Freestyle editing vs. consistent editing . . .

ScorpionP · Post by **ScorpionP** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:51 am

"Freestyle" as you call it, is what I prefer more. But even so, I try not to make my videos too random... As for watching other videos, I like seeing both, but storyline videos sometimes require much more attention in order to keep up with them.
But, in the end, I guess it all depends on mood I am in.

Ginger Gouki · Post by **Ginger Gouki** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:59 am

Freestyle does seem like a very vage term, I get a brilliant mental image of waking up in my chair, 3 empty bottles of JD to one side, a new AMV on my desktop and a blank spot in my memory.

As it seems here (freestyle meaning to edit clips together without thought to an overall story) isnt all that bad. I've read a good page worth on 'the story of this AMV' or 'the meaning behind it' and, apon download completion, been greeted by a truly half baked vid.

So Nyha!

Emong · Post by **Emong** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:34 am

Otohiko wrote:The idea of "freestyle" is a bit of an illusion. In all cases what you're doing is creating structure, conceptual and/or visual. You need to be able to make a video "flow", and that by default cannot be random. Even if your footage is random, your editing needs to have some sort of grounding to support the video.

x2

I think people tend to forget the last line..

I prefer consistent editing, and sometimes "random videos" turn out to be rather consistent if the clips are focused enough or the flow is good.. I guess freestyle is more or less in the editing process. If you "start from a scratch", so to speak, it'd be freestyle editing. When you haven't pre-planned the video apart from choosing the song/anime combo.

Kevmaster · Post by **Kevmaster** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:33 am

I hate Magic Pad, but love From the ashes

It doesn't matter to me if the vid is random or has a storyline though, as long as the Editing is good and enjoyable The Vid is gewd enough to me.

For a Video with a story it is easier to build up emotions though and I always prefer emotion over randomness (I prefer fast videos better than slow ones though).

I think it really doesn't matter.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:07 am

Consistency.

I'm a creature of habit and it's no surprise that I take it so far as to have the exact same sync patterns and transition lengths. I.e songs generally follow a verse/chorus structure and so I usually put transitions (of the same length) at the same portions in the verses and choruses as the previous verse/chorus.

This is not always the case, but it's not a surprise to see a time line with only one verse/chorus filled and yet all the transitions and cuts for subsequent verses have already been established.

Yeah I'm boring...

In all seriousness, I find it VERY difficult to edit 'randomly' and have tried multiple times with EPIC FAILURE.

macchinainterna · Post by **macchinainterna** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:50 pm

requiett wrote:Consistent freestyle.

XD

Good answer!

mexicanjunior · Post by **mexicanjunior** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:58 pm

I used to edit randomly and on feel but found myself around 2003 turning into a consistency editor. By 2005, editing was like a math formula, I was counting frames out for each rhythm change entering timeline markers...

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:58 pm

mexicanjunior wrote:... editing was like a math formula, I was counting frames out for each rhythm change entering timeline markers...

When I couldn't get AE's audio to work correctly I did just that for a while.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:36 am

i do a combination of the two

i enjoy both styles if they are done well

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:31 pm

Neither really, it's dependent on what you're watching. I personally go for story when making but that's because I really love making drama videos where story is integral.