How true indeedNightowl wrote:Tim Park (dokidoki) and I were the other two to do Noir videos. I forgot to give them my insurance form, so I didn't get my $50. But I made my money back off those DVDs - we did get to keep em - I made more off selling the discs than ADV was actually willing to pay. There are a lot of people on this site who have similar stories - cutting trailers for DVD release is a pretty sucky job... and because they farm it all out to any non-union editor willing to do it, they can pay whatever they want.
Anyway, I wouldn't suggest using AMVs as portfolio pieces unless the company is a bunch of crazy upstart kids - and even then, you've gotta make sure they actually like anime. The only two videos that have ever gotten me jobs are Love is Flowers (which showed that I could do split screen... oooooooh, technical...) and Playground Love (which actually did get me some pretty decent work). That's all I have to add. I'm going back into my hole.
-N
Vlad