AMVs: Hobby or 'way of life'?

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:58 pm

hobby
i use wmm. i've spent a few scores on anime dvds, but those weren't just for editing but also personal entertainment.

or you could say its the way of .1% of my life.

hobby and way of life aren't mutually exclusive.

mexicanjunior · Post by **mexicanjunior** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:00 pm

Hobby and good times...

Maverick-Rubik · Post by **Maverick-Rubik** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:04 pm

Oh wow... I was looking through my banners from long ago and found this:

I don't even remember MAKING that...

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:06 pm

Two sayings come to mind:
"Love what you do"
"Do what you love"
So..... I think a lot of us wouldn't mind avoiding the distinction.

Bakadeshi [AuN Studios] · Post by **Bakadeshi [AuN Studios]** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:24 pm

AMVing is a hobby, but like alot of other hobbies, it can be used as a stepingstone to a way of life.. or rather a way to make a living, since you get valuable experience in software and techniques used by profesionals in the media world.

SSJVegita0609 · Post by **SSJVegita0609** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:30 pm

Beowulf wrote:Well you have to understand that 99% of everyone doesn't spend 3000 on equipment. All the programs are readily avalible online to pirate. The real money goes to buying anime as theres no way you can download .vob files.

Its a hobby for me, but hobby is a very broad general term. This is a hobby but its also a legitimate form of art in my opinion. A really good video is something that people can watch forever.

Art is art is art.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:35 pm

Bakadeshi [AuN Studios] wrote:AMVing is a hobby, but like alot of other hobbies, it can be used as a stepingstone to a way of life.. or rather a way to make a living, since you get valuable experience in software and techniques used by profesionals in the media world.

This is very true. I learned how to handle and otherwise work with projection equipment with my anime club. Now I get paid to do it. And I get to add 'video editing skills' to my resume, too.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:02 am

Pyle wrote:Why can't people act this civilized in my topics

Probably because of replies like this:

Pyle wrote:Way-of-life = AD

Hobby = Me

MadNavigator · Post by **MadNavigator** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:20 am

Hobby? Way of life?

More like...all part of a more diabolical plan.

Hench-Chobit, do fetch me another Hot Pocket. 8)

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:15 am

Bakadeshi [AuN Studios] wrote:AMVing is a hobby, but like alot of other hobbies, it can be used as a stepingstone to a way of life.. or rather a way to make a living, since you get valuable experience in software and techniques used by profesionals in the media world.

My job description is Programmer. But since they know of my AMV work, I'm now doing video editing, effects, and DVD authoring at work as well.