Random shclop that's actually good!

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 1:11 pm

Ever made an amv to something totally random and it turned out better than you thought it would?

*demands shameless plugs!

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... php?v=8781

If you were searching for just music at random or something just SUDDENLY appeared that made no sense to you, but you decided to make an amv to it anyway, which amv was it that you made which felt entirely at random?

No ideas, no inspiration, no NOTHING, and BAM, you made an amv just cause it was whacked?

^_^

SQ · Post by SQ » Tue Aug 19, 2003 3:26 pm

I'm working on one of those as we speak. =] It's called "Codename: CARS" or CnC for short... Spent over two hours on, so far. It includes Gran Turismo 3 footage and "Leave me far behind".
Funny story, really...
Was downloading the Meteora CD for Linkin Park for the Parkject(back when it was going to be) for ideas, since I couldn't buy the actual CD until a week from then... Some wierd guy put in "Leave Me Far Behind" instead of the first track.. And I was like.. "Hey.. Cars..." Three hours of funky car tricks and burnouts later.... I had myself the footage for an AMV.

But for something I already did, there's

this,
this,
this,
this,
this,
and this.

None of which are hosted.

And this, this, and this if purposely doing it because it's overdone and trying to make it look good counts.

Yeah... I'm a random person...=\

NME · Post by **NME** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 3:51 pm

I've never seen your breath!

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:22 pm

Something like that happened to me around April, right after I finished my first video (using Video Girl Ai footage). I was just driving, listening to the radio, and Liam Lynch's "United States of Whatever" played. I had heard it before, but never really thought about using it for anything. But having had to watch Video Girl Ai more times than I care to remember, I could think of a number of scenes that would go with the lyrics. So, the end result was a combination of the two, just a short vid. I don't intend on putting it up, but it's fun to watch once in a while.

NME · Post by **NME** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:24 pm

I hate that song and I hate liam lynch, I want that fucker to die.

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:51 pm

Eh, it wasn't my favorite song at first, but I guess it grew on me. Cutting out the last chorus part helped, although it didn't eliminate the repetition factor.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 5:34 pm

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... php?v=9173

And I wish I'd never made it, because it has more hits than any of my other videos.

Damn thing took me two months to make and it blows. It has no coherence or structure, it's just a bunch of themed clips. And what's worse is that I didn't know it had already been done before by far superior editors.

It did turn out better than I thought it would at the time, but now I see that random clips + good song = crap unless you really, really, really know what you're doing.

And I don't.

Cole · Post by **Cole** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 6:28 pm

My first AMV was made after listening to Steve Winwood while photoshopping some Macross wallpaper. You can't get more random than this one. It's fun to watch if you're not easily annoyed by grainy/blocky compression. Then there's this out of the ass production which more than a few people have PM'd me saying they really liked (why they never left ops instead, I dunno', but whatever works). I don't know whether to be ashamed of that one or not, cuz I actually did put some effort into it.

TokyoU15 · Post by **TokyoU15** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 6:35 pm

I have two of those! I heard the song and automaticly though of an AMV for it and I started editing that same day.

First one would be <a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... 7">Spit</a>

and

<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... ">Glory</a>