Erm, I am kinda shy about my AMVs still... I just started making them in like February I think...This is my 7th & 8th one overall, my 3rd or 4th one with Sony Vegas, so I am still learning the basics...
Well, hadn't made in AMV in like 2 months, decided to make a video for Never Too Late like I've always wanted and always wanted to do a RahXephon/Wicked Game video...
I'm aware of some major editing mistakes ._. I had more difficulty with these songs than I have with others in the past. Oh and it's probably best not to watch both videos lol, some of the same material in them just because I thought it'd be appropriate.
Sorry if they suck, I'll stop typing now *flees*
EDIT: After seeing some of the tastelessly just plain mean (like feckin' Simon Cowell mean) comments, whether or not true, in the previous threads, I ask and state that I only want some criticism for a beginner, which I am. If I can't get that here, I guess I'll have to go back to the Youtube, blech ~.~
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Desire (RahXephon) & Never Too Late For Love (RahXephon)
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From what I've seen, it's the people who don't consider themselves beginners who get the most bent out of shape about feedback they receive. You admit you're just starting out and want to learn more, so that's really good!
/me investigates AMVs
These were good "beginner" AMVs, to use your terminology.
They had good stories to tell, you picked good scenes to showcase the mood of the moment and I didn't feel they were empty vessels - all flash and no substance. The editing was ok, it didn't distract me, but a few things could have made these AMVs better:
1. Kill the lip flap. Unless you've got a real good reason to leave it in there, it needs to be covered up or avoided at all costs.
2. Work on matching your editing style to the music. If a heavy, faster-paced, rhythmic sequence starts, it's not usually enough to switch to heavier scenes, your cuts and transitions should mimic the music. If I was watching "Never To Late For Love" with the sound turned off, for instance, I'd never know the music switched back and forth between fast and slow because the video wasn't really reflecting that. I'm not saying you have to go off the deep end with beat synch - please do NOT do that, one reason I enjoyed these videos was because you didn't do that - but, in general, make sure your footage is keeping up with the song. You've got the slow stuff down pretty good, fortunately, although at times it definitely did drag on too long.
3. This sort of ties in with #2, but vary your transitions, don't just use straight cuts all the time. In "Wicked Games," particularly, I was dying for some cross dissolves. That's another facet of making your editing properly synch with the music.
4. I'm familiar with Rahxephon, but someone who was not would probably have a tough time keeping track of the storylines you were trying to present. Even then, some of it was really a stretch - if I didn't know who these people were, how they related to one another or why they were doing the things they were doing, I don't know that I'd have understood much beyond "She likes him and he likes her and...they kissed and hugged and bad stuff happened." PARTICULARLY with this series, getting the details of character relationships straight can be hard if you're trying to get it ALL in there. You don't have to present every pivotel moment of the story in an AMV, most times the story can be understood if you only choose certain moments, or you can make up your own version. It will be more coherent and meaninful to the viewer that way, especially if you're going to go with the slow editing style.
/me investigates AMVs
These were good "beginner" AMVs, to use your terminology.
They had good stories to tell, you picked good scenes to showcase the mood of the moment and I didn't feel they were empty vessels - all flash and no substance. The editing was ok, it didn't distract me, but a few things could have made these AMVs better:1. Kill the lip flap. Unless you've got a real good reason to leave it in there, it needs to be covered up or avoided at all costs.
2. Work on matching your editing style to the music. If a heavy, faster-paced, rhythmic sequence starts, it's not usually enough to switch to heavier scenes, your cuts and transitions should mimic the music. If I was watching "Never To Late For Love" with the sound turned off, for instance, I'd never know the music switched back and forth between fast and slow because the video wasn't really reflecting that. I'm not saying you have to go off the deep end with beat synch - please do NOT do that, one reason I enjoyed these videos was because you didn't do that - but, in general, make sure your footage is keeping up with the song. You've got the slow stuff down pretty good, fortunately, although at times it definitely did drag on too long.
3. This sort of ties in with #2, but vary your transitions, don't just use straight cuts all the time. In "Wicked Games," particularly, I was dying for some cross dissolves. That's another facet of making your editing properly synch with the music.
4. I'm familiar with Rahxephon, but someone who was not would probably have a tough time keeping track of the storylines you were trying to present. Even then, some of it was really a stretch - if I didn't know who these people were, how they related to one another or why they were doing the things they were doing, I don't know that I'd have understood much beyond "She likes him and he likes her and...they kissed and hugged and bad stuff happened." PARTICULARLY with this series, getting the details of character relationships straight can be hard if you're trying to get it ALL in there. You don't have to present every pivotel moment of the story in an AMV, most times the story can be understood if you only choose certain moments, or you can make up your own version. It will be more coherent and meaninful to the viewer that way, especially if you're going to go with the slow editing style.