Your editing style always reminds me of Liz's. I guess it all makes sense now Never Fall Apart is also probably one of my favorite videos of all time.Taite wrote:Nessephanie's Illuminate My Heart is the only amv in which I can distinctly remember seeing her white/glowy/blurry/thresholdy fade-outs and trying to replicate that for the first time in my amvs. That was yeaaaaars back, and the only editor/amv I can recall that literally influenced my amvs. VegettoEX, gambitt, and MeriC's Never Fall Apart also contributed to this obsession.Question 4 wrote:What editors are or were the biggest influences to your work?Question 4a wrote:How exactly did they influence you? What qualities present in your work can you trace back to those editors?
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I have a long list, far too long to type out.Question 1 wrote:Who's your favorite editor(s)?
Since there are so many, I will say, all the editors I like, they all have different styles and methods. I enjoy a variety of styles.Question 2 wrote:What can you tell me about your favorite editor as an editor and/or a person?
No one.Question 3 wrote:Who was your biggest mentor, or who was the closest thing to a mentor you had?
I don't really think there was anyone in particular. I sorta went solo for the longest time and just watched videos to watch them and didn't really take any notes.Question 4 wrote:What editors are or were the biggest influences to your work?Question 4a wrote:How exactly did they influence you? What qualities present in your work can you trace back to those editors?
The biggest influence on my work would probably be real life experiences and events.Question 5 wrote:What outside of the online vidding community has influenced your work?Question 5a wrote:How has it influenced your work?
In general? I think it really depends on the person your asking.Question 6 wrote:Who are some influential people in AMVs and what are they responsible for?
I don't watch many videos now adays, let alone from people I don't already know as being good but here are the two most recent editors I've grown to enjoy:Question 7 wrote:Are there any somewhat unrecognized editors you wish to promote for any reason?Question 7a wrote:Umm...seriously? Why that person(s)?
Narshial. She mostly sticks to youtube but after seeing her videos at Sakuracon, I became an instant fan.
Taite. I enjoy her style of editing and she's overall a pretty decent editor.
I guess the main reason I enjoy their videos is because they are simple and they aren't terribly concerned about being better then anyone else (at least it doesn't show). They make what they want.
Not really. All this talk about influence and stuff is great and all but the bottom line is, make what you want.Question 8 wrote:Any of youoldseasoned editors wanna give some advice on anything?
Not reallyQuestion 9 wrote:Is there anything else related to this subject you'd like to add or any questions you think should be asked as well?
Make what you want and improve on your failures.Question 10 wrote:How can the noob below you improve on his editing? NO CHANGING ANSWERS!
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Wow, I'm honored...ngsilver wrote:MJ is a mad poker player and still the king of HQuestion 2 wrote:What can you tell me about your favorite editor as an editor and/or a person?
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Code, Shin, ScintillaQuestion 1 wrote:Who's your favorite editor(s)?
Code makes great romance AMVs, so he's like my inspiration and stuff. Plus he's incredibly involved in the community. I don't know much about Shin or Scintilla besides that they both make great videos I can (and do) watch over and over.Question 2 wrote:What can you tell me about your favorite editor as an editor and/or a person?
gotegenks, definitely.Question 3 wrote:Who was your biggest mentor, or who was the closest thing to a mentor you had?
Umm...anyone who was a finalist at Otakon in 2010 or 2011, I guess. Watching the AMV contest there both years is what really got me to start editing myself.Question 4 wrote:What editors are or were the biggest influences to your work?Question 4a wrote:How exactly did they influence you? What qualities present in your work can you trace back to those editors?
Personal experiences. I try to take some of the shit I've been through, and convey that emotion in my videos.Question 5 wrote:What outside of the online vidding community has influenced your work?Question 5a wrote:How has it influenced your work?
The few people that I know of have already been mentioned, so "what those other guys said".Question 6 wrote:Who are some influential people in AMVs and what are they responsible for?
