discuss. :dino:


More like ... Why havn't I got my song from you yet?
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby ngsilver » Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:59 pm


:up: x :dino:

Seriously, that's more my reason when I make a video specifically for a contest. Though I don't do that very often.
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby MycathatesyouAMV » Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:40 am

A. It gives me more of a reason to edit
B. I feel more accomplised I guess if I edit the video mainly for the con rather than just submit one of my old vids.
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Re: Why do some editors wait for a con deadline before they edit

Postby Ikore » Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:07 am

because I like to live on the edge, feel adrenaline and if you are not gonna do it on the extreme way, you are just a little chick or a small pussy.

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