how do you stay on task?!?

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how do you stay on task?!?

Postby zibbazabba905 » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:58 pm

seriously? I'm almost 2/3 done and I keep getting ideas for other videos (one of which will be over 15 minutes!) I think the only thing that's keeping me going on this one is I've decided not to even start work on the final verse until I get the rest done
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby kireblue » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:02 pm

zibbazabba905 wrote:seriously? I'm almost 2/3 done and I keep getting ideas for other videos (one of which will be over 15 minutes!) I think the only thing that's keeping me going on this one is I've decided not to even start work on the final verse until I get the rest done

the best way to stay on task is to set a deadline. Deciding to enter a upcoming AMV contest is the perfect way to push yourself to finish your current project.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby JaddziaDax » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:02 pm

I tend to work sporadically on my timeline, do all the parts I have stronger ideas for first, which in early betas will have random blank spots. However I only work on one amv at a time, so I have to finish one before I start another.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby Shin-AMV » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:36 pm

kireblue wrote:the best way to stay on task is to set a deadline. Deciding to enter a upcoming AMV contest is the perfect way to push yourself to finish your current project.


This pretty much sums it up for me.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby CodeZTM » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:33 pm

Honestly, I follow the "Blizzard" style of editing. It'll get released when it gets released and when I'm ready for it to get released. XD

I do usually have big gaps in editing because of this, but I find that it makes me happier when I actually do sit down and edit. MHMKS got started WAY back in October with storyboarding, I started editing in November, left it alone until late december and then picked it back up/finished it within a week or two in late late December/early Jan.

MEPs, by contrast, I generally "like" to edit them ridiculously before deadlines, although this doesn't always happen.

Generally I have like 2-5 MEP tracks that I work on at once, and one really big project on the backburner and a smaller one just for fun. This is actually the case right now.

Wow, I went around in circles there. >_<

tl;dr: I work on what I want to work on when I want to work on it unless it's for somebody else and a time limit is imposed.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby Taite » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:37 pm

I don't; I agree with more of what Code said. :nose:

I usually see thinking about other projects as a sign of getting bored of the current one I'm editing, so I'll simply stop editing that and go on to another project. When I get inspiration again I go back. If you're not in a rush to get it out, then don't rush the video; it'll turn out like crap if you do that, at least for me.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:00 pm

A combination of deadlines and self-imposed feelings of obligation to meet them.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby Knowname » Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:00 am

I work better when I journal at the same time. Than I keep my head in the game and... before I know it I've worked all through the night! It's like a drug for me. You shoulda saw me between 05 and 08.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby ZephyrStar » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:00 pm

I force myself to look at my projects every so often. Make myself sit down and say "okay, let's put an hour in." Sometimes I don't get that far, but most of the time that one hour turns into two or three.

That and deadlines/contests are the best motivator for AMVs I think.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby EimiJ7 » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:27 pm

For the most part, I'll try to force myself to finish a project before I start another one. I tend to get new ideas in the middle of making a video, and I'll let myself plan them out but, unless there is a deadline that I committed to for the new project, I won't let myself start editing it until I finish the current one.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby RoflcopterLawliet » Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:05 pm

The way I do it is I say, "Okay, it's time to get serious. We need to meet [X] and [Y] before the end of the night. I need to get away from my main computers, and go to my editing one, so I am not distracted." Then I end up working long hours, but really, you have to motivate yourself. You need to want to finish it, but don't rush it. I've learned the hard way that rushing means it will turn out terrible.
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Re: how do you stay on task?!?

Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:08 am

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