Just Another Generic Amv Question

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Just Another Generic Amv Question

Postby James Sharp » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:16 am

Ever since i read the forum on the average age group of amv makers on this site. i wondered how much time the average "good" amv maker spends with there projects. not just one. but how much time out of the day do you spend on your amv making hobbie. and if it is an insane amount of time. then i would like to know what your job is so i can ask for a reference and a hookup :)
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Postby dj_ultima_the_great » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:27 am

I do one to two hours of editing at any one time. If I take less time, I don't get anything done. If I go longer, I get really tired and irritated with what I'm doing.

I know that there are many people who edit for a shorter time and get far more done. The same is true of the opposite - longer time, less done.

That's probably what you'll hear from most people.


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Postby Mr Pilkington » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:47 am

My latest video took 10 minutes to make and is just over a minute log.....



.... My 10th and most popular video took 17 months and over 200 hours of editing to complete.

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Postby The Wired Knight » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:58 am

Depends on how much I am into a video.

If I reach a point where I don't like where the video is going or I think it's not that fun to make then my work sessions can be as low as half an hour.

If I'm in the mood to edit or it's a video I'm really enjoying editing then the sessions last in the 3-5 hour range.

The longest session was 72 hours without sleep to complete a video when the deadline was three days away.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:58 am

I can spend an entire day editing... on of my HP videos (non anime) took 24 hours of editing, with only bathroom breaks...

whats my job? I am married and my husband is in the millitairy, so all of our needs are pretty much met :P

he has no time on the other hand... and rarely gets to work on a video.
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Postby Aria Mournesong » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:32 am

In length of time in days? Not very long(usually).
But I'm one of the weirdos that sits down and literally only gets up from the editing screen to eat when my hands are so shakey that I can't work, or I'm so tired I fall out of my comfy chair lol.

So even thoug I may spend from 3 - 5 days on a project, my overall time is usually 20 - 40 hours or so.
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Postby [Mike of the Desert] » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:59 am

It heavily depends, about the time I spend on a video, it depends on my free time, I don't have a work, I'm a student, so some days I can even pass on an Amv from 4 to 12 hours.. Other days, even nothing. It heavily depends on my school days.

More generally, about an Amv I usually spend from 70 to 200 hours of work, 'till now I didn't touched the 201 hours, so for now I think this is my average. :P
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Postby NME2 » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:13 am

It shouldn't take any longer than your source footage, so if you're editing a two hour movie it should take two hours. Less if you're skilled.

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Postby ssj4lonewolf » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:31 am

NME2 wrote:It shouldn't take any longer than your source footage, so if you're editing a two hour movie it should take two hours. Less if you're skilled.

To each his own, I just made a kenshin amv and it took me approx 18 hrs, working on and off of course(school+work=kicking my ass). My thing is, if its not a freshly watched anime or somthing you freqently visit, you gotta do research on it. Like my next project I gotta watch all of trigun, so I can get the perfect scenes in my head. But I'll sit around like 5 to 6 hours a day editing if i can, and if you add that time its gets quite long before I finsh a quality video(like 5-6 hours for like 2-3 weeks straight--Dedicated--).

This recent one I made I did kinda fast because specifically my friend told me not to put in a lot of work. I did anyway, just not as much as one of mine. Futher more using a song thats in another language makes it mighty difficult, but I managed.
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Postby AquaSky » Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:00 am

Lately, my projects have been around the 80-100 hour range. As for editing sessions, once I'm on a roll I tend to edit as long as I can, so probably a good 3-5 hours at a time. I've pulled 8 hour stretches, mostly for con deadlines, but that kinda kills off the day for other stuff, so I try to avoid that.
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Postby [Mike of the Desert] » Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:47 am

NME2 wrote:It shouldn't take any longer than your source footage, so if you're editing a two hour movie it should take two hours. Less if you're skilled.

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I plan to do an Advent Children Video someday, even now I'm thinking to make a little "M.E.P." inside my studio, and I'm sure it will take more than 1hour and half. :o
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Postby requiett » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:11 am

1 to 3 months.
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Postby celibi87 » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:47 pm

depending on the vid i usually can take up to 2-3 days or a couple hours.
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Postby x_rex30 » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:33 pm

For me it all depends.. I've been spending more time on getting everything to work just the way I want than actual editing lately. Recently I've finally started to edit.. but back when my ideas shined brighter, I didn't ever seem to spend much time editing. Maybe it was just a lot easier to edit since I never added effects or anything.. and back then I averaged under 8 hours of actual editing.. now that I'm starting to work effects in videos and that my ideas are not as clear as they use to be.. it takes a lot longer to make them. :cry:
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Postby jubjub2 » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:14 pm

It depends on how much I want to put into it. If I want to Photoshop the thing to death, or really script it out, it can be in the 80+ hour range. I also spend a lot of time pulling clips from sources, and organizing those.

Work? I have been a product designer for the pharmaceutical industry, had a lot of marketing experience (radio, TV, promotions), and currently work from home as a freelance illustrator and muralist. In addition to all that, my most important job is being a mom.
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