What do you do when...

[LuluandAuron]

just write down the idea on notepad, go do do other projects, then come back later when you have a higher skill level.

Skill level +5, Hit points +75, Magic points +10, Luck +9, Evasion -3
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Yes, good advice. My ideas sit until I gain skill points (skill points.... ) So I haven't not been able to finish a video I've envisioned, I just set it on the back burner for a bit until I do figure it out. So ya, just work on something else for a bit until you figure out how to do it. Also if you can, enter some iron chefs, or small competitions and try weird stuff you normally wouldn't try......it kind of works like brain storming and tends to get the creative juices flowing again.

[Ghet]

Phase 1: join CBR, and go for a parody of the original concept. Then drink heavily until its actually funny.

Phase 2: .......

Phase 3: Profit

thats what i thought you said

[Bauzi]

Keep working on it and not finishing it till you get your vision across. Also known ass most likely not going to finish it this year/ever.

I agree. It´s better to hang in in something before you give up and start tons of uncompleted stuff.

Planning is important. To look if the idea is even possible. Do you know what I mean? There is nothing worse than running out of footage for example.

In my first years I never set down and really tried to complete something. When I started to sit down until it got finished I got wayyyy better in the hobby. Uhm... if it really doesn´t work at the end, I just throw the idea away and grab the next one

Damn it. I can´t decide on the next idea to work on

[Kalium]

What do you do when you envision an AMV in your head, but you can't actually pull it off? I've had tons of ideas that would look just awesome, but I just can't get them to work. Even the simple ones come out turning just plain bad.
It's really starting to get annoying... >_>
What do you do when this happens to you?

I try anyway. Even if I fail, I learn things along the way, and everything I learn makes me better.

[JudgeHolden]

Wait for Koop to do it.

[Moonie]

Wait for Koop to do it.

X2
My scouter says his editing level is over 9000!!!!!!

[outlawed]

Retire from AMVs and move onto something that's more fun.

[Mr Pilkington]

Phase 1: join CBR, and go for a parody of the original concept. Then drink heavily until its actually funny.

Phase 2: .......

Phase 3: Profit

thats what i thought you said

No those are the steps to destroying one's credibility as an editor.
Notice I haven't released an even remotely tolerable video since the formation of said studio. Yeah, not a mistake I recommend to anyone else.

Make that studios in general. They're like religion, a buffer-zone surrounding one's own ego preventing the surrounding reality from sinking in.

[CodeZTM]

Same issues here.

Personally, I just write them all down, and see what I can do at a later date.

[Megamom]

Trying to keep as close as possible AMV of the image in your mind ... and practice ... No matter how long!