I'm not enough of a hipster to know any cool, underground AMV editors. Sorry. -_-;;Question 7 wrote:Are there any somewhat unrecognized editors you wish to promote for any reason?Question 7a wrote:Umm...seriously? Why that person(s)?
To all you (fellow) n00bs out there, don't be afraid to get involved in the community. If you've got a question, hop into the IRC and ask; they don't bite. Post on the forums, follow people on Twitter or YT, make some friends.Question 8 wrote:Any of youoldseasoned editors wanna give some advice on anything?
Umm....nope!Question 9 wrote:Is there anything else related to this subject you'd like to add or any questions you think should be asked as well?
Never give up!Question 10 wrote:How can the noob below you improve on his editing? NO CHANGING ANSWERS!
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Loveable Neko Kyou.Question 1 wrote:Who's your favorite editor(s)?
She made slash vids. She already had a handful of vids when I first joined. If she hadn't been 'established' here, I would never have joined. She set the stage for fans like me to move from viewer to editor. If she could take advantage of the place despite the male hegemony, any fangirl could. But she never posted on the forum or became a part of the community. I didn't find that out until it was too late. I still cross paths with her in other parts of the net, and I continue to find myself joining hobbies only to see that she got there first. She keeps setting the example, and I both envy and appreciate that.Question 2 wrote:What can you tell me about your favorite editor as an editor and/or a person?
EarthCurrent. It had nothing to do with editing, but he greatly influenced my view of the org as a whole, and my approach to dealing with the forum as opposed to the archive. This was my first forum, and he sort of...taught me how to think about people online. Or how to *not* think about them at all, in some cases.Question 3 wrote:Who was your biggest mentor, or who was the closest thing to a mentor you had?
Castor Troy. His "Haunted Ship" was the first crossover vid I saw that used an anime I knew well enough to spot how he did the scenes. I remain a huge fan of crossovers in particular, and "AU vids" in general. I only dabbled in crossovers myself, so the influence isn't visible in my editing. But he definitely made me more eager to put things together that wouldn't 'normally' mesh. He also seemed pretty shameless about doing DBZ vids, which helped me suck it up enough to share my own regardless of it being a 'dead horse' anime even back then.Question 4 wrote:What editors are or were the biggest influences to your work?Question 4a wrote:How exactly did they influence you? What qualities present in your work can you trace back to those editors?
Anneke. Her "Suichi's Question" got me into multi-anime vids, which remain my favorite vids to edit to this day. I'm sure she wasn't intending to throw in everything including the kitchen sink, but that's what I got from the vid and that's what I ended up doing with my own. Her vid made it look fun to do multi-anime, and it was for me. She's another one who is rather shameless about making what she likes. That definitely influenced me to be a little brazen myself.
A fanartist on devart animated a flash music video for my favorite pairing. It epitomized everything I hoped to eventually be able to do myself, yet she never edited an amv in her life. That woke me up, made me realize I didn't *have* to go through this editing hobby in order to achieve that result - I could have gone through the fanart angle instead. That completely changed my process. Instead of trying and failing to manipulate anime footage, I made my own. After that, editing straight anime footage wasn't as fun. That flash vid influenced my work by making me do fewer vids. I was working on the assumption that the more vids I made, the more practice I'd get, and the more I'd improve. But that vid made me realize it wasn't editing stock footage that I needed to improve on, it was making footage myself. As far as amvs go, it was a negative influence. But it led me closer to what I wanted to achieve out of the hobby, so I count it as a positive.Question 5 wrote:What outside of the online vidding community has influenced your work?Question 5a wrote:How has it influenced your work?
Koop, for kicking off the age of effects with Euphoria.Question 6 wrote:Who are some influential people in AMVs and what are they responsible for?
Istiv, for kicking lipsynch to a new level (and character cut-outs as well).
ScorpionsUltd, for proving you can make an original Naruto amv.
Godix, for keeping some people around the forum even after they lost interest in the hobby/community as a whole.
Dokidoki, for keeping the site (and thus the community) running.
No.Question 7 wrote:Are there any somewhat unrecognized editors you wish to promote for any reason?Question 7a wrote:Umm...seriously? Why that person(s)?
Don't let a few people ruin the entire hobby for you.Question 8 wrote:Any of youoldseasoned editors wanna give some advice on anything?
No.Question 9 wrote:Is there anything else related to this subject you'd like to add or any questions you think should be asked as well?
Read some of the editing guides here. Try one out for yourself using an anime you don't know or particularly like. Follow the guide as closely as possible, especially if it tells you a particular way to make cuts and do beat sync. Don't think of it as creating a music video, think of it as practicing sentence structure or doing math problems. Just follow the 'rules' given as closely as possible. Then watch the finished video over and over for an hour. Then throw the video into the back of your computer and go back to editing the way you were before. Continue doing your own thing for a few vids. Then compare your most recent vid to that "guide vid" you put away. If you've adopted any of those tips from that guide, then think about why you've adopted those and how they further your style. Then try it again using a different guide. This is a fun way to broaden your editing while also establishing your own style. You can also practice by attempting to reproduce the editing in your favorite video using the same song and different footage, but be careful doing that. The point is to try new things you so find what you like, adding to your own style, not to reproduce other people's editing preferences to the point where you have no style of your own.Question 10 wrote:How can the noob below you improve on his editing? NO CHANGING ANSWERS!
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Pwolf wrote:Your editing style always reminds me of Liz's. I guess it all makes sense now Never Fall Apart is also probably one of my favorite videos of all time.
o: thank you very muchPwolf wrote:I don't watch many videos now adays, let alone from people I don't already know as being good but here are the two most recent editors I've grown to enjoy:Question 7 wrote:Are there any somewhat unrecognized editors you wish to promote for any reason?Question 7a wrote:Umm...seriously? Why that person(s)?
Narshial. She mostly sticks to youtube but after seeing her videos at Sakuracon, I became an instant fan.
Taite. I enjoy her style of editing and she's overall a pretty decent editor.
I guess the main reason I enjoy their videos is because they are simple and they aren't terribly concerned about being better then anyone else (at least it doesn't show). They make what they want.
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Answering quite late but here it is~
PracticereadinglikethisbecauseyoucanbecomesmarterandwithbetterideascomebetterAMVsgoodluck!
Nostromo, Qwaqa, Koop, Shinnie04 and MagnusQuestion 1 wrote:Who's your favorite editor(s)?
They make my fav AMVs of all timeQuestion 2 wrote:What can you tell me about your favorite editor as an editor and/or a person?
I guess Nostromo since he did teach me alot of techniques and we had several converses on topics like twixtor and photoshopping although he uses paintshopQuestion 3 wrote:Who was your biggest mentor, or who was the closest thing to a mentor you had?
Nostromo from his intense use of flowQuestion 4 wrote:What editors are or were the biggest influences to your work?Question 4a wrote:How exactly did they influence you? What qualities present in your work can you trace back to those editors?
Possibly movies and anime. I edit by ideas which pop into my head but mostly their just influenced by anime, manga and moviesQuestion 5 wrote:What outside of the online vidding community has influenced your work?Question 5a wrote:How has it influenced your work?
TritioAFB for his ultimate judging skills, Mirko for encoding knowledge and Nostromo and Shinnie04 both for creativityQuestion 6 wrote:Who are some influential people in AMVs and what are they responsible for?
me I have faith in my own editingQuestion 7 wrote:Are there any somewhat unrecognized editors you wish to promote for any reason?Question 7a wrote:Umm...seriously? Why that person(s)?
skippingQuestion 8 wrote:Any of youoldseasoned editors wanna give some advice on anything?
nopeQuestion 9 wrote:Is there anything else related to this subject you'd like to add or any questions you think should be asked as well?
[/quote]Question 10 wrote:How can the noob below you improve on his editing? NO CHANGING ANSWERS!
PracticereadinglikethisbecauseyoucanbecomesmarterandwithbetterideascomebetterAMVsgoodluck